My letter will be very short this week, as I am running low on time. However, I did in fact have a great week this last week. Filipinos certainly know how to celebrate new years! One key feature of their new years parties is fireworks, and lots of them. So much so, that my Mission President put a lock down on our work at sundown, or 6:00. I tried to follow the mission rules, and go to bed at 10:30, but I couldn't sleep because there were so many! So, at about 11:45 I gave up, and got up and watched them. There were fireworks being shot off at about every house, but they were all about the size of the fireworks at Disneyland! Needless to say, it was a little loud and a little smoky outside.
This last Sunday, Elder Vicente were able to go on splits with members in our area! It was great, because we were able to teach 12 lessons yesterday, which definitely beats our previous record on our own. Elder Vicente and I are currently working on getting most of our investigators to attend church. Many individuals here have been taught all the lessons, and know all the doctrine, but fail to show up to church, which is slightly frustrating as I'm sure you all can imagine.
Other than that, all is going well here for me! And by the way, this last week, I got my first American housemate! His name is Elder Perkins, and he is from some small town in southern Utah. He has own of those accents that I can't quite explain, but it was evident to me the second he spoke that he is from Utah. His main hobbies include hunting and fishing, so we're not quite similar, but it is nice to have someone to talk to in fluent English nonetheless.
Love,
Elder Pulley
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