well folks the week of the 4th of July is always a good week. Elder Quilloy my zone leader was really sick pretty much this whole week and so this week was a little slow, but it was great too. The 4th I was on exchanges with Elder Slade and we mapped all day, we were working with the Rodgers who are Canadian so they had absolutely no excitement for the 4th like me and elder slade did haha. They did however have a car and have air con in their car so that was awesome, and it made it really easy to get around to the far places and map them. We came up to one house and it was pretty far out in the bukid, we left the Rodgers in the car. It had a dog out front and here in the Philippines dogs are primarily used to protect the house from pretty much everyone and anyone who is not the owner. We noticed it did not have a rope or anything holding it back, so we quietly and slowly walked past it and we had our umbrellas out to protect us. It got up and walked toward us barking and barring it fangs at us but we got passed it without having to actually hit it or do anything. We got to the house and mapped it and on our way out, the dog was pretty pissed at us. We went back to back with our umbrellas out and jabbed at the evil dog until we thought we were clear. Somehow me and elder slade got separated and as i turned to go back on the main road there were 4 other big dogs right in my way and I looked back and saw elder slade having his own little battle with the original dog, it was crazy and he almost tripped and got bit haha. I jabbed my way through the mad barking dogs and sprinted outta there, slade caught up to me and we both ran until the dogs gave up and went back to the house. It was nuts, it got my heart rate up for sure and we both felt bad for the next set of missionaries to go back there. Anyways we made it through the day and on our way home we bought a bunch of soda and ice cream for the fourth celebration. We bought big macs and fries from McDonalds and some sparkling grape juice that we found. We had a good time although elder Quilloy was sick in the room.
I am proud to be an American, I am also very grateful for the founding fathers of this nation who, with the help of God, made it possible for this country to have religious freedom creating a way for the true church of Jesus Christ to be restored again. I love the mission and all the craziness and challenges it brings. I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is the way we can return to the presence of God after this life, and I am grateful for that knowledge.
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