San Pedro- Week 9.......

Mahal ko ang Ulan!  :D

Thanks for the emails everyone! First off.... hopefully there's not misunderstanding about my emails. Some of the emails I received were interesting. I love it here and I really love the lessons I'm learning. I'm not trying to portray a positive or happy attitude if the situation isn't that pleasant, I'm just writing how I feel and being honest. I really appreciate my weaknesses because they allow me to grow. I don't dwell negatively on them, but I am always trying on making them stronger. Same with situations. It's a great learning experience. I love it here and I love the rain! It seems that it rains really hard when I need to feel better or when I'm about to do something I haven't done before. God is blessing and helping me a lot! Thanks for the emails. I love reading them; however, I am unable to print them... so hopefully there's a way I can get a copy of all these emails that were sent to me during this whole time....  
I know my zone well. I guess it's kind of like Joseph's zone? We become close to the elders. We usually have an enjoyable time together. This transfer.... is a great learning experience for the zone.... so it's very good for everyone. The ward is great. They're willing to work with the missionaries. There's always room for improvement when it comes to things but this week should be more productive. We're finding people and what not... and I've run out of things to write about...  This week should be really exciting when it comes to work. My companionship is slowly getting stronger and I really appreciate what God is teaching me this transfer...  I love challenges and this has been a challenge so far. I've had a lot of realizations and I'm excited for the continuing of these lessons and the many more yet to come! Things are going good and I love it here in this area. There's a lot of potential! Sorry this is short but I'll have more to write next week! 
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- Week 8.......love the temple :)

Magandang Hapon!

 

    Thanks for the emails!  Today is my preparation day because it was temple day. It's always great going to the temple! I love the spirit there. 

    So far this transfer has been interesting. I find it amazing how much God looks out after us and puts us in circumstances that allows us to grow and change into what He sees in us. It's been an adjustment having the two other sisters in the apartment but it's what I need to grow into the missionary I want to become. I'm learning a lot from my companion, especially patience and charity :D... haha  I'm really grateful for these growing experiences this transfer. I'll be so excited when I finally have learned the lessons but I like the growing along the way. I won't lie, this week has tried my patience and difficult at times but then I really appreciate the patience that God has with me :D.  He has helped me out a lot and I'm so excited for these challenges to overcome!  I have to say that it's a big blessing to have this type of growing experience now instead of gradually along my mission. I'm being blessed a lot with these circumstances!  This zone has been really different this transfer.... more Americans in it and it's kind of separated between the two groups. It's a learning experience for everyone and it's exciting that as we strive to become better and have more unity... what miracles will come. 

     This area is great.... if a person works really hard, then they'll reap a lot. There's always challenges but it allows a person to be creative with finding techniques. My companion and I have been adjusting to each other and I know that now as we work hard, we will see a lot of investigators in this area! For example, on Monday we found 15 people to teach in a short amount of time... The Philippines is a choice place but only if the missionary is really dedicated to working hard and doing their best. I've got lots to work on, especially these weaknesses I have, but I know that God is helping me and I'm really grateful for Him.

     The food is delicious.... I think I've already said that before, but I'll say it again. I love the food here, except for the Fried pig fat thingy mabobber. I've had rice, squid, crab, fish, shrimp, rice and a bunch of other food and it's all delicious!  The crab, I'm not sure about what it's supposed to taste like.... I don't think I figured out how to eat it out of it's shell, but the part I did manage to get out of its shell wasn't bad. I really love the rice, I have to admit.  The fruits and vegetables are amazing. But enough about the food  :D  

     In answer to some of your questions, some people have Christmas decorations up! It's pretty cool. I still have my area. I'm in SP1 and the other sisters are in the other ward, SP2. It used to have elders last transfer but this transfer they made it a sisters area. So the sisters are shotgun training that area.  We have a refridgerator because we have to keep the majority of our food in there or the bugs will eat it. We don't have a microwave but it's all good. I love it here.

     Time is short... so sorry yet again... but I'm trying :D  

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- Week 7...... new changes, new lessons

Magandang Hapon!

Surprise, surprise.... this is going to be another short email. I don't have time to respond to everyone so I'll write next preparation day but thank you for the emails! My preparation days are crazy! But next week, the email will be longer, no worries :D These past few days have been crazy because I've been trying to help my kasama and the other two sisters with everything and I don't know that much either! It's quite the adventure! I'm learning a lot of lessons and I love it!  The other two sisters are Filipina and a Samoan.  I'm meant to learn Tagalog in this transfer. Why?  Because my Kasama speaks Tagalog to me    P.S. When she speaks English, she has an even heavier accent and it's easier to try to understand her in Tagalog but she is learning English. no need to send me emails "comforting" me or other :)  I'm really great with this situation. END OF P.S  ....  I'm learning and I'm grateful that God is doing this for me so I can learn the language :D. It's pretty entertaining actually, she repeats herself until I understand. For her sake, I hope I can understand more each day :D  haha   But really, I understand quite a bit of Tagalog if I'm paying close attention. The speaking will come as I speak more :) I'm pretty excited for my language study plan. She is working with me and I'm very grateful for that. We had a service project on Saturday in another missionary's area, it was fun. I like to work. There's a lot of potential in my area and I'm so excited that I get to work hard! 
 There's already a big change between this past transfer and this current transfer...  One day, hopefully, I'll be able to fill you in on some things, but if not... please know that the thought is there  :D.  Merry Christmas by the way. September starts the Christmas "ber" months.  It's pretty cool. I love the Christmas music playing all around :). I love it here in the Philippines. Great place to be!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

San Pedro- week 6.....transfer of changes

Magandang Gabi!!!

Thanks for the emails. Things have been crazy these past two days, no sleep!  But I learned a lot and I'm grateful for that. On Monday, we had to wake up around 1 and 1:30 AM to fix the apartment because our two person apartment is expanding to having four sisters in it! Then when we finished, we went and met Elder Perez (zone leader) and Elder Staples at McDo and then traveled to the mission office and they had to be there before 6 AM. It was a long bus ride Yes, the three missionaries (including my kasama) were going home because it was their time to go. I was assigned to temporarily work with Sister Nazir and Sister Newman in Makati until Wednesday for Transfer meeting. This was because there were no other sisters in my zone until now. On Tuesday, I spent the whole day at the hospital. Sister Newman was (and still is) having some serious problems and her nanay needed help too. Then late in the evening I was assigned to go home with a different set of sister missionaries so I could attend transfer meeting the next day. I didn't get much sleep so I'm kinda tired right now Kinda crazy! I hope Sister Newman gets better, she has a lot of people worried about her.

My new companion, my tita, my follow-up trainer is Sister Martinez. I was originally going to be assigned to work with another sister from Palawen but President Stucki prayed about it and sent Sister Martinez (who's also from Palawen) to be my kasama instead. Really interesting story but I don't have enough time to write it :). Yes, she's a native Filipina with another accent. She's really nice. I'm excited to learn more! Since she's new to the area, I get the opportunity to lead this area for a week or so until she gets familiar with it and the people... pretty interesting and funny since I'm still trying to learn how to get around and remember people's names haha  I'm definitely out of my comfort zone and I'm looking forward to growing a lot from this transfer. I'm so glad I get to stay in this area!  I love it here! There's a lot of potential in this area and I know that with hard work, this area could see a lot of blessings. My zone is experiencing quite the change. Half of the missionaries are leaving and the other half are training. I think only two sets of missionaries have the normal senior and junior companionship (one of them being the zone leaders). Then there are two follow-up trainers (one of them is my kasama). One of the zone leaders is new because Elder Perez went home. Then an area, SP2, that had elders has changed to having two sisters (they're shotgun training). Now there are four sisters in the zone and in my apartment. Lots of changes and lots of lessons I'll learn. It's going to be interesting and crowded to have four sisters but there's always a reason for things. I'll keep on learning and growing. Sound familiar, eh? :)

I have to say that I really do love Filipino food. It's very good. I just get busog a lot  :)  It's still raining and I love it. It makes me very happy when it rains. It brings such a peaceful and comforting feeling to me when it rains. On Monday, will be the normal Preparation Day... so if you have any questions, let me know! 

Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman