Hi Everyone! Manahuana! Usually we say salama ve? But fahasalamana
works too I guess. It has been so fun here! I have a district of 5 guys
so that means that it’s five of us learning the language and we all got
here the same day! We have a super small district which is very nice and
a small zone, also very nice. My companion is super cool! We both like
fifa and sports and stuff so P-days are nice. So far we have taught our
"investigator" 4 lessons. Three of them were scripted out with what we
were going to say written out and the last one... was with only a little
note sheet of verbs! In all the lessons our investigator would say
things and my companion and I would look at each other like "whaaaat?"
because it sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard! So we usually avoid or
ignore questions. Or sometimes we get a key word out of what he is
saying and we act out what we are trying to say. Super funny to watch my
companion act out the restoration! I have a
super cool teacher who
got back from Madagascar 2 years ago. We call him curious George because
he looks like him haha. Oh and the traveling time there is 50+
hours!!!!!!!
So when I first got here everyone would say, “just
make it to the first Sunday" and we were like ok, not knowing why. So we
made it to Sunday, which seems like yesterday and now I know why. You
get your schedule and get into a weekly routine of things and time
starts to fly by. The days go by slow and the weeks go by fast. Really
weird but awesome because next thing we know its Sunday! Which means
Choir and awesome devotionals. So after devotionals we have like a video
time, where they show five videos in different rooms, so you get to
pick the video you want to watch. Everyone told us that the first thing
you have to watch is Characteristics of Christ by Ballard. Amazing talk.
Well
I have been having a great time. Everyone is so nice here especially
since all the people I’m here with are here for 6 weeks with us. Oh and
thank you to Emily and Susie Braun for the delicious treat they sent! I
left it out and my district ate the rest of it! Which brings me to the
food. The food has honestly been better than I expected. There are some
things that you really do have to stay away from or else you better be
near a bathroom for the next couple hours... Luckily hasn't happened to
me yet but happened to a guy in my district. So funny! Ok so funny story
of the week. In our class area and in our residence we are next to the
malays. They are here for 6 weeks to. So they all got bouncy balls sent
to them and they have exercise bands so they took the exercise bands and
launched the bouncy ball to the other end of the hall! It shoots so
fast! So then the guys on the other side came out and happened to have
an exercise band too so we were
launching bouncy balls back and forth! So funny when people got hit! Luckily I didn’t.
Well
I am so grateful to be here. It is nice to get to study the gospel
without distractions but then to have a break from that and study the
language. My testimony is growing each day because of the spiritual
experiences I go through each day. I love it here but also can’t wait to
get out into the field and teaching real investigators the gospel. I
hope you guys are doing good back at home! Have fun in school Boys!!!
hahaha
Veloma,
Elder Bowen
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