Hello,
Thank
you so much for your emails they are so uplifting. I find all of the info very
interesting but won't comment on everything just to save time. They help me feel
close to you throughout the week. :) Okay, so most of what I have to say is
random. But that works, right? :)
Today
we had a district activity for p-day. It was fun to get together with other
missionaries and ward missionaries. Plus it was cool cause we saw some of the
more beautiful parts of Palawan. For the activity we went hiking... but it was
my kind of hiking. The kind without a real trail. Most of the time we were
either walking through the river or on the rocks lining either side. At the end
of our hike we reached a little waterfall. It was nice to be outside just
sitting around. Hiyahiy. Okay that is not how you spell it but kind of how you
say it: hi-yah-hi. It's an expression that means like "doing nothing".
I love it. It's fun to say although I can rarely honestly use it. :)
Some
things that you might find interesting that I haven't mentioned: 1.We take off
our shoes before entering a home to teach. (To be honest I'm still mastering
the skill of doing so quickly and gracefully. I get it most of the time but
sometimes not so great. haha :P ) 2. I was standing in a members home this week
and realized, I don't think I have seen carpet once since I've been here. there
have been a few small rugs but all the floors as tile or linoleum. It makes
sense because we have the hardest time keeping the dirt out of our house and it
is quite humid. With no air conditioning and the windows open carpet probably
wouldn't survive even though no rain comes in. 3. Roosters crow all the time. I
have had people tell me this before but I am experiencing it first hand and
just want to bust the myth that they crow at sunrise. I was up before the sun
today and they were already going at it. And when we go to bed at night they
crow then too. When they sleep, I dont know but I can sleep through it so I
dont care. :) 4. When we go up to doors. We don't typical knock. Instead we
say, "Tao Po". Which in gist means People or anybody home. Then if
anyone is home they can open there door for us or tell us to "Pasok"
(enter).
As
for your questions: Typical day-- Wake up at 6am and either run or do laundry
(they are about equal in physical exertion! haha jk but seriously it works up a
sweat.) The 4 of us take turns in the shower and eating breakfast. At 8 we
start personal study (a beautiful time of day. I can hear the birds chirping. I
am clean and cool. The light comes in the window onto my desk. I study the
scriptures. Pure bliss.) Then we move to companionship study at 9 which since I
am in the 12 week training program lasts 2 hrs instead of 1. So at 11am I start
my one hour of language study. Noon we have lunch and we usually leave the
apartment around 12:30, sometimes one. Then we visit less active members and
investigators. This keeps us pretty busy but we are always finding along the
way. Talking to anyone who we feel prompted or who is hiyahi-ing :) Its so fun.
I like talking to random people about the gospel, especially when they are
interested. That is what we do everyday. We haven't visited any hospitals or
anything. We just contact all the people we need to and that keeps us busy,
which is cool. The work is going pretty well.
As
for diet.... well, its a bit like college. Rough schedule and I'm simple to
please. Breakfast is oatmeal with milk ( I found a milk that doesn't have corn
syrup or something powedered in it! yay! Thank you nestle and the cows in New
Zeland) My favorite new thing is to put "saging" in my oatmeal. Those
are the bananas here but they are very small and sooo sweet. They taste
somewhat like our bananas but I think I like these better. Lunch is sometimes a
Filipino dish with rice, or when we are lazy I eat ramen or peanut butter on
crackers or an apple (which I absolutely love. I think PB is a comfort food for
me.) We usually skip dinner because we are out working. I either eat some bread
from a little shop that dot most of the roads here or a protein bar and then
eat my raisin cinnamon bread or crackers or apples with peanut butter. Anyway.
It works for me. And don't worry, Im taking my vitamins. :) We have yet to eat
at a members home... so when that happens I will let you know what we eat.
As
for some experiences this week. We are teaching a 12 year old girl who's
parents joined the church a couple of years back but have since gone inactive.
We had her baptism planned for the 24th but since that was over the mission
conference baptisms, activities etc were not allowed. So we told her we needed
to move it. Established a new date after the lesson and closed with a prayer.
When we finished the prayer she was crying. When we asked her why she said it
was because she was really excited for her baptism. It was such a sweet moment.
I felt bad for her but at the same time my heart swelled with joy because of
her desire. It was a beautiful exhibit of her testimony and desire. I can't
wait for her baptism.
Well
I think that is about all for this week. All I have time for. I love you all!
Love,
Sister Jaclyn Hamm
Please give my love to
my brothers especially. I miss you Tyler. I miss you Nathan. I miss you Jacob.
I miss you Josh. Love you so much!!
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