at Fowler and Gettysburg church building
Saturday, December 22 at 9:00 AM!
Are you coming?
Daily Duran
We can’t really recall anything until Thanksgiving for the month of November. Thomas had his hardest time in the month and Amy was busy taking care of everything else. We know stuff happened, but it was all a blur until Thanksgiving. We had a nice time visiting with everyone at the Turkey Bowl with all of the Boggs family. We spent Thanksgiving at the Wards family celebration and called it an early night when Thomas had had enough.
Clare is sick again with another ear infection this time in both ears. She is usually such a happy girl so when she is cranky, not getting into stuff, and eating less we know she isn’t feeling well. She started a real bad cough that sounds like a seal. She is always so sweet. Anytime she does anything wrong she goes up to Amy and says, “Sorry” and gives a hug.
Bella is learning a lot in Joy School . She has her number song down and can almost count up to 20 (sometimes she forgets the number 4). Her hair has not been cut since she was born and sometimes we ask her if we can cut it like daddy’s and she says, “no, I want it on.” We had some nice warm weather in November and she loved going to park and picking at all the leaves that were barely showing a change in color.
Amy has been doing everything everyday all day long. She takes care of the girls, Thomas, the house, she does primary, teaches Joy School , and even goes out for some 3 and 4 mile runs. She had a blast getting the house decorated for Christmas. She put up the lights outside, setup the tree, and put garland around the house. She will probably do more decorating when there is time.
Thomas had a hard month, but the worst is over. He is doing a lot more now. He is working on getting his energy, stamina, and endurance back up. He smoked a turkey for Thanksgiving and everyone ate it leaving no leftovers so he smoked another one just so he could have some turkey sandwiches.
Letter from Elder Mathias Boggs
Family!
Heya! I am here in the mission! Woooooo! Made it safe and sound and am doing well. Glad to be here that is for sure! So, I am in a city called Sebalum. It is a small little town and very nice. I actually love it here already. It is in the zone of Antique. And guess what! They don't speak Ilonggo! So I really CAN say that when I got to the mission field they weren't speaking the same language as I learned in the MTC. haha. The language is Kinaray-a. Haha. But in all reality, it is very close to Ilonggo and if you speak either one everyone can understand you anyway. Really they just change the pronouns, and then have a few different vocab words. But it is not too different.
My companion/trainer/dad is Elder Baldwin. This is his 5th transfer I think. He has spent all of his time here in Sebalum. He is really cool and we get along just fine. I am also in the same house as one of the elders in my batch whose name is Elder Buchanan. And then (This is for you Myley) Elder Hidalgo is Elder Buchanan's trainer! So it is us four in the appartment. I really love this area though. The philippines are so pretty. So green and sooooo picturesque. It is so cool. And the area I am in is really picturesque. Less city and more spread out. I like it.
Traveling was crazy and of course we never got any sleep. Got about 12 hours of sleep in 3 days if we were lucky. But two of those days were one hour sleeps during the night. So it was crazy. But now I am settling in. The water here is not safe for us to drink so we have purified bottled water in our house. Our house in unfinished and apparently they just moved in about a week or two ago so it is pretty un-put-together so far. Haha. We sleep in one room and live out of our suitcases. Yuck. I Hate living out of a suitcase. It makes me feel sloppy.
Transportation here is great. Tons of public transportation mainly consisting of Jeepneys and Tricicabs. Jeepneys are loooooong vans pretty much with two long benches inside and you just all pile in and pay the driver and go. You pretty much fit about 30 people in each one. Tricicabs are just motorcycles with a little cart on the side that four of us can sit in. So pretty great. You can ALWAYS get a ride along the main roads and it is super nice. I also LOVE the style of diving here. In some ways it reminds me of Korea dad. People just kinda pull into traffic and just weave around. It is sweet. But then it is a TON less crowded than Korea. Everyone just takes public transportation. Pretty much you go as fast as you want. You drive pretty much wherever you want. And you just get to where you are going with as many passengers as you can. Haha. But it is super safe too. Everyone is super careful and let each other into the traffic without problem. In all honesty it reminds me of how I walk. Just weaving around people and getting where I have to without running into people. Haha. I like it.
So yeah. Any other questions or anything? Lemme know!
Love you all family. Thank you for everything you do and for the blessing you are to me. You are the best family in the world. I mean it. Thanks for your love. I am doing well and will do all I can to be the best missionary I can be. Love you.
until next week,
-Elder Boggs.
Heya! I am here in the mission! Woooooo! Made it safe and sound and am doing well. Glad to be here that is for sure! So, I am in a city called Sebalum. It is a small little town and very nice. I actually love it here already. It is in the zone of Antique. And guess what! They don't speak Ilonggo! So I really CAN say that when I got to the mission field they weren't speaking the same language as I learned in the MTC. haha. The language is Kinaray-a. Haha. But in all reality, it is very close to Ilonggo and if you speak either one everyone can understand you anyway. Really they just change the pronouns, and then have a few different vocab words. But it is not too different.
My companion/trainer/dad is Elder Baldwin. This is his 5th transfer I think. He has spent all of his time here in Sebalum. He is really cool and we get along just fine. I am also in the same house as one of the elders in my batch whose name is Elder Buchanan. And then (This is for you Myley) Elder Hidalgo is Elder Buchanan's trainer! So it is us four in the appartment. I really love this area though. The philippines are so pretty. So green and sooooo picturesque. It is so cool. And the area I am in is really picturesque. Less city and more spread out. I like it.
Traveling was crazy and of course we never got any sleep. Got about 12 hours of sleep in 3 days if we were lucky. But two of those days were one hour sleeps during the night. So it was crazy. But now I am settling in. The water here is not safe for us to drink so we have purified bottled water in our house. Our house in unfinished and apparently they just moved in about a week or two ago so it is pretty un-put-together so far. Haha. We sleep in one room and live out of our suitcases. Yuck. I Hate living out of a suitcase. It makes me feel sloppy.
Transportation here is great. Tons of public transportation mainly consisting of Jeepneys and Tricicabs. Jeepneys are loooooong vans pretty much with two long benches inside and you just all pile in and pay the driver and go. You pretty much fit about 30 people in each one. Tricicabs are just motorcycles with a little cart on the side that four of us can sit in. So pretty great. You can ALWAYS get a ride along the main roads and it is super nice. I also LOVE the style of diving here. In some ways it reminds me of Korea dad. People just kinda pull into traffic and just weave around. It is sweet. But then it is a TON less crowded than Korea. Everyone just takes public transportation. Pretty much you go as fast as you want. You drive pretty much wherever you want. And you just get to where you are going with as many passengers as you can. Haha. But it is super safe too. Everyone is super careful and let each other into the traffic without problem. In all honesty it reminds me of how I walk. Just weaving around people and getting where I have to without running into people. Haha. I like it.
So yeah. Any other questions or anything? Lemme know!
Love you all family. Thank you for everything you do and for the blessing you are to me. You are the best family in the world. I mean it. Thanks for your love. I am doing well and will do all I can to be the best missionary I can be. Love you.
until next week,
-Elder Boggs.
An email (and photo) from Sister Mica Duran
This is Marcelino! He has been marked for baptism 3 or 4 times and we FINALLY got him! Prayer and fasting....makes miracles happen. =)
WARD WIDE WEB
JEREMY's extended family cousins from Montana were in town for Thanksgiving. We spent some fun time with them bowling on Thanksgiving Eve and eating Thanksgiving dinner with them.
JENNIFER planned a quick and easy Relief Society Meeting for December. A Cookie Exchange! It was a fun and yummy night. And the flyer was totally cute too :)
TREVOR is getting into the Christmas spirit! He had a great time creating his gingerbread In N Out out of graham crackers and royal icing. He is also very much enjoying winter water polo.
LOGAN did his winter program the last week of November. Doesn't he look studly in his tux shirt and bowtie? And the very next week he went to Sonora on his 6th grade trip for 3 days. He's got a great group of buddies - they always have a great time together.
LIZZIE had a very special job at her winter program - playing the xylophone! She was the only one that played several different notes on her instrument and sang at the same time - what talent!
JACKSON just wants his 2 front teeth for Christmas! What a fun thing for our boy to lose his teeth at just the right time of year! He also looked very handsome all dressed up for his winter program performance. He knew every word to every song and loved practicing at home for weeks before the show.
Our family is making an extra effort this year to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. It has been fun to provide small acts of service to others and remember what is most important in our lives. Family, Faith, and Friends. We wish you all much love and a Merry Christmas!
