Kumusta po kayo?? Mabuti po ako!

How are you? I am good!

 

Well kind of... The MTC is a lot harder than I had imagined. I am missing my family and friends a lot. So if you could all send me letters and Dear Elders (go to DearElder.com and read instructions) that would be great. Dear Elders will get printed out and given to me that day which is really nice. I could use all of you guy's support  right now.

 

It is so hard learning a new language. It has been 4 days and I feel so lost. I am having a problem with comparing myself to others in my district with how they are doing learning Tagalog but really I should just compare myself to myself. In 4 days I have learned a lot of new things... just not as many as I wish I knew.

 

My companion is Sister Carr from Huntington Beach CA. She is soooo amazing. Really she has made me feel so much more comfortable here. I instantly loved her right when we met. She is going to be a great missionary. My district is great as well. There are 4 Sisters and 6 Elders. We all compliment eachother so well and make things easier for eachother. My district leader Elder Finneman did a great job at calming me down yesterday when I had a melt down over not knowing the language. It is nice to have them all as a family while I am here in the MTC. (BUT that doesn't mean you guys don't need to write me! WRITE ME! PLEASE!)

 

Me and Sister Carr taught our first investigator yesterday- Julio. He is so amazing and really wants to know about this gospel. Unfortuantely, he only speaks a little English and I barely speak Tagalog so I am really relying on the Spirit to get my message across. It is hard here but I know it is what I need to do right now. At times I think- If I didn't have to learn a language then I would be having such an easier time here but I nope. I have been called to preach the gospel in Tagalog and I need to remember that. I am trying my best to learn it because this is what Heavenly Father needs me to do.

 

It is hard here but worth it. Everything goes by so fast. It has been 4 days but feels like 4 months because I have been taught so much. I am really missing family and friends so I hope people write me letters. My address is on Facebook so pleaseeeee write?!

 

What is keeping me going right now is that "Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies." It is on a poster in my classroom and I stare at it whenever I am lost while my teacher is speaking. I have noticed since the first day I am able to understand more and more of what he is saying which is a great feeling. The Spirit is felt everywhere here if you let it be.

 

I know this is what Heavenly Father has always had in my plan. I know I am supposed to serve my God in the Philippines Legaspi mission in the Tagalog language. As hard as it is for me to do I will do it. I will do anything for my God.

 

Alam ko po na totoo po ang Simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw. Alam ko po na tinutulungan po ng Diyos ang Kanyang mga anak dito sa mundo. Sa pangalan ni Jesucristo, amen.

I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. I know God helps his children here upon the earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

 

Sister Ianuzi