Week ~ 19

Slipped and fell in the mud!!

Palawan!!!

Hello everyone! I am officially in paradise! PALAWAN BABY. Holy cow it is gorgeous here! I have been assigned in a town called Rezal. It is about 6 hours from the Palawan "airport." So we are sooo far from anyone. It is so different from the city! I do appreciate the fresh air though. We haven't really been into the mountains yet, because it is difficult to proselyte there, but from my house the mountains are beautiful! When I got the call I was going here, Elder Leofo started screaming and laughing ha-ha, because Rezal is one of the toughest places in the whole mission! There are 2 elders here, me and my companion Elder Baquiran! We live in a house all by ourselves, (I'm not a fan of that but thats okay) He is Filipino from a province about 2 hours away from Manila. He can speak English but he doesn't like to. So that pushes my language limits ha-ha. The members here are awesome. All 30 of them are hahaha. A SUPER small branch. They are all awesome. This area is going to be very difficult compared to my last area. Lots of people here can't make enough money to go to church, so that makes it SO hard to get people to church. Our area is HUGE too. And on top of that lots of people speak a different language, like up in the mountains and stuff. So that will be interesting. This has been a very hard adjustment for me, I live with one other person, who I hardly even know, I live with mice and rats, we only have power from 9:00 Am until 1:00 Am, so that's cool. I also shower with a bucket. That is super hard. Our sink doesn't work either ha-ha. SO we have to wash dishes in the shower "area." This is quite the adventure for me right now. My companion is very quiet, kind of emotional too. He had a nervous breakdown at me last night for something so stupid. I wasn't even quite sure why ha-ha. But he will probably transfer in 6 weeks. I am gonna admit I miss Elder Leofo! He was so awesome ha-ha. I think this companionship might be one I need to bare ha-ha. He is a little feminine but I will try to love him! (not that i don't) but yeah .... He is good though! He is a GREAT teacher. Like so so good. Tomorrow we drive 3 hours just to get to zone meeting. Also if anyone wants to know, Elder Sacay (my trainer) is one of my zone leaders. He was alright as well ha-ha. Annnnyways. This area is already so awesome. Basically the missionaries do everything but be the branch president ha-ha. That's okay though. The church has been here in Rezal for about 5 YEARS! So it is brand new. I will say, it was VERY hard to leave the Vinculado family and brother Johny back in Mandaluyong. I miss them a lot. I am assuming Vinculado got baptized. I am 99% sure ha-ha. I will do my best to find out. But yeah... This is gonna be a good change and I feel like I will be here for 5 months or so! I feel very blessed that the Lord and President Ostler trust me enough to be in an area farthest from the mission office! I hope that's enough info for everyone for now... I need to go buy some mouse traps because I will not stand opening my drawers and having mice in my clothes one more time! Ha-ha I love you all! PS i fell (slipped in the mud!) my first day here in Rezal ha-ha and the beach is about 5 minutes from my house ;)

Elder Lambert

****NOTE: There will be days, maybe even weeks that we won't hear from Elder Lambert. The internet is not readily available... :(