October 16, 2012
Hello! Kumusta po!
Today is my P day! (obviously.) I wrote you a letter but you will probably get it today or tomorrow. everything is great! I have two companions, Sister Hayden and Sister Pace and they are both wonderful and working so hard!! The first day was a lil bit crazy cuz they just threw us into Tagalog, but my teacher, Sister Watkins is awesome! and so great at helping us understand what is happening even if we don't know what she is saying! We have already taught three lessons in Tagalog!!! ano po ang CRAZINESS??? yep. the first two were pretty rough but the last one actually went pretty well! we talked about the Holy Ghost and all it can do for us and I could actually understand and communicate with our investigator!! no doubt, we have a loooong way to go, but that was super exciting! and only after what, 6 days?? i see a bunch of people here that i know, which is exciting! i saw the clive elder the first day, he was sitting in front of me in our orientation meeting! so i said hello and thanked him and he seems cool. my district and branch are awesome!! our district has mga kasama mo and i as the only sisters and then 6 elders. they are very energetic and fun! they are good elders and we are all getting along very well! (sometimes i need to be studious like mga kasama mo and not as silly like the elders..... room to improve, for sure!!) the food is pretty good, everyone else doesn't like it very much but i think its good. idk what that says about my tastes in food buuut whatever! we have class allll day and its a lot of sitting, but we all go to the gym in the mornings and during gym time so that breaks it up nicely. we have yet to play soccer but! my coordinating sister, Sister Huddleston, plays soccer! i think she played for Dixie state actually so its gonna happen one of these days before they close the outside field! sometimes i fall asleep in personal study when it gets too quiet... more room for improvement!
Tagalog is SUPER fun to learn and everything is a tongue twister but that makes it all the more exciting when you get a word down! we went to the temple bright and early this morning and it was lovely!! not even that cold out! (although i have already busted out my coat a bit) Thats awesome that Omar and Jake are companions!! they'll have a lot of fun together i think!
ps being in a trio is pretty much a party. all the time. except at night cuz we all pass out mad fast. Church here is amazing!!! for relief society Sister Linda Burton came and talked to us (general relief society president) and it was amazing!! and then we met with our branch and a few missionaries that are leaving soon spoke in Tagalog which i didn't really understand but thats ok. Singing the hymns in Tagalog is super fun! it makes you feel like you actually know the language! our district decided to all read the Book of Mormon in Tagalog which is way cool, but right now it is taking forever!!!! I'm still in 1 Nephi 1..... but i also started the Book of Mormon over again sa Inglesse and that is going much better. And the Pearl of Great Price. That is such a great book of scripture. also on Sunday we had a district meeting were our branch president came and told us how hard european missions are and how lucky we are that we aren't going there (he served in Sweeden) sooo cool. most def stoked i'm going to the Philippines!!!! tomorrow we're teaching our "investigator" again and we can only use our scripture. no notes, no dictionaries, nothing!!! (prayers are welcome, that will be exciting) (our investigator is our future teacher! lolz) thanks for all the letters and love and support! its fun to hear from you guys!!
i'll write back on paper today cuz i won't have time to respond via email. also on sunday we went to a fireside by someone who is in charge of the provo mtc or something... it was really good! we sang a lot! which is cool to hear all the missionaries in one room singing hymns! he talked about the new mission ages a bit and how they're shortening the time in the mtc, but that wont happen to us, probs not till Jan/Feb so we will be training all the new missionaries that had shorter times.... huzzah! and then he talked about a bird's eye view vs a worm's eye view and that was super cool and a great thing to hear right at the beginning because it reminded us that we should always keep the purpose of what we're here to do in mind!!
for the film on Sunday we watched an old talk by Elder Oaks on desire that was amazing! i feel like everything has been answers to questions that i've had or things i've been pondering for quite some time. The Lord is so great!! I said my first prayer in Tagalog without notes in our third lesson and it was really slow, but cool! It is so pretty up here with all the fall colors!! we have some great views of the mountains in our classrooms and occasionally we get to see them without a glass in between!! on sunday we went on a temple walk and it was beautiful!! we took some picture, but i did not take my camera soo you`ll have to wait on those lolz till i get home and am fb friends with mga kasama mo at mga elder. sorry :) well my time is short so this is all you get!
Mahal Kita!!!!
-Sister Jones (Seeester Jones)
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