November 6, 2023 WEEK 13 Ang Malaking Paghuhulog 🩸

 Sadly this week was not super eventful so the most eventful thing was when I slipped in the rain. 

It has been raining suuper hard the last few days and on wednesday I was wearing my rubber shoes with no traction so while walking on this metal rain gutter I slipped and hit my knee hard. 
Since I was holding my umbrella I had no hands to catch my fall so it all just went to my knee and it completely took off the top few layers of skin.
For the past five days it has still been leaking stuff and it wont scab over or heal so we are just hoping its not infected :)

HIGHLIGHTS
- We passed by a funeral and the coffin was literally being loaded into a jeepney
- Our ward had a party and put us in charge of the games so we taught them all of our favorite American games like "never have I ever" it was hilarious watching them try to play them it turned into "never never" because of their english
- Trying blood soup
This woman we are teaching has 12 pomeranians living in her house it is so chaotic
- In sacrament meeting this guy told his entire life story and feelings in the third person and bishop had to tell him to sit down
- Also in sacrament meeting a guy went up and sang a song he wrote for his wife and then sat down haha
- A guy thought I was german
- Sometimes we have to have a member who speaks Illocano come with us to lessons to translate because thats what people here speak
- A lady we are teaching thought chocolate was banned in the church because we told her to follow the word of wisdom and eat healthy
- "shinortcut" is one of my new favorite words haha its just shortcut tgat someone conjigated in Tagalog
-Transfers! We are just staying here though

CULTURE
- A lot of people just feed their dogs rice
- Everyone has big metal gates to their houses
- All saints day! Everyone lights candles outside their houses and at cemetaries
-Kape: coffee and any other hot drink like hot chocolate so its super hard to explain the word of wisdom to people because they think that hot chocolate is not allowed too
- "Hello mam where are you going" everyday

ESPIRITUAL NA ISIP
Matthew 5: 15-16
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

PICS
- For pday we went on a hike to this memorial!
- My lovely knee
- All saints day candles
- Our halloween costumes








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