Hey family! i hope your easter celebrations were good back home. they dont celebrate easter here. i didnt even remeber it was easter really at all.  but that's okay.  so this week has been pretty good.  i am in the same area stil but elder leng is gone. he is now in the La Carlotta zone down south but i have a philippino companion now as my follow up. his name is Elder Delos Santos from Manilla Area. He is a way cool guy and reminds me of Juanse! we get along real good which is good. Its also nice because he cooks for me everyday at lunch and thats definitly a bonus! its always good filipino food. i plan on him teaching me how to cook!! but he leaves in june so hes a experianced missionary. his english is okay but is kinda good casue im teaching him how to say stuff in english and hes teaching me Illongo! and he speaks cebuano and he said that here in minapasok hes been speaking about 80% cebuano cause thats what everyone speaks here. so i guess you can pretty much call my area cebuano speaking! haha. WHY ME!! 

So the language this past week for me was struggling hard. i think that its just cause with elder leng the langauage was a lot slower so i could understand him but with elder delos santos and the members they just all automatically click and just go off on fast rants in the language. its been hard for me to understand cause its just a different pace but i think thats good cause i think maybe the harder ill listen the more hopefully ican pick up! haha. but ive been studying the language like crazy the past few days just using all my books really trying to learn this langauge but when real life happens i just freeze and struggle at times.  but i know that i can do it! i think that i just progressed really well the first couple weeks then after that just didnt really know what to do but kept trying but i think that with a new switch and a philippino comp ill be able to progress! i just worry sometimes that time is just rushing away and im behind the pace. I gotta keep running unless ill be lost for real! but im going hard trying my best knowing that i can do it! 

But having Elder Delos Santos here is awesome. he clicks with the people really well and our lessons are so much better. we've stopped by our investagator Jomare Chaves and the lesson was going great there were like 20 poeple in there really engaged then this baptist lady walks in the house and just ruined the lesson kinda. she was just debating againts us that jospeh smith is a god and jesus isnt our savior. but we turned the lesson around and just tried to get our people engaged again cause they lost interest the moment she was trying to debate us.  After words we got a ride home on Jomares Motorcycle and he was like sorry about that lady. Come back next Friday and she wont be here. so i think they knew that the lady just kinda ruined it alittle! haha. but its all good! 

WELL family! thats prety much it over here in the philippines! know that i love you all and miss you all! time has flown pretty fast but im just trying to take everymoment in and enjoy it! I know that the church is true and i cant deny that! i so thankful for your support and i can feel your lve here in the philippines and it helps me get through the days the weeks the months and before i know it ill be home. long time still but for right now im here doing the lords work and thats what im going to continue doing! even after my mission! 

Love you and miss you all! 

Elder Sargent 

 

 

This is me and elder delos santos eating dog!

about the dog! that meat was so tender and good! it was seriously way good!