Well... today was different than I expected, but it was definitely good! I asked to participate in a stake youth activity referred to as a "Mini MTC Experience". My brother couldn't make it, so I decided to take his place! Waking up at at 5:30 to get to the chapel by 7:00 was the start of it all. There were four of us 'white kids' clustered together, feeling desperately out of place while everyone else chatted in tagolog. Learning experience number 1: People actually speak different languages in various parts of the world?! Who knew! The workshops in the morning were excellent. Thank goodness for instructors who mostly spoke in english for our benefit.
In the afternoon we were supposed to go out proselyting, but due to a lack of leaders that part of the activity was cancelled... It didn't ever occur to me that a church activity could just be cancelled! haha. So learning experience number 2: church activities in the Philippines=slightly disorganized.
Everyone met back at the church in the evening for a fireside by the mission president, President Ostler. Again, I was thankful for english. It was followed by a brief testimony meeting. Although many of the testimonies born were also in tagolog, the spirit was strong just like it was on splits with the sisters yesterday. :)
Learning experience number 3: The church, though taught in multiple languages, is the same no matter where you go in the world.
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