Elder Aidan Garry

On Monday we had our normal P-day, bought our groceries, emailed our parents, we even went to this panic place and I had the spiciest noodles I have very had in my life. My face was sweating but they were so good. The restaurant was so grimy. Bad day to go there for lunch...Then that same night we received a text from the assistants telling that we were not allowed to go out that night or the next day. Elder Cooper and I cleaned the house, made some good din, and set up our new hammocks out in the front. I was feeling sick, and mostly in the CR at this time. We were then hanging out and the neighbors come by and say "Elders the province is now going on lockdown, nobody can leave or enter the province." Elder Cooper and I were confused so we contacted the assistants and they didn't have a clue about what was going home. 10:30, president calls - "Good evening elders sorry to wake you.. what do you know about the lockdown in Abra?" "we just heard it from ...

Hey everyone! So missionary work has been affected a little bit due to the chaos. Kinda crazy hey? Like they are cancelling everything now. Elder Cooper and I are kinda bummed cause we are having a great time here in Banacao. The members here are super helpful and the people are awesome. We pull the same jokes on them like everyday while they are just sitting around and they laugh every time.  We went on exchanges this week, I worked in the most dangerous part of the mish. It's pretty corrupt there, the governor lives there and has this mansion, a maclaren, lamb, rarri. Super rich, then the rest of the people live in these shacks. Idk how the government works, but something doesn't seem right. Its super political here too. People get shot all the time. Corona has been kind of a cringe, everyone is freaking out about it. We had to go to the grocery store to buy a 2 week stock of food, we waited in line for 4 hours to buy it. The people are like closing othe...

Hello everyone! I was transferred! I'm now in Bangued :) It is my 4th area. and might be my last area! I'm gonna miss Bauang but Bangued is a place I wanted to experience before I go home. I'm with my MTC companion Elder Cooper! We kinda joked around with president to put us together, then it became true! We were so surprised! Our area is the furthest north in the mission in a province called Abra. It is like all Ilokano speaking but most of the people understand Tagalog. Elder Cooper and I are tackling the 2nd language. haha its really hard though. It's like learning Spanish on your mission and then learning German too. The languages are the same family but pretty far off. The members here are awesome, we live in the same community as them in this small cement house. I got shafted pretty hard for the houses in the mission but it's okay. We are about a 30 min tryke ride from town/church haha. The members here have so much faith though it is awesome to meet a...