Great news! I learned the right language!!
This week has been so full! And my heart is so full!
On Tuesday
night at the Manila MTC I ate Balut! 2 of them! I liked it a lot the
first time and my Filipino roommates and I ate another one together. It
was a fun time watching all of the different reactions of the
missionaries lol.
I'm officially in my area!
My new trainer is Sister Aguda. She's from North Luzon here in the
Philippines. She's so so nice! I'm blessed :) She's also an amazing
teacher and shes' amazing at the language. I have a lot to learn from
her. We are in the Kabankalan 2nd ward!
There's so much work happening here! I've only had two full days of work here and we've already had so many lessons! We
had one lesson in the middle of a crazy rainstorm & it was so loud
and pretty hard to hear each other but we could still feel the power of
the Holy Ghost and that's the real teacher. The people are so so
receptive. They have a hard time getting to church because some of them
live sooo far away. Sister Aguda and I are trying to brainstorm ways to
help them.
But one of the people we're teaching- Joselyn- came to church this Sunday
for the first time and she loved it! Our ward members just took her
hand right when she came in and we didn't see her again until the end of
church! She really loved it!
We had a baptism on Saturday
for Angel. Our Bishop asked me to speak right before the baptism
started haha so I gave my first talk in my very best Hiligaynon on the
gift of the Holy Ghost! I'm so grateful for the MTC and language study. I
also bore my testimony in Sacrament meeting yesterday. The language is
coming slowly but surely. I can teach but conversations are really hard
for me. The young women are helping me because they're really good at
speaking English.
The people here are so
incredible. Every time we visit anyone they feed us. We walked though a
ton of mud the other day with one of the members- Brother Lopez- I think
he's probably 75 and when we got back to his house he cleaned my shoes
while they were still on my feet. We had a dinner appointment with some
more amazing members and they made fried fish for us and you have to
pull the bones out and it was taking me a really long time so Sister Joy
came and did it for me so I could eat. Also I get called beautiful and
talented like 100 times everyday. I can't believe how blessed I am to be
here with them. I cry often because my heart gets too full!
Also
there's a tiny lizard that lives on my desk so that's great
;) Also we
crossed an insanely long hanging bridge and it was beautiful but I was
terrified! I think we're going over it again today. Pray for me that my
fear of heights will leave! haha! We ride everywhere in tricycles- a
motorcycle with a little side car. It's so fun. I forgot to take a
picture of one.
I love the Philippines! I love
this Gospel and I know it has the power to change lives now and
forever! Pray everyday- God wants to talk to you. He loves you so much.
If something is important to you it's important to Him too!
Dios mangin sa inyo
Sister Zollinger
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