January 8, 2013

Wow this week went by super fast!  I guess since my brain is pounded with the language and learning how to teach all day it makes all the days mesh together.  And makes the weeks go by fast.  Ha Ha.  We haven't gotten our travel plans yet.  We should be getting them sometime this week.  It feels so good knowing I only have two weeks left in the MTC.  I love it here, but it will be good to have a change.  Ha Ha.  Elder Choi came and talked to us last Tuesday.  He said that we all need to tell ourselves that we are the most handsome and Beautiful people in the places we are serving and we need to go out in the world like that.  His talk was so good.  It was one of those motivating talks where after you listened to it you feel like you could do anything.  Oh ya, I told you before that Greg Olson came and talked on Christmas.  I don't remember what I all said about that so I will tell you about it again.  He is an artist that paints most of the pictures of Christ.  It was cool because he showed some of his paintings, and told the background of them and why he painted them.  He painted my favorite picture.  The one where the young girl is sitting on Jesus's lap.

The language is still coming super slow.  Ha Ha.  I am getting a little bit bigger vocabulary, but my grammar is pretty bad.  Ha Ha.  I can only imagine what it's going to be like when I get to the Philippines.  Ha Ha.

Mom I got your letter yesterday.  I sent you and Merlin a letter last week.  Did you not get it?  I'll send you another one.  I like to receive both letters and emails.  On my p-days I print out all of my emails so I can have enough time to read them and then I go back and email.

Oh ya, I got up in sacrament meeting on Sunday and bore my testimony.  At first I was going to say it in Tagalog but then I decided this was going to be the last time I can bare my testimony in English until I get home.  And it just seemed alot easier to say it in English.  I know it's lazy of me.  Ha Ha.

How is everyone doing?  K, I need to say something in Tagalog so I don't forget it.  Ha Ha.

Alam ko po na buhay po si Jesucristo.  Alam ko po na mahal po si Jesuscristo ako at lahat kayo.  Alam ko po na si Jesucristo ang atin Tagapaglitas at Manunubos.  Totoo po ang aklat ni mormon at totoo propeta po si Joseph Smith.  Sa pangalan ni Jesuscristo Amen.  (I know Jesus Christ lives.  I know Jesus Christ loves me and all of you.  I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer.  The Book of Mormon is true and Joseph Smith is a true Prophet.  I the name of Jesus Christ Amen.)  I'm pretty sure the grammar isn't right but oh well, I'm trying.  Ha Ha.

We got to go to the temple this morning.  It was pretty sweet.  We haven't been able to go for awhile because it has been closed for the last few weeks.

I went and got my hair cut today.  I was the only one in there getting my hair cut when some guys with cameras came in and said they wanted to get a picture of an Elder getting his hair cut.  I didn't say anything because I didn't really want my picture taken.  Then the lady cutting my hair said, "Oh well this is a Sister Missionary."  Ha Ha.  Then they came over and took my picture.  Ha Ha.  I don't know where that picture will end up, but it is very possible it will be in the newspaper.  Ha Ha.

Anyways, I better go.  Love you all! 

Love Sister Stowell