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Kumusta Pamilya! Mahal ko kayo!
I´m
going to try to get everything down, pero who knows if I´ll be able to.
(Also, something is wrong with the keyboard I´m using, so if there are
weird symbols it isn´t my fault...)
So this week has be so hard and so great. The language
is seriously coming. Brother Langer challenged us to speak only Tagalog
on Sunday and I totally did it. Then he challenged us again on Monday
and I totally did it again. No challenge for today, but I´m still doing
it. It helps so much. I actually told an Elder who was trying to talk to
me in the lunch line that I couldn´t speak English (in Tagalog) and he
looked so confused and I just walked away...Good stuff.
My dorm is overflowing with muddy buddies. Jamie sent
me some a while back. You sent me two bags. Sister Diamond´s mother sent
her a bag. So THANKS. haha, Muddy Buddy Heaven.
So
since Brother Langer is the best Tagalog teacher in the MTC (not
kidding), we got to be there while he was teaching the Philippino MTC
teachers how to teach Tagalog via webcam. We got to talk to them for a
while and it was so awesome speaking Tagalog to natives. Good stuff.
JAMIE VAWDREY GETS HERE TOMORROW (if you are reading
this, Jamie, I´m sorry I didn´t write you this week. I didn´t think i
was get to you in time. Plus I´ll see you tomorrow. I´ve never been more
excited!!)
Also, dear family, why would you think I wouldn´t need
tights (i can´´t type question marks for some reason) NOT OKAY!
Jokelang, pero...talaga. My legs are ice blocks (Australian for
popsicles). I will never forgive you for this. If you can´t tell, that
is sarcasm. But still not okay. I still love you. But don´t send them
anymore because I leave here on February 25th. Okay salamat.
Mom, you talked about Sister Riddle and about how
similar we sound. Which is true and freaky. She went to my Elementary
school and we saw each other the first week. She´s going to Manila and
got here the same day as me. She is also 5´10´´ and has a lot of the
same clothes as me. It´s pretty freaky. She´s a real gem, though.
So, Brother Long taught us about the History of the
Philippines and how they got their independence and it is seriously so
awesome. You should study it. It also makes the great US of A look
sheepish. PARA SA PILIPINAS.
I ran into Brother Johnson (I think that was his
name...) from the Stake and he knows you (Mom and Dad). He serves in a
Japanese branch presidency here. It was weird because I was forced to
speak English to him.
Also, someone wrote me and told me the pictures aren´t
working for the blog. Hindi ko alam, pero I just thought I would let you
know.
So let me tell you about our investigators.
We have three (which is crazy hard, especially because we are the only
companionship in our district with that many...) They are all actors
(our teachers) but i really is so real, teaching them.
1. Toni - I´ve told you about him before, I think. He is played by
Brother Langer and is actually based off of himself because he is a
convert. He is by far the hardest investigatore. We can rarely even get
through one principle in a lesson each time because he just DRILLS us
with questions and it is so hard to understand him and then try to
answer his questions. Plus Sister Ram can never understand him so I have
to translate for her which is super weird. She´s getting better at it, i
think. She´s really good at the language, she just doesn´t listen very
well. Anyway, Toni is mahirap to teach.
2. Artemio - ARTEMIO IS GOLDEN. He is such a gem. He is
played by Brother Nicholes who isn´t actually one of my teachers. He is
so great. He has five kids and is so interested in the gospel. He is
reading the Book of Mormon and hopefully went to Church on Sunday, but
we haven´t met with him since then. He is the best.
3. Roya - Roya is 17 years old and teaching him at the
beginning was so hard. He just yawns the whole time and keeps pulling
out his phone and I keep having to tell him to put it away. He is from a
part member family and was only taking the lessons because his mom
asked him to. Anyway, he went to church on Sunday for the first time in
forever and yesterday he committed to be baptized on February 25th!! I
was not expecting him to say yes, so when I extended the invitations I
told him we were having a baptismal date on February 29th and if he
would prepare to be baptized on that day. Then I realized that that day
does no exist this year. Awkward. So I changed it for the day I leave.
Good stuff, though. I am so pumped for him.
Well, that is about it. I love it here so
much and am so so happy. Alam ko po na totoo and Simbahan ni
Jesucristo!!! Masaya ako at mahal ko kayo. I´m running out of time, but
I´ll get to call you on the 25th at the airport! Mayroon po ako ang
calling card ko, so I´m all set. I love you all SO MUCH and I and so
grateful for everything you´ve done for me.
Mom - Sister Ram doesn´´t get
to call home often. Only once within her first week because she is
international and once at the airport. Also, we do get to go outside
often and my legs freeze every time. Especially when going to the temple
because we go at 6 40 am. Very cold. But please don´t send tights
anymore. I was hoping to get them within my first week or so but now I
only have two weeks left.
Austin - Daniel Cook decided to get baptised a while
ago! February 25th is his date. However, he was not a real investigator
(even though he was totally real to me...) He turned out to be one of
our new teachers. Also, your new bag and wallet sound awesome. The shirt
I got you was like $14 but I get the missionary discount so I don´´t
remember how much it actually costed me... Also, asked about the other
missionaries in my district. There are five of us going to Manilla,
three going to San Pablo, one going to Loaog and one going to Baguio (no
idea if I spelled those right..) There is also an entire district in my
zone going to Loaog and another that just got here last week going to
Naga. Good stuff.
Ryan & Dad - No letters!!!! (I can´t type question marks for some reason...)
Amanda
- Sister Ram is from Fiji. I don´´t remember what other questions you
asked besides SNACKS. I want tomato basil wheat thins. So badly. I don´t
need any candy or anything because an Elder just left for the field and
left us with an entire suitcase filled with candy. So mostly salty
things. Wheat thins. I love you!! Also, don´t send tights. I leave here
on February 25th and I don´t need them for the field. Thanks anyway!!! I
love you!!!
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