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.