*picture captions were added by me as well as all items in parenthesis
So Mom!!!
So Mom!!!
It is so crazy here!! There has so many different things
in this place! The food here is just completely weird!! I am so busy
all the time that we barely get any time to do anything fun! But I am
loving it! I can't wait to hear a lot more from some people. So
far not too many people have emailed me. I haven't even gotten one from Kimarie! ): ): ): ): ): (Girlfriend) Make sure everyone knows my email: macallen.hedman@myldsmail.net. I want to hear from as many people as possible!!!
So the trip
was such a boring one! I sat by Elder Gordon, who is from Provo. He
played basketball there on the team. He like 6' 6" which is so
crazy! And I sat by a Sister Holmes, who Katie Hilton (neighbor) talked to me
about. So it was way cool getting to know them!
My favorite parts of
this experience so far has been getting to talk to a lot of
different people and learn the language! The language is so difficult!!
But it is definitely worth it! We study the language for so long each
day! It just feels so weird talking in a different language and praying
in a different one as well.
We already have had our first investigator (someone wanting to learn about the church)
while we were here! The first 2 lessons didn't go to well just because
we are only allowed to teach in Tagalog! So we kinda just stalled out
the time while we tried to find what we wanted to say! But after that we
did a lot more studying and then we were able to communicate with her
pretty well! I know that the spirit has helped us do that so much! It
was such a neat experience seeing that what I was trying to say in my
mind was coming out in my mouth! I was able to bear my testimony to
her!!!! It was kinda a simple one but it still worked! I pray
every time because my companion doesn't yet know how to say the prayer
in Tagalog. He's still a pretty cool guy. His name is Elder Gines. He's pretty cool and a funny guy. He
is from Lindon, or near Pleasant Grove I think he said.
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| Random Picture, I think of the MTC entrance. The computers were not letting him view the pictures he sent. He took them last Friday. He hopes the computer will work next week! |
So the
experience is going pretty well! Could you to send more hair stuff? I haven't been able to do my hair. It has been
completely crazy! And it's driving me nuts! When we first got
here, we all got like an islander haircut kind of like the Mailau's (neighbors from Tonga). So I felt
kinda cool in that sense!
It has been a pretty cool time! The
language is so fun to learn! But definitely the most difficult of the
tasks to do. The letters must take a while to get here. I heard
that it can take way long to send out. I sent out a
letter, but I don't know when it will get there.
So it was great hearing from you guys! Oh and the weather is
great. The humidity really isn't that bad. But I imagine that when I get
out into the field, where I won't really have any air conditioning, it will be a lot
worse!!!
For now my favorite time is gym time because it really lowers
my stress! I have been stressing about everything like none other! I
really want to hear from a lot of people so let everyone know!!!
Especially Kimarie! Put that in the blog so she knows also!! (;
hahaha
But I miss you guys like crazy and just all the small things that I was able to do! I love you guys and I will write to you again next
week! Remember that the church is true!!
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| 2nd Random Picture. I think this is outside his window. |
Oh and before I go I want to
share an experience I had. On Tuesday, we were able to meet with Elder Anderson from the Quorum of the 12 Apostles! It was so cool! We were
able to shake his hand and tell him where we are from. His talk was
just so amazing. I felt like every word of it was directed towards
me!
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| Neil L. Anderson He is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy. Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are apostles, with the calling to be prophets, seers, and revelators, evangelical ambassadors, and special witnesses of Jesus Christ. |
I'll let you guys know more as we continue. Thanks for writing me! I miss you guys!! I love you all!!!! I'll see you in 2 when I get back!
MAHAL KITA (love you)!
