Dear Mom, Dad, Ryan, and everyone who has ever
celebrated their 1st birthday,
I
am sad to report that not much has occurred since I last emailed you due to a
sudden case of food poisoning from a meat lover’s pizza from Papa John’s Pizza. I have since spent 2
full days in bed throwing up and losing an uncertain amount of weight and
basically eating nothing but Gatorade or Sprite and Skyflakes (crackers). We
were spending the night at the mission home with Ben while President and Sister
DeLaMare and the Assistants went to Mindoro. Anyway, Ben ordered 2 pizzas, Pepperoni
and Meat Lovers. I ate 3 of each, my companion ate 1 pepperoni and 3 meat
lovers’ slices and Ben ate all pepperoni. My companion had bad LBMs all night
and most of the next 2 days. I didn’t feel anything until we got to the office
where I proceeded to throw up everything I’ve eaten from the last 24 hours. The
Harris’ were kind enough to drive us home and I spent the next couple of days
in bed. It was horrible! Worst day ever really. But on the bright side, I lost
a few pounds. Haha! I’ve just been
recovering from that experience; this is my 3rd day back fully
functioning in the office and I’ve been mostly taking it easy. I’ve eaten
probably a 4 meal’s
worth of food all week.
Sayang
naman, kasi, (it’s really too bad) I just
happened to get sick when all of the stores were open. When I got better, it is
Holy Week and all the stores are closed!!! But the streets are so empty, I can
get everywhere so fast and all of the streetlights just happen to like me this
week. Just zooming through traffic well, since I’ve been strong enough to drive
again. Haha! Holy week is so interesting
here. Like last year, there are hoards of people walking up to the mountains;
on the roads, parades of giant Catholic floats of Saints. And there are a few
other interesting traditions. Some
people walk down the street with whips and they whip their backs to repent for
their sins. In San Fernando, Pampanga, I
saw on the news in a restaurant that they have people lined up and they crucify
people for 5 minutes and then let them down. Full on real nails and everything. It’s Crazy!
It’s also a tradition that the first rain that falls after Easter Sunday is
Holy water, so they will put out buckets and bottles to catch all of the rain.
I’ll get a picture for you when it rains. Haha!
Besides
that I’ve spent a lot of time reading the Bible this week, studying about the
life of the Savior and his last week in dedication to Holy Week. Jesus the
Christ by Talmage has also been a good read while I’ve been sick. It was really
great to read again about the life of the Savior and actually set aside a good
amount of time besides personal study to read about the Savior. I’ve been
mainly focusing on how he teaches and what kind of questions he used. It’s really nice; I’m not done yet so next
week I’ll let you know what I find. J
I’m excited!
A
few friends have been emailing me since the change in emailing rules. I just
wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to email me. But even though I can email everyone now, my
time is still very limited and I hope you can understand if I can’t always get
back to you. Thanks!
Thanks for staying up
with me and thank goodness for internet service this week!!! I have to go now
but I Love you all! Have a great time watching my favorite movie. I hope you all have a great Easter and
remember the real meaning of the Sabbath day and the true meaning of Easter.
Doing you Proud,
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