October 1, 2023 WEEK 8 Dead Lizards 🦎

 Hey everyone! I dont think I have ever cried more in one week! I had to say goodbye to my amazing MTC district and my companion who has become one of my best friends and I cried an embarasing amount haha

I traveled 6 hours in a van to get to my mission and I was the only white person the whole way so I couldnt really understand much of the Tagalog that they were speaking the whole way up

The first thing we did once we got the the mission was go to McDonalds and I tried bbq fries, Ameria needs to get those for sure they were sooo good, after that we went to the beach and then to the mission home

Me and a Filipino sister roomed with sisters in the area for the night and they put my mattress right on top of a dead lizard, when I woke up in the morning the dead lizard was in my sheets 
Im definetly going to have to get used to a few things 

HIGHLIGHTS:
- Eating ribs and mashed potatos the first night
- The senior couple I met in provo calling me their "Idaho baby" * they are also from Fillmore Utah!
- Filipino elders refusing to let me carry any of my bags or just anything in my hands at all or else they call me a strong independant woman haha
- Filipino elders getting so excited to hear me play the piano for them and them taking turns picking out what I play for them
-going to the beach
- Getting assigned to Baguio for my first area!
- Getting an Amerikan companion!
- Riding maraming jeepneys
- Trying to bear my testimony in Tagalog every lesson

CULTURE 
- Old people talk very very soft
- A lot of old people use umbrellas as canes
- In jeepneys you flick the roof to get off
- To respect old people you put their hand on your head
- You shower with a bucket and boil water if you want warm water

ESPIRITUAL NA ISIP

There was this quotebI liked that I have had to remeber this past week but I cant remember exactly how it goes or who said it "who the Lord calls he qualifies" and I really liked that because I know I wouldn't be able to do this without His help, love you all!







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