Just so everyone knows - Joel emails every Sunday night (which is actually his Monday). I'm the slacker - not him. Go figure!
November 5
Hey everybody
So i think I am going to cry. I had a memory card ready to send home that was full of pictures from my last area and this area. And one of the elders last night was looking at the pictures last night on my camera and he erased them all. Yeah all of them. The memory card is completely blank. I dont know what to do. I think I am going to cry. not really but it just is super lame. There is no way to get them back. oh well what can you do. So training is awesome. He is a new convert and he is just so on fire with the spirit. He is from the visayas so he is already fluent in the language. He is going to be ready to lead the area after 1 transfer which will be awesome.... because I really want to transfer. Dont get me wrong I like the people and everything but there are only 3000 people in the whole area. I have talked to everyone 10 times and they are sick of the missionaries. They wont close the area to the missionaries though because if they do the branch would just stop functioning. I guess I should just be more patient and learn to love the area. Well that is about all for now. next week i will have a lot more to say. Im just to upset about the memory card. Thanks for all the prayers. Oh and about Christmas I just dont know what you should do. you could send church socks for the people and ties and white shirts. And if you want to get me something for christams you can
just deposit money into my bank account. Im super scared to have you all mail stuff. I heard around Christmas time everything gets stolen out of the packages. scary. ok thanks for all the love and support
Elder Ehorn
November 11
Hello everybody!
Another week has come and gone here for me in the Philippines. It was a rough week. Its so weird it feels like all the days in the Philippines are the same
since we do the same thing everyday whether it be sunday or wednesday or whatever. I really enjoy Mondays. That is preperation Day. It is really a time for us to relax and get some other needful things done besides the proselyting. I honestly think if they got rid of Preperation Day all missionaries would go crazy. Really. It is such a relief. This we was hard because I have been sick. I have a way bad cold that I have had for two weeks now and it is definatley infected. (I can tell by the color of the Flem) yeah gross. The other missionaries just laugh at me. It also rained everyday this week again so that makes it hard to want to go outside and work hard. But we had zone conference on Friday and that helped me so much. Everytime we get to hear from the Mission President my spirit really gets a boost. I guess that is his responsibility. I did receive that package. Thank you so much. I think that the underwear will probably fit him. I havent given to him yet. but the missionaries really liked the candy. I got to eat a little. Hey I have an opportunity for you all for Christmas if you want. There is a family in Lamac and they are going to the temple in Manila to be sealed. They are Short 2000
pesos to go on the temple trip in December for the Stake. They already got all their interviews done and everything. They Just need 2000 pesos still. That is
like 44 dollars. It would take them like 4 months to save that up. Meaning that they would not be able to go to the temple. If you want to donate that would be sweet. Just deposit into my account and I will withdraw it and sneak it to there house somehow so they dont know the misisonaries helped. I cant beleive how much I have learned in the mission about life and myself. About being humble and developing christ like attributes. I never forget to remember what a good example of humility Dad was always. Well I am doing good. Cant beleive im 8 months out. only 16 left. ha that is forever. maybe I will come home a transfer early so I cant start up school immediatley so I dont have to wait for 7 months. who knows. still forever away. Maybe I will extend and be a missionary until May of 2009. I hope everyone continues to well and follow the will of the Lord for them.
Sincerely Elder Ehorn
