January 31, 2011

On my birthday we had a companion change. Things have been going alright, but we all felt that it was needed in order to change the dynamic of the district in order for us to improve in learning. I now only have one companion, so it will be easier to stay with him because i won't have to be stuck in the middle. THings now seem brighter and hopefully this is the change that our district needs.

We had a few reporters come to the MTC today, they didn't have cameras so I won't be on tv or anything but they chose my class to come to. Maybe they might come again later and bring cameras to film it, but I doubt it.

So far, there have been a few decotionals where i have either been in the choir and had my face on the screen or have been in the background of some people bearing their testimonies. You could see me in a few broadcast if anyone watched them back home, although I doubt that anyone would watch those regularly. I'm gonna try staying out of the cameras way from now on though.

For the past month now, it seems like I've been leading the mock lessons while I'm with my companions. I don't know if it means that I know the material better or that I take the initiative to teach. Maybe it's because I used to go out on splits with the missionaries back at home. Either way, I feel comfortable teaching the lessons, but I am still waiting for the language to come to me. So I'm letter my companions (now new companion) lead the lessons when they are in Tagalog. By the way, for people who don't know, these mock lessons are just like going to someone's house and having a real lesson, but they have volunteers as the investigators.

Last week the snow melted, but then on Tuesday it snowed again. Today it snowed again, but I'm sure its gonna melt by tonight. It's nice weather outside and I like it now. It would make for good pictures if I remembered to take any...

Pictures coming soon! Not a lot though, I'm horrible with taking pictures and I'll try to fix that, but its different when you're just in the MTC taking classes all day. If anyone is thinking of any ideas for a care package, a nice tie rack or a few nice ties would be a great late birthday present.