Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Only 4 Missionaries in the entire MTC!! What??? December 2, 2015



Only 4 missionaries in the entire MTC?? WHAAT?


Yep, thats the truth! haha i dont think that has ever happened in the history of all mtcs. all the filipions and all the other missionaries left to their missionas, so there were only 2 districts left in the mtc until
 friday when the new in take ( batch) of missionaries come in. the senior batch is 8 elders and my district is only 4  missioanaries; 1 elder and 3 sisters, me and my 2 kasamas :) it felt sooo lonley! so technically there are 12 missionaries totall in the mtc right now but the 8 other elders were tracking 

Lillian Ruth Evans

7:30 PM (3 minutes ago)



wow what a week!! it went by so fast! I am loving the MTC! agian, all we eat is rice rice rice haha but its a lot of fun. filipions but katchup on everything, and only use spoons!

I am trying to figure out a way to organize this email but im not sure how so ill just jump around with the detials :)

me and my 3 kasamas are STL - sister training leaders! yay! :) its not a big resposibility becuase now that the other misssionaries left, we are the only 3 sisters in the mtc but more are coming tommorow ( Friday)

On tuesday we had time to take pictures with all the departing missioaries, and oh my goodness! I can get use to it here haha i feel like a celebrity being the only white sister here! I think I took more then 100 picutes with sooooo many filipions! one of the elders gave me a folded heart made from a 100 peso bill, but before he gave it to me he asked for 1.00 in exchange haha so i basically payed for his love ;P haha it was so funny! but filipions are soooo giving! I ve been given so many things already! I even got some "strechy pants" but they are so short on me because the filipion girl was so tiny!

So sacrement meetings are awesome! all the LAngage training missionaries meet together( 25 M. before they all left) and all the filipions meet together! anyway, I was asked to give a talk on the Blessings of the resserection half way righ before they passed the sacrement, i guess i should get used to suprise talks for when i am out in the filed haha but I felt like I did good. I love how the assignmetn was "blessings" of the Resurrection! It is so true, we are so blessed because of that!

we have 2 new "investigators" (pretend) it is such a powerful experiace to teach them! it is hard beacuse of the langauge barrrier but wow the spirit is definatlly teaching these people! the spirit is so viatl! without the spirit, missionary work wouldnt be possible!

Thanksgiving!!! yay! I hope you all had an amazing thanks giving! it was weird cause i didnt even remeber it was thanksgiving until later that day! for gym I wore my USA shirt and carried around my little american flag haha all the samoans, autriallians and filipions were so confused! haha but It was special for me! we also got to watch the provo mtc thanksgiving devotinal, wow it was sooo awesome! :)

today we got to go the the Manila temple! wow it is soooooo pretty! it is also really tiny! all the missionaries in the mtc went to a session....hahah there are only 12 of us so it was possible! I am so graeful for temples were we can be sealed with our familes for all time and eternity! I loev thinking of my family and the families I will be able to teach here in the philippines in the temple!

The filipions loooove christmas. they celbrate it starting in september and through all the BER months sept. nov.dec! I miss seeing the decorations at home but its fun to experaicnce diffrenct cultures of christmas! :)

The lanaguge is going good, I just want to respond in spanish to everything which is funny because I dont even really speak spanish! haha

I love missionary work!! I thank heavenly father everyday for allowing me this oppertunity to dedicate my whole self to his work and inviting others to come unto Christ! I have learned the incredible power of prayer!! I invite each of you to pray to our Heavnly father in all that you do, he will strenghthen you adn bless you. He is waiting to pour out his blessings and love. He is our father and wants to hear from his children :) There is great power in the spirit. I have also learned without the spirit and without love missionary work is not possible. Pray for the companionship of the spirit as well :)

Oh! on wedneday we were able to go tracking at the temple and try and talk to people in Tagalog....haha it was there that I realized I knew no Tagalog! but I know it will come :) 

I love this work! I am happy and healthy! I am so grateful for the incredible support and love that I feel from all my family and freinds! thank you for all the prayers, you are all in my every prayer! 

Have an amazing week knowing that Sister EVans LOVES YOU! 
WIth all my Love,
Sister Evans 12/3/15

oh and happy december! its hard to remember it is almost christmas beacuse it is so hot and humid here haha!


LOVE LOVE 

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