Kumusta ka!!!! Last week here in the Philippines mtc. So excited for the field! Hope everyone is doing great I miss you all. Also sorry for the boring email this week I swear they will be so much for eventful next week when I’m in the field.
Thursday-
I was feeling more confident about the language until we taught are first lesson in full tagalog. My hopes were shattered haha. Me and my comp taught a full tagalog lesson to a random fillipino on zoom. He was speaking at lightning speed so we didn’t understand anything he said. We could speak and ask him questions but answering his questions was terrible. It could of been way worse tho.
Friday-
We so a thing called syl at the mtc it stands for speak your language. Its just to incourage you to speak tagalog around the mtc. Are zone leader had the idea to speak tagalog and nothing else for 3 hours. That was the longest 3 hours of my life haha. It was good tho because it forced me to use all the tagalog I know.
Saturday-
THE FIRST TYPHOON ON THE MISSION. What a monumental day first typhoon in the Philippines. I probably shouldn’t be celebrating it because it was pretty bad for some areas in the Philippines. For us it rained all day hard and very windy. The mtc is built really well with nice draining system so we don’t get flooding here. Other parts tho got destroyed!!! I’m talkin walking through the streets with water up to your chest. (See pic below).
Sunday-
One month out on the mission. Crazy that I’ve spent a full month on the mission here at the mtc. I have mixed feelings a month went by fast but it also feels like I’ve been here for years haha. Sabbath day is the best day! I taught the priesthood lesson today so you know it was a banger lesson. Spirit was so strong. Its so funny to me that I still have the seminary mind set that no one will want to participate but I forget that everyone does.
Monday-
Happy Halloween for me hahah. Since I’m on the other side of the world I am a day ahead. So I celebrate holidays a day before you do haha. It was a pretty normal day tho haha. We got Korean bbq for lunch. It was heavenly! The cafeteria staff here are soooo good at making food.
Tuesday-
Today I thought I was gonna get punched by a Pakistan elder. So a bunch of Pakistan elders traveled to the Philippines to get endowed since they don’t have a temple there. They came to are devotional and I sat right in front of them. I have 4 Pakistan sisters in my district and they are always teaching me phrases and words in urdu. At the devotional they told me to say some random urdu phrase to the Pakistan elder behind me. Turns out I called him fat. He didn’t look to happy but the sisters were dying of laughter. I will never trust the Pakistan sisters again haha.
Wednesday-
Last pday at the mtc!!! Today was awesome. The Provo batch of missionaries just arrived so me and my comp did an orientation for then and gave them a tour of the mtc wich was cool. I went to the temple twice today. You can say I’m pretty holy. The first temple time was an endowment session the second time was baptisms. What an amazing experience doing baptisms was. The Pakistan sisters in my district don’t have a temple so this was there first time doing baptisms. We did baptisms for one of the sisters father, mother, grandparents, and great grandparents. What an personal experience that was. I love the temple
Phillippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
This verse give so much piraso.(peace) Tayo (We)know that through jesukristo tayo can do lahat(all) things. (He)Siya will strengthen us and make us capable to endure are mga pagsubok(trials).