Hello all!!
Well, I'm back to having interesting weeks again, and boy was this one good! I got everything packed up and ready to go Tuesday, then went and said goodbye and took pictures with everyone in Taytay. It was so hard to say goodbye to my recent converts!! But I am excited to meet new people in Morong :) As we were riding the taxi there, we wound down a mountainside. It is beautiful there! There are acres of rice fields and big chunks of forest/jungle in our area, and it is amazing!! It's so nice to be in the province! I definitely feel more at home OUT of the city. Funny thing about our apartment though: we don't have a shower head, so we do it Filipino style and scoop the water out of a bucket!! The toilet also doesn't have a flusher, so that's bucket as well :) It actually isn't too bad, kind of fun to experience. But I think I prefer actual showers lol :) I also met my new companion; Sister Mainit! It's kind of funny because "mainit" is "hot" in Tagalog, so a lot of time she just gets called "Sister Hot!" I'm glad I got another Filipina though, because I still have a nosebleed in Tagalog :)
But, sadly, even though I have a nosebleed in Tagalog, I discovered this week that I can't teach in English either. We had a little boy we were teaching that basically speaks English, and during the lesson both me and Sister Mainit were struggling! I haven't forgotten any English (there's a lot spoken here), I just don't know how to teach the missionary lessons! It made me giggle a little bit when we were done :)
Me at 4:45 am :)
We had our sisters' conference earlier today, and it was so much fun! The sisters in our mission are amazing, and everyone was there except for those assigned in Mindoro. We did Tae Bo and played games and ate Jollibee and even got to watch a movie. Plus learning about cooking, facials, and makeup :) It's been fun, but Morong is one of the farthest areas on the mainland, so we actually slept last night at the Sister Training Leaders (STL) apartment. But we still had to leave at 5am to be here on time...we're all pretty tired :) we're emailing from a computer shop near the mission office, and then we'll probably be in a jeepney for 2 or 3 hours to get back home...yay for traffic :) but maybe that will just be our pday naptime, so it works out haha.
I heard a quote this week that really impacted me: If you don't ask, the answer will always be no. I love this because I think that it's so true no matter what you're doing, but especially in missionary work. I've learned that when we have choices before us, a lot of times, Heavenly Father won't give us that guidance that we need unless we show Him through our prayer and actions that we are ready to receive and willing to follow the promptings He gives us. But when we do those things, He is always there to help guide us :)
Alma 37:47 And now, my [daughter], see that ye take care of these sacred things, yea, see that ye look to God and live. Go unto this people and declare the word, and be sober. I read this just last week, and it stuck out to me so much because of how simple the commandment here is: look to God. That's all we need to do: look to Him, and trust everything to Him. And when we do, everything just works out perfect :)
Once again: I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY HERE IN PQCM!!!
Mahal ko po kayo!!
XOXO
Sister Pectol
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