ok so this week was pretty great. we had tuesday and thursday off so it was a super fun week and went by real quick. We had two apostles speak to us.Elder Christofferson and Elder Nelson. it was epic. so during the devotional on sunday, there was a piano solo and i was right behind the piano so the while the camera was looking at the piano, it had a clear view of me. and i had no idea it was on me.... soooo me and elder stephens were playing in the MFL(simalar to the NFL) missionary football league. it was a piece of paper with yard markers and endzones on it and we created plays and stuff. we also had like little cards with like First down and interception and stuff like that to determine if we were succesful or not with our plays. and on one play, little did i know i was on the camera, and i got a touchdown and i did a fist pump and was like OH Yeah!!! and then every single missionary started laughing. i had no idea what they were laughing at. so yesterday i was in the bookstore and a sister that i know walked up to me and told me that i was on the camera and they saw me spaz out on the camera. everone saw it and laughed soo hard. hahahaha fun times!! well now i dont have anything else to write so
Love elder c smith
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
day 41 Questions and Answers
I just took Fanga home the other day...his mama works as a cook there...have you seen her?
i have not seen her. i dont know what she looks like. i did however see brother valdez. hes a cook. he wears legit stuff.
Remember I told you about a brother of one of the students on my bus? His name is Taylor Chiu...He works in the asian part? Is there such a thing?
ya my cebuano building is my own world.i dont really get to go to any other languages' building. i dont know where the asian part is.
Do you have to speak Cebuano on your pdays during off time or do you revert back to english?
well we really try to syl (speak your language) as much as possible. but most of the time we are talking in english.
Did you get real thanksgiving dinner? Did people actually have to work that day in the cafeteria? What did you eat?
WEll i suppose they did have turkey and taters and stuff of that nature but everything they serve is super under cooked and gross so we did eat but it wasnt thanksgiving. yea they had ppl working and stuff. the meal consisted of turkey, taters, and stuffing and gravy.
Did you have fun putting together those service kits?
it was super fun cuz they brought in super big speakers and played like bom stories and like children songs but they were like the rock version of them its was awesome! it was fun to put em together but hard at the same time. it was sooo dang fast. i was in charge of putting two qtips in the bag and then deflating and closing the ziplock bag. it was fast.
Jensen said that you won't be able to call home on Christmas if you're in the MTC does that count even if you're over there in the MTC?
i will be out of here on the 19th and ill get to the pines on the 21st. we gain a day in the air. and i will be able to call from the airport and also on christmas.
Did you figure out yet how to send pictures? Would LOVE to see some!!!
ya so the comps here have a firewall set up to prohibit the activation of any usb item plugged in. but i printed some pics out and ill send them today. fun times eh.
i have not seen her. i dont know what she looks like. i did however see brother valdez. hes a cook. he wears legit stuff.
Remember I told you about a brother of one of the students on my bus? His name is Taylor Chiu...He works in the asian part? Is there such a thing?
ya my cebuano building is my own world.i dont really get to go to any other languages' building. i dont know where the asian part is.
Do you have to speak Cebuano on your pdays during off time or do you revert back to english?
well we really try to syl (speak your language) as much as possible. but most of the time we are talking in english.
Did you get real thanksgiving dinner? Did people actually have to work that day in the cafeteria? What did you eat?
WEll i suppose they did have turkey and taters and stuff of that nature but everything they serve is super under cooked and gross so we did eat but it wasnt thanksgiving. yea they had ppl working and stuff. the meal consisted of turkey, taters, and stuffing and gravy.
Did you have fun putting together those service kits?
it was super fun cuz they brought in super big speakers and played like bom stories and like children songs but they were like the rock version of them its was awesome! it was fun to put em together but hard at the same time. it was sooo dang fast. i was in charge of putting two qtips in the bag and then deflating and closing the ziplock bag. it was fast.
Jensen said that you won't be able to call home on Christmas if you're in the MTC does that count even if you're over there in the MTC?
i will be out of here on the 19th and ill get to the pines on the 21st. we gain a day in the air. and i will be able to call from the airport and also on christmas.
Did you figure out yet how to send pictures? Would LOVE to see some!!!
ya so the comps here have a firewall set up to prohibit the activation of any usb item plugged in. but i printed some pics out and ill send them today. fun times eh.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
day 34
...this time I wrote in big font asking/telling him..."ok this is where the little tiny letter could go"...and this is what I got.
ok mom here you go. last week went super fast. its super hard to remember what went on. it was a lot like to week before, and the week before that. oh our new roomates moved out and we dont have any till the new cebuano district comes next week. thats nice. umm im doing pretty good. tell gary that im still working on the name for his bird. its hard.. haha
Nasayud ko nga, ang ebanghelyo ni Jesukristo sa tinoud. ug pinaagi Joseph Smith, ni Dios gipahiuli sa tinoud simbahan sa kalibutan.
From google translate...(I knew that the gospel of Jesus Christ tinoud. and by Joseph Smith, restored to God's church on earth tinoud.)
i love everyone and wish them all a happy turykey day.
love you mom.
love Elder Christian Smith
love you mom.
love Elder Christian Smith
day 34 Questions and Answers
What kind of music can you listen to there...christmas music is already on the radio..can you listen to that?
we arent able to listen to any music here. we occationally listen to the hymns that are on the comp.
Got any news on the visa? Are you for sure leaving Dec. 19?
well the philippines is super easy to get visas. so we will get em the week before we leave. thats still the planned departure date. they might make us leave at like 4 in the morning so ill keep you updated on the progress of that.
When you leave to the Philippines, will you go into their MTC for some more training? or straight to the field?
im not sure what there going to do.. on my call it said 12 weeks in the mtc. but no one else thats cebuano is doing more than the 9weeks. we have found out that the majority of our mission will be waray waray speaking... so that might be the reason for the extra month in the other mtc.. not sure yet.
What time does your branch meet? Is it in English?
sacrament starts at 1:45 on sunday and our whole zone is there. its only about like 50ish... no idea.. its all in english. we have priesthood meeting at like 10ish... i dont remember. hah
Do you have culture class?
you know.. i really wish we did cuz its so nice to know all the little surprises ahead of time. like the not shaking hands with the left hand cuz its the hand you wipe with thing... im glad they told us that early. uhhggg..(groan like a wounded sea lion)
What day of the week is your fav? why?
fav. day... hmmmm well i like wednesdays. we have gym right after breaky then we have our service our. its just kinda nice to have a break from the classroom. we do spend almost 14 hours a day in there.
Do you pray in your language now?
ya ive been praying in visayan for some time now. that was one of the first things they taught us to do. its super weird...
Tell us some funny things that have gone on? We LOVE hearing your funny stories.
ok so we were teaching one of our investigators and at the end of the lesson we gave the commitment to our investigator, it was will you come to church with us. anyways you say it in cebuano this way: Buhatan ba nimo sa ADTO sa simbahan con kita. the capped word means "to go". anyways i was having a hard time saying it and i said it like Odto which if you say it wierd sounds like ot-ot. so after i said it my investigator straighted up and was shocked at what he heard. and my comp busted out laughing... they thought i said "Will you FART at church with us on sunday? hahahahah it was sooo dang funny!!
Are you going to have a special Thanksgiving? My bus driver who is not a member asked...do you get to have him come home for thanksgiving? And I kinda laughed inside and thought...how cool would that be!!! That would be soooo nice but would be soo hard to let go again...so you just better stay there...hehe
well they give us the day off to do sevice. so we will be making like care kits all day...
Does Elder Mahoni get very many/any packages from his family?
he hasnt ever recieved anything from anyone. the shipping from new zealand is wicked expensive.
we arent able to listen to any music here. we occationally listen to the hymns that are on the comp.
Got any news on the visa? Are you for sure leaving Dec. 19?
well the philippines is super easy to get visas. so we will get em the week before we leave. thats still the planned departure date. they might make us leave at like 4 in the morning so ill keep you updated on the progress of that.
When you leave to the Philippines, will you go into their MTC for some more training? or straight to the field?
im not sure what there going to do.. on my call it said 12 weeks in the mtc. but no one else thats cebuano is doing more than the 9weeks. we have found out that the majority of our mission will be waray waray speaking... so that might be the reason for the extra month in the other mtc.. not sure yet.
What time does your branch meet? Is it in English?
sacrament starts at 1:45 on sunday and our whole zone is there. its only about like 50ish... no idea.. its all in english. we have priesthood meeting at like 10ish... i dont remember. hah
Do you have culture class?
you know.. i really wish we did cuz its so nice to know all the little surprises ahead of time. like the not shaking hands with the left hand cuz its the hand you wipe with thing... im glad they told us that early. uhhggg..(groan like a wounded sea lion)
What day of the week is your fav? why?
fav. day... hmmmm well i like wednesdays. we have gym right after breaky then we have our service our. its just kinda nice to have a break from the classroom. we do spend almost 14 hours a day in there.
Do you pray in your language now?
ya ive been praying in visayan for some time now. that was one of the first things they taught us to do. its super weird...
Tell us some funny things that have gone on? We LOVE hearing your funny stories.
ok so we were teaching one of our investigators and at the end of the lesson we gave the commitment to our investigator, it was will you come to church with us. anyways you say it in cebuano this way: Buhatan ba nimo sa ADTO sa simbahan con kita. the capped word means "to go". anyways i was having a hard time saying it and i said it like Odto which if you say it wierd sounds like ot-ot. so after i said it my investigator straighted up and was shocked at what he heard. and my comp busted out laughing... they thought i said "Will you FART at church with us on sunday? hahahahah it was sooo dang funny!!
Are you going to have a special Thanksgiving? My bus driver who is not a member asked...do you get to have him come home for thanksgiving? And I kinda laughed inside and thought...how cool would that be!!! That would be soooo nice but would be soo hard to let go again...so you just better stay there...hehe
well they give us the day off to do sevice. so we will be making like care kits all day...
Does Elder Mahoni get very many/any packages from his family?
he hasnt ever recieved anything from anyone. the shipping from new zealand is wicked expensive.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
day 27 Questions and Answers
what city is elder mahoni from?
the big guy is from Auckland. on the north island. there is a north and a south island.
does he have any relatives living in utah?
he thinks so... but he doesnt know em. hahaha funny joka.. thats what he always says. hes got tons of funny things he says. like hey yous, quit muckin around!!
Did your knee swell up? Can you walk on it now? Is it wrapped?
Ya the knee is feeling much better. didnt swell up much ive been able to play volley though. i cant kick at all... haha (not really supposed to anyways in volley)
i didnt ever wrap it or anything.. they just told me not to use it at all. so through series of testing i can now almost perform 100 percent. kneeling is still hard though.
Are you writing Jensen?
no i havnt written him yet. i will it would be super fun.
what's one thing that made you laugh this week?
well one of the elders in our district is from hennifer utah. (up by park cityish) and we were talking about his relationship with his gf and we found out that their favorite smell is...........cow poop!! weird huh?? hahahahah we tease him all the time now.
One new Cebuano word this week? Is anything getting easier about the language?
hmmm... well : Unsa karon sa lalaki nga anak. which translates to WHAT NOW SON!!!! or we got: Unsa ibawbaw sa mga iro which is WHATS UP DOG!! or kinsa sa ot ot- who farted? ahahahahahaha
In one of your last requests for shorts you asked for some shorts that were nike...I couldn't find any at the time but I did find some that were grey...are those the ones? If so I'll send you those too, if you want.
hmmm... its ok.. the ones i have now are good! thanks a bunch. one more request. could you put in an order with mike for the black nike pants? if he asks for the style number you can find it on the tag in the pants.
Um Jens just figured out how to send pictures via email...could you do that too paaaalease? If you don't have enough time to do that, that's fine...you know but it would sure be fun to see you there and your comp. I gotta start the comp picture rolodex on the wall of your shrine.
in just a moment im going to try to upload some photos!! im excited to see if it works.
Favorite discussion to teach investigators...
hmmm.. well we were teaching the importance of babtism to a lady and we asked her to be babtized and she said she was already when she was a baby and asked if it was valid. so me and my comp looked at each other and were like ohhhhh crapp.... so i just jumped up and grabbed the chalk and drew a 30min lesson on the apostosy and how her preist didnt have the authority of god (priesthood).
we got done with the lesson and we go back to our classroom and Elder Mahoni just said "Dang smith, you freaking beat her with the spirit!!" it was soo super funny and amazing.
Could we be your investigatorees? hehe
if you spoke fluent cebuano... than yes!!
good and bad this week?
good week! felt really good. two baptism accepted from our progresive investigators.
oh and im down 6lbs.. wierd?
How many hours a day are you emersed in the language?
ummm we spend about 12hrs in the classroom a day, and about 1.5 is in english. sooo alll day.
Got any questions for me? Need anything? Have any special requests? If you do...I'll send it today or tomorrow (Tues or Wed)
hmmm well contacts. still on the same pair for two.5 months. other than that im pretty much set..thanks.
Did you get the banana bread, butter, and other goodies? Did you kinda chuckle? butter... really mom?
ahhaha yes it was amazing!!! haha butter was funny but not unheard of. some of the other elders get baked bread with butter. packages are soooooooo amazing.. ahaha so its kinda funny to see who gets mail and who doesnt.. we all anxiously wait for our dl to bring the mail and when he shows up with 12 letters we get all excited. then he says that they are all for the sisters... well you could just imagine the dissapointment hahaha.
love you all
Eldersmith
ohhh and Elder mahoni's name it Moltan
and the pictures wouldnt work. sorry. ill print em out and send em to you.
the big guy is from Auckland. on the north island. there is a north and a south island.
does he have any relatives living in utah?
he thinks so... but he doesnt know em. hahaha funny joka.. thats what he always says. hes got tons of funny things he says. like hey yous, quit muckin around!!
Did your knee swell up? Can you walk on it now? Is it wrapped?
Ya the knee is feeling much better. didnt swell up much ive been able to play volley though. i cant kick at all... haha (not really supposed to anyways in volley)
i didnt ever wrap it or anything.. they just told me not to use it at all. so through series of testing i can now almost perform 100 percent. kneeling is still hard though.
Are you writing Jensen?
no i havnt written him yet. i will it would be super fun.
what's one thing that made you laugh this week?
well one of the elders in our district is from hennifer utah. (up by park cityish) and we were talking about his relationship with his gf and we found out that their favorite smell is...........cow poop!! weird huh?? hahahahah we tease him all the time now.
One new Cebuano word this week? Is anything getting easier about the language?
hmmm... well : Unsa karon sa lalaki nga anak. which translates to WHAT NOW SON!!!! or we got: Unsa ibawbaw sa mga iro which is WHATS UP DOG!! or kinsa sa ot ot- who farted? ahahahahahaha
In one of your last requests for shorts you asked for some shorts that were nike...I couldn't find any at the time but I did find some that were grey...are those the ones? If so I'll send you those too, if you want.
hmmm... its ok.. the ones i have now are good! thanks a bunch. one more request. could you put in an order with mike for the black nike pants? if he asks for the style number you can find it on the tag in the pants.
Um Jens just figured out how to send pictures via email...could you do that too paaaalease? If you don't have enough time to do that, that's fine...you know but it would sure be fun to see you there and your comp. I gotta start the comp picture rolodex on the wall of your shrine.
in just a moment im going to try to upload some photos!! im excited to see if it works.
Favorite discussion to teach investigators...
hmmm.. well we were teaching the importance of babtism to a lady and we asked her to be babtized and she said she was already when she was a baby and asked if it was valid. so me and my comp looked at each other and were like ohhhhh crapp.... so i just jumped up and grabbed the chalk and drew a 30min lesson on the apostosy and how her preist didnt have the authority of god (priesthood).
we got done with the lesson and we go back to our classroom and Elder Mahoni just said "Dang smith, you freaking beat her with the spirit!!" it was soo super funny and amazing.
Could we be your investigatorees? hehe
if you spoke fluent cebuano... than yes!!
good and bad this week?
good week! felt really good. two baptism accepted from our progresive investigators.
oh and im down 6lbs.. wierd?
How many hours a day are you emersed in the language?
ummm we spend about 12hrs in the classroom a day, and about 1.5 is in english. sooo alll day.
Got any questions for me? Need anything? Have any special requests? If you do...I'll send it today or tomorrow (Tues or Wed)
hmmm well contacts. still on the same pair for two.5 months. other than that im pretty much set..thanks.
Did you get the banana bread, butter, and other goodies? Did you kinda chuckle? butter... really mom?
ahhaha yes it was amazing!!! haha butter was funny but not unheard of. some of the other elders get baked bread with butter. packages are soooooooo amazing.. ahaha so its kinda funny to see who gets mail and who doesnt.. we all anxiously wait for our dl to bring the mail and when he shows up with 12 letters we get all excited. then he says that they are all for the sisters... well you could just imagine the dissapointment hahaha.
love you all
Eldersmith
ohhh and Elder mahoni's name it Moltan
and the pictures wouldnt work. sorry. ill print em out and send em to you.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
day 20 Questions and Answers
Are your jeans ok? I'm trying to fix the ones with the "special" hole with a patch...I can't just sew them up like I did Jens' it's too big.
yes the jeans are totally ok. its just nice to have them.
How's the language going?
Well the launguage is super duper hard. still. its getting easier, but its still a foreign language. they give us new rules everyday and it just confuses the crap out of everyone. we learn how to say different phrases but the hard part is finding the focus of the sentence and how to congegate the words properly so that it makes sense.
New word for the week? Last time you told us how to pronounce one word...tell us all the words. They're all unfamiliar to us.
Badlongon means punk.
Kuan means whatchamacallit. like if you dont know the word for something
Hinumdum means remember
hunuhunu means to think
Good and Bad this week?
bad week. ill tell you why in my letter.
Did you get the letter I sent with Jens' email in it?
yeah i got it. ill try to give more stuff with my answers.
What do you play for pe? do you always play soccer?
i played soccer the first two gym times but then they closed the field cuz its butt cold. ive been playing volleyball. but saturday, i was playing and i went up to block this kids spike but instead of jumping up to hit the ball, he jumped into me and kicked my knee and hyperextended it in the air, then i landed on it while it was hyperextended. the gym trainer told me that i damaged my miniscus and lcl. they sent me to a real doc and he said it was only sprained. so im only able to lift weights at the moment. it really sucks.
Best thing about Elder Mahoni?
he is suupper nice and always happy. everyone loves him cuz hes big and brown and has an accent. there are three new zealanders in my district.
Are there computers in the laundry area?
ya there are and thats where i use the puter.
Can you write letters only on Pday or when you have a free minute? Or do you not have a free minute?
i can only write letters on pday. last week was so freaking busy i didnt even get a chance to write anyone. im going to try to write a crapload of letters today. so this morning we woke up at 5:30 to do our laundry. and its still not done. and there were soo many more people than i thought would be here that early.
yes the jeans are totally ok. its just nice to have them.
How's the language going?
Well the launguage is super duper hard. still. its getting easier, but its still a foreign language. they give us new rules everyday and it just confuses the crap out of everyone. we learn how to say different phrases but the hard part is finding the focus of the sentence and how to congegate the words properly so that it makes sense.
New word for the week? Last time you told us how to pronounce one word...tell us all the words. They're all unfamiliar to us.
Badlongon means punk.
Kuan means whatchamacallit. like if you dont know the word for something
Hinumdum means remember
hunuhunu means to think
Good and Bad this week?
bad week. ill tell you why in my letter.
Did you get the letter I sent with Jens' email in it?
yeah i got it. ill try to give more stuff with my answers.
What do you play for pe? do you always play soccer?
i played soccer the first two gym times but then they closed the field cuz its butt cold. ive been playing volleyball. but saturday, i was playing and i went up to block this kids spike but instead of jumping up to hit the ball, he jumped into me and kicked my knee and hyperextended it in the air, then i landed on it while it was hyperextended. the gym trainer told me that i damaged my miniscus and lcl. they sent me to a real doc and he said it was only sprained. so im only able to lift weights at the moment. it really sucks.
Best thing about Elder Mahoni?
he is suupper nice and always happy. everyone loves him cuz hes big and brown and has an accent. there are three new zealanders in my district.
Are there computers in the laundry area?
ya there are and thats where i use the puter.
Can you write letters only on Pday or when you have a free minute? Or do you not have a free minute?
i can only write letters on pday. last week was so freaking busy i didnt even get a chance to write anyone. im going to try to write a crapload of letters today. so this morning we woke up at 5:30 to do our laundry. and its still not done. and there were soo many more people than i thought would be here that early.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
day 13 Questions and Answers
What shots did you get?
Well i got two hep shots. and a tetanus.
What were you doing at the temple?
every sunday we get a temple walk for like 45 mins.
Are you getting any packages? The last one I sent...I was worried about the tie for your comapnion...did it fit? did he like it even? I just said to the guy in the store...come pick me a tie and he picked two and I picked the one that I liked from those.
well i havent gotten that package yet but we havent checked mail yet. im sure he will love it. he is the nicest guy in the world!! it makes me sooo happy to get stuff. most days just the sisters get mail.
Favorite food there?
they had some spicy buffalo boneless wings for a couple sundays and those were amazing!!!! also there was a chicken bbq sandwich they served that was amazing. still no corndogs.
Do you have the receipt? (we'll need that...send it home...oh..and maybe a letter with it!)
will do. i will write all yall today.
Best and worst this week?
there hasnt been a bad week, but bad days. just discouraging and dissapointing days. but its been fun overall.
Since your companion is all the way from New Zealand (btw is that where Ian Marryott's mom is from?) does he get very many packages or treats? Maybe dad already told you but we watched a the national rugby team of New Zealand play France and New Zealand won. I think it's been a long time since they did. We wondered if Elder Mahoni was into that or not?
ians mom is from fiji, or the cook islands. i dont remember. he is way into rugby. we also have a fellow in a neighboring district that is from newzealand, he is a Maori warrior. he thinks he tough. even though he could prolly bench the whole world.
Can you believe it's already been 2 weeks almost? wow! Sometimes it seems to fly other times...that seems it goes slow. Remember what I told Jens? The days go by so slow but the weeks fly by! By the time you're ready to email it's already been a week passed.
VERY true. week three already. (I don't know what he's talking about...I guess this is the start of his 3rd week)
How was your Halloween? Anything special there? food different color? scary decorations anywhere?
My roomates moved out so we had a clean room for once. the guys in my district had a get together and compiled our goodies. and had a grand time. decorations arent allowed. the food was awful the week. it was gross and discolored. (not for halloween though). haha gross
Can you go to the temple (a session) any day you want? Or just on Pday?
we get to go once a pday. and we get to walk around it on sundays.
I go by the MTC on the bus around 7:38 a.m. and 2:45 every day...what're you doing during those hours?
ohh im in class or doing personal study during those times!
Will you stay with the same comp the whole time?
ya we gonna stay together the whoooole time.
Give us a new word to learn each week...in Cebuano?
hmmm... good word.... Hugot Nga Pagtuo it means faith. say the Nga like hang but just the last sound. it directly translates: Tight belief.
How old is Elder Mahoni?
he is 19 too. his bday is in july.
Today is a very chilly windy day...Do you need anymore warmer clothing?
im good with warm clothes. my coat is super nice.
Love you all. keep being good people.
Elder Smith
Well i got two hep shots. and a tetanus.
What were you doing at the temple?
every sunday we get a temple walk for like 45 mins.
Are you getting any packages? The last one I sent...I was worried about the tie for your comapnion...did it fit? did he like it even? I just said to the guy in the store...come pick me a tie and he picked two and I picked the one that I liked from those.
well i havent gotten that package yet but we havent checked mail yet. im sure he will love it. he is the nicest guy in the world!! it makes me sooo happy to get stuff. most days just the sisters get mail.
Favorite food there?
they had some spicy buffalo boneless wings for a couple sundays and those were amazing!!!! also there was a chicken bbq sandwich they served that was amazing. still no corndogs.
Do you have the receipt? (we'll need that...send it home...oh..and maybe a letter with it!)
will do. i will write all yall today.
Best and worst this week?
there hasnt been a bad week, but bad days. just discouraging and dissapointing days. but its been fun overall.
Since your companion is all the way from New Zealand (btw is that where Ian Marryott's mom is from?) does he get very many packages or treats? Maybe dad already told you but we watched a the national rugby team of New Zealand play France and New Zealand won. I think it's been a long time since they did. We wondered if Elder Mahoni was into that or not?
ians mom is from fiji, or the cook islands. i dont remember. he is way into rugby. we also have a fellow in a neighboring district that is from newzealand, he is a Maori warrior. he thinks he tough. even though he could prolly bench the whole world.
Can you believe it's already been 2 weeks almost? wow! Sometimes it seems to fly other times...that seems it goes slow. Remember what I told Jens? The days go by so slow but the weeks fly by! By the time you're ready to email it's already been a week passed.
VERY true. week three already. (I don't know what he's talking about...I guess this is the start of his 3rd week)
How was your Halloween? Anything special there? food different color? scary decorations anywhere?
My roomates moved out so we had a clean room for once. the guys in my district had a get together and compiled our goodies. and had a grand time. decorations arent allowed. the food was awful the week. it was gross and discolored. (not for halloween though). haha gross
Can you go to the temple (a session) any day you want? Or just on Pday?
we get to go once a pday. and we get to walk around it on sundays.
I go by the MTC on the bus around 7:38 a.m. and 2:45 every day...what're you doing during those hours?
ohh im in class or doing personal study during those times!
Will you stay with the same comp the whole time?
ya we gonna stay together the whoooole time.
Give us a new word to learn each week...in Cebuano?
hmmm... good word.... Hugot Nga Pagtuo it means faith. say the Nga like hang but just the last sound. it directly translates: Tight belief.
How old is Elder Mahoni?
he is 19 too. his bday is in july.
Today is a very chilly windy day...Do you need anymore warmer clothing?
im good with warm clothes. my coat is super nice.
Love you all. keep being good people.
Elder Smith
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