WooHooo!!!!! Made it past week 1!!! And busier
than ever! So much to say in 30 minutes so I’ll get right to it. I wrote down a
list of things to say so that I don't forget, but they may not be in an order
that flows well but it's all good!
So mom, guess what? I've been taking a lot of
pictures lately and I'm going to put my SD card in an envelope and send it to
you today so can you send me another SD card so I can keep taking pictures?
Okay Thanks!
Hey Dad! Thanks for sending me that scan
of the Prophet's message about missionary work. It got me all pumped up to
work even harder!!! ^_^
The weather here is so cold and dry my skin gets
dry really fast so I may need some more lotion soon haha. Anyway, so it's so
great being a missionary. I get dressed in my best every day and looking at
that badge never gets old. It's really nice to see "Elder Froude...The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" on my suit all day every day.
It's lets me know that I represent 1. My family, and 2. Jesus Christ. |
| My District mates... |
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| In our classroom with my companion... |
So, more about my experience with Aiza, Elder McCoy and I have been preparing so much and so well for Aiza, we've been teaching her about prayer and have had her commit to read and pray about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. All in Tagalog!!! It's babyish language, not too much structure but I say it with such confidence that at least I believe it was a good message haha. It gets frustrating sometimes to teach because I know what questions she is asking and how to reply, but I can't say it in Tagalog yet! There have been several times those when the Holy Spirit was able to guide what little Tagalog I know to make some sort of short strong statement about the gospel (ebanghelyo). After our 5th visit with her, we watched a video in class with Aiza speaking in English! You were right mom! SHE'S OUR TEACHER!!!! We have alternating teachers and she's one of them... I was so heartbroken when I heard it was a role-play haha!!! But it was a great experience. ^_^ It was all for our good so I’m okay with that. Now our teachers will all take a role of an investigator that they had and we'll be teaching them. It'll be interesting. It's a program they just started in June so it's new. :) I’m ACTUALLY excited about the opportunity to teach. I learn the best on the field anyway ;) okay
Okay so more about the MTC. I've never been
around so many young health conscious people!!! I guess that after a few weeks
of eating junk they realize that a salad is good for them. Don't worry mom I'm
eating healthy! I have a banana for breakfast every day and a salad with
every meal. No ranch cause ranch has calories: p
Anyway so this first weeks were very
interesting. I'm not my usually happy go lucky self. I think I know how Jimmer
feels. I'm just starting out and I don't want to stick out too much or the
other more experienced guys would be made and make life miserable. So I’m not
out and about super social, I’m not showing off my knowledge of the scriptures
that I’ve learned in college, and I’m not showing off how much Tagalog I know
cause I’m Filipino and such. I'm just being a humble servant learning as much
as I can. :) But I do what I need to do when the situation calls for it.
I'm so grateful for all of the devotionals that
we have here at the MTC. It's what our district needed cause a lot of them were
getting on edge and getting on each other's nerves. It happens when different
people spend 24/7 with each other. and the devotionals solved all of the
problems and brought the love back :).
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| Letters!!! |
it'll be good for him.
Anyway, I'm working out!!! We have gym
time every day so I spend it splaying sports or working out. Either way, I’m
going to get in shape for the PHI ^_^
Tagalog is progressing so well for me ^_^
I can understand really well now!!! And there was one day this week when
someone said Hi to me, and without knowing it I was having a nice short casual
conversation In JUST TAGALOG!!! ^_^ Mahirap sa MTC pero Gusto Ko Mahirap. We
sing in Tagalog almost every day. I almost cried when we sang Love at Home in Tagalog.
I'm a very emotional guy okay!
THANKS FOR THE CALENDAR!!! I LOVE IT SO
MUCH!!! I love all of the pictures that are there haha!
Hey, so I found the best way to get over procrastination, Devote yourself to one priority and just do that thing
haha. Anyway I have 20 seconds left.
Words of wisdom:
Desires dictate priorities, Priorities dictate
choices, choices dictate actions, and actions dictate success -Elder
Duncan
Mahal Ko Kayo!!!
-Elder Froude
~doin you proud
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