Hey everybody!!!

  So Elder Thompson is a very happy missionary right now!!! I'm finally transferred into the province WAHOOO!!! I finally got out of the city and now I'm in a tropical paradise!!! I'm not on Mindoro,  but its almost as good I'm still pretty happy!!! My new area now is located in the TayTay Zone,, my new area is called the Taytay 1st ward!!! Its city plus province so I'm pretty freaking happy. We have a part of our area that's in the city, but we also have a part in our area where its actually has a couple of mountains and we actually can get a good view of the city where I came from. I just laugh when I see it and that huge dark cloud of pollution right over it hahahaah!!! I'm charging my camera right now so i couldn't get any pictures but i will send some  to you guys once its fully charged. So your also probably wondering who my new companion is also my new companion is actually the companion of one of my older companions in the field Elder Webster hhahahaha who would've thought that I would be companions with 2 guys from my zone in the MTC its freaking hilarious. Hes only a transfer ahead of me just like my first co-senior companion, Elder Webster. Also another funny thing is that Elder Burgan was actually assigned here when he first trained his first trainee Elder Barba. Hahahaaha how funny would it be to also train here like him hahahahaahahah!!

   So another thing that is about this area is its just me and Elder Gallacher in the ward, hahahaha we are roommates with the elders  in the other ward that use our chapel as well. Our church starts at 2 o clock in the afternoon which a freaking long time.!!! The ward here is freaking awesome though in my last area the average lessons a day we would get is maybe 2 but here we usually are busy 12 o clock till 9 in the night just freaking busy all the time. I LOVE IT!!!! This area is great lots of ward missionaries work with us a lot of them returned missionaries its awesome, the bishopric is great especially the bishop, funniest guy I have ever met so far on my mission. The ward is great and I'm really excited to be here, Tagalog is coming along have got alot of compliments on mine, some saying Elder Thompson is fluent which we all know not to be true, but I will take it. Just going to really enjoy this area I can tell, its freaking huge too so it might take me a  while to get used to it all, but ill do my best. I love you guys and will send you guys some picture for sure next week!!!! I love you mom!!!

Mahal kita,
  Elder Thompson

Dear Wonderful Mother of Mine,

    Hey I was actually writing this week what I'm going to need in that package is probably going to be chocolate anything chocolate cause most of the stuff I can get here. I am also going to need some floss picks they are the ones that are very good and probably going to need some of those as well. Garments wise I really don't need any I have decided though that when I cant use my dry lux garments anymore Ill just get some from the temple cause they have the ones I need I have decided that I'm going to just use the mesh garments just cause they work for me better than the dry lux I sweat alot and they just soak up the sweat whereas the mesh actually let me have sort of an air conditioning its a lot better for me. Will buy those as soon as my dry lux are gone some are yellow in the pits and I can get it out but soon I wont so ill have too keep going but don't worry don't need money for that. Also if you can send me like in an album maybe picture of the day before I left with friends and family and such like in a lil book cause I need alot more pics don't have alot hahaahah. Other than that that's all I will need just send me whatever you think that you will need to send me other than the chocolate and floss that's all I need chocolate is super expensive here. Also the pictures and that's pretty much it. If you want you can send me mesh garments I don't know when I will need them honestly, but I know soon.  Anyways so I have some big newss!!!

  I'M TRANSFERRING WAHHHH!!! I'm gone going to another area again after being here for 18 weeks I'm going:( Also Elder Wilde is also going to transfer ahahahah Elder Esteves is going to be here for more than 3 transfers hahahaha I have very high hopes for Mindoro cause they are having 4 elders coming off it so really hoping for there, but I will be happy anywhere. Definitely going to miss this area I have had the great opportunity to reactivate some less-actives it really is a great opportunity. One baptism only, but that's better that you bring one soul unto Christ than none. Really going to miss Rowel hes freaking awesome I hope he will continue to stay active and to eventually serve a mission like I am. Going to miss Elder Braind, but hes a great person to leave this area too. He will continue to do work here and hopefully have Kevin baptized on the 16th will continue to talk to him hes awesome really enjoyed the 6 weeks I have had to be with him. Also still going to keep my streak going new companion every transfer ahahahahah!!! Tomorrow I will go and will be in my new area I will tell you guys where I will be. Hopefully in a tropical paradise or just back into the city the only 2 things that can happen. I love you mother other than what I have said I'm also very to sad to see that 2 really great friends of mine have also gone to the other side, but I know they can now rest in Heavenly Fathers presence. Tell Brother Ray I really do appreciate all the letters and also tell Brother Perez that I'm trying to be as good as he is, but we do play basketball as much as we can but not too much. Also tell Tyler, Hudson and Holden as well I would love to hear from them. Elder Wilde actually is from Sacramento and says he might know Tyler cause he did a mini mission in the Sacramento mission so ask him that and tell them 3 to write me and I will write them back I have wrote to 3 elders in my district in the Laoag mission Elder Sione, Elder Parker, and Elder McDonald want to know how they're doing and I have figured a way to write people as well as do all I do on P-Day. Have also wrote to some of the members and my recent converts in Quezon City 3rd Ward. I have been trying to write all those back, but it might be a while, but I'm trying. Today should be super busy. I love you guys and miss you tons hope you guys have a great week miss you all!!!!

Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson

Jordan's district in TanDang Sora

M and R families that they reactivated

2 little girls that  Elder T had just taught

MMMMMMMM! Cow Testicles!!

MMMM! Pigs Brain!

Hey everybody!!!

 Things are going so freaking great here I'm loving the life of a missionary like always. I had such a good week I'm still in awe!!! So you know how we are focused on less actives so this week we had a big breakthrough with that after so many weeks of trying we not only got almost all the ones we have focused on at church we got more. We had 10 LA's at church yesterday you can describe the happiness that I felt yesterday I was so freaking happy it was so awesome. Most of the LA's we had at church yesterday were ones that we have really been focusing on its so freaking awesome. We were happy elders yesterday I can tell you that WAHOO!!!

 Sounds like everyone is so happy now since that Addy graduated HOLY CRAP!!! Noahs done with elementary school HOLY CRAP!!!, and Ed is still going strong with all that he is doing HOLY CRAP!!! Sounds like fun you broke your pinkie toe hahahaahah that suckss. Hey weird that people are actually asking you how I'm doing just tell them to freaking write me 2 times I have received mail and its always just one letter :( Malungkot na ako talaga!!!, but they are letters from Brother Dewey Ray so I'm still pretty happy about that hes such an awesome person. Yep no work for MAMA for now just gonna do some nice old cleaning yea same old same old, always gotta love summer cleaning hahahaah. So this week we had interviews with President DeLaMare as well as Sister DeLaMare, and our AP's Elder Frost and Elder Lerma. So in my interview President DeLaMare told me that in the next couple of transfers he said that I shouldn't be surprised if I get called to train a new elder AHHHHH!!!!! It would be sweet though, it definitely wont happen next transfer though since they only have 2 elders coming in both of them, Filipino so we will see, but more than likely ill be going this transfer to another area, but if I do say what the helk I love this area, but I also do really want to go to Mindoro SO MUCH!!! I'm getting kinda of sick of the city, but it is a great place to start. So anyways other than what I have already told you I'm loving life and as always eating crazy stuff again and again. This week I get a rare opportunity indeed I get to eat something that is called a SEA CENTIPEDE!!! ANO BA YAN!!! So yea pretty excited to eat that hahahaah. I love you guys and have fun with everything you do now that schools gone.

Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson

Yummm! Chicken feet.

Riding around town on what they call a trycicle with another American comp from apartment,

Dear Mother,
All is well, I'm loving the life here in the Philippines its so amazing to be able to be a part to do the Lord's work here in this great country. I still have vitamins yes and everyday I take them, the yuckiness is gone never have really had that kinda stuff, and yes I always have a water bottle on me if I don't I go and buy one don't want to pass out huh? I was just tired cause I got out of district meeting that's why hahahaah! I haven't felt sick for a while sure I have the runs just a little bit of times, but that's just a regular thing. With baptisms we don't have any really right now we have one soon, but its after the transfer and well I think I'm going to leave here 3 transfers is a long time hahaha, but its up to the Lord not me so I honestly don't care. Kevin Blaza has a baptismal date set for June 9th so we will see how that goes he didn't come to church for a couple of weeks so we started  the count over again. We are having a hard time here with investigators, but with less-actives being reactivated we are doing great. Last transfer the family that me and Elder Acera found Rowel through was actually a less-active family now they are active and I'm so happy to see them every Sunday come to church they are so happy I LOVE IT!!! We had a lot of less-actives at church yesterday I was so happy its just another great week as a missionary.

HOLY CRAP two missionaries in the Kennewick Washington mission that's freaking awesome. Maybe Preston will train him as a missionary hahahaahah. That's so cool I'm really happy for them and all the work that's going. I'm also happy hes going on a mission its such a great decision I love it here. Oh Tia Rosas what such great food miss that a lot, but I definitely do love rice now hahahahah. Everyday RICE WAHOO!!! Definitely have developed a love for rice here its actually not that bad once you eat it every day. I have learned some recipes here so be ready for that one of them Bicol Express is very spicy so maybe just Dad and me will do that one, its really BLAZING HOT!!, but so freaking good. Buko juice too, buko is a young coconut and what they do is cut it open and drink the juice, so GOOD!!! Just loving the life here in the Philippines, Tagalog as well is coming along well I wouldn't say I'm fluent, but I have got a lot of compliments, but don't let those get to my head keep studying. I actually just finished the Book of Mormon, and so I started reading the New Testament, many missionaries say it helps here to know that dahil many people here are fervent in believing the Bible and just that. Also found a good way to use cross references in my teaching so that I can use the Book of Mormon along with the Bible for people to be more willing to listen. I also finally got to go to province sort of. I went on exchanges with Elder Cortezano, my district leader's companion, and my district leader, Elder Taurabakai, who is surprisingly from Carabas, the place where Hudson and Jackson are originally from I think don't really know, just think. It was so nice and cool it was awesome. So that's another week of the life of Elder Thompson here in the Quezon City Philippines mission. I love you all so much and one reminder to tell everybody and I MEAN EVERYBODY!!! That the new address in my mission is what they want to write to not the other one cause the office couples will stop going there and I might not receive some letters don't want that do we now.

NEW ADDRESS:
Elder Jordan Scott Thompson
Philippines Quezon City Mission
Aurora Blvd. Corner. JP Rizal St.
Project 4, Cubao
Quezon City 1109, Metro Manila, Philippines

Make sure everybody knows about this its important so you along with Addy put that on your facebooks so that literally everyone sees.

I love you all, so much and also the opportunity to talk to you all, and make that amazing face that I can do hahahaah.

Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson



On splits in a province called Ulit




Was really excited to go to a different area on splits




Going to a less active members house.  Had to cross some planks over a sewer to get there.




On splits with his DL's comp Elder Cortezano




Taken inside jeepney




A little boy he thinks looks like his little bro NG



Skyped, and spiked for those that understand that, with Elder Thompson on Mothers Day and we took a picture of him during our conversation.  It was good to see and talk to him nearly real time. We had some delay and the microphone and camera he was using at the internet cafe were archaic at best.  No bluetooth? whats up with that? thats weird. Anyway good to see him and see he is still of good spirits and still DOING THE WORK! 

Dear Mother,

   I'm loving life so much it is going so freaking awesome here. I love my life here in the Philippines its going so stinking good, we did though have a pretty hard week this week. Like last transfer we have a great time getting punted from people. It is going so awesome here though I love being a missionary even though I do get the things that I do. I do not have any pics of the National Day of Service I'm sorry I didn't bring my camera. First of all, cause its charging so that was a hindi pwede. Sorry talaga its just been very crazy here again I'm leading the area we just need to keep going and keep trying our hardest. Even though we didn't get a lot of lessons in I still felt like we gave it are all and that is what we need to feel to be able to know we are great missionaries. We may have a baptism on the 19th of May, but not entirely sure, Kevin Blaza, he was not able to come to church this week and the week before, but what we want to figure out is if he still can on the 19th because of the first time he wasn't able to go to church was because of that his house was filled with smoke and his parents needed his help with things so he wasn't able to, but really wanted to go to church. So we will talk to President DeLaMare about the situation and see if we can still continue with his baptism on the 19th. I will be calling on Monday,because we are not allowed to skype only on Mondays, because we have to pay for stuff in the shop and well that's a hindi pwede ulit. Ill be calling as soon as I get out of district meeting so around 11 o clock my time so yea don't know what time that is your time, but I know its early hahahaha. Its the only time that I can call you so be prepared for that. I love you guys and miss you all tons endure to end its the best thing that you can do, by the way I have received letters, but not in big amounts maybe like 2or 3 every 2 weeks that's when we get mail, but its been a while since I last got mail maybe 3 weeks now because of transfer meeting. Next week I should get some though, I remember I still haven't got the package from Aunt Kara that you guys said was coming a long time ago. I love all of you so much and all that you have done for me.

Mahal kita,
 Elder Thompson

found kids swimming in sewer

Jordan said this was the elder that trained his first comp and trainee Elder Burgan

Elder Thompson and new companion Elder Bland

With DLs.



One of the members in Jordans old area posted this picture on FB. Its the National Day of Service.  It looked like the church members there painted fences around Memorial Circle and also cleaned areas of trash by sweeping.  The missionary by Jordan is his new comp Elder B.