Dear friends and family,
So, one day, after a solid day of work,
us four Sisters were sitting at our kitchen table eating some food and chatting.
We were feeling kind of silly since it had been so hot and we'd done a lot of
walking. We then started talking about how hard it must be for missionaries to
start dating once they get off their missions and return to "normal life." Then
Sister Jones started quoting some of the points of "How to Begin Teaching"
section from Preach My Gospel (the guide all missionaries use) and altering
them. We came up with some really good ones, and I decided to go in and modify
all of them cuz it was just too funny. These will be funnier to missionaries
who also know Preach My Gospel like the back of their hand, haha.
1. Because we are both part of this
relationship, we are now dating. I would like to refer to you as "girlfriend"
and you to me as "boyfriend."
2. Each person has dating life challenges
and concerns. No matter what they might be my superior dating knowledge and
experience can help you.
3. Our relationship will enable you to
improve the quality of your life. I will help you with the problems and
challenges you will face in life.
4. Our relationship, which is centered on eternal marriage, is of great
value and importance.
5. We all make dating mistakes in life,
and those mistakes can create feelings of anger and confusion. These feelings
cannot be relieved without moving on. They can be fully relieved by getting a
new, better boyfriend - me.
6. My potential as your future spouse cannot be discovered all at once.
Understanding will come over many dates.
7.I have weaknesses, just as everyone
does. I may not always buy you flowers every day or remember your birthday every
year. But I know through personal revelation we're meant to be together.
8.I will be your guide so you can learn "we're destined to be together" for
yourself. It is your choice to accept and act on my future proposal to you.
Therefore, you should feel free to openly express your feelings of
devotion.
9. As you sincerely seek to fall in love with me, you may face obstacles,
but I will help you overcome them.
10. As you accept my proposal, you will
be able to make promises to marry me. You will learn how to make changes in
your life so our dating and married life will be more perfect.You will want to
follow the counsel of the Prophet to be married now and not wait until after
your own mission.
Commitments:
Will you follow the example of Adam and Eve by committing to multiply and
replenish the Earth?
Will you pray to know I'm the right man
for you?
Will you commit to December the 21st as
our wedding date?
May we set up a time for our next date?
before them, I ask you to commit to read "The Family - A Proclomation to the
World."
Will you attend church with myself and my
family this Sunday?
Hahahahaha.... alright. Don't really
follow these or you RM's will never get married. But we had a good laugh about
it.
Back to real missionary work - we've had
a lot of success showing "The Restoration" video to people. That video is
amazing and really helps explain the story of Joseph Smith more effectively than
we (or especially myself) ever could in Tagalog. Speaking of which, if you
really wanna know what Tagalog sounds like, pop that video in and watch it on
the Tagalog language setting. Happily, I understand most of what they say on
there at this point, but probably also cuz I've seen the video in English enough
as well. When our investigators watch that video, it's hilarious because they
freak out about the snow (no one's ever seen it before here), the geese (the
geese here look really different), they've never seen blackberries before, they
say "He should use a carabou (huge ox) rather than those cows to plow his
field", they love the planting and harvest of the corn (they have corn here but
not very much), and in general just think it's an awesome cultural experience.
When tell them my homeland looks a lot like New York that's shown in the
video, they always think that's cool :)
That's what I've got. transfers are in a
week and a half! We now know Sister Bechachino is training, which means I'm
getting transferred - there's a high chance I'm getting transferred off of
Palawan and back to Manila. I have mixed feelings about that, but I know that
all things on our missions are established by God for our best growth and
service to the people in our areas!
Much love,
Sister Larsen
Dagat = beach. This is all the rocky area before you get to the water. Super
dang awesome.
Also at the beach, I was standing calf deep in deliciously warm water.
yooo when i travel the world im gonna go to where your at and i shall speak taglog with my saxophone and no one will understand me
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