My apologies for not writing in a while, the past few weeks. If I were to have written, it would have been a ton of stuff that you wouldn't want to hear, and a ton of stuff that I would have regretted writing. With that, welcome back, enjoy.
RATE MY LIST
In honor of me reaching a point in my mission where I'm starting to forget about home, here's a list of everything I have said I miss this week. Whatever I miss the most will be at the top, and will follow in that pattern.
1 .America
2. Walmart
3. Taco bell
4. Coconut redbull
5. my car
6. the gym
7. girls
CRAZY QUESTION NAY
I was just trying to buy some banana cue, and there was a nanay in front of me, she looks at me, tells me I look like a mannequin, and then asks in bisaya, "will you impregnate my daughter so I can have your offspring?" Umm what? Nay, it is 10a.m. At least let me eat something before asking a question like that.
LIFE NOW
I'm honestly just vibing right now. The first few weeks of the transfer were hard because me and my comp couldn't be more different from each other, but once I got past that it’s been great. I have got super close with all of the members here. They are so amazing. There is this 17 year old kid that we just baptized, that has been working with us every day until he finds a job. He doesn't know english, so I am forced to speak the language with him, and it has been so awesome. I have grown in the language a ton because of it. When we first started, I never said a word to him, but now me and him are constantly joking with each other and I am learning so many new words from it.
SHOENECKER AND CARS
Brother Shoenecker is a white guy from Washington in our branch. He used to be a master mechanic, and now ever since he learned that I like cars, we will sit there for hours talking about them. He was so happy and told his wife, "this is the first person that knows anything about the automotive industry that I have met in forever." It's awesome for me too, because I haven't met anyone here that's into cars either. He also has a crazy testimony. He will tell me stories of him using the priesthood, and they are so fun to listen to. The Shoeneckers are also awesome because they work with us a lot, and often give us rides or offer us their bikes when ours are broken. This also has nothing to do with anything, but we ran over and killed a dog in their car the other day, which was funny. I hate animals, and the stray dogs here are especially annoying.
PRESIDENT TINGSON
President Tingson is the district president in our branch. He is so awesome. He always sits by me in elders quorum and just jokes around and shows me stuff on his phone. I have been having terrible back pain for a while, to the point where some days I have to lay in bed because if I sit or stand it hurts too bad. One day at his house, he found this out and practically forced me to get a massage from him. It helped a lot for the moment, so I was very thankful. Also during it, he was telling me a ton of his spiritual stories and giving me life advice. It was so awesome.
CONCLUSION
I think I have finally got over a hump in my mission. I'm at a point where I barely think about home, and my mind is just full of bisaya and thinking about our investigators. Pdays are the worst. Back home my days were always spent working, and on pdays we do nothing. I feel so unproductive every week and it's terrible. I actually look forward to proselyting days, where I can use the language and teach the gospel. Freak though, President better say yes to me getting a new bike, because mine is completely shot, and our area is way too big to be walking. Also shoutout to the Paragoso family. Every Wednesday they drive us home from (and sometimes to) kauswagan, and feed us lunch and dinner. They are such a blessing to have.
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