Manahuana ny Fianikaviko!
Things
 are picking up here in the MTC. So since last time, we have started 
teaching our investigators with no notes! It's crazy but really cool. We
 really have to listen to the promptings of the spirit. The language is 
difficult because all of the words are so similar, like sakafo. If you 
say it one way then you are saying food but if you say it another way 
then it comes out to be cat heart... So we have blessed many cat hearts.
 Also the verbs are strange. Every single verb starts with an m and has a
 bunch of a's in it. Funny story when we were teaching our investigator 
my companion was trying to say the apostles were killed (mamono) but he 
said the apostles were breastfed (manono)! Our investigator started 
laughing and asking if that was right and my companion had no idea and 
was like yea yea it happened. Luckily I corrected him haha. 
We 
had a pretty cool speaker this Tuesday. It was the General Primary 
President! Pretty cool to hear her speak and she told some really good 
stories. We have been hearing more and more stories about Madagascar 
from our teacher and he has been showing us pictures which makes us all 
want to go now! I absolutely can't wait even though it’s fun here. Oh 
and thank you so much for the packages! It is the best thing in the 
world getting a package card. And also the dear elder thing messages 
everyone sends are freakin sweet. Tell Bryson that I love the Rubik’s 
cube! We have this kid in our zone that can do it super-fast so he 
loved it and started doing it right away. Last night he did it in 21 
seconds! I am staying healthy but others are getting sick.  But, I am 
still doing good.
So to answer some questions I got, I’ll tell 
you a little more about my companion. His name is Elder Heo and he is 
super cool. He did a year at BYU Provo but before that he lived in 
California! Right by Magic Mountain! Pretty cool. Every time he gets a 
good idea he throws his hands up and says, "REVELATION!!!" so that's 
what we do now hahaha. Really awesome to have a cool companion. We hang 
out a lot with the Malays (other guys in our zone) because they are 
super cool. I just found out recently that everyone in our zone is a 
freakin genius! They all have scholarships and things to schools with 
really good grades and really high scores on tests! 
So things 
have been going really well here. Language is hard but it is getting 
better. I’ll send some pictures of my district and some of the guys in 
our zone. Tell everyone I miss them! Love them all! The spirit is felt 
everyday very strongly. I learn about and feel God's love every day. My 
testimony is being strengthened in English and Malagasy! It is very 
apparent that this is the Lord's work being done here. I am so grateful 
that I get to be a part of it. Fantatro fa marina ny Bokin i Mormona. 
Fantatro fa ny pamonjy antsika i Jesoa Kristy. Amin'ny Anaran'i Jesoa 
Kristy, Amena.
Love,
Elder Bowen
 
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