I'm pretty glad to be over here on
Palawan right now, because 80% of Manila is under a lot of water. They
experienced a typhoon this week and have had a lot of problems because of it -
water up to people's necks in some areas. The missionaries there were
quarentined to their houses for a while because it's dangerous to walk around in
the water there, even to help investigators and members. Apparently Palawan is
safer and rarely if ever gets hit by typhoons.
Here's some stories. So, Sister Mechum,
the other American Sister in our apartment, was walking by a Adventist church
one day with the doors open. And what she heard shocked her. It sounded like
they were singing "In Our Lovely Deseret," a supremely Mormon hymn. Sure
enough, there they were with the lyrics and all singing about not drinking
coffee and tea and singing one of the most blatantly Mormon hymns there is. We
both got a huge kick out of that.
I also ate "shells" this week at a
member's home - AKA some sort of sea snail boiled up and still in the shell.
The shells are pretty, so I kept one. I also came up with a great proselyting
idea. Here, people walk through the streets selling food and they yell out the
name of it in a specific way and with a specific cadence. So when they walk
around selling balut, (aka putrid fetal ducks still in the egg - yes, people eat
that here) they yell "BAAALLLUUUUUTTTT! BAAAALLUUUUTTT!!!" My idea is that we
should walk through the mga barangay (villages) yelling "AKLAAAAT NI MORMOOON!
AKLAAAAT NI MORMOON!" (Book of Mormon!) I think it would work, no?
Also, many of the cats here are asian
cats and have little bob tails. And some are a cross between long tail and
short tail cats so they have medium short tails or medium long tails. It's
adorable.
I'm going to relate some spiritual
experiences now, so those of you reading it on the blog you're gonna miss out
cuz they're too specific to post up generally. If you want to get them from my
mom, feel free to ask.
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