2/08/2010 Week 5 (MTC)

MTC District

Jason's District at the MTC!

L to R

E. Jones, Ward, Dahlin, Riner (Jason's Comp), Hale, Buzbee, Farley,

(in back) E. Hardman, & Palmer

Elder Ward & Elder Riner

(Handwritten letter!)

02/08/2010

Okay! So I have lots to tell you but I’ll answer all the questions first. The language is coming good – we don’t speak English anymore except on Mondays so it was pretty quiet for a couple days but it’s getting much much better. But I’m not sick anymore which is nice and I already bought all sorts of medicine to take to the Philippines.

I looked all over for Reed and Kyle and couldn’t find them. I was going to give them my new investigators. : ) (I’ll tell you about them in a sec.) Just cause I won’t be here much longer and it’s hard to teach and learn the language. I had class the time they came but I had time to look and didn’t see them anywhere.

I write a short talk every Sunday cause they call you up at random and everyone is supposed to write one. But I never get called it’s such a waste of time though. We need to spend all our time getting ready but they make us write these talks. But oh well – I guess but I’m upset I missed the Super Bowl Party. I did get a Tagalog Book of Mormon but nothing else. I guess it’s best to get them in the Philippines otherwise they’re just weird ones here. They gave us a water filter water bottle. Just like the one dad got from you. Oh – I’m supposed to tell you to send me pictures of hunting and everything else. Everyone has all these pictures up and I have none. But Dad you better get the cabin done this summer so we can have it all ready when we get back. Yep – land of the water buffalos can’t come quick enough!!!

Now for the Investigator stories …
The lady I was talking to in the RC I had to turn over to the missionaries in that area. So they better not mess it up. But my new investigators are… Fodsay – he is a pretty cool guy. He doesn’t speak English very well which can be challenging but at the same time it has made him humble. He lives somewhere in the south. I don’ remember where but his dad died and he was having a hard time with it cause they lived together. I taught him about the Plan of Salvation and how families can be together forever. I call him tomorrow to see if he got the Book of Mormon I mailed him and to teach him all about the restoration. I guess he has ?s about it. Margaret _______ is my other investigator. She lives in Texas. She is a Presbyterian and her family isn’t close to her and she is pretty old. She just likes to talk so I don’t know if you can call her an investigator. I mean I share messages with her but she never asks questions and when I ask her ?s she always says “Well, I don’t know – what do you think?” She’s funny. Lisa _______ is the last one and she’s pretty cool. She has 2 kids that go to a Baptist thing after school. But they aren’t members and they don’t go to church but she told me she wants her kids to be taught about God but she doesn’t wanna talk to live missionaries. She just wants me to call her – I guess the missionaries intimidate her. But this week I’m gonna teach Lisa about the Restoration more and Margaret about the Plan of Salvation. Hopefully I can get both of them to let the missionaries come. Fodsay had missionaries over and I want to make sure that went good. Oh Well – I’ve got to get going! Have a good week!

Mahal Kita
Jason