Sorry if this is really early in the morning there (received at 3:55am). I don't know the time change so sorry if this wakes you up. I am leaving the Manila MTC tonight at 12:45 am so I will be in the field tomorrow. It's crazy!! All the Tacloban Missionaries got some really fun news these past few days. So I guess that only 3 of the 15 areas in the mission actually speak Cebuano and that most areas speak Waray-Waray. We got 1 day to learn the basics of Waray-Waray which was insane.
Here's an example of Waray-Waray and Cebuano:
Good Morning
Cebuano: Maayong Buntag
Waray: Maupay nga aga
Oh and we also learned that we will also be learning lots of tagalog because Waray-Waray and Tagalog are pretty similar haha. We will be teaching with tagalog book of mormon's so yeah it's been a pretty eventful week.
Some news about the Philippines MTC. Me and Elder Laitinen are still mga kauban and we have still been rooming with Elder Christenson and Elder Reese which is pretty awesome. The food here is super good which is pretty awesome. Lot's of rice already. I got to go to the Manila temple which is super pretty and really small. I will try to send some pictures in my next email because I have already packed my camera for the flight.
The weather is super hot and humid but I really like it and it rains really crazy for like 5 minutes at a time and then it just stops.
The best part of the week was definitely going proselyting with the Tagalog missionaries. Me and Elder Laitinen got to go with Elder Espinali who has been out for 23 months and even though we couldn't really understand any of the lessons because they were in tagalog we were actually able to find some people who spoke cebuano. We ended up giving out an Ang Aklat ni Mormon and taught a full restoration lesson. We set a goal to get 3 new investigators and we achieved that goal which is pretty good for 3 hours of working. Anyways it was really cool to see what daily missionary life will be like.
I ate some street food (Fried Calamari) which tasted really good at the time but ever since I ate it I have been spending lots of time on the toilet so hopefully I can adjust to food quickly.
Love you tons and will try to send pictures when I get to the field.
Amping,
Elder Holmstead
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