well this week is better than last week, i just got some good news that makes things easier to deal with.
anywho, i mentioned a few weeks ago that i probably will need to go to the dentist for a filling. well i did. after i finished writing that blog i was so annoyed with the filling that i just kept picking at it with my thumb. well it fell out and i went to the dentist. they fixed it and now i am much happier with it cause that filling had been annoying me for my whole mission, seriously, read my MTC blogs. but anyways, it was actually kinda expensive... change..change....change.......
One thing that i will miss tremendously in Kabankalan is not only the members but the Buko Pilipino. for those unlearned in the Filipino languages, Buko means coconut. it's actually just a little store that sells buko shakes. they taste amazing and i developed an addiction to them. i don't think i'll ever be able to taste another one ever again during my mission. that makes me haz a sad. i will try to replicate the recipe when i get back home. although it would probably be easier to try it here because i can just climb a tree and grab my own coconut instead of buying it from the store. the recipe includes, coconut (secret ingredient), some secret condensed milk, some secret corn syrup, and some secret ice. all blended in a secret blender.
my new area Guihulngan suffered from a very strong earthquake a few months ago, at the time that i was in himamaylan. this earthquake didn't destroy very many buildings, but it did put a lot of big cracks in a lot of buildings and roads. one such building is the church chapel. the cracks are minimal and easily repaired on the upper portion but underneath (in the foundation) the cracks ruined the cement which makes the church unusable. we currently have church services in the parking lot in a portable temporary church. the temporary chapel it is actually better made than most regular churches (of other denominations) here in the Philippines.
a few weeks ago, i was told by president lopez that he had plans a few transfers back to assign me as the new AP around this time but chose not to because i would be going home early and that would force the AP's into a whitewash situation because the two others would be going home the same transfer as me. thinking back on that, it would have been a very different experience to be an AP, being in AC all day and being able to drive... that would be a nice way to end my mission. but it never was.
what's four times four? Fourty Four! 44 days left!
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