2017-1-2 Happy New Year!
Kamusta ka!
When
I was in high school and we came back from winter break, I messed up every time
without fail on writing the date on my papers. Nowadays I still have a lot of
paperwork, so really nothing has changed. My New Years Resolution is to stop
writing 2016 in ink!
Really
the holidays were a cool experience, very different from home but also fun in
it's own way! I'll only have 2 Christmas days out here!
This
week we were cursed with early curfews but blessed with members who worked with
us. It's really cool to have someone who isn't a full-time missionary share,
and their experiences are invaluable.
Elder DC- and I got a chessboard, and I'm learning a bunch from him, he's way good.
He said the people from the province are even better because they don't have
any computer shops there, so it's basketball, and chess, and very few other
pasttimes. We also have a new elder in our district who worked in a
gold mine! It's not a general rule, but mostly the people here are hardworking,
it's impressive.
New
Years was fun here! Our day for fireworks is July 4, but it's Dec 31 here,
and man did they go crazy! Our apartment is second story, and it's just a big
field out front so we had a view of about 3 different shows. Someone attached
some old tin to the back of their bicycle then dragged it around just to make a
ruckus, then they did it one better. They hooked the scrap metal to the back of
a motorcycle and zoomed back and forth on the road for a while. If anyone
remembers the South African World Cup, it was just like that. So many plastic
trumpets. They are not called vuvuzuelas here, but they're still incessant! We
actually got some as well, if you can't beat them, join them!
That's
it for now! I've almost completed the new testament, and it's been so cool to
read. Especially near the end, you can finish entire books in just 5 minutes
because they're so short. Jokes. I'll just share a cool verse about faith in
James 2:17-18 "even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being
alone." This means faith is something that cannot live, or doesn't exist
if it lacks action. In verse 18 it says we can show our faith through our
works. And people will know us as disciples of Christ through our deeds, before
they find out we are Christian. As we start the new year, just remember to
always act and think as Christ would! Even if we are only partially successful,
imagine the change we could make in our persons. Happy new years sa lahat!
Thanks for reading I love you all!
Elder Fish
self-explanatory
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