Kumusta Ang Pamiliya Po at Kaibigan din,
at a Maligiyan Paskol na ( happy belated Christmas)
at a Maligiyan Bago Taon ( Happy New year too!)
Wow Christmas in the Philippines what can I say it
was Grabi! ( intense) Lots of fireworks but not half
 as many as I'm told will come to us this Thursday for
 new years eve. We we're fed well for Christmas and my
 first meals out side of the bahay ( house/apartment)
 were actually verry good. I had spaghetti first at the
 house of sister Espinosia  she is not a member but her
brother is a member of our bishopric and her two teenage
 sons were just baptised last week. They are a lovely
family and she made this amazing desert which was like a
 mango flavoured graham cracker cake thing. Then we went
down to the bad part of block 7 Were not allowed their
 past 5pm apparently but I don't see why not it looks pretty
 much the same as anywhere else to me. I guess I do get
a few more cat calls there than most. Any ways their we
 saw sister Michelle. She gave us a native desert called
 Ube . Its supposed to be a fruit and it is purple but
 it tastes more like sour cheese than anything else so
 not a favourite but I love the Casva ( banana) cake here!
 Masawrap( delicious)! Ay ways I love sister Michelle to
 death she's 26 and has the most beautiful baby girl
 Lorenza. Here life is really rough she's not accepted
by her mother in law and when we came to visit a relative
 of her's was apparently sick so we. We taught the
 plan of salvation to her and during the lesson their
 was a black out which apparently happens often here.
The lesson was great though because it was one of the
 first lessons were I really felt I was able to say what
 I wanted to say when I wanted to say it and come up
 with things on the spot. I'm starting to be able to
 translate the things that I feel inspired to say to
 people which is great! Okay My two funny things for
the week are first I have decided that here in the
 Philippines the Dogs are like rats and the rats are
 like dogs! Their are so many dogs here honestly in
some areas they are like and infestation of rats and
 then the other day while teaching a lesson in a very
 poor house a rat just unannounced dropped into my lap
 which normally would have made me scream but I did not
think at first that it was a rat . I thought it was a
 cat or a dog really it was that big! I'll have to get
 a picture later for my bragging rights, but here they
 are not a big deal the little 3 year old boy in the
family we were teaching just grabbed the rat and dumped
 him out of the door.Then the hilarious lost in
 translation moment this week with my companion. She
 asked me, "Sister Quinn May Correction to it
 po ba kayo?" So in English she said do you have a
"Correction to it"? Which I found out later meant she
 wanted an Eraser! I died laughing about that one for
at least an hour! All for this week, more to come!
 Can't wait for New Years!
Mahal Na Mahal Ko Kayo