Hiya!
So P-day’s basically over so I’ve gotta keep this supa short. Sorry!
So in case you couldn’t tell from my last email the Philippines..... is CRAZY!!!! And just a bit different than Pleasant Grove, Utah haha. Also just in case you didn’t know Utah is SOOOOOOO beautiful! Scratch that, ALL of America is soooo beautiful! I miss my mountains and our temples and the snow (yes even the snow haha) and my amazing family and friends! Things here have been a little tough for me so far but through help from Heavenly Father I’m beginning to become more comfortable. Right now it’s 6:00 PM and it’s 31 degrees Celsius or about 88 degrees normal style haha, just in case you were wondering :P
I’m beginning to LOVE the Book of Mormon! If we apply it to our own lives or the lives of people we care about it’s words are sooooo meaningful and beautiful! I’d love to go more into detail but I don’t have time :( Just read Mosiah chapters 23 and 24 and try to apply them to your lives and you’ll see what I mean. Also, don’t just read your scriptures before you go to bed!!! I did that before the mission and it was meaningless compared to what I’m getting from the scriptures because of the way I read them now! Each time you read pray to Heavenly Father for the Spirit and to answer your prayers in the scriptures. It’s amazing :)
So basically the kids here are what keep me going every day hahaha :) May maraming kaibigan ako dito kasi Amerikano ako :P (I have many friends here because I’m American haha :o) So I have to things kids said to me this week that I need you to help me with. I can’t decide which is my favorite haha :)
So one day we were talking with a group of 10 year old girls and one of them was rambling in Tagalog at me and I didn’t understand a word she said. All of a sudden she said, “Bakla ka ba?” (Are you gay?) hahahaha! I understood that! haha, it gave me a good laugh and I yelled “ANO BA IYAN?? Bakit sinabi mo iyan?” (What in the world?? Why’d you say that? :)
Later in the week I was sitting next to a 4 year old girl while we were teaching her mom when she looked up at me and said, “Umutot ka ba? Amoy ka katulad tae!” (Did you fart? You smell like poop!) hahahaha! :D I think that one wins :P
I think the 2nds my favorite but lemme know what you think :)
A: So it’s only really rained once this week and that was for about 15-20 minutes. Can’t wait for a real storm! haha
A: I LOVE lumpia, chicken adobo is great and I’m starting to like rice :) Magiging Pilipino ako! Haven’t been sick at all, just REALLY tired haha
A: I’m in the Panghulo Ward of the Caloocan Stake. Elder Corpuz from the blog served in this Zone earlier this year so you should check his blog out again for Panghulo! :) We washed our clothes by hand last week and hung them on the balcony to dry. Wasn’t terribly hard and it worked well but I didn’t have time today so I sent them to a laundromat. No giant spiders in the city! :D Mosquitos bug a little bit but not bad.
A: The language is SUPER tough and I have a tough time understanding people in Tagalog OR English because it’s a different accent and I am kinda deaf haha. I’m finding that the more I try to speak the more I’m able to say. “Don’t let what you don’t know get in the way of what you do know!”
A: Study and lunch from 8am-1pm, proselyte from 1-9, eat, return to apartment, sleep, do it all over again. CRAZY! Love Pday haha. Walk alot and ride Jeepneys alot. Maybe between 2 and 3 miles a day :)
I wish I had more time but I gotta go now. I love and miss you all SOOOO much! God be with you till we meet again!
Mahal Kita!
Elder Powell
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