Hey
Mom,
Thanks for the emails! What did you and dad do for valentines? Did
you even have time to do anything? My valentines was pretty sweet and the oreo
balls turned out AMAZING! Me and sister jones both stuffed ourselves and Sister
Villareal asked for the recipe so after her mission she can start an oreo ball
business in the philippines and I told her she should and she will definitely
get rich. They have oreos and cream cheese here, it's just way expensive. And I
still haven't used all the chocolate chips you sent me! Anyway, valentines day
is not a big deal here and like no one actually gets anyone anything, but they
all wanted to know if me and sister jones had dates. They're still asking us
and that was like a week ago! ay yi yi. we're SINGLE people! We're
missionaries! We always have a good laugh about it though.
I just wear whatever is clean and that i don't have to iron
these days and i'm a lil worried that my sense of style is gone. ahhh i'm
turning into a frump! but don't worry that will all change when i get home and
i actually have people to impress. i promise. and actually me and sister jones
get cat called at least 10 times a day if not more so that always makes me feel
better when i'm drenched in sweat, not wearing makeup, and smell like bugspray.
So the work is still going strong!! We are doing so well with
teaching BUT our finding stinks. We are just both not super outgoing people and
have a tendency to avoid going up to random people that we don't know. Don't
get me wrong, I've done it a million times on my mission but it still really
scares me! i don't know why cause once i start talking to them it's fine. i
just feel a lot of pressure like I have to bring up the gospel right away and
be like, Hey did you know you can be with your family forever? and then they're
always a little stand offish.
So our district leader gave a workshop on OYM's (open your
mouth) just for me cause i requested it. and we practiced and then me and
sister jones made a goal to oym more. but just to prove how awesome she is she
had this great idea that we would choose a certain group of people to oym to
every day. so the first day it was all the single ladies. and of course they're
not the only ones we can oym-but we would be on the lookout for them. and we
were going to ask all of them how their v-day was to start the convo. then the
second day was all the single guys-which should be easy but i always worry that
they'll think we're like hitting on them or something! but sis. jones is so
brave and went up to three single guys and oym'd all of them! and then we
taught one of them the other day and he was totally sincere and interested. our
bet was that we were going to buy mac n' cheese (cause we were both craving it)
and whoever oymed more didn't have to cook it or wash the dishes! so sis. jones
totally won by two but we got a lot of practice in and we are getting better.
So how is everything else going with ya'll? I miss you guys so
much and wish I was there but I'm loving my mission right now and still loving
sis. jones! i'm going to be so sad when we part :(. the AP's asked us to look
for a new apartment cause the one we're in right now is really old and breaking
apart. me and sis. jones looked everywhere (apt. hunting in the philippines is
really interesting and fun actually) but we finally found the perfect one! it's
brand new and beautiful! it just stinks that i won't get to enjoy it because
i'm 99% sure that i'm transferring this next transfer. and since there are 8
sisters coming in, there is a good chance that I will be training again. oh
boy. But anyway, I'm doing great and I hope ya'll are too!
Keep me updated! I
love you!
Love, Age
