Hey everyone,

This week has been pretty regular, except elder Gonzales, an elder that I room with broke his foot. He's been getting waited on hand and foot and loving it! He got to experience the outside world for a bit going down to the BYU Urgent care center. his companion and him thought it was pretty cool. Ha ha.

Next week we start teaching the lessons in Tagalog. I'm a little nervous though. We have the main structure down but I can't say my vocabulary is too extensive. Oh well, the lord will provide. I can now carry on a little more conversation in the language but its crazy because the older district will sit there and talk to you and you can catch maybe 3 words outta their 10 word sentence. I usually just have a blank stare on my face and ask them to Paki-Ulit (please repeat) 2 or 3 times. But its a good way to learn. I'm glad I don't have to speak Mandarin or Russian or one of those languages. That would be real tough.

Oh, I joined the choir. Ha ha I know me singing! But this way I'm guaranteed a good seat for the Tuesday night devotionals! The lord also provides in blessing me with good singers around me so they can't tell I'm horrible at it! Its fun. Next Sunday we don't have sacrament because we are attending the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication. I am so excited. It is going to be standing room only in the gym. Wow. I passed my interview barely. I was sweating bullets! ha ha.

Every week we get to go to this place called the Referral Center. That's where all the calls come into when people see the commercials for our church on Mormon.org so we get to chat with them and teach them. I chatted online with this guy that wasn't sure if he had a testimony anymore. By the end he knew he had one. It was amazing how the lord can tell people what he wants others to know through you.

Well my time's running out. I love you all. Thanks for the packages and letters. You're all in my prayers. Till next week.

Love, Elder Chase