Im so happy to finally be in the field! my first area is venezuela city in the Gen T.
De Leon ward. it is an aweesome place and the people are so kind here! people are crazy generous here.
De Leon ward. it is an aweesome place and the people are so kind here! people are crazy generous here.
my first day last wednesday was pretty rough with traveling with all of my bags without the convience of one car but taking different public transportation. a jeepni and a tricycle and walking around. keep this in mind my mission is tiny but it took us like what 4 hours when it shoudlve taken an hour hahaha it was sweet! i got a goodnights rest, thats for sure! once we got hjome i met Sister Edds and investigators, Gxxlen, jyyezreel, and eyyleanor. they are awesome! and glen is like my best friend! []. he fed us tuna omelets and rice. it was bomb!
So NO MORE TOILET PAPER!!!! WOOO! thats a blast...but actually not as bad as you think..seriously hahaha. kind of funny. So me and my companion Elder Belnap from idaho are both in a new area but half of this area was is first area so he knows the area and a lot of people which is good.
the study time is pretty long! by the time i get out i fiond myself sleepy and it makes it hard cuz ive caught my eyes closign and opening and reapeating during lessons where my comp is teaching and where i am listening xuz i can barely speak. not gonna lie tagalog is rough BUT the Lord has helped me and i have already made progress! i can understand a lot during lessons...it just is hard to speak but hey thats pretty good...am i wRIGHT? slowly but surely i am learning. some people think im pretty good at first, whicvh is pretty funny.
This place is so big but so small! hahaha its weird! eveything is so close together except there wiull be houses in one area and stores and markets in one so we have to travel a lot and a lot of the time when you are traveled you are squished together! so the arm's length rule of being next to the opposite gender cant always happen here hahaha.
So many people call me and my companion guapo or handsome...its pretty funny. even Gxxlen does hahaha that weirdo. but yeah a lot of filipinos love us because we are american so thats a plus.
My comp and i have gotten four bap dates for Gxxlen, Jyyudy Ayynn, Jyyezreel and Eyyleanor! so excited! PLEASE pray for Eyyleanor she is having a rough time with her parents because they do not weant her to be baptzed :(. I think things will work out. Gxxlen told me yesterday that he was nervous to get bvaptized anmd so i told him that that is okay! i told him if he wasnt nervous then he wouldnt care annd he wouldnt realize how important being baptized is.i told him that our purpose is to baptize converts not just people and he told me that he would regret it if he didnt get baptized so that was awesome! sp stoked for him!
I love sharing the gospel with what i can in tagalog! it is awesome nad i have seen how the Lord has blessed me! being here is awesome and i am so lucky to share this gospel with people and to teach them the importance of being baptized in our church because we have the priesthood authority. i explained like this to investigators. Baptism is kind of like this. so you can have a car but what good is it if you dfont have the keys to the car. you arent able to unlock it, to work it, there is no authority. just like wiuht baptism if you dont have tyhe priesthood keys, you dont have the proper authority to baptize to be able to unlock the gate that leads to the path back to the presence of our heavenly father and promised blessings he willl give us if we are worthy of them (i didnt get to the promised blessings part in the lesson but i said the other things) and it is so true. its why this gospel is true. i love it so much and i love being here.
I love you all so much. Take Care!
Love,
Elder Tama (Right)
PS my comp has gotten told he looks like MR BEAN, elvis presly and ben affleck
I have gotten James from twilight...the dark haired one, Ansel Elgort or agustus wateres from the fault in our stars and justin timberlake....Can you guys confimr this hahahahahaha????
ts already chritsmas season here
ts already chritsmas season here
inside of a trike
a street
my apartment
a mouse in our apartment that we had to kill
gxxlen and eyyleanor and maybe jyyezreel is in there i couldnt tell
Also cut my roomates hair before i left!
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