MTC Week 2

08/11/2016
 
So a lot happened this week, my kasama (companion) and I finished teaching Jenell. He was our first investigator (an MTC actor for practice) and it was super spiritual last lesson especially in Tagalog. Now we are teaching two different people named Elvie and Francisco. They are way harder to teach and can only understand Tagalog, so our Tag-lish is not sufficient. We are also teaching lessons to people who have lived in the Philippines or served a mission there every Tuesday, so the speaking is faster and harder to understand, but we'll get better, study, study,study.  

Our district is now doing push ups together at night, it's awesome. The really cool parts are being in devotionals taught by elder Anderson of the twelve apostles and brother Holland (Elder Hollands son), what a great atmosphere. 

 Tuesday we had service and it taught me a few things, 1- If you give a group of people a job and the outcome isn't super noticed or it's hard work, you get lots of complaining. 2- service is service. If I volunteer for service then find out it is a hard job, it will get done, or even if the job seems unnecessary it'll get done. Service is service, it helps someone somehow. 3- Sometimes the outcome isn't noticed right away. We had to scrub brick walls with some chemicals then wipe it off with vinegar and it seemed to do nothing. The next day you could tell that the walls we worked on were a lot cleaner than the ones that were not done. Patience is seriously a virtue. 

So some things I've been working on to better myself is to be listen, act, have faith, serve, and love. These so that I can really focus on others and helping them. Plus a problem that is popular in our days is that we are to self-centered, which makes all our trials/ challenges harder, but when we focus on others, care for others, serve and love others, our trials and challenges are nothing and people's lives change including yourself. This is a great way to start to see who you are and ask yourself who you want to be. Though its a whole different kind of hard out here, its a blast and I can't wait to actually be in the Philippines. Helping people and changing lives! 

Love you all and See you next week!