Dear Wonderful Mother of Mine,

  So Mother this week was so long it has been a while to have been able to email to you guys so this week we were able to  do a lot of cool stuff it was a great week for us for sure. We had a a lot of new investigators found this week. All from one person we got last week from a newly re-activated less-active who just hands a million referrals to us everyday we visit her. So what we actually had to do was since with that one Monday just this week we had to go on exchanges with the Ward Missionaries to be able to get to all of our less-actives as well then the next day we visited all of the investigators its so balanced in our area it makes me feel that we really are doing such a good work here its amazing. Sadly though our time as a companionship will come to a close tomorrow, Elder McCoy will be transferring so I will be leading the area and doing all I can to do my best with my new companion. Hoping for a Filipino, but an American will also be just fine for me as well. Really I want a Filipino, to really practice my Tagalog and to continue to improve on it. Also I still have all the money I never ever check for a balance, our president told to not do that. I just pulled it out since its really hard to find a store that actually accepts credit card other than grocery stores I HATE IT!!! I still haven't given any money out so don't worry about that.

 I'm really happy to hear that Marc and Kylie are going through the temple its such a great experience I loved it so much. Please send some pictures if you can PLEASE!!! Also really excited to know that Holden is doing the right thing by going on a mission, its really the best thing that you can do. Also good to hear Indy is going to go and do the Lord's work its really a special experience. Also by the way we actually got called to the hospital in our area to give a blessing to a non-member whose sister is from Naga and is a member of the church. She just got some cancer taken out of her neck so she really needed a blessing I got to give it to her and promised her that she will overcome these things and do the things that the Lord wants her and she will overcome!!! I love being able to have experiences like this!!! This transfer has been a really hard transfer for me since Satan really wants me to go home and this transfer has been his trying transfer and he did not get me I actually talked with President DeLaMare about it and what he thinks I should do. Simply lang he said to apply the Atonement of Jesus Christ and to make my prayers even more sincere and asked me if I needed a blessing and after it I literally didn't have any sick feelings and just felt I could go and teach the world after that blessing our area just exploded so many new investigators so many great ones too!!! Sad I don't get to spend it with Elder McCoy and he has been a big help in my mission you realize on your mission even though your follow-up training you still learn alot from your junior companion I can definitely can say that's SO TRUE!!! One of the best companions I have ever had!!! I love you guys so much and will tell you all the rest this coming next email time!!! I love you all and Elder Thompson is going strong and still ready to conquer the world!!!

Mahal kita,
 Elder Thompson

Quezon City District

Member who is from England (he thinks its cool because his Nana is from there to)

Elder Thompson and Elder McCoy

Elder Thompson touring.



Wearing a wooden hat!



 Dear Wonderful Mother of Mine,

  Hey everybody good news so this week we had a lot of cool stuff happen this week. We actually had this week interviews with President DeLaMare and the AP's this week along with the Marikina Zone so the zone that had to all be evacuated because of the stinking floods. It was great though learned a lot of new things and had the opportunity to talk with President DeLaMare about my life as a missionary and how much I love it!!! Great week along with that I was able to get my package from you guys and have a great time with reading the scrapbook you made it was so awesome and I'm so also happy that I do not tie my tie like I used to do PANGET!!!! I loved all the things that were said seriously I love all of it especially the picture to see Nate coming home from doing the Lord's work honorably!! I love doing the Lord's work here and let me tell you its going by so stinking quickly its ridiculous!!! Had alot of cool stuff this week to do but along with your question I don't really have any pictures I'm trying to be even more careful than before and I don't want to take my camera out in the street our president warns us not to!! Still got some good pictures this week and cant wait to send them!! As well as I don't really have that much of flooding here in my area its pretty awesome, but got to go and do service at the PAO building across from the temple and help with the relief effort!!! It was good and we also had a activity with our less-actives in our area it was so much fun we did it at the Memorial Circle in our area!!!

 The area is going great we have a great investigator in our area Romela Alati-it who is actually is doing so very good we taught her this week a couple of times and we have been thinking since she is 14 years old she may be listening to us since that we are to Americans it has happened before here and well I don't want that so we have been really following up all of the things that we give her to read and well she has really been doing the things that we ask because she actually does want to find out more and find the only true church on this earth!!! Her sister is a re-activated less-active that she lives with and has been coming to church ever since we have been teaching her!!! Shes pure gold talaga!!! In church yesterday we saw her sitting with her sister and one of the greatest things happened its important to have a fellow shipper and she has one!!! One of her friends in the ward started sitting by her and talking with her and she has been going to activities with the YW!!! I love it shes doing great has a baptismal date set for September 22nd to be exactly sure that she is ready!!

 So this is what we had to do this week wasn't as bad with the rain as last week but its off and on so well see how that goes too!! I love you guys and miss you all a ton!!

Mahal kita,
 Elder Thompson


Birthday package finally came!!!



Posing at Memorial Circle Quezon City





Dear Wonderful Mother of Mine,
  So hey, guess what? Yes, it rained a lot this week it was pretty ridiculous. I never have seen so much rain in all my life it was so ridiculous. Especially with the fact that were from Arizona and well we barely get any rain there hahahaah!!! It was weird for sure it was the first time that I have ever been cold here in the Philippines. We were not effected by the floods as much as was our area. One of our families the Muyano Family had a big problem they said that they actually had over 6 feet of water by their house before we go to their house, we have to climb a couple of stairs and they say all those filled up actually their house is right next to a canal to so the water still got their house cause that whole canal filled up and got to their house. So yea we didn't get to go to them until they came to church on Sunday so yea it been a great week actually. This week got to celebrate my birthday so weird it was actually pretty fun and sad at the same time. I didn't get my package this week so yea that was definitely a bummer. Also we got our interviews canceled last week with President DeLaMare since you remember Tandang Sora chapel was where we were planning to have them at and President's car wasn't even able to coordinate through the floods actually me and the other 3 elders in our house weren't even able to get there the Zone Leaders in our zone and the other district were already there at the chapel and told us actually to wait and they would tell us when we could go. When we got the go signal we headed out in rain that was just so not nice plus the lightning and thunder going off every 10 seconds i swear. We waited for 30 minutes to go there quickly since we are pretty far from everyone else in our zone.  I stopped a taxi and asked him to go to Tandang Sora and he said this "Ayaw ko pupunta iyan sa Tandang Sora binaha talaga at hindi ako pumasok doon. He didnt want to go that way simply. We got onto the long way with using the MRT some thing like the lightrail over there in ASU it was pretty cool so we took it to the Trinoma Mall MRT station and from there walked again it was pretty fun walking in rain with alot of stuff in my hands my shoulder bag, Preach My Gospel, plus my umbrella which I always need so I don't get sick. We didn't even make it since we were about to go to the street by Tandang Sora Mindinao Ave. and we couldn't even walk we were already so wet as it was we were almost about halfway up our legs, but if we went any farther we probably get stuck. So we called the AP's and they came and got us from our shelter in McDonalds hahahaaha!!! Wasnt hungry though. Then we thought when were going to Tandang Sora chapel Nope straight to our apartment again interviews were canceled ahahahaha .

 So we spent alot of our time this week doing CSP'ing lots of our members in me and Elder McCoy's area had more problems with the floods since our area is the more poorer part of our ward. It was fun walking through squatters in only shorts, a shirt and shoes gotta love it. It wasn't bad in NIA our squatters as it was in our other part of our area Philcoa. Had a good time going to all the members checking up on them if there wasn't any problems didn't have any problems but one of our investigators asked us to visit one of her kaibigans and had her come with us to her house actually gave her friends kid a blessing of comfort and was able to be the one to give it to her. Her mom wanted us to give her specifically the opportunity to have her kid speak since her child cannot speak, but it was so good in a time of need these people turn to the Lord for help even us the Lord's servants I love it. One of our investigators Romela Alati-it who has a baptismal date set for August 25th really got affected from the floods she was really sick and last Sunday me and Elder McCoy gave her a blessing and got a text from our family the Muyano family that she lives with she was going straight to the hospital she has been throwing up blood daw. Really would love it that you pray for my area especially her at this time. Also for my birthday had a good time with that. So on my birthday I was inside the house the whole day confined. My companion, as well as another elder in our house got really sick, the reason they forgot their umbrellas so they got pretty wet hahahaahah. So yea another plus all my clothes in the back which I hand washed all got wet from the rain and well you really don't want that to happen to your clothes the rain here is pretty bad, with all the pollution so yea spent over 2 hours rewashing my clothes yea it was pretty fun along with the rain still coming down hahahaaha plus no birthday package :(. It was still such a fun week so hopefully tomorrow ill get my package since our interviews with President are tomorrow so ill tell you that next email. I'm fine here the flood hasn't really got to me other than this week with the rain had alot of rats and mice come in our house we killed alot of them this week plus one really big one me and Elder Ferrer killed at the chapel. ITS HUGE!!! VICTORY!!! STONED THAT SON OF A GUN!!! That's just for Dad and the boys!!! I love you guys and I'm fine and thank you for your prayers love you from your newly 20 year old son!!!

Mahal kita,
 Elder Thompson

Elder thompson saved his ward from this rat.

The young man and grandmother were baptized

Elder Thompson with baby

 

Hello Po Dear Wonderful Mother of Mine,

   So yes I got a new camera and yes I should have waited, but I would not have got all the great pictures this week if I did not. We actually had our zone activity today earlier and it was a blast we planned on going bowling for our zone activity, but they were actually having a tournament in the alley today so yea what a blowout huh? Its a freaking great camera, I got the Canon A810 the one that they actually had a very good deal for, yes I even know how to be a great shopper like you in the Philippines hahahah!!! I got it for only 4,985 pesos and what I got with it was awesome got a lot more than I thought I would have gotten. I got batteries, the chargeable ones that you wanted, its waterproof, plus the case is amazing so much better than my last cameras case which by the way what do you want me to do with that camera? Anyways I got alot of good stuff with it it was a bargain for sure I'm so glad I learned how to find bargains like you taught me hahahah!!! Yea hopefully I will hear from Isaac or Garret haven't since I last wrote them over a year ago!!! :) SAyang talaga eh!!! I'm glad to hear that Mason is actually getting married that's way cool good for him since shes a member maybe he will find an interest in our church who knows!!! Yea anyways the companionship is going so great we are actually hitting all of our mission standards on key indicators. I'm feeling so great its amazing out here in this area I love being in the squatter areas they may be small, but I love them the people are so open to us, but we have began our focus on the middle and higher class now so we are really going to try one part of our area Teacher's Village the only rich/middle class part of our area. Lots of less-actives around there so we are going strong here me and Elder McCoy. I honestly can say I have matured so much in this area than any other area having to be a follow up trainer/ 1st senior is a tough business, but it comes with alot of blessings which I'm so thankful for (D&C58:3-5) My favorite scripture here in the field read it ITS AWESOME!!!.

  So we are looking very good this week we have a very busy week this week tomorrow we will actually have zone interviews with President DeLaMare at Tandang Sora Chapel so ill definitely send you guys some pictures of that when we have it. Also since its my birthday on Wed, by the way have not received my package so hopefully ill get it tomorrow along with our interviews. On Wed anyways we have a Family Home Evening with the Ward Missionaries in the ward since they love to throw parties we will have one for me on Wed. Then on Thursday we will have another Family Home Evening with the Silla Family (By the way yesterday Brother/Tatay Silla attended church yesterday for the 3rd time in a row WAHOO, but hes still having trouble with W.O.W, but we are continuing on with him). Actually he gave us a referral for a less-active that lived right by them and we did not know about hahahaha!!! We taught the De Guzman family yesterday and found out that Brother is going away to Pagangsinan a province in the northern part of the Philippines in a week, but he wants us to continue teaching his family while hes away so there a up/down with that!!! We have 3 baptismal dates set one for August 25th and two for September 8th we will see how this goes. All the parts in our area are amazing lalo sa NIA ang parte sa area namin lahat siya ay squatters. We actually were able to bless a less-active in our area who is very old 80's yata and we went to his house yesterday after we received not only a text from his son, but from our bishop as well hes doing alright as I know right now, we will find out tomorrow or on Thursday depending how long our interviews go for tomorrow. I have learned a couple of recipes and actually will be actually able to use that cook book you guys gave me earlier in the mission from Sister Arnett which by the way, hows Tyler, Hudson and Adam Skousen doing right now??? Also Chris Cartwright?? Really miss those guys want to know how they doing as well as if any of the old priest quorum are coming back from their missions soon?? I will have a happy birthday for sure I gonna have a blowout hahahaha!!! Ill send you guys a picture when we get it. I love you all and wish you all the best much love!!!

Mahal Kita,
Elder Thompson


Elder McCoy and Elder Thompson



Elder Thompson and Elder McCoy with G Family

District picture (Elder T experimenting with new camera)



Another pic!
Elders Usher, Ferrer. Thompson, McCoy