05/02/2010 (Burgos)

I haven’t been spending anything really just cause I couldn’t get my support card to work but I got it figured out now so we’re good but I wanted to have some personal money just for emergencies and in case I see something sweet I want!

But ya so this week was crazy! You don’t understand what real rain is until you see the rain here! It is crazy but is way cool … all the Filipinos are terrified of rain. It’s pretty hilarious! They think if rain touches your head you get sick so it’s pretty entertaining to watch them scatter when the rain starts coming down but its not raining bad yet just little spurts everyday. I guess later on it will rain for days … I’m sort of excited for that!

Happy Birthday! I get to celebrate everyone’s birthdays a whole day ahead of you guys it’s kind of crazy! It’s been kind of depressing here. Everyone is sad that Pres Villanueva only has this cycle and one more left but I’m sure it will be just fine.

This new companionship has been a lot more challenging for lots of reasons but I’m doing ok and I’m sure there’s something I can learn from my new companion maybe like patience or not to let little things bother me. I can’t wait for the next couple of weeks, we have some sweet investigators right now so hopefully we make some things happen.

With the rain came the curse that Moses put on the people of Egypt meaning frogs -- there’s these huge bullfrog things everywhere like literally everywhere and my comp is deathly afraid of frogs. I got and kill all the frogs and see how far I can kick them they’re literally 100s of them. Just walking for 10 minutes I can kick probably 20 to 30 frogs. It’s crazy!! But anyways I don’t know what else to tell you. I know there was another crazy story like the bat one but I can’t remember what it is to save my life.

O yah! Yesterday we were walking home and there was this little goat that seriously wouldn’t leave us alone. It got loose from its rope and was following us. When we turned around, it turned around - when we ran, it ran. It was so funny. The missionaries with their pet goat! It was pretty hilarious! All these Filipinos were cracking jokes at us about it.

But anyways that’s it for this week! Have a good week and I’ll talk to you later!
mahal kita Jason

(Jason's letter to Matthew)
Ya you can get anything made out of leather you can think of really anything. But I haven’t got your bag made yet cause I can’t decide which one to do yet. There are a few way cool designs that I want him to make. I designed my own hunting pack that he made for me but I haven’t seen it yet so I don’t know. But I’m assuming its way sweet! I still like my Dakine backpack better but the other one just is sweet colors and has cool stuff on it. I was thinking I might want to design you a hunting pack or fanny pack or something but I haven’t decided what would you rather have a sweet small backpack with like your mission on it or a hunting pack for when you get home that’s sweet. It’s up to you or maybe even both if it’s not to expensive to ship. Cause it only cost 9 dollars for a small one and 14 dollars for a big one so I can do either.

This week I had lots of adventures -- another bat flew through the window and got stuck in our house flying in circles. This one was way crazy! We were sitting on the couch cause it was storming rain and we were shooting the ball on a little basketball hoop thing. All four of us facing the wall and all of a sudden a bat falls from the sky. So I’m hiding on the couch with my comp and Elder Hale, scared to death of this thing flying around us. Elder Hale’s comp is hiding behind a suitcase but it flies by and Elder Hale makes a run for his room and it catches up and was flying right next to his head like literally a foot away. It was so funny and crazy! We ended up just laying it out with a broom and killing it.

There was another crazy story but I can’t remember what it was. But anyways I’m sure I’ll remember later -- have mom send you her email.

Love ya and this stupid computer won’t let me copy and paste so send this to mom too will ya!
Jason