Thanks for the letter Dad, I know you
would have given Aunty and Uncle my love. They’re in my prayers every single
night. In language class I was finding it a bit hard, I was frustrated this
whole week. We teach two investigators, (they’re our teachers but they
act like investigators) and all they do is speak Cebuano back to me. It’s so
frustrating because me and my companion prepare a whole lesson, but when they
have questions, and they reply in Cebuano REALLY fast, we don’t have a clue
what he was saying! Which is so so frustrating cause I know I know some basic
doctrine in English, but everything’s in a different language.
So me and my companion were in the
room, thinking what we could do to improve, with our own class time or wherever
we could think of. We came up with ideas, and one I said was, we should
read the BOM in Cebuano. I thought it was an idea my companion would not be interested
in, but he was keen to do it. So we had a goal to read 1st Nephi by the time we
leave. (This is reading all in Cebuano by the way.) We read the first day
and I said lets aim to read the whole Book of Mormon in Cebuano before we
leave. He said ye, hah, so that means we have to read 40 pages a day
because there are 800 and something pages in the Cebuano BOM! 40
pages for the next 20 days till we head out to the field. We completed our goal
in two days and finished 1st Nephi! We are going hard and on to 2nd
Nephi. ANY spare time we get, we both read. We read out loud one page each.
Now, the blessings! I’ve noticed
a huge difference in my vocab and understanding and especially my vocab.
Yesterday we taught the plan of salvation kaluwasan (plan of salvation) all in
Cebuano and could actually know what the investigator was saying in reply which
is a huge blessing and I’m grateful for the Book of Mormon!
That’s my story of the week, because I
need to write to Dallin, so I’m quickly writing because me and my companion are
going to chuck a wash load in, and I need to write to my Nans.
I love it here, it’s a huge blessing
being here!! The foods tasting ALL the same and I miss the food
back home.
This weeks challenge for you guys as a
whole family, is to meet someone random, maybe in the supermarket or
wherever, and look at them in a way that respects that they chose the exact
plan we did when we were all in the pre-mortal life. Look at them in a way that
you know they are also a child of God, and speak to them in a way that can give
them the option to partake of the fruit of our gospel. You will feel happy
inside that you have reached out to one of God’s children.
Tell Polly I love her letters also Te
Awa!! And can you tell Aunty Sally and Jeannette thanks for the letters! I don’t
have enough time to reply back to their mails but just let them know what I
have said. That’s all for now!
Love yah,
Elder Anderson
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