New pictures from Legazpi

The Hernandez Family

New area with an active volcano

Elder Walker and Elder Yoro

Mt Mayon

Brother Hernandez baptism

Hello Fam.Well the new area is a city. Legazpi. It is a huge area, it used to be 2 areas but we are running out of missionaries so the closed one part of it. So we have to cover it. But its ok. We have a great Nanay (mother) in this area. Sister Morga, she has alot of family in Utah, She feeds us whenever we want. Sometimes we just drop by and she feeds us. She is awesome. she is gonna teach me how to make and sew neck ties! she is a seamstress. But yea, her son is our ward missionary. The only one that works with us. So we are slowly but surely learning the area and teaching lessons. My Companion is Filipino. Elder Alabanza, he is 28 years old. But about 4 foot high. He is cool i guess. He likes to find the weak spots of people and pick at them. Good thing i can dominate him, so he doesn't really try and annoy me haha. I think he is afraid. He goes home in November, so he is pretty trunky. He doesn't like to do the things I like to do. Such as companion study and leaving the house on time. Ha ha pretty important things. But its ok. Im just trying to help him focus on the work and go out with a bang. We have a couple new investigators. We found a gorgeous area the other day. Overlooking the city and The volcano. Oh yea I'm a rocks throw away form Mt. Mayon. A huge active volcano. Which has smoke coming out the top constantly. Its at level 2 alert right now. If it hits level 3 we are evacuated. ha ha I only told you all that to worry mom. I'm bored and need some excitement. haha I'm terrible i know. But yea i will definitly write Evan what is his address there? in the mtc? i need to know please get it for me!. Send him packages He is a great kid. you should take half the money you use to send me packages and use it for him. Speaking of packages i need retainer cleanser, razor heads and shaving cream. I need more cereal also haha. Please don't send salt water Taffy. It melts on the plane over here and is a mess in the box. I love it. But its messy. Thanks. Anyways That is such a blessing that your job will be closing in December and you got this new one. Holy cow. I hope you thanked H.F. for that one. Its amazing the blessings we get when we live righteously. Its awesome. I love you all I love what your all doing. Keep up the good work. Please please please keep reading the BoM at least a little bit a day. I finished it for the 2nd time on my mission the other day. Its amazing the spiritual strength it brings. It truly is written for our day. Please reap the blessings that await you in that amazing book. I love you all i miss you and hope you have a great weekend. mahal ko po kayong lahat. Or in Bicol mahal ko kamong gabos! haha yea thats right i can speak three languages. haha to bad Bicol is only spoken here. haha....

Well I had the best day of my life on Sat. I went back to Pili for the baptism of Bro. Hernandez. I would send pictures but my computer is being dumb. Ill try next week. But yes it was amazing. So special. He was so happy to see me, and i him. The family gave me a really nice printed out letter expressing their appreciation. I dont think they will ever realize how much they changed my life. I had the opportunity to baptise a little boy too. He belongs to the Verano family, i dont know if you remember them. But they used to be inactive for 8 years. But we got them active again!!! Man that area is amazing. The wedding didnt go through becuase they had a fight! it was crazy, its just part of the trials people experience before baptism. Satan doesnt want people to get baptized so he works hard on them. Anyways we had Family home evening the night of the baptism. It was a blast. And i got to go to church there the next day. It was fast and testimony meeting because last week was stake conference. So i bore my testimony, it was awesome. The whole church was full! when i first came we only had a few people that came to church. Alot of people didnt know i was transfered, they all wrote me letters on napkins they had in their purses and gave them to me. I love that ward so much. They are all gonna be at the airport when i fly home. And hopefully the Hernandez family is in Manila so i can be a witness for their sealing! anyways that was the most exciteing part of my week. other than that it sucked. My comp isnt a really hard worker. And me on the other hand love to work and be outside of the house. Well needless to say it sucks. We have an open area. Meaning we have no investigators and no help from anybody. We have to start from scratch. But yea. Being zone leader isnt any different from any other missionary. I just have a cell phone. Other than that. This week was ok. Im glad to hear Ganon is fearless! that is awesome! i hope he stays like that! he better! i HOpe your all going to the temple and reading your scriptures. I love Joshes name for his baby! that is awesome! i heard a name i liked the other day. Husly... But i like it for a dog name. haha. anyways i hope all is well at home. I love you and miss you all. Elder Walker

Wow that game sounds intense!!! Tell Coach Semore I said congrats and I'm bragging him up all the way around the world! Well I have news. I was Emergency Transferred yesterday from my favorite area. I'm now a Zone Leader. I'm in Legazpi city. we are opening an area. I'm not sure what all happened for the transfer i didn't ask. It wasn't my position to ask. I'm just going with what the Lord has planned ya know. But it kinda sucks because I didn't get to say goodbye to my favorite families. But the good news is i asked President to let me go back to that area this Saturday to baptize brother Hernandez, ya know my best friend. And he agreed, because when I found out I was transferred we were at Stake conference and Bro Hernandez was there. So I introduced him to Pres. He was in tears asking him to let me stay. That I was his favorite and he loved me. He was so so so sweet, all of his family and I were crying. I am so happy President likes me and I can go back to baptize him. This is one person I will be definitely introducing to you in the Celestial kingdom if you can't come pick me up here. He is simply amazing. There is no other word in the English or Tagalog vocabulary to describe that family. Anyways I'm now here as ZL . It's scary I didn't expect it. I was expecting another 2 weeks training my kid. I got to say bye to Dayday and her family at conference but just short. They all are coming to the airport when I go home. The Hernandez family wants me to be one of their witnesses in the Temple when I am in Manila. They have it all planned out. I really really hope the Lord lets that happen. That would be the best day ever! I hope your having fun in the nice cool mountains. ha ha while I suffer in this furnace! just kidding I love it.. Seriously though have fun camping. I hope that all is well with the fam.... I love you all.... peace... Elder walker