San Pedro- Week 5........another short email :)

Kumusta!

As the title of this email states.... this is going to be a short email.  Preparation day was hectic yesterday and I don't have a lot of time today.  Next week will be another short email because it's transfer week and preparation day is on Wednesday. The baptism on Saturday was great. It was really unorganized but it was great that she got baptized. You could see the difference the spirit made and it was really exciting. Today I had sister's specialized training, and I learned a lot. It was great. This past week I learned so much! (I bet you all are not surprised). I'm just eating normal Filipino food and I love it. This week we have a dinner appointment every day.... kinda crazy. But I'm pretty sure it's because my Kasama is leaving next week to go home and I get my new trainer. I'm getting used to washing my clothes by hand. Crazy new experience but one day I will be an expert at it and it won't take me 5-6 hours to do   haha.  The ward I'm serving in
just got a new bishop this past Sunday. He's a nice guy. By the way there are four missionaries serving in the ward. The two sisters and the zone leaders. So we get to know the zone leaders pretty well   The one zone leader is also going home next week, so we'll get one new zone leader. So many lessons I'm learning and now I'm making plans to implement them in my life   So much work to be done but I'm so excited for it. I'm not in the city part. I'm in the province (my zone area is next to the San Pablo mission boundaries) but it's a squatter type city in the province. Really hard to explain but I thought I would try... to give you more detail   I walk, ride a trike, jeepney, or sometimes a bus (if we're going a long ways a way, like to the mission home or something). Mostly we walk, it's free not to mention great exercise I really like this area and I'm glad that I'm not serving in the city for my first area.... (I might explain in a later email if I remember). This transfer I've had a lot of realizations and it's helping me out so much.... sorry this is short but that's the way it must be   Thanks for the emails!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- Week 4............ I love to see the temple....la la la la la la

Kumusta!

I've learned a lot this week. This is going to be another short email... oops. I'm just so tired right now but on Monday, there will be a longer email. Our preparation day is today because it's our temple day. I woke up
at 2:30 AM and left the apartment around 3:30 AMish and got to the temple for the first session... fun eh?  I love the temple. It really is a beautiful temple. Smaller celestial room(s?) and other rooms but it is a really pretty temple. Hung out with the whole zone as well. Pretty fun zone.
I'm a bit closer to my district and zone here than I was in the MTC. I'm learning a lot. I'm really am so  grateful for these lessons I'm learning. This companionship has been interesting. I learn a lot every day and still am continuing to learn. For this training program, the trainee is supposed to be with the trainer for 12 weeks (two transfers), however, my trainer is going home in a week and a half and so I'm the only one getting a new trainer for the remaining weeks and possibly some more... Interesting fact. Yes, it's monsoon season but it doesn't rain every day.... too bad   but it's still good. I really love it here in the Philippines. There's a lot of potential in my area and things are just about to pick up in the ward.
Thanks for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- week 3........technically 2 weeks :)

Kumusta!

Yesterday for preparation day, it was hectic. We had our usual 3 hour district meeting in the morning but then we traveled around an hour or two to our zone activity... it was really fun. I really like my district and zone! But we got back a bit late and had time only to email our President so that's why I'm emailing today :)  Today was our zone conference!  That was so neat! I learned a lot!  By the way, I give up trying to tell you all where I'm at because it's rather complicated. I'm not in Muntinlupa city but I'm close to it. I'm thinking that all the cities around it are kind of sub-cities of Muntinlupa or Landayan. Kinda like Manhattan, and Brooklyn to New York City. But these are huge sub-cities with lots and lots of people. I love it here.  I'm learning so much every day!  I think it was inspiration from God to come here during the beginning of Monsoon season too, because that makes me so happy! :)  My companion thinks it's hilarious that I love the rain so much and I think that it's funny that she doesn't because she's Filipina. :)  I love my companion!  She's a great example and very patient with me. We have a lot of laughs everyday, along with the spiritual growth! It's a blast!  I'm understanding a lot more Tagalog than I'm speaking but I'm working at it and I know that God is helping me.  Sorry this is short but there's not much time to finish the emails :) I think I must be part Filipina because I'm fine with everything here. I love the food. I tried fish and it was delicious! The only thing I tried that I didn't like was this Fried Pig Fat thing coated with bread (?)(chitt...something like that).  I don't mind using the bucket to wash... it's not a big deal. It also saves on the water and I really don't mind it at all. I could go on but there's not much time!  Sorry!  Thanks for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- end of Week 2...... love the cold water

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails!  Things are great here!  I learn so much every day and I'm so grateful for that!  I love having cold water to clean myself with!  It's hot here and then it gets really hot after you exercise so the cold water feels soooooo good! Actually, time ran out last preparation day.... so I didn't wash my clothes but I am going to be doing it for the first time after I finish writing this email. I'm pretty excited to learn this new skill :D  I have to say that I'm loving the Filipino food. Sorry this is going to be short because today has been kinda hectic  :)  I have to say that I really do love the rain!  But then again, I've always loved the rain :).  Hope it rains more (but not until my clothes are dry) :D  This past week had interesting moments... my companion was sick for three days and so we didn't tract very much those three days.  I felt bad for her because I do know the feeling But it was great, we both learned a lot and I got lots of studying time (which I needed)  :)  It's great here!  San Pedro is the area. It's actually a really big area and the big city we're in is called.... something like Muntinlupa (?) city or something like that!  I'm still learning :)  I love my companion!  She's teaching me so much and I'm very blessed that God put me with her and in an area like this!  Lots of challenges and work but so many adventures (which I love all three) and I look forward to the day when I'm completely immersed in this culture! This coming week should be really busy as we're going to be working with our investigators, new investigators, less-actives, and finding more people and hopefully working with the members more and etc...!  Again, sorry this is short but I've run out of time and there's still so much left to do!  :) 
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- week 2..... oh the joy of rain :)

Magandang Hapon!

        I've learned a lot these past few days. It's great here! By the way San Pedro is like an area... a rather large area. I think the huge city part is called Mun... I don't remember. Oh well, I'll know it eventually You
know... I didn't wash my clothes on Friday, I fell asleep :).  Blame jet lag   However, sometime today I will have to wash my clothes and my companion will teach me how to because I don' know how to wash by hand.  Great new experience! I love the rain!  However, I hope it clears up today because if it doesn't clear up then my clothes will remain wet for a couple of days and I won't have very many clothes left haha.  God has blessed me with this challenge in this area.  Apparently the elders that were last here left a really bad impression on the members and so the zone leaders are now working in the same ward as us because we're both new to this area. The zone leaders have to work hard to fix the reputation and we have to work hard too so that they can trust us and give us referrals.  On Saturday we found a new family and we taught them (well more like Sister Fabrigas taught them and I bore my testimony at the end). Funny story about that. My companion has had 11 companions and I'm the 11th. I'm her first and last American companion.  She's had seven Filipino companions, two Pakistani companions and one Canadian. She had a dream that she would get an American companion this transfer and that we were teaching at a house. Well, we were at that house
on Saturday. Pretty cool, eh?  This is the first time that I've heard of myself being in someone's dream/vision.  Pretty spiffy. There's a lot of work to be done in this area.  However, a general authority came last year
or sometime like that and made a prophecy to the Filipinos about their country. The prophecy was that within the next few years (during my time here and after!), the Philippines will see missionary work like it has never
before. God is causing His work to move really fast here and the general authority said that the work will go on with or without the Filipinos helping it.  Such a powerful prophecy. What a great blessing to be here during this time. I'm so excited and humbled that God sent me here. I don't know how to explain it but this land is so blessed. You feel it when you walk in the street and you look at the people! Also there's this feeling like on Andiamon (?) it's the feeling like something great is coming here soon and it will burst forth! It's so hard to explain. Yes, the Philippines is one of the poorest countries in the world (and you can tell right away), but it's amazing! Yes, there's a ton of work that needs to be done but like Amman and Aaron and their brethren,  God is moving His work here and it will increase in such a way that it has never been seen before!  Such a powerful prophecy!  So much work to do! I'm working at learning this language! I'm determined that I will speak this language no matter what!  I love it here!
I love it here!
          By the way, I think I will gain some weight here.... apparently they like to feed us, oh well, anything to help these people out, right?   I'm trying to find ways to serve and be more interactive with the ward but it's a step by step process and I really need to learn this language. Yesterday, the first counselor's family fed us (the zone leaders and my companion and me) and as I was eating I noticed a tiny little thing with eyeballs on it.... it was a fish!  I have to say that I didn't eat it... I put it under the chicken bones that I had eaten. I think I ate some of it without realizing (because it was mixed in a paste), but I had a hard time eating it after I noticed that it was staring at me and had its full body... hopefully, I'll acquire the taste   They have a Filipino girl who's working as their maid, named Sister Lis (Lis is her nickname), and she was going to be baptized on Saturday but she didn't follow through. She has some worries that we're working on.  But she has such a strong testimony! It's so incredible! She's so nice too and funny!  Apparently, I have Filipino humor, that's good... I didn't know that. They (meaning the majority of the Filipinos I come in contact with) laugh a lot at me and I laugh too at them and at myself! It's a grand 'ole experience! Hopefully they will get to trust us as we strive to be obedient and do the Lord's work! Please pray for their hearts to open and for the family we taught on Saturday and Sister Lis! Well I would write more but we have limited amount of time today
because of district meeting!  Thanks for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!!!
Sister Mohrman