October 16, 2015
Old Men and Pools and Piranhas
I actually did receive the newsletter things, but I don't entirely know what was said in the Tagalog one. Something about a sister in Ortigas..., and something about being comforted by my writings, especially about toilet paper...Oh, and something about my day off....but yeah, not much else.
I really hope to get an email from Nikolai before Tuesday. Those make me feel great...
I hadn't seen any houses with y'all... also, send me a picture or two... I know I've sent, what, 3? So send that many if you want, but send some sort of picture.
I went proselyting for the second time. The visit was to a very poor old man. Like I told you, he had some pools of water where he had fish, and he also had some chickens. iIn one of the pools he actually had piranhas...scary... He is less active, but the reason is, he hasn't been going to church because he is afraid to leave his stuff, because people come and steal it. Because he was so old, we called him tatay "father" and we touched his hand to our foreheads, which is a sign of respect. He had a strong testimony, and loves king Benjamin. It was cool to teach him.
Then we just did some tracting, so nothing special. One referral and some passing out of pamphlets and such, but definitely nothing amazing.
I rode in a tricycle again. That was kind of cool.
So yeah. That's about that on proselyting.
I'm starting a book for people to write to one of two groups of people: my current family, or my future family. So they can write to mom, dad, brother, future wife, or future children. I won't look at what they write unless the respective recipient decides to share it with me. Hopefully in two years it'll be quite an accumulation.
Learning Tagalog slowly. I've been understanding everything, and grasping the concepts really easily, but that doesn't mean that I can just speak it...Every once in a while I get a complete sentence out, pero not usually.
So yeah, it's been cool. The most spiritual thing, to be honest, was general conference. Most of the week has been language study, because we've gone through most of the gospel topics already. Does that mean I'm ready to just go and start teaching...no...
But I'm sure I'll do fine. If the spirit guides people to me, there's not much I need to do but be guided by the spirit. Truth will be made apparent in their hearts if they have been prepared by the Holy Ghost and God beforehand. If not, then I can try, but there won't be a certainty that they will feel anything.
As is standard, rice at every meal. I'm also improving my ping pong skills. I've been able to put enough top spin to smash every once in a while. Pretty cool. But that's just during gym. I doubt I'll do ping pong in the field. If I do get the opportunity...well, count your many blessings, right?
Anyways, I will get one more chance to email while at the MTC on the upcoming Tuesday, and then my next p-day will be the 26th, I believe. Then the schedule should be relatively regular, at least, until I get another companion with different preferences for p-day. So yeah.
That's all I got. Seek all good things, and let them improve your perception of creation.
Salamat po, and talk to you next Tuesday.
With love,
Kris-Tyan Streeter
I really hope to get an email from Nikolai before Tuesday. Those make me feel great...
I hadn't seen any houses with y'all... also, send me a picture or two... I know I've sent, what, 3? So send that many if you want, but send some sort of picture.
I went proselyting for the second time. The visit was to a very poor old man. Like I told you, he had some pools of water where he had fish, and he also had some chickens. iIn one of the pools he actually had piranhas...scary... He is less active, but the reason is, he hasn't been going to church because he is afraid to leave his stuff, because people come and steal it. Because he was so old, we called him tatay "father" and we touched his hand to our foreheads, which is a sign of respect. He had a strong testimony, and loves king Benjamin. It was cool to teach him.
Then we just did some tracting, so nothing special. One referral and some passing out of pamphlets and such, but definitely nothing amazing.
I rode in a tricycle again. That was kind of cool.
So yeah. That's about that on proselyting.
I'm starting a book for people to write to one of two groups of people: my current family, or my future family. So they can write to mom, dad, brother, future wife, or future children. I won't look at what they write unless the respective recipient decides to share it with me. Hopefully in two years it'll be quite an accumulation.
Learning Tagalog slowly. I've been understanding everything, and grasping the concepts really easily, but that doesn't mean that I can just speak it...Every once in a while I get a complete sentence out, pero not usually.
So yeah, it's been cool. The most spiritual thing, to be honest, was general conference. Most of the week has been language study, because we've gone through most of the gospel topics already. Does that mean I'm ready to just go and start teaching...no...
But I'm sure I'll do fine. If the spirit guides people to me, there's not much I need to do but be guided by the spirit. Truth will be made apparent in their hearts if they have been prepared by the Holy Ghost and God beforehand. If not, then I can try, but there won't be a certainty that they will feel anything.
As is standard, rice at every meal. I'm also improving my ping pong skills. I've been able to put enough top spin to smash every once in a while. Pretty cool. But that's just during gym. I doubt I'll do ping pong in the field. If I do get the opportunity...well, count your many blessings, right?
Anyways, I will get one more chance to email while at the MTC on the upcoming Tuesday, and then my next p-day will be the 26th, I believe. Then the schedule should be relatively regular, at least, until I get another companion with different preferences for p-day. So yeah.
That's all I got. Seek all good things, and let them improve your perception of creation.
Salamat po, and talk to you next Tuesday.
With love,
Kris-Tyan Streeter
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