I wish I could say this week was awesome but it was pretty monotonous. We spend most of our day in a little classroom studying tagalog words and phrases, and my head is exploding almost the whole day hahaha! The Tagalog is actually starting to come but still very slowly. We moved on to Intermediate core this week, and in Intermediate core our goal is to learn 2,500 tagalog words, 500 tagalog phrases, and 9 scriptures in tagalog. It will be an awesome challenge! We started making LOADS of flash cards for ourselves and they help lots!
As for spiritual news, one of our teachers Brother Rondilla, a short skinny Filipino man, told us a little bit more about himself. He told us that he met with the missionaries when he was 16 years old, and he knew it was the right path for him so he got baptized very quickly I think. Shortly after, he decided to serve a full time mission. In making this decision his mother and father (nanay at tatay) stopped speaking with him. He decided to serve regardless. He left on a mission for two years and he didn't get to email his family or facetime. I personally can't imagine such a sacrifice - it would crush me. Brother Rondilla now works as a teacher and administrator at the MTC here in Manila, and as a volunteer institute teacher. He is an insane example to me as I battle with homesickness and learning tagalog. No matter how lonely we feel- 1. someone has always got it worse. and 2. our savior Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father ( Ama sa Langit) will never leave us truly alone.
Mahal Ka Kayong Lahat!
No comments:
Post a Comment