Hello Everyone

I got some letters today!!!!!!!!!
Thank you friends and family your letters made my day and I will right you back soon.
Most of the letters I got were sent in like the first week of October so ya the mail is slow.

OK so for real this week has been the best so far.

OK so I was asked to be a God Father
OK so long story but here it goes.

So remember that awesome guy I was telling you about Rosario. And he has a wife Jerrilyn and a adopted son John John and another son who's name escapes me.....
OK so here is the story.
this guy Rosario has like no friends and just works all day at a bakery to take care of his family.
He also has been receiving lessons from Me and Elder Madrona. and its really good because he speaks like perfect English so I am able to teach him also and just throw in English on words I don't know. So anyway. this guy is awesome like for real. he just has the best testimony and he loves his family so much. He is 18 years old..

So anyway he has been working on getting married so that he can be baptized into the church but its been really hard because he doesn't have a birth certificate and because John John is technically not his son so there were all these legal things and it just was hard.

Anyway he showes up at our house early Wednesday morning and nocks on our door and is like. "Hey so I got my birth certificate me and Jerrilyn are going to get married in 2 hrs.... and we are like woooo! really... and he is like ya I don't want to wait.... (weddings are not like a big celebration here because no one has any money) so anyway we hop on the back of his motorcycle and he takes us to the Mayors office. and they get the papers ready. then he comes and asks me if he can talk to me.. I'm like ummm OK.

Anyway he told me that he doesn't know anyone and has no family that he knows of... so he was wondering if I would be his two sons Godfather.. if anything happened to him and Jerrilyn.... I was like umm yes but like I'm a foreigner and I dont know because I'm a missionary.. so long story short I called the mission president and I asked him and I asked the Mayor about the legal stuff and ya they said no.. so he just left that line blank but ya I'm sure he will be fine. and he was ok with it but ya I dont know, that might have been cool. The boy John John reminds me of Joyah so much. He is so cute and he is two years old so ya its great....

Ya crazy right. like I'm pretty sure everything is going to be fine but ya. anyway kinda crazy. So they are married

So two days later they decided they were moving to Manila to start a real life. so they are gone now... (ya they don't have anything so to move was really easy) but they were not baptized before they left.... so the morning they were going to Manila we went and taught a lesson about enduring to the end. and they promised they would be baptized in Manila... anyway it was just really great... everyone was crying. and the spirt was really strong. So we got word Monday they called the misson pres and told him that they went to church in Manila and its wonderful and they made appointments to meet with the missionaries there. so ya that makes me really happy...

OK so its just been great. so for the end of Wednesday and all of Thursdays and most of Friday elder madrona was not my companion... elder winger was (he is this guy from utah idk were) (so ya the lesson to Rosario was not with elder madrona) and wow this guy was great he taught me so much and we were so productive and just taught lots of lessons and did lots of good in the area.. (oh PS elder Madrona was in special meeting with the pres. about his obedience issues).. so ya it was great..


I'm sending a few pics from the wedding and some others...

ya so I found out the hard way that if pinoy people see a camera they take it and like force you up against a wall and try to take pics with you.... lol its so funny but ya everyone wants a pic with a White guy.. so funny..... Ya I feel famous sometimes. like a movie star... Oh my gosh on P days or service days when I'm walking around town in my regular clothes people like are all over the place following me asking to take a pic with me... wanting to just like say hi to me and find out who I am... waving. offering me like tricycle rides for free and ya its crazy I feel so famous lol.... its prob not good for my ego.. so funny... like I have not seen a single American sense I have been here. except the other missionaries... so ya Philippians's get way exited and so ya kinda cool anyway

All is well. Next week we are going to Iloilo city for zone conference so that should be cool.

I love it here. This week was SO great and lots of good came out of it..

I love and miss you all........... I loved the letters thank you..


Oh ya tell me about Halloween.... i want to here about all your crazy Halloween stories I'm sure everyone has good ones...



love you until next week

Elder Schreiber