Hey everyone! How are ya'll? How's
life in Tx? is is blasting hot yet? so i have tons to say today: Last tuesday
Elder Russel M. Nelson came! and his new wife of 6 years. he talked about the
doctrine of the church and how it's just the doctrine, not doctrines. it
brought everything back to the basics, which is exactly what we're teaching, so
that was really cool.
I was talking to my teacher about my
job in austin and how i get really paranoid in big cities and i don't feel
safe. she said that there is something about being on a mission, she never felt
unsafe the whole time she was in manila. and she had faith that the lord would
protect her. a lot of times she would get the feeling not to go somewhere or to
take a different route. it comforted me to know that as long as i'm doing my
best, the lord will watch over me. it is going to be weird to go from the safe
bubble of the mtc to one companion in a huge foreign city tho.
so our lessons and tagalog are
getting better and better! there are ovservation rooms where we can watch
someone being taught, like watching someone be interrogated and we can hear and
see them but they can't hear or see us. it's really fun but nerveracking if
you're the one being observed. so the other day we were observing sis. vaenuku
and mgalogo teach their invesitgator, Gigi (our teacher) and gigi told them her
baby was sick in tagalog and sis. v said, oh mabuti! (oh good!) haha. and then
before they left gigi said will you bless my baby in the closing prayer? and
they said, yes but they didn't do it! so gigi said, why didn't you bless my
baby? and they didn't understand until the third time so when they ginally got
it sis. v goes, next time we will bless her! and gigi said but shes sick
right now. so they were like okay and thy knelt back down to pray and gigi
pointed at the spot where her pretend baby was and said don't forget to bless
her and sis. m thought she was pointing for her to kneel there so she walks
over to where the baby is and kneels right on top of it! gigi looked horrified
through the whole prayer. oh man we were laughing so hard in the observation
room and going, no! don't do it! it was like watching a movie and you want to
help the main character so bad but you can't haha.
Anyway, two days ago at dinner elder
callaway asked me if i got punched in the eye. i was super embarrassed cause i
knew i had a red mark under my eye but i really thought it was just from
being tired and my skin being dry. but i started noticing other pink-eye ish
symptons. so i went to the health clinic and yep! my eye was infected. so i got
to leave the mtc and get my eye drops at the byu health center but it was only
$10. the worst part is i have to wear my glasses for 8 days, and buy all new
eye makeup. the doctor said i was lucky i caught it when i did because wearing
contacts makes it worse and can burn holes in your retina. he said it could've
had a drastic effect on my eyesight too! scary! so then at dinner elder eagan
suggested i ask for a blessing, which i hadn't even thought of! i wasn't going
to but then i remembered what you said dad about how we need to use the
priesthood as much as we can. so i asked my district leader and all five elders
in my district stood around me and elder kehler gave me a blessing of health.
it was such a peaceful moment and the spirit was so strong. my love for those
elders grew so much because they were all so willing and ready to give me a
blessing. the respect these elders have for the priesthood is very admirable
and i'm so lucky to have had a worthy priesthood holder available to me my whole
life. :) i really love my district they are like family. sometimes i can't wait
to leave the mtc but other times i wish i could stay forever with the same
people.
There is this tongan sister here,
sister huni, who loves to take people's towels when they're showing and then
laugh when they have to run naked to get it. she is this big tongan sister too
and she thinks it's the funnniest thing in the world. i told someone i was
scared of her and she found out. so the other night she was like, sis. garcia
are you scared of me? and i said, only when i'm in the shower. and she (acting
all innocent) was like, why? and i said, cause i don't want you to take my
towel! and she said, don't worry. i won't do that to you, but if it happens
don't scream. and then she did this evil chuckle and walked away. now i'm more
scared than ever! the next morning she asked my companion TWICE if i was in the
shower so the next day i showered in a different bathroom. let's just say i'm
learning to take fast showers and i might feel safer in the philippines lol!
i learned some tongan words like,
shut up, i love you, you're fat, i want to sleep, too much sleep, and i hate
you. so all the important ones haha. They say these things to each other
constantly. they think it's hilarious when i say something in tongan. i'm just
stocking up on vocab so i'll have stuff to say to sister huni when she takes my
towel, haha.
i miss shoppng with you and elena-but i actually got 3 new
skirts lately.i bought a purple one for fun from the international sister store
and 2 tongan sisters gave me theirs saying, i got so gat it won't git .you
wear, it look cute on you." haha i love them. i will probably send a big
box of stuff home-is that okay? or did you want me to give it away? Thank you
everyone for your letters, I definitely feel all your love and support and i'm
praying for you every day! if you are reading this and haven't written me, why
not?! i want to hear from ya'll! Love you all! Have a great week!! Love-Age
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