Kumusta Pamilya,
Maganda and linggong ito! Transfers has been really great…a lot of learning
but the transfer has been to a very beautiful area. I am now in Tabaco 1C with
Sister Andrada. She is from Rizal, Philippines. She is the oldest of three girls
in her family….and she is just a fire ball of energy. But it has been great
having the opportunity to work together. I am training Sister Andrada in her
second half of the twelve weeks training program. (The Elders were teasing me
that I am just the finisher of training…but I have learned a lot from being able
to help these sisters in the second half of their training). She is a really
great teacher and I have had many blessings through our companionship. Our area
covers a large area…or at least right now it seems really large. But we don’t
travel around by tricycles like in Sorsogon and Iriga…we travel around by
padjacks—they are bicycles with small (when I say small I mean small) sidecar.
It has been a fun experience trying to fit me (a large American) and a Pino in
one of these….but maybe I will learn. The people here are very kind and loving…I
am really excited about the area and I am trying my best to learn the people and
the language….because, you guessed it…it’s not Tagalog! There is some Tagalog,
but to be able to communicate with a lot of the people here, you have to speak
Bicol. So that is one more thing to add on my list of things to learn. The
apartment we live in is beautiful. It is a up-down (that is what they call an
apartment that has two levels)—the area is great and there is so much to see
from our bedroom window (Saging trees or “banana trees”). It is a little
difficult in the apartment, because the water pressure is really weak….so for
Monday…I had to send my laundry
out. We will have to see how to make everything work here J.
I don’t have much to write about the work, because we have only had a few
days this week to work, because of transfers. But I am really excited about
working with the people and helping them to gaining a stronger faith and trust
in their Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We are striving to reactivate many
parents in order to baptize their children and we are striving to understand how
to help those who have a Catholic background understand their personal
relationship with Heavenly Father. I am learning more about my relationship to
Heavenly Father and how much He desires for us to know of His plan for each of
us.
As for details on the new mission…The new mission president will do
orientations with us on July
4th & 5th. There will be a mission division the
week before, but we all know what areas are in each mission…so I will have to
update you more as we get closer to the new president coming in. If you look at
the email I sent to you about the mission presidents, he is the Philippino. It
will be really great to see how everything goes J
I think that is about all that I have for you this week, but I am excited for
this next week and I will try to get more pictures for you…I am having trouble
getting my pictures to you...next week...
Pero…mahal na mahal kita!!!
Ingat lagi,
Sister Pace
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