Hey magandang hapon po sa inyo lahat(good afternoon to you all)!!!

   Everybody another great and marvelous week for me and Elder Tipene, lots of things we learned this week that will definitely I'll keep in the mission for the rest of my life!!! We had an amazing week this week and guess what were gonna have another great and marvelous week again everybody!!! So good news I'll be getting the package before Christmas so I'm pretty happy about that!! So me and Elder Tipene had a very exciting week for sure, we didn't have a lot of lessons,but we had an amazing week finding new investigators, this week we had Zone conference and that week, President DeLaMare, announced our new focus in our mission which is finding new investigators and bringing them to our Heavenly Father, back into his fold!!!
 
  So this week me and Elder Tipene went a little hunting for the lost sheep and we didn't have anything for a whole hour, then as we were walking we just said a little "Magandang Hapon po(good afternoon am)" to an old nanay(mother), and from that since she saw us in shirts and ties, she said that  "You have something for me to read?" So we started talking to her and as we were, her kabahay(housemate) another old nanay(mother), she asked for one of the Restoration pamphets, also as always being the amazing comp he is Elder Tipene, starts talking with another family just standing and watching us, thy actually we were able to go to them this last week, they are a full Baptist family and love their Bible studies, but were willing to listen to our message, the cool thing about all of this is that they have a little girl who is only 10 years old and is reading the Bible, she is now in Leviticus, asked her a few questions and knew all of them, was very surprised myself, so anyways we set another time that we could come and visit with them, so back to tracting that whole day we didn't get any lessons in, but we were able to in that time to, find 9 potential investigators, 4 of them being full families, so in my eyes it was a pretty successful day for us two even though we didn't teach any we will though be contacting them tomorrow, so tomorrow will be the day of reckoning. Really excited for this coming week, tomorrow we have a FHE evening with our Branch Mission Leader, JC and his parents, Wednesday we will be going to our Branch President's house, President Soriano, then we also have this week Christmas Conference, as well as our Branch Christmas Party, and Temple Tour with Christmas lights!!!! So excited for this week its going to be so amazing, might even see all of the people, that were baptized in Quezon City 1st Ward after I left!!!:) Anyways I loved this week and it was so amazing, we didn't get a lot of lessons this week, but we did our best that's what counts. I love this area, we are starting to really pick-up here in this area, really enjoy my District, the sisters are amazing, last Friday did my first Baptismal interview, yea I was freaking nervous, but felt like that she has that testimony to continue on in this gospel, overall another amazing week, love the elders in my district, or my kabahays(housemates) they are the best!! I love being a District leader, especially the fact I'm the only district leader that has more than 4 in his district. Overall amazing life as a missionary!!! I LOVE IT!!!! Mahal kita(Love)

Nagmamahal(Love),
  Elder Thompson

Magandang Hapon po sa inyo lahat(good afternoon please you all),
   Hey everybody, me and Elder Tipene had an another amazing week. I will be calling you guys around that time don't worry, about 7:00 or 8:00, but my comps time is different from ours so I'm going to go with one of the elders in my house, who is from Utah so that it won't cause any problems.Yes I was alone for about 30 minutes, but that was on a jeep at 4 in the morning, and then I met one of the other district leaders in our zone so it wasn't to bad, went with all of the DL's in our zone together, its a lot easier, and yes we have permission to do that, from President, don't worry I'm a missionary the Lord is with me to protect me!!! ED is just in the same position as I was, now its his time to shine, and do better than I did he has a lot more potential than all the rest of us at that kind of stuff, sorry NG "YOU JUS A LIL GUY", hahahaah joke lang(just joke), anyways I'll write ED and NG a lil something something. Anyways I wanna see some pics of Ed's Winter Formal, and confirm he is more gwapo(handsome) than me hahahaa!!! I hope he flashed the Filipino gwapo(handsome) sign at least once!!! Also we just got an announcement that in our zone a new group will be starting in our mission, and eventually become a branch!, as you can see that the work is going as he said in the Standard of Truth, "No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing". We just love hearing announcements like that in our mission!!! With the switch in our mission we are just really focusing on finding more investigators, and building the kingdom of God. So what I have been doing to progress, is now I'm really trying to finish the Doctrine and Covenants again, as well as at least the New Testament before I hit the road and come home!!!, as well as always read the Book of Mormon, I just love reading the scriptures, if I don't have anything to do, I read the scriptures, yea doesn't sound like me before the mission did it? Whenever I don't have anything to do I read, what the??

 So anyways I forgot my password so I want you guys to make me a new one so I sent the thing to you guys to were you change my password then next week just tell me my new password, if you could!! I can't think of it, if you just send me a new password it would be fine, sorry about the problems, but I will be writing it down in my planner so that it won't go forgotten again!!! Sorry talaga (really)!!! Its weird to realize, but I'm an old man in the mission and now is the time to shine!! We don't really tract in our area, its not very effective, especially the fact that our areas are very poor, but we are doing our best to O.Y.M people to talk to them on the street and find those part-member families so that we can better get less-actives to church as well as all of their family become members. We are having so much success, with our areas and we are really doing our best to keep ourselves going and focused, I love this area no not because its province, but because it has a lot of potential that no one ever has seen, I see a lot of potential in this area especially our investigators, we have a few a baptismal date so we are trying to increase this number, a lot of them with a baptismal date are just pure gold!!! Yesterday we went to one of our investigators, Sister Diverly, we were teaching the Gospel of Christ, and while we were teaching got to Baptism, she asked what does she need to do to be baptized?? We then explained she needs to do her best to receive a witness, from the Holy Ghost, shared to her from Moroni 10:4-5 how we need to do our best to follow, by faith, and do the things that he has commanded us to do, she then said the thing that I just proved to me she is just a gold investigator!! She then said these words "Elders I'm really looking for the truth and I want to know, when I go to church, I want to go to church, for me not because you 2 told me to" SHE'S GOLD!!! I'm so grateful to be able to harvest in this area its an amazing area, I will see so much progression in this area!!! I love it!! I love you all, sorry about the lil problems with my skype!! I love you all, and will be looking forward to you guys calling!!! MAHAL NA MAHAL KITA (LOVE TO LOVE YOU)
Nagmamahal(LOVE),
Elder Thompson

 Magandang Hapon po sa aking pamilya (Good afternoon please my family),
  
     Hey everybody this week was a very memorable one for me and my new companion, Elder Tipene. He's such an amazing companion, he has already taught me a lot of good stuff. One thing I have already learned is that when we plan we need to think actually to who we will go to since in our area its so stinking huge, we literally walk 20 minutes to get to every house not just next door like in Quezon City. Its a bit of challenge at first this week especially, but now I think I'm getting the hang of it, Elder Tipene is really helping me a lot and what we are doing is finding a lot of Less-actives as well as new investigators, while we are trying to find those less-actives. I was just as surprised as you guys were when I was called. Also got to go to District Leader training meeting this week. Got to talk with Elder Carpentero, my last district leader, he told me that all of the baptisms that we planned the Saturday I left, they all were baptized WAHOO!!! It was amazing to be able to hear that I felt even though I wasn't there I still was!! Lots of good experiences I get to experience. Like this week waking up at 4:00 in the morning to get to the mission home for the meeting at 9:00. Yea riding a jeep by myself was kinda scary, but really it wasn't to bad I'm just glad that I actually got on the right jeep, if I didn't I could be in a different place and yes that is how far away my area is from the mission home, we have to get up at 4:00 its amazing being separated from the city, just when I'm on top of the mountains and see all the fog and pollution I left in Quezon City. Its beautiful in this area we have a really great branch, we just need to build it up even more.

   So anyways we are really doing a really good job in this area, the thing we need to do in this area is to really build the peoples faith in this area. The church in our branch is being renovated, right now so we have to go to the chapel in Angono, which is actually in another zone, the TayTay zone hey been there before. Its so far away from our area so we have a really hard time with the members coming to church, mostly the investigators and the less-actives. What our main focus is right now is all of the less-actives as well as our more richer investigators, who can afford to go to the chapel since it is so far away. Full honesty its very hard to get people, but promising blessings is really been blessing us we have been able to have more come, we are doing our best, its just that stinking money!, but we are really doing our best to build the people to were they will put their faith in the Lord and come and not worry about the money, we know the Lord will provide, we just need them to do their part. Honestly this area will really put my skills to the test on everything I have learned in my mission. I know it will be hard, but I always remember, just actually we talked about this in District meeting earlier today. What we did at DL training was President DeLaMare, asked us as DL's to write a picture of what we wanted to have our district be like. I drew a redwood tree!! ?? I thought of that tree as well as a tumbleweed, yes had to get some of that Arizonan fever in there. Discussed earlier, that as a tree we are strong and come all adversity, but if we are a tumbleweed, we just go with everything. I addressed to our district that to accomplish the goals that we have set as missionaries is do our best and to overcome adversity, and be a redwood tree, and not a tumbleweed!!! Sweet right?? I love the district I'm in, the sisters are so stinking amazing, not just because 2 of them are the only 2 sisters that came with me here to the Philippines, but because the sisters are just fireballs!!! I love the elders in the district as well they are awesome, and I also live with them!! The work is moving on and we are doing our best to bring these people to the waters of baptism and eventually the temple!!! I love being a missionary its such an amazing experience!!! Wouldn't give this up for anything. I love you guys and miss all of your mga mukhas (faces)!!! I love you ALL!!!

Nagmamahal (LOVE),
  Elder Thompson



Was hoping to get more pics of his new area and this is what we got???



I am guessing this is Elder Thompsons new comp!!