Exchanges
You were probably not aware that Filipinos
love Avril Lavigne. We have been sitting in a small computer shop listening to
really loud Avril music for the past hour and half haha. I think the owner of
the computer shop knows every word. Impressive.
Hello dear family!!! How are you all
doing? I loved the pics of the Webster Halloween party! Thank you adults for
still letting the child in you come and dress up, I hope that never ends.
I am still trying to figure out who is in the monkey suit! It is Halloween once
again, what a wonderful time of the year. We have curfew almost every day
this week -twice because of elections and twice for ‘araw ng patay’ or day of
the dead. On October 31st it is all saints day and then Nov 1st
is day of the dead. At midnight on the 31st everyone goes to
the grave yards and they party hard! We will be party-partying in our apartment
the entire evening. I think I am going to steal sister b’s name tag and
be her for Halloween! None of my house mates have ever carved pumpkins so I
think we are going to buy squash and carve them.
We had a mission tour this week which
basically was a zone conference combined with 3 other zones because Elder
Ardern from the area presidency came. We were in the area for three days,
one for the conference and then 2 other days for exchanges. I am going to
be adept at sleeping on the floor with only a small sheet and no pillow. I
think I am going to want to do a lot of time camping when I get back. The
morning before the conference we had a small gathering for mission leadership
training with Elder Ardern. We were fortunate to be with him in such a small
setting. One thing that he said that has really stuck with me is that the
Lord is easy to please but hard to satisfy. I think this is true. I know
that the Lord is so proud of us when we do our best and try our hardest but one
round isn’t enough. We have to keep pushing through, the enduring to the
end part of our baptismal covenant is so vital. We have to do our very best
each day. And then after we have done our best and even be willing to
say, “Lord, give me something else.” It was a great conference and it was a spiritual
feast.
We had a baptism on Saturday! It was
for a 10 year old boy who is from a part member family and has slight
autism. He is so darling. Every time we go to teach him before we start
to teach he quizzes us on pokeymon and tells us all the secrets to temple run.
He also has a lot of questions similar to what Spence would ask when he was
little… like “how tall was Jesus?” But he is smart and when he bore his
testimony after his baptism he just recited all the articles of faith and then
sat down! Priceless!
Because we spend so much time on long
bus rides we buy semi healthy snacks that are so delicious. Our treats
this week were dried banana chips and quail eggs. But not together. There
are people that walk through the isles of the bus and sell peanuts and quail
eggs and candy. We are their favorite customers.
Well bug sorry about the state championship
- but I’m pretty proud of ya kiddo! You are a rockstar!! Congrats on a great
season!
Thanks for all of your emails and
support and love. I feel so grateful for this experience. Often, when
we are on exchanges the sisters ask me when it gets easier. They will ask me
about home sickness and about not comparing your success to others. I
tell them that it never gets easy, but it is amazing the miracles we can see
every day. The lord’s hand truly is in this work and I encourage them to
keep a miracle journal; that way the miracles become more obvious. I am
so grateful for the gospel, for the direction it gives me and who I want to be
because of the gospel. I love you all dearly and hope you have a
wonderful week.
Love from the pines,
Sister Meish
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