"Welcome to Rosales"

Well just like every week it was great to hear from you guys and its something that keep me going, well here on the other side of the world some exciting things happened! i finally got transfered! haha i never thought the day would come but here i am! im in a little area called santa maria, haha it's like the arm pit of the mission, they say it's one of the hottest zones and yeah im feeling it haha! I have to admit it was sad leaving bauang, that place felt like home, the night before transfers we had a curfew because it's a holiday here and some people from the branch came by and visited and brought us food, the bauang branch will always be a place i will never forget, i guess you could say that's one of the hardest parts of the mission is transferring but it's good at the same time cause i got a new responsibilitly here and a lot of work to do! so im in a ward now but its a lot smaller than the branch i just came from and we had a meeting with the stake president yesterday and we have to get the attendence up an average of 10 people by the new year so we have a lot of work to do here. i'm so excited to start going and i know we are going to be able to do great things here with the help of the lord, the leaders here are strong and have a great vision so...it's time to get to work! this week was good the past few days have flown past, just trying to get used to the area and things, its weird not being in an area where i know it inside and out but its a relief. i felt i grew this week and the lord was right there on long the way to help me. i'm excited to have gotten my 1st american companion! haha elder terry is a stud and just wants to work hard, so i know we are going to get work done here! he is dang good at the language considering how long he has been out, 3 months maybe. we have been getting along great and things are looking great! well that's a wrap up on my week over here! it flew by just as usual and i'm enjoying everyday! thanks for your love and support and know you are in my prayers! take care over there and remember Him in everything you do! mahal kita Elder Machen