Howdy team!
How are things? I can't believe it has already been a
week since I last wrote. But on top of that, I can't believe that I have
been here for a month! Time is flying. But at the same time, it's
still as if I have been here for my whole life. I'm really getting used
to the MTC life. And I love Sundays. Usual schedule is read
scriptures and relax all morning (one in the same at this point) then go to
Music and the Spoken Word. That is such a great time to listen to hymns/
write letters - on par with listening to Elder Finely play piano as I write.
This always sets the happy and joyous mood for the rest of the day. We
write talks, go to priesthood/sacrament, have temple walk, go to the fireside
then finish with a church movie or filmed talk... !e always choose the movie
(: I still can't get over how peaceful all of that is compared with my
old Sunday schedule at home.
We are learning Tagalog like crazy. I figured out that
I learn vocab about 8x faster than I did at my best point in Spanish, but on
top of that, we just about know all of the grammer! After
continual promises from our teachers and MTC Presidency of fluency when we
leave, or zone has decided to make those promises a reality. We SYL
(Speak Your Language) 100%. SYL means use what you know then do something
more - go look up what you couldn't say, etc. My companion and I have
been extremely surprised/pleased that, with the exception on random vocab, we
can say almost anything we want to, in Tagalog! I do believe that I can
be fluent. This is... The coolest thing ever.
I heard a good wuote at somepoint last week, "As your
mission goes, so goes the rest of you life." President Ezra Taft
Benson sure motivates me to work hard with that quote. I can't imagine
living my whole life as a Lazy. Anyways we either move forward or backward,
and I promise you that my being here is worht it - because I am moving forward.
Love you all,
Elder Shane Scully Brown
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