Well I can't believe it's been a 2 semanas already! On one hand I feel like I've been here forever, and on the other I feel like I just got here, especially since I'm still pretty novice level at Spanish.
So at one point during this week my distrito was discussing cultrual differences, and Elder Eduria (de los Philippines) somehow ended up telling ME (directed at me though the whole distrito was listening) that in the Philippines it's a complement to when a woman is 'bigger'! And then everyone started DYING laughing. I seriously though it was so funny (don't worry i wasn't offended by it, and he felt bad afterwards)
While here at the CCM I have not only been learning Spanish, but I've been learning little bits of Tagolog and 'Australian'. Our entire distrito now uses phrases like "Scarn on mate" and "She'll be righ' " because we have been so influenced by Elder Thornton's language usage. Also, the Filipino Elderes in our distrito like to make fun of me because sometimes they talk to each other in Tagalog and I try to copy some of the words that they say (because it is such a cool language too) (but i would never want to learn it, that'd be waaay harder than espanol) so i now can say hindi ako madaling magalit which means I don't get angry easily. So whenever they start laughing at me i always say that and then they laugh harder jajaja
I have definitely been enjoying physical activity time this week. I've been able to spend a lot of the time with my district which has been super fun, and we've played things such as volleyball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, ping pong, foosball, the works. We've got a pretty good set up here in el CCM. Also idk if i told you this last week, but one of the favorite drinks that I've been able to try is called Maracuyo, and I think that is the same as the weird fruit that i tried last week. Anyway, so this week during physical activity Hermana Agasen wanted to play volleyball with the latinos while I played basketball with the distrito (which was fine since they are right next to each other). While she was playing volleyball, she hurt her hand pretty badly, so on Monday she and I got to leave the CCM and go to a clinica so she could get an x ray. Driving here is crazy btw!!! I though we were going to be hit, that we were going to run into people, all that jazz, so now i really understand why missionaries don't drive down here. I wouldn't want to!!
Sundays here in the CCM are the best!! Seriously they are my favorite. This Sunday I was able to accompany a special musical number in my branch, and the music was given to me on Saturday!! Seriously the Lord blessed me so much, I would NOT have been able to do that on my own. We also watched a movie about Christ's Atonement this week, and I had a really cool spiritual impression! In the video it depicts Christ going back up to heaven and all the spirits recieving Him with so much joy. I had this though that I had never had before: I was one of those spirits who welcomed Him home so ethusiastically and joyfully. I felt Heavenly Father tell me through the Spirit that he knows how much I love Him and Jesus Christ, and that He is pleased with my decision to serve a mission. It was so cool. We also have the chance to watch Devos from the Provo MTC every Sunday and Tuesday night, and everytime I look for Rick and Juliana (but sadly I haven't seen them yet) (Her aunt and uncle have callings at the Provo MTC,) I've seen a few people that I knew from BYU tho which has been so cool! The last one was from Elder Renlund and his wife, and seriously it was so good! While discussing it as a distrito afterwards, my distrito leader Elder Baxter said something that really made a ton of sense in my head. Faith plus Works equals Miracles. If you think about it like math, x can't equal z, and y can't equal z, it's impossible. Only when both faith and works are together can we really find miracles. Just thought that was super cool.
So this week we went from having 1 investigadores to 2, and Hermana Agasen and I actually have been doing much better!! We speak Spanish much better, so we are able to understand what questions they are asking, and follow the Spirit much more easily! El don de lenguas is real!!! (the gift of tounges)
Next week my P day is Tuesday, so if you want to write me don't forget to do it early!
Love you all so so so much!!! Have a happy life, and know that mine is too!
Hermana Rowe
The Lima Peru Temple
Las Hermanas - all of the 6 week hermanas in the CCM right now, but all except the 4 from my distrito leave next week
Some of the latino hermanas that are so cute and funny (all the latinos are here for 3 weeks, so next week there will be completely different latinos)
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