Happy 1 year!

Hello folks! How are y'all?! Haha! Hoping that you are all good! Please send my love to everyone! So yeah, last Saturday (April 22) we celebrated our 1 year mark! Wooohooo! Thanks for all the love everyone! I didn't even think about this day! That I'll be getting to celebrate this day! Hahahaha! Just kidding. Things got rough, those 12 months is really sick, 365 days of challenge and progress. 365 days of trying to change and to repent. Well, it's not that easy to get here. I know a lot of Missionaries will always remember their 1 year cuz it's always fun. Hahaha! So here are some pictures for the week! 

PS: I made a buffalo chicken wings and got broke. Hahahaha!But it's yummy. :P

(Forgot the nametag) 🙊

4 months in La Trinidad and here we go..

Hey guyss! Sorry for not posting anything since December. Woossh! La Trinidad is really something. It's so good that I didn't realize that I'm on my 4th area already! Yes! I'm enjoying my first P-DAY here in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur. Well, it's a new district, a new zone, and a new companion! First off: My new zone is called ''Tagudin Zone''.. Well, it is a new zone when President Bangal was inspired to create more zones for the mission.. Second: I'm in ''Tagudin District''. Third: New Companion! Wooohoo! My 10th Companion is Elder Ballesta.. Yes, he's my 10th! hahaha! Crazy right? But all good! I know him well enough that the's a really hard working fellow. So I'm in good hands now. Haha! Yes, our Zone Leaders are in Quirino, so they are really having a hard time to go to Candon City for Conferences, or going here in Tagudin or either in Sta. Lucia for Zone Training. Hahaha! But of course, since they live in a ''valley/bundok/bukid/kawalan/'' they have WHEELS! Freak! I really wanted to drive that baby. But since I'm not a ZL, I can't. Hahahaha! Too bad for me. Will still wait for another year to drive! But that's a good news! I'm gonna celebrate my 1st year in the Mission Field this coming 22 (April). HURAAAAHHH!!! I'm already on the tip, so I'm going to seize the best out of it. 1 year is too fast to remember all the thing that happened and will happen. So better get up and work hard for the rest of the year. I don't have forever to be a full-time missionary. I'm also tired of playing games,(metaphor)chillin', or just being relax in the work. I realized before that I really need to strive hard. Still, Heavenly Father will always bless me for my service. I just need to be more diligent in the work.

That's all for now! Watch out for more update next week!  :)

Random Pictures last 3 transfer!

 Book of Mormon Stand - Yea, just like the Witnesses have. But we're legit! Haha!

 Sushime Yanesa - Less-active/Part-member Family

 Philippines Military Academy

Just trying to imitate the folks upstairs. Hahaha!

Well, I got transferred here in Baguio under La Trinidad Ward. I didn't even expect that I was going to get transferred here, well yeah, I already anticipated that I was, going to transfer but not here. I was kinda planning to make Baguio my mission dying place. Like you know, how cool is that? Haha! Apparently, that's not what just happened. My companions right now are Elder Licayan and Elder Lanogan, Lanogan is actually my batch mate. We're on trio right now and probably will stay like this until the end of the transfer or until President change his mind.. You know? There will be a new area that's going to be open soon. And it's still not sure if it's me, or Licayan that's going there. Other companion is also on a trio. And might get one from them to put in Mountain Province. 

So this is all the missionary in La Trinidad Ward. from left is Elder Jahnke, Me, Elder Licayan, Elder Jaluag, Elder Tumera, and Elder Lanogan.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 

Haha. Hearing people greeting one another with Merry Christmas makes me miss my home stake, home ward, and my FAMILY Haha! Guess I just had my separation-anxiety right before my 8th month here in the field. HAHA! Jeez! it took so long to take it's effect. Haha! Please bear with me, its my very first Christmas season faraway from home :) But don't worry. I'm all good,   EVERYONE IS OHANA! 

Well, I really hate transfer. Haha! Guess what? I got transferred to Baguio Zone, here in La Trinidad Ward  Woohooo! from low land to highland with a lot of pollution! Seriously tho, its so hard to transition from HIGH HEAT to SUPER COLD environment plus having a special skill not to breathe smokes. Haha! (I can call myself a CERTIFIED BAGUIO MISSIONARY. HAHA!) It's alright tho. I always pray to open up a new area in Mt. Province.. We're on trio right now.. And it's still not sure if we're going to get along the whole transfer. One might move to Mt. Province and open a new branch there! (the other companionship is on trio too) Isn't it amazing?! Just to let you know, a lot of members traveled 4 hours just to attend Sunday Service here in Baguio. They are from Sagada, Cervantes, Buntok. And sometimes they can only attend once a month Sunday Service because of some circumstances. I know the Lord will bless them because of their faith  I just know it. And of course one of it would be the upcoming new branch or district. Please, please include them in your prayers. 

And you know what? Christmas season, specially this December means a lot to me. Why? Because exactly 5 years ago.. I can reminisce the things I've done, the things I gave up, things I sacrificed to have this gospel in my life. If you haven't realize it, dates from 2011 and 2016 are the same :) So yeah, this coming December 24, 2016 would be my 5th year anniversary, being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. The Church is true, the gospel is real. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ loves us so much. I know that the Book of Mormon can change your life. It changed mine forever. I know it can change yours too. Believe me, ponder about it.. pray for it.. 

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I'm not a perfect Missionary, never was I :) I got tons of ups and downs. But I'm trying to learn and improve. But I know I'm not the same that I was before. My Mission President taught me that, ''There will only be 1 convert in your whole mission life, it will be YOU. Mission will not change you, the GOSPEL will''

So believe in yourself. Know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will never leave you. It is not their nature, it is never their nature to do so. Its true that the first and greatest commandment is ''To love God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'' But the first great truth, is that God loves us, with all of his heart, his soul, and his mind  

Alrighty, that's it for now. Gotta send some photos next week! 

Cheers for a Merry Christmas ^-^

Elder Galon

Sorry for not writing last week. I was bored to post. Haha! My bad. But anyways, it was a good week tho. We had baptism last last Saturday.. Buuyaaahh! Remember our candidate who's baptism got postponed? Haha! At last, she made it to her baptism last November 26. It was great of course, you see, she's been investigatin' the church for about a year now. She was going to church but not consistent, we've got troubles teaching her 'cause her husband goes home only on weekends! So we had to pull out a member just to teach her. But yeah, I was really glad that she's loving the church. (Not the missionaries! No no no no) Haha!

I don't know what to post

Remember when I said that this blog is intended to share depression? Yeah, this is me sharing some. I can't focus, I think a lot and I don't know. I can feel the Spirit whenever I teach, tho at times that I'm alone or we don't anything to do.. I get sad often. I don't know why..

Once I was 7 months old~~ (November 14)

Howdy everyone! 

Kamusta ang Naga, Iriga, Daet, Daraga, Sorsogon, Iloilo, CDO, Quezon City, Laguna, Olongapo, Urdaneta, Cauayan, Cebu, Butuan, Davao, Provo, Colorado, Arizona, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Hawaii?! Haha. I pray that all of you folks are safe and happy! 

So yeah, this is me with ''My Four Words''. Our mission tradition still continues even President Balledos left :) Last year it was ''My Three Words'' but President Bangal insisted to make it four! Haha! it was fun and exciting to create some phrase that somehow explain or define your mission life. 

So.. What's your ''Four words''? :) 

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[BE AMBITIOUS OF CHRIST]

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 Last week was tiring but things got better last Saturday. As we witnessed our investigator to be baptized. Her name is Marah Valdez. Her family is special, they are very receptive and they read, they pray and go to Church.. She and her family is a recent convert in a near baptist church just last September! And we got the chance to talk to her brother and then visited them in their place. Her Mother got a very strong faith and is already next in line to be baptize, hopefully this coming December, we'll have a White Christmas with 4 of them getting baptized! 

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This is a sea-grape. Arosip is what they call it here :) Try it! It's crunchy and yummyXD

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And oh! Good news! I'm getting white-ish :D Imma proud with it! Haha. They say ''by small and simple things, great things are brought to pass''. Haha! Joke!

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So that's all for today :) Catch you next Monday! 

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Hugs and kisses from Baguio Mission!

Send me Pouches! :P

Elder Galon