I was asked to speak at the necrological service...

Helo! (that means hello in Tagalog. My language study sure is paying

off. :) haha)

My week has been pretty awesome. I had a fun time in my tropical paradise. Let me tell you all about it...

I have a story to tell you. There is this lady who lives in Puerto

(the biggest city on Palawan) and she died. The end. Just kidding!

Thanks to the Plan of Salvation, we know that it's not the end.

Anywho, she had her funeral here in Aborlan, 'cause her family all

lives here. Naturally we, being missionaries, had to give our support

and attend. We also attended because I was asked to speak at the

necrological service on Friday. It was really nice. So while you were

chillin' in the air-con and everyone else was partying at the lake, I

was at a funeral teaching about life after death and eternal families.

The next day was the actual burial, and all the church leaders here

weren't able to attend this time due to another funeral in Narra, so

they asked us missionaries to conduct and preside. It was a really

cool experience actually. I was asked to be the one to dedicate the

grave. I thought that was just for old people, but I guess I'm allowed

to do it too. Good thing it teaches me how in the Missionary

Hand-book. So for all you RMs that never understood why the

instructions for dedicating graves was in the handbook, now you know,

the author received a prompting to add it in there just for me,

because Heavenly Father knew I would be put in that situation. :) He's

so nice! So yeah. I guess I'm kind of like the new Speaker for the

Dead now. Good thing I read that book!

I couldn't help humming to myself the Hearse song all the day

long. haha I even taught all the lyrics I could remember to my

companion and we sang it during language study. It really helps with

his english. haha

Our new converts are doing really well! and yes, after their baptism,

we are supposed to teach them all the lessons again so they can more

fully understand and remember everything. They are super nice. Brother

Barone already has the priesthood, and will baptize his daughter in a

couple weeks. They are so nice! I love them!!!

As for Michaela, I am sorry about your air-con problem, but if it's

any consolation, we don't even have air-con in our house. During my

studies every morning, there are 2 wet sweaty spots on my desk where

my arms rest. At least you have hot showers, and a microwave. Count

your many blessings! haha Oo, and a washer and dryer, and stable

electricity. Almost every day the power goes out. Mahirap na mga

bagay! (hard things. That's my tagalog replacement for "rough stuff!")

Oops, gotta go! Magaling po kayong lahat parang aso! hahahahahahahahaha

Elder Fawesome