Week 2

Kumusta Pamilya,
Thank you for your letters today and this week they really helped cheer me up a lot. This week has been good and hard, we had our first teaching appointment in the TRC. It was really odd to be the one teaching and not the one being taught. We taught an older couple sister missionary and she asked us some really odd questions, that we did not answer very well. They don't teach us how to address everyone taking the sacrament in sacrament meeting so we stumbled though that. The language is going well, we had our first language skills task on Thursday as well, it was interesting but I know that it will get better. I can now pray in Tagalog without notes of any kind that took some faith to finally let them go but I feel so much closer to Ama sa Langit when I pray without notes. I am now calling myself sister Jensen in my head it is the oddest thing.
The Elders in my district are amazing they have really been a great support this past week as I have had some companionship woes. I know that I am in the district I am in for a reason, they are so good to us and I am not saying the other zones are not great but I am thankful to be in this one.
There is not much else to say this week. It has snowed a lot lately...as in almost every morning and I just love the fact that I packed summer clothes and a light jacket...it has been really cold. I keep reminding myself that I am going to miss this feeling for the next 17 months so enjoy the cold now. That has helped, along with the jacket you sent mom. Thank you for that.
The food remains interesting, yesterday was fast Sunday and they way our meals are set up it had us fasting about 25-26hours...awesome...by the end of that I was so thankful that I knew I had a plate waiting for me so I could eat something, so I walked through the kitchen to go get my plate and as I opened the heater it was not there. I just stood looking into it for about 5 minutes trying not to cry. One of the kitchen ladies came up to me to ask what was wrong, when I told her she looked at the list and it had me as fasting...yup it was sad, I had to go stand in the back of a very long line and try and pick out food that I could eat...it was very hard. Then everyone had ice cream and it looked so good...ya I had cantaloupe and grapes...which I love don't get me wrong but when compared to BYU creamery ice cream with the gamut of toppings...it looked very sad.
I hope that Ashley has a wonderful time getting ready to graduate this week, I am so excited to hear how that goes. Oh and Happy Mothers Day mom, they ran out of cards at the bookstore but I know that you will understand. I will be able to talk to you June 22. I know that time will just fly, I still have trouble believing that I am starting my third week here...it just boggles my mind.
Well I love you, have a wonderful week.
Mahal ko kayo.
Sister Becky Jensen