Hello Family,
After a super long and hard week I am writing again. So I got sick last week...sore throat no voice....still have no voice and a great cough a week later...don't sleep much because I am coughing, pero [but] life is still good. We are still doing the work and people are still listening to my raspy cough ridden tagalog. Yes we were hit with the Typhoon, it was a scale 2 (whatever that means) and we went out to work, thank heavens for crocks because there was a lot a lot of rain and water. Then at night it was upped to a scale 3 and Sis M just said it was a little rain, so we didn't shut our windows or anything...bad idea. She sleeps on the floor by the door my bed is right under 3 windows...ya scariest night of my life. Wind, rain, tree limbs hitting the house, lightening. I don't think I have ever prayed harder for my investigators in their little huts or my ears to stop hearing the tremendous noise. Wednesday was interesting no one wanted to listen to us because there was so much to clean up. We didn't have water for 2 1/2 days and power until Saturday. That was fun, we planned by candlelight.
We went to the temple this morning, we got up in the wee hours of the morning to take a jeepni to White planes before 6 for the first session. We got there and the session was full of other missionaries, only 33 people per session, so we waited. Even though the clothes there don't really fit and everything is short, it is still the House of the Lord and it made me miss home more than ever. Yes I am still struggling with the homesickness thing. Well after that we went bowling in Tanay, which is like a 2 1/2 hour jeep ride, they pack us like sardines and it is hot and sometimes you just cant help but laugh. There is a joke, I don't remember if I told you it already. How many people can you fit on a jeepni? Isa pa (one more) always isa pa. There are times when there are so many people jammed in there that when they take corners everyone has to sway because one person does. Awesome. I don't think I will ever complain about riding in a car again, still feel queezy after almost every ride, some of the elders say that they still feel sick even after 2 years of riding them...so I am not too worried,
As for the work, I can understand a lot more this week. I keep surprising myself by answering questions that they have asked, sometimes Sis M will translate and I will be like, wasn't that in English. I am still not convinced that it wasn't English. Who knows either way Tagalog is coming. 16 Days until Transfer Sis M reminds me of the days until transfer every day. Who knows what will happen. I assume I will stay in the area and she will leave, she says that most greenies stay in their first area for 6 month. 6 months...that seems like so long. Tomorrow is my 3 month make. Yeash.
Trek...I love trek, I am so excited that it is only a few days away. I remember it being hard but so fun, there are days when I am here hiking up a mountain trail in the rain, sliding down the hill as I try to get up it, getting covered in mud and sweat and I remember women's pull or that last day we had to circle around when I didn't know if I could take another step I was so tired and thirsty...but then it was over, and I was in a bus home with a paces popsicle. Well it helps me put another foot down and continue onward... I did it then I can endure now.
Our investigators didn't want to come to church this week, with the storm they just don't want to listen. Slightly frustrating, but I am hoping that this week they will remember what they felt while listening to our message and realize that they want the gospel in their lives.
I love you all.
Have a wonderful 24th of July, set some fireworks off for me.
Love,
Sis Jensen
Note: For those of you who are concerned, the cough/sore throat combination indicates a typical cold/flu situation and NOT tuberculosis or some other pernicious tropical disease. - Emily
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