OK well life is definitely
much better. I still am stressed about a lot of things, but that is
definitely just part of the work. My new companion is Sister Begontes!!
She is 24 and from the Philippines (I forgot where) but she is great.
She is definitely already pushing me a lot and is helping me learn more
about how to be a missionary and solve people's concerns.
Also I need to make a clarification: IT IS OK TO SEND LETTERS TO
ME! Ha! Yes, we all think the Philippines are super sketch, but I got a
letter from Elder Neely in Hungry, so I am sure if anyone wants to send
me letters its totally fine!
Anyway, this week was good. We all did exchanges within our apartment last week and it went very well. On Tuesday
when Sister Mckinney and I worked, I had to pay a lot better attention
during lessons and really listen to what the people were saying. But
somehow we survived. Sister Hellewell was sick on Wednesday
so we just stayed home and I was able to get a lot of studying done.
Everyone was stressed out last week because of all the changes. Sister
Maka got transferred to Batangas and is training a new missionary there
and Sister Mckinney is training sister Finau (sp?) who is from Tonga.
And Sister Hellewell got a new trainer who has only been here 6 weeks
longer than us, so she was SUPER stressed because neither of them really
know Tagalog. But I know they will do great because Sister Hellewell
works really hard.
These last few days, Sister Begontes and I have been meeting with
as many members as we can and trying to visit with all of our other
investigators and figure out why none of them are progressing. We may
be dropping a lot of them. We want to find more people who are
really interested in hearing our message.
I still am getting used to the culture here. Ha, sometimes
I just have to laugh at things because they are just not normal! But
it's all good! Laundry still takes like 3 solid hours and I really don't
know if my clothes are clean. I definitely will not be bringing them
home with me after this mission!
The cold showers are still not fun, but
on p-days I shower in the afternoon and the water is actually
semi-warm!
The last few days it has rained SO much!!!!!!!! Some of
the members told us a typhoon is coming. Ha! Yeah. I can't believe I
will be here for 15 more months. I hope I survive! Joke lang. (jk) I'll be fine.
My favorite expression is "Oh my Gulay". Gulay means vegetable. It is
definitely more fun than oh my gosh. I say it at least 10 times a day
because of various things I see or have to do. I love it!
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