Hello everybody!!
I found a place that has a generator so I can email today! Our house is still out of power which stinks. Where to start? Mom you had some questions so I'll start by answering those. So the day of the storm we just stayed inside all day like i said before. We had our normal studies and the whole time just anticipated the huge storm we heard was coming. There was some strong wind from about 9 to 2 but not strong enough that it did any damage. There was one tree that we both thought was going to snap in half but never did. This is going to sound bad but we were kind of excited to see what 200 kph wind or whatever was like. Little did we know how much damage it could do. Now we wouldve been more scared I think but at the time we felt pretty safe and kind of excited. yeah so we just sat there and ate food and studied and talked and anticipated the storm that never came. When nothing really happened we thought that they had gotten the prediction wrong or whatever. But later we found out that it shifted up and just missed Bohol and destroyed Tacloban and northern Cebu. Yeah so no damage here in Tagbilaran which was a real blessing. We have plenty of food and water and it was only Elder murdock and I in the apartment. Lets see what else. Oh what we eat everyday. We eat a lot of pancit which is like top ramen. We eat that all the time. That and rice and peanut butter. I just got some homemade peanut butter which is insanely good. Were spoiled here in Tagbilaran because we have so many restaurants. So many good ones. We have mcdonalds, pizza hut, greenwich pizza place, jollibee, and a bunch of other good filipino restaurants. We are really spoiled. I usualy eat oatmeal for breakfast. I can't believe Savannah went through all of that. That's unbelievable. She sent me a nice letter a couple weeks ago. It was so nice of her. I hope she recovers well. That's so nice of Aaron to do that! And his mom! Can you get his email from her so I can email him. Okay James are you for real!? Pick almost freakin six at a clutch moment in the game! That's my bro! and you are playing in rice eccles! Gosh that is so sweet! I wish I could be there so bad! Youre killin me bro! Go destroy East! Light them up! You can do it. You should send me the vidoe of your pick and the video of the crazy last second play! Oh mom or dad will you pay my tithing on the money we got from all of the people in the ward? I don't think we did. And I LOVE the picture of Christ you gave me. Seriously that is one of my favorite pictrues. Thank you so much!
I found a place that has a generator so I can email today! Our house is still out of power which stinks. Where to start? Mom you had some questions so I'll start by answering those. So the day of the storm we just stayed inside all day like i said before. We had our normal studies and the whole time just anticipated the huge storm we heard was coming. There was some strong wind from about 9 to 2 but not strong enough that it did any damage. There was one tree that we both thought was going to snap in half but never did. This is going to sound bad but we were kind of excited to see what 200 kph wind or whatever was like. Little did we know how much damage it could do. Now we wouldve been more scared I think but at the time we felt pretty safe and kind of excited. yeah so we just sat there and ate food and studied and talked and anticipated the storm that never came. When nothing really happened we thought that they had gotten the prediction wrong or whatever. But later we found out that it shifted up and just missed Bohol and destroyed Tacloban and northern Cebu. Yeah so no damage here in Tagbilaran which was a real blessing. We have plenty of food and water and it was only Elder murdock and I in the apartment. Lets see what else. Oh what we eat everyday. We eat a lot of pancit which is like top ramen. We eat that all the time. That and rice and peanut butter. I just got some homemade peanut butter which is insanely good. Were spoiled here in Tagbilaran because we have so many restaurants. So many good ones. We have mcdonalds, pizza hut, greenwich pizza place, jollibee, and a bunch of other good filipino restaurants. We are really spoiled. I usualy eat oatmeal for breakfast. I can't believe Savannah went through all of that. That's unbelievable. She sent me a nice letter a couple weeks ago. It was so nice of her. I hope she recovers well. That's so nice of Aaron to do that! And his mom! Can you get his email from her so I can email him. Okay James are you for real!? Pick almost freakin six at a clutch moment in the game! That's my bro! and you are playing in rice eccles! Gosh that is so sweet! I wish I could be there so bad! Youre killin me bro! Go destroy East! Light them up! You can do it. You should send me the vidoe of your pick and the video of the crazy last second play! Oh mom or dad will you pay my tithing on the money we got from all of the people in the ward? I don't think we did. And I LOVE the picture of Christ you gave me. Seriously that is one of my favorite pictrues. Thank you so much!
Sorry I'm just going down a list of things I wanted to remember to write about so sorry if they are random and not connected. Oh I saw Jeffrey Barton in conference! I don't think I ever said taht but I saw him in priesthood and it was so awesome! I loved seeing him! I've gotta tell you one last thing before the spiritual and investigator update. There is an elder in my mission named Elder Wiscombe. He was AP and now he's my zone leader. he is awesome. Anyway we made a crazy connection. He came up to me and asked me if I did scouts and I was like yeah. And then he asked what camps I went to and I named bear lake and the others. and then he said that he was a camp counselor at Bear Lake aquatics and we think that he was one of my teachers! We both recognize each other from somewhere and taht must be it. It's so crazy! That was so long ago. I can't believe we met there and then here in the same mission! Anyway pretty cool. So we have my first baptism on Saturday!! I don't know if i've told you about him. Maybe I have i don't know. But he was supposed to be baptized like 5 weeks ago but hasnt been able to becasue of conference one weekend, district conf. another, the earthquake, and the typhoon! It's been crazy but it's finally happening! He is an amazing man. He was a heavy drinker before but instantly gave it up as soon as he learned the word of wisdom. AFter he learned about the Sabbath day he went and asked his boss if he could just have the day to go to church. Not just part day for church but the whole day to spend time with his wife. And his boss said okay. He just humbly does whatever we teach. i can't really take credit for him becasue he was taught before i came but still it's been amazing to see. He has great potential to become a great leader in the church. While we were emailing last night i met some guy so speaks really good english so that's why i could talk to him haha. But he asked why I was there and what we do as missionaries. He said that he is searching and testing religions to find which one is true or right or whatever. He said he hasn't tried out ours and so I invited him to come to church and then asked if we could visit him and he said yes! Elder Murdock and I are really excited about him becasue he is searching for the truth just like Joseph Smith and he will find it and recognize it on Sunday and when we teach him. It's amazing how the Lord placed him in our path. Oh speaking of sunday guess who is speaking? I am. yep and all in Visaya. I'm speaking on strenthening the missionary work. I've pretty much written it now I just have to translate it. The work is good here and it's going to get better and better as we work harder. The investigators we teach are all awesome and have committed to baptism but they still don't come to church. We are praying and we continue to commit them to come. We know that the Lord will answer our prayers and they will come. One last thought before I have to get off. I have a couple scripture references that I've come across the past couple days. One is Mosiah 7:33 and the other Alma 36:3. I don't have time to write them in here so go read them but I testify that they are true. I know that if we turn to the Lord and if we trust in Him that He will support us through our trials, challenges, and stresses and in His time, He will eventually deliver us. I know that that is true. I've seen it many times in my life and I'm seeing it now on my mission. I know that through Him all things are possible. I know that if we can just trust Him and believe Him, we will live happy lives. It's true. I'm so grateful for Him. I love Him and I know He loves me and all of you. I know that becasue I know Him. I hope and pray for the best for all of you all the time! I love you all so much! thank you for your prayers and your support in your emails and packages. I love you!
Love, Elder Fox
"I bet you all didn't know I'm iron man and Joseph Smith? haha"
A man climbing and cutting the trees without any ropes!
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