Saturday, August 31, 2019

i dont know how to grow acorns

bula everybody! that is hello is Fijian. Since being here my Chinese has improved quite a bit. i can now say hello, goodbye, thank you, how are you, im very good, what is your name, and i dont know. my Cebuano on the other hand has improved even more! i have a lot of things memorized and can make up short grammatically incorrect sentences, but we are starting grammar today so that is good. i also have the missionary purpose, the first vision and the baptismal invitation memorized. So I'm pretty much quadlingual. 
My mood at the mtc goes from trying to gain weight to feeling fat and sick. im getting better at bolibol probably but worse at running. i started planking in between games of kings court volleyball. and this elder who lives next door to me showed me his hand stand workout so i can start doing that. 
last week some elders going to Fiji moved in next to me and so we are friends now. they get to wear lava lava's so im jealous of that. i feel like i should wear one too. also the b in the Fijian alphabet has an m sound to it like a mb in thuMB. 
my Acorns look like they might have started splinting open so that might be good or not i change the water every once in a while and let them sit with no water sometimes. they dont smell really really bad yet. but if anyone knows how to grow acorns please help.
Yesterday we had our first TRC i dont remember what that stands for but we taught a member from here that knows Cebuano in Cebuano. it was really cool to speak the language and practice teaching someone we dont know. i love you all!  sorry i dont have many pictures nothing super interesting happened to take a picture of. But these are my acorns. Bye https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1dC59PDwGCPdfsBL8tXRLmwK94x3YVOM3

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Maayong pagabot sa MTC

Now that I've been here a week I'm finally getting used to the mission life. I joined the choir which was really fun and we sung on the Tuesday devotional with Elder Bednar he gave an amazing talk it was kind of like general conference but better. Sunday was long because we had so many meetings but it was great to stay busy and my branch is pretty cool. I've been collecting blankets and pillows for my bed so now I have the most comfortable bed in the whole MTC. I play bolibol every day and it's awesome. The Japanese missionaries like Elder Dillon are super fun to play with cause they are all pretty good and just scream in Japanese. Yesterday during class we walked around the MTC and shared scriptures with other missionaries and it was awesome everyone here is so friendly and spiritual its awesome. We listened to a talk by Elder Bednar and it was amazing you should all watch it it's called the Character of Christ. I love you all amping!

Pics
1 my district at the temple 
2 some acorns I'm trying to grow in one of my favorite beverage containers
3 my kauban at the temple https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1wbpzoYe40yJ5SZnDWZlsSqZPuMxYtRqvhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1hDBWIGycYXq5p9_Bie7czyd7oRB--P9Ahttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Mfpy0bxX2osFAD7XLu0HQr_P_Hunph1x

Hola everyone

It's super busy here we are always doing stuff. I've seen a ton of Skyridge people it's pretty cool. 
The MTC is getting better the spirit is super strong I know everyone says that but it really is true and amazing I
went to the temple today too and that was cool.My companion is elder Smith he's from Idaho.
Everyday we just are super busy learning the language and doing things called workshops they are usually 
pretty good. I haven't had a ton of time to practice my handstands and I'm going to play some volleyball today. 
I can't wait for Sunday it sounds awesome. Jesus loves you all say your prayers and read your scriptures.
 i love you all.