Oh- Any games you can think of for like a 24 hour plane ride adventure to the phillies that would be allowed by mission standards- please do. Also also pleeassee send me a monday NYT crossword!!!!
okay- news update time, I guess.
This week has been kind've average. A lot more learning, tons more practicing, and a lot of contacting and giving lessons sa Tagalog. Things with my companion go up and down every day. Some moments are good, others are horrendous. For instance, yesterday me and my friend, Elder Faran, were playing and singing hymns on a piano in a building. And my companion comes in after a meeting (he was made zone leader.. ha) and is like alright, let's go study. So I tell him, hey dude it's Sunday- they say it's fine if we just do spirit building things like playing hymns. And he's like no, DUDE, we should study, now. So we just look at him, like what?, and get up and go back to the classroom. He then proceeds to wheel around the hall in a chair and draw Ford trucks on the whiteboard. There are 12 year olds in the MTC, mom. I learn to deal with it though, and just have faith that things will get better. As I study more and try and be as obedient as possible, things always seem to look up in one way or another. We had Sister (can't remember) come and speak to us on Tuesday, which was nice. And we watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional last night for Fireside, which was just really fun to hear them talk. I can't wait to see what speakers we get for Christmas here, though. The zone ahead of us is leaving today for the Philippines, so we're on deck. 3 more weeks and I'm ouuuttttttttttt. I cannot wait. I probe my teachers a lot now for stories and information and stuff and it just sounds like heaven compared to here, ha. Also they pick up their speed of speech every day to get us used to it, so it's literally insane but as they speek at about 90 - 100% speed we can understand pretty much everything they're saying. My brain just lags a bit behind in the translation to english. But it's funny, because I know what they say in Tagalog, but my brain forces itself to translate. So, it's like if I can figure out a way to not make myself translate it to english, I will still know what they're saying because those words in Tagalog have built their own meaning.. ya know? Like I haven't thought about what oo, and hindi, and siyempre, and wala, and kumusta, and mahal, and ingat, and mabuti, or so many other words mean in english for a long long time. I also feel like I came into the MTC years ago and I was a little kid, haha. You look back at your past notes and feel like it was another life time ago. You grow by leaps and bounds here every day. I sometimes hate feeling mature, ahaha, I'm not. I'm 19!
Anyways that's pretty much all that's happened this week, it was pretty uneventful. I'll write home a letter today, haven't done that in a while. Good luck with christmas decorations- I miss that a lot. I though about how we cut down a tree last year, today, and it made me miss CT, ha. OKay, I'll write some Tagalog sentences for you. Ah, that's another thing. I haven't even gotten to the Philippines yet, but I can't wait to go back- hopefully as a family. Not only to show you guys around but to speak in Tagalog with the people there. Pinoys are so funny. Tell Brandon that's his Christmas present to the family in two years. Flying us all over to the Philippines! thank in advance, Brandon.
Ako po si Elder White, at gusto po akong magbahagi ng mensahe sa inyo. Alam ko po na totoo ang ebanghelyo ni Jesu Crist, at alam ko po na tunay na propeta ng Diyos si Joseph Smith at Thomas s. Monson. Alam ko po na mahal tayo ng Diyos, at napatay si JesuCristo para ng kasalanan natin. Alam ko po na magpakita Ang Diyos at JesuCristo kay Joseph Smith sa 1820, at sa pamamagitan ng Pagbabayad-Sala ni Jesucristo makakabalik tayo sa Ama sa Langit natin. Sinasabi mga baby ako sa pangalan ni JesuCristo, Amen.
Mahal ko kayo!
-Elder Puti ( White )
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