in between conferences on saturday (which was probably friday night for everyone back home) i went to get a coconut from one of those street stands. on the way back, while i'm sipping on my coconut, a fight starts breaking out on the basketball court down the street from the stake center. so i just grab some of my snacks from the conference and watch what i can and sip on my coconut. we didn't see much, but the police came by fast. that was my first time seeing them and they literally came by about a minute after the fight ended.
i've realized that the philipines is basically like mexico except everyone is asian. i am defintely grateful for everything in america. everyone treats me like a giant here. i'm big already but when you add that they're small, it makes for a new godzilla movie.
i'm slowly getting used to the heat and humidity. i'm also struggling with the language, which right now is ilongo. sometime in my mission i will also learn sibuano. but when that happens, i'll be out in the jungle. the city is pretty nice, it's not rich by any mean, but it has it's own personality. kinda like some of the poorer areas in anime shows like ghost in the shell. it's coll to see these places at night. i only wish that they allowed missionaries to ride around on razor scooters. it would make walking soooo much easier and faster.
also, if anyone could send me either a flash drive or SD card with all the songs from violin string quartet, i would also love you. i've gotten a few songs from them, but not all. i don't really get the time to go online and do all that.
one thing i hate about this place is that there are a few bible bashers. they'll act nice and invite you into their house and then start trying to poke holes into our religion. i could fight with them on it because most of their arguments are stupid and easy to refute, and then i could tear apart their religion, but that isn't what Jesus would want. you can't convert someone unless the holy spirit is there and when there is shouting and yelling and arguments, it doesn't do anything. if they want to fight, they won't listen to your message. so when that does happen, we look at our watch and wait for them to finish and politely tell that that we are late to another appointment and remind them that the lord's time is valuable. it helps for people to see that we can be the bigger men and not argue with them, especially because most of the houses here are clustered together and people can watch you inside their home.
i alos hate the way people treat animals here. the other day, i was walking to an appointment, and i heard a small voice cry out. i was on the side of the rode, so i investigated it. and i heard another cry, so i went towards it and found a bag with a kitten inside it. someone had tied a kitten inside a bag and left it on the side of the rode. i let it out and it and thought it was gonna run, but it just sat there for a second looking at me, so i pet it. it didn't seem to be injured, i don't know about broken bones but it seemed alright so i let it go. the area where i found it had a few cats and it was big enough to fend for itself so i'm sure it's doing just fine now.
i'm still waiting on my journal from elder tomasi, so until then, i won't be able to write to anyone from the MTC, mainly because all the E-mails were in there and i didn't want to write in anyone's because i was always tooo busy as district leader.
well anyways, i'm getting ready to transfer today because someone is going home and i'll be his companion's new companion. thanks for all your support!
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