Taas we go - 8 March 2026



Hey there guys, it has in fact been a minute since I have written an email and you all deserve to know what's happening.

Rosario was an awesome experience and I learned a lot there, but I have now been transferred up to Baguio city. Sitting at about the same elevation as home, things are way different here. All the sudden I went to teaching people that only know Tagalog and sometimes only Ilocano to now here, where almost everyone knows English and some don’t even speak Tagalog. Tis a crazy crazy thing.

Being in a city is wild, Baguio's different though. My area is like if they took a maze and then just slapped it on a mountain. My comp and I are basically a white wash, he was emergency transferred here less than 2 weeks before I got here so we get lost all the time. Which would be fine, however, everywhere you walk is either up hill or down hill, especially in my area. 

Aside from that its good though, we have no other house mates so it's way easier to lock in on things like studies. It honestly feels so good sometimes to just have an identical schedule. At other times, it's very boring. 

Oh and for those who didn’t know, I became and uncle. Shout out to Emi for doing me a solid and giving me a nephew while I was gone. 

My comp is pinoy so he's very helpful with the language, the hope is that after this transfer I'm comfortable enough to train. 

Anyways, that's all that I can really remember and that's all I really have to say. Baguio is really crazy, I'll have some photos in my album. Anyways, Peace.

Elder Shill





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