Elder Parker Enger Mission Letters

Hello! It's been a couple weeks, but I'm here in my new area, which also may be my last area since I have one more transfer left after this cycle haha, we'll see if there's any crazy changes. I'm here in Bambang, which is where I lived when I first arrived in the Philippines, my first area is actually the area right underneath us, it's pretty cool. Because of that, I'll occasionally see people I've already met before, either from our branch itself or from Almaguer (my first area), which is always a nice and fun surprise. I'm serving in the Bambang 2nd branch, my companion is Elder Gella (who was in the MTC with Elder Gernale, who I trained in Almaguer), and we lived in a 4 Elder apartment with the zone leaders, and things are going well so far. It's the largest "city" I've served in so far here in the Philippines (it's still just a municipality though, not technically a city yet), and we don't have bikes, which means we...

Hello! How are you guys doing? It has been a good past couple weeks, and thanks for the birthday wishes! We're working with Joy (her husband is a member) and her daughter, Marjorie, and this week, we met some of Joy's grandchildren. Not only did they all come to church yesterday, but Joy will be preparing to be baptized on May 6! And Marjorie and the grandchildren will likely be following her lead as well, so we're super excited for them and their family. Irene, an inactive woman that we've been trying to help come to church, also came yesterday, which made us happy to see. We also continue to find some wonderful part-member families, and even if some of them didn't come to church yesterday, we're confident that they will be able to come in the next few weeks. Bella (the daughter of a member) also got baptized and confirmed, so that was awesome, and Rosalinda, Rosemarie, and Rossgray continue to do great after their baptism; they're participating in Sunda...