And the rains came down

     I know now that I should have never commented on the fact it hadn't rained much. After I finished emailing it started to rain. Tuesdayit rained all day and lots. The rest of the week it continued to rain on and off. I sure do miss the sun sometimes. Probably one of the coolest things that happened though is because it rained so much Tuesday we had to wade through water to get to our house.  

     Our work has been going pretty well. We are still always looking for people that we can teach and people who will actually let us come back for another lesson. We have a few people that are progressing but we are having trouble finding any more. We have a baptism this Saturday so that is really exciting. Marie Louis is super ready and has been preparing for a pretty long time. We were supposed to have mission tour this week but because of all the rain it was cancelled and will hopefully be this week. 

     Halloween in the Philippines is nothing pretty much but Nov 1 and 2 is when they celebrate the day of the dead or Araw ng mga Patay. From what I could see it was just everybody go to the cemetery get drunk and eat a ton of food.

     The sisters in our area had a good idea to put up a referral section on the board at church so we did that this morning and I guess we will see if it helps or not. One good thing about the sisters is that they are super good at finding chances for us to give blessings to people. We gave I think 4 this week. It is awesome that we are trusted with the power to do that and the more we have the more comfortable I have gotten at giving them. Yesterday we got invited to an RC families birthday party. The tatay was turning 50 so a pretty big deal. and all birthdays here are a big deal but they do them a little different than back home. The person whose birthday it is cooks all the food and is basically just in charge of making sure the guests have a good time. We didn't stay very long though because since he is the only one not a member he had all his friends and they were doing karaoke and getting drunk. Still it was a fun time to sit in the house with them all singing (not super greatly) outside. Look up D&C 18:10.  I this scripture right now

                                                     Wading home Tuesday

 Yeah it was way creepy I tried to get my hand up there for size. the thing is, remember that pic I sent of the other spider. it is probably double the size of that yellow one

 This is how they dry the rice. Usually you don't find the rocks till you bite them so that is always fun. No soy sauce or butter but you just put whatever you are eating on it.  I usually eat eggs mixed with canned meat and rice. that is probably the best meal we have. I bought a can of corn the other day and it was way good but a little $$