(It isn't as fabulous as Las Vegas but it will do!)
I have now been out for almost 3 months; in the
Philippines for 4 weeks and Cebu for 3 weeks. So it rains a lot here... All
of my clean pants and shoes are all muddy now. The rainy season is starting to pick up. If I could send you
videos I totally would because we are hiking through jungle and muddy mud ALL.
THE. TIME! I have also grown a new love for
sugar cane. It is harvest season here for the sugar cane and so there is a lot
of the stuff everywhere! You just reach down on the road, pick one up, and bite
off the bark and wala! - you got yourself
a sweet road trip snack.
So this week was great!
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to baptize 12 year old Rezamia. She is a
very sweet little girl and very receptive of our teachings. As I was leaving
the font, Satan snuck up behind me and pushed me down! I tumbled to the earth in
a big heap of... American. I whacked my shin on a door and that hurt... a
lot!
(Elder Noprada and I with 12-year-old Rezamia)
The teaching is going
great! I have been able to speak Cebuano very well lately and I have noticed
that the harder I pray for help with the language the more loose my tongue is. I’ve
had the chance to do splits with other missionaries and as I talk with the
foreign missionaries I have come to learn just how hard it was for them all to
serve a mission and the things that they went through to be here. We as first
world missionaries are asked to pay for our own missions because a lot of the
foreign missionaries come from poverty; they are in no way able to pay for
themselves so the church provides for that. I have met loads of missionaries whose
families disowned them because of their desire to serve. Almost all of the
missionaries here have only one parent too due to death of a parent either
before their mission or who died while they are on their mission. I have no
idea what it is like to lose a close family member and I in no way want to lose
one especially while on my mission so I commend those who have lost someone
they love while on their mission and stayed. It takes a lot of faith to
continue in your calling.
I almost died too (at
least I thought I might). Elder Noprada and
I sat on top of the motor cycle cabs they have here and the guy drove really
fast over muddy roads and I was honestly scared that I was going to fall off
and maim myself! My hand was stiff and pure white from clenching onto the roof
of the vehicle for my life!
(Yeah....looks fun with all the real danger and
opportunity of DEATH!!)
The bananas here are
VERY SMALL! Smaller than my finger! They are sweeter here and are nice when you
fry them in butter and sugar :) Tambok ako haha! (I’m fat). I’ve also had many
times where we get to spend time with some members and have fun (as well as
teaching them) PARTY-PARTY!
(Yeah, you probably though I was lying about the bananas!)
It has been a long and
great week! I am enjoying my time here and I cannot wait for my future
adventures and lessons learned! I wish the best for you all and good luck in
all you do!
Love your Elder,
Elder Morris
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