Kamusta na kayo!!! Hope everyone is doing great. 2 more weeks left in the mtc meaning no more ac, hot showers, and home cool meals haha.
Thursday-
This was the craziest day so far on the mission. We got to leave the mtc for the day and go prosaliting. I got a new companion for the day wich was a kid from utah that’s been out for 3 months. This was the most humbling experience of my life. So we headed to the elders apartment in a jeepney (a tiny bus that is like a taxi haha). Manila is packed with people and the traffic is insane. We got to his house and it was so humbling. The house was so tiny there were cockroaches on the ground no running water and rats. It was a big wake up call fs. Me and my companion for the day walked to a person they have been teaching for a few months that is getting baptised soon. While on the way there I got cat called by 3 ladies it was scary. There were thousands of kids on the streets that would run up to me and call me there older brother in tagalog and give me highfives haha. The kids were sooo nice. Once we got to the guys house we taught the lesson in tagalog. I don’t know much tagalog so it was difficult to talk to him and understand. The spirit was still so strong and I will never forget this day.
Friday-
We got a new batch of missionaries today wich was cool. It was nice seeing new faces. They looked like they saw a ghost when they arrived to the mtc haha.
Saturday-
Me and my comp got the opportunity to speak to the head of international mtc. They came all the way from provo to see us. They chose about 12 missionaries out of the mtc to talk with him. I got the opportunity to meet with him wich was pretty cool.
Sunday-
Love the sabbath day and being able to partake of the sacrament here at the mtc. The spirit is so strong.
Monday-
learning tagalog grammar made me so frustrated. I feel like it’s just a bunch of made up rules haha. I leave class with my brain hurting.
Tuesday-
It rained all day today. The sky was grey and it was dumping rain. It rains in arizona but this is a different type of rain that I’ve never experienced before.
Wednesday-
Pday today!!! Called my family today wich is always great. Miss them lots! Me and my comp went to the store and bought a ton of snacks and treats. We tried to place a book of morman but everyone was avoiding us because all the missionaries try talking to them everyday. They all have been given the book of morman from one of the missionaries here at the mtc haha.
Sorry for the short email. It’s hard to write at the mtc since we do the same thing everyday hahaha
D&C 121:7-8
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes
This verse is so comforting. Are trials and hard times that we go thru are just a small amount of time. If we endure to the end we will be blessed and have ever lasting life.