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Week 2 in the Provo, Utah MTC

MALIGAYANG PASKO!! Merry Christmas everyone!

It is official, Christmas time has begun in the Philippines! For them Christmas begins on September 1st and goes all the way till the end of December! Being the only holiday that they mainly celebrate, they go all out! This week has been way good. Starting off, my district and I had an awesome Temple trip to the Provo Temple, which is just a few minutes walk up the road. It is SOOOO BIG compared to the Newport Temple! The layout is really unique and creative. And the artwork portrayed inside is absolutely beautiful.


But then came our first in-person HOA, where my companion and I, teaching a lesson about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Tagalog. This was on Wednesday the 31st. We did not understand a single word that the native Filipina was saying. It was only 15 minutes long, but for those 15 minutes we couldn't understand her, and she couldn't understand us. At. All. It was very irritating and frustrating. It felt like I was a 2 year old trying to have a full on conversation with a 40 year old. T'was not good haha. After that HOA I realized that I have to work even harder to learn this dang language. So, my companion and I have been trying our absolute best to only speak in Tagalog. No matter how long it takes to get a sentence out, the goal is to only speak Tagalog. And it has been so helpful. Now a week later we can basically say most of what we want to. It is by no means perfect Tagalog, the sentence structure is wrong just about all the time. And don't even get me started on verb conjugations/ang, ng and sa placement. But we can say enough/know enough so that we can sort of understand each other now. We have done another HOA in Tagalog and we still can barely understand her, and she us. But we can pick up on more and explain more to her. We are definitely progressing thanks to The Gift of Tongues. 

Other than the Tagalog Language progress, I personally have been progressing a lot with the Language of the Spirit. I can tell that I am coming to have a closer connection with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and His Gospel. My personal testimony is growing and I am beginning to realize the true joy that this Gospel has brought into my life. I love it! And I love being here! See yah next week!

Elder Morgan





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