Kumusta everyone!!
Kumusta po kayo? Mabuti
po ako. :) This week has been so awesome starting with the fact that I
took my first nap since getting here last Sunday. It was so
wonderful! Sister Alailima and I taught a kind of Sunday
School lesson to our district last Sunday as well. Our lesson was on
having faith in Christ. It went really well and it was so nice to teach
in English instead of Tagalog. :) On Monday
we had a really difficult lesson with our investigator Toni. We tried
to teach him about the Book of Mormon but it opened up a whole slew of
questions such as "So since I'm Catholic I can't go to heaven?" and
"Wait, how could Jesus appear in the Americas after he was dead?" It
was so frustrating because we couldn't answer any of his questions cause
we didn't know how to answer in Tagalog! However, in the end we did
get him to finally take a Book of Mormon and it was a really good
learning experience. It was also the first time we've really tried to
answer at least some of his questions and have an actual conversation
instead of just talking at him. We've also been teaching an
investigator named Joy this week. Joy was the easiest investigator to
teach. Unfortunately, we won't get to teach her anymore. She was a
booster for our self-confidence and we will miss her a lot! On Thursday
Sis. Alailima injured herself playing volleyball and couldn't move her
neck because all the muscles in her neck and back were tensed up. Only
after I threatened to kill her (just kidding... sort of) did she finally
give in and let herself lie down and heal instead of going to a
three-hour class that evening. She's so stubborn! :) It was good for
the both of us because we've been sick this week and sounding like we're
dying every time we cough... okay, maybe that part is just me. I'm
finally getting better and not going through a ridiculous amount of
cough drops and taking medicine that makes me act like I'm completely
drugged during class... that was embarrassing. :) A lot of things
about the Tagalog language finally clicked for me this week and so this
week has been so great. I was able to see Elder McGuire the day he came
in along with Elder Clark who was his host! I almost hugged him, but
barely caught myself. :) I saw him again on Thursday and he seemed to be feeling a lot less overwhelmed. Tomorrow
Elder Clark, Elder McGuire, and Sister Vanfleet and I are going to try
to meet and get a picture by the big map they have here since Elder
Clark leaves on Monday.
Oh yeah! I see Sister Vanfleet like a gazillion times every day since
she is in my zone and both her classroom and her bedroom are like 10
feet away from mine, and Sister Umstead and Sister Koloi are in her
bedroom too. It's been so much fun to hang out with someone from home
all the time. Lastly, yesterday during gym time I was playing Fry-em,
or Speed, or Knock-out as they call it here, with the elders from my
district and I was on fire! It was a missionary miracle! Seriously, I
shot it from half-court and it swished in! Now all the elders think I'm
some sort of basketball pro and I keep trying to tell them it's just
like the Holy Ghost helping me out or something but they're not
convinced. :) Anyways... I miss you all so much! 
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