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Starting in Cotnogan

Hey y'all!

I am finally in the field! The area I was assigned to is Cotnogan and it is known and the jungle zone! It is soooo green and beautiful here! It is also one of the poorer areas in my mission. And it is super sad to see the living conditions. A lot of the houses are made from bamboo and wood, with not electricity and running water. I have been taking a lot of bucket showers and having to wipe with my hand, if you know what i mean, which I am still trying to get used to! Our apartment is actually a pretty nice one compared to others. But it is still invested with a lot of bugs and animals haha. It is actually quite gross! But the people of Cotnogan are so so kind and awesome, even though I have not been able to understand or speak to basically all of them haha. I am the first white person in Cotnogan since 2 years ago! So everybody waves, smiles and shouts "Hey Joe" or "He's Too White!" They call every American Joe haha. At first, a lot of the young children were scared of me, but I am starting to get their trust. We play games with them, and show them magic! Now some of them will give me High Fives! Everybody laughs at me when I try to speak Tagalog for them. So I just try to laugh along haha. I still have a long, long way to go before I will be able to communicate with everyone. Also all the people here speak Rinconada a branch of language from Tagalog. So I am trying to learn Rinconada as well. There are a ton of different animals here, like cows, goats, dogs...which are all so skinny and small. But the spiders here are HUGE! And very scary! The biggest one I have seen so far was probably about the size of my whole hand. And it was right outside of my apartment! The first week has been a lot of culture shock and just getting used to the living conditions. It is very, very hot here and I have been dripping from head to toe in sweat since I have gotten here, I have also been getting a lot of heat rashes and stuff like that. But since we walk every where sometimes we are able to walk under some shaded trees which is nice haha. The food here is super good and flavorful, a little spicy too. But my Companion Elder Anor is teaching me how to cook adobo, denola and other traditional Filipino foods. That is it for this week! See you next week!

Elder Morgan

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