Hey family,
So I'm finally back into the mission and I'm doing sooo much better! I still have a little headache but that should go away soon they say. I left the MRC at 5:00pm and waited at the MTC for a little while, ate dinner there, then headed over to the bus station and got on a bus to head to Cauayan. I got no sleep which kinda stunk but it's okay. At 5:30am we got to the mission home and the new missionaries had orientation meeting. I then found out that I was being transferred and panicked because I needed all my stuff. Well come to find out the zone leaders did my "packing" for me so they say. I walked into the room and almost everything I own was in a giant plastic bag. That was quite the site. But after a few folding jobs and shoving everything into my suitcases I got it all in there. Then we had transfer meeting and I got a new comp. He is from lehi and is way funny and a hard worker. We are going to be a great companionship! My area is called Aritao. It's the most southern part of the mission, and the farthest away from the mission home. 4 to 4 and a half hours. So that day I was on a bus for 15:30! Long time haha. But it's all good. My area is so pretty! Imagine being at like strawberry lake and the temp is warmer and there is palm trees everywhere. There is no lake here but the surroundings are a ton like in Utah! We even have a McDonald's in our zone, so when we have district meeting we will eat there! The people here are way nice and very humble! I'm in a branch, but we have a church to meet in. Usually its just a meeting house. I'm so excited to serve here. So in manila while I wasn't at the hospital we were either inside or at the temple! I got to go through a session 3 times and it was great. The couple that's in charge let us watch a few of the church related movies and then for F.H.E we watched the fiddler on the roof, which is a hilarious show, and then we had a delicious chocolate cake. I went to burger king once while I was down there and one night they got us some pizza hut. So my companions name is Elder Bayles. He lives in lehi and he played soccer for the UVU team. He knows a ton of my friends from high school which is crazy. We are getting along really great. So some random facts about him... his mom is the receptionist at the lehi mills. He used to work there and packed flour, and now his little brother just got his old job. He is the oldest in his family and has a really deep voice. We got haircuts today so now we are the only two American people for hours and we look the same! It's pretty funny. So I got your package and yes was I happy to see it. We ate the oreos and goldfish already which is unfortunate but I'll live (maybe). I put grandmas name on the prayer list in the temple and of course she is in my prayers along with the whole family, but I hope that she will get better soon. Well that's all I have to say this week. I love you all and hope your doing great. I guess they are changing the way missionaries do emails so I will be getting a new email soon, but I'll let you know when that happens. Thanks again!
Love,
Elder Mulliner
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