Week: 8

Date: Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:52 PM
Subject: week 8


" The Philippines is crazy!!!!!

Tuesday: The rain was intense all day and I got plenty of bug bites haha. This day was a little hard because I didn't really get any sleep and my legs were itchy with my bug bites. We were ready to work, until we received a text from our Mission President, telling us not to work today because of the "monsoon" and a missionary had been electrocuted. So...we stayed inside...which was actually really boring, until we pulled out our LDS dvds on our tiny laptop. We watched movies and studied and ate the rest of the day. Pretty eventful (:

Wednesday: District Meeting!!!! I finally met my District and they are quite hilarious. 4 of us sisters and 5 elders. We got to know each other better with scripture-chasing games! We all had lunch together at this really awesome place, but I can't quite remember the name. It reminds me of a rainforest cafe with a chess area...just like in Harry Potter 1...? For work, Sister Soliven and I visited Elisa Macariola (Less Active) and it happened to be her birthday, which caused her to feed us even more. I was so stuffed! We then visited Nilda Demayo (Less Active). Turns out that her grandson Joper (14) is actually a member so we encouraged him to attend church! We also received two new investigators (his aunts): Grace and Angel. We then visited Sister Mercy and her daughter Mary Rose. Mary Rose should be having her baby sometime next week. So exciting! Gahh! I just want to speak Tagalog already!

Thursday: I finally had time to create language study goals...quite a lot. To be honest, my Tagalog hasn't improved too much because everyone tries to speak to me in English, and then I get upset. Pero, I am starting to get a lot of their phrases and slang words...! Today we also didn't work because I was pretty sick. So my kasama forced me to take medicine and sleep the rest of the day. I felt so embarrassed and guilty that we couldn't work. Because time is so precious and we only have 18 months to teach.

Friday: Today our Ward Mission Leader (Adolf) worked with us! He is so awesome; I think I mentioned him in last week's letter. We first visited Mary Rose and her boyfriend Peter was there! His work schedule is extremely busy, but we were finally able to meet up and it was very exciting. We then visited Andy Mariano and his wife happened to be there (whom we have never met before). Andy had a previous baptism goal, but for certain reasons it was postponed. Now that we had an amazing lesson with him, his desire to be baptized has definitely come back. He is excited for us to teach him. SWEET. We then headed over to the Obena Family (looking for Emanuel who wasn't there) and we met his mother and his two sister-in-laws...which gave us two additional investigators! Towards the end of our lesson, there was a brown out... not a black out. YUP. It was scary! We then made our visit to the Bayaga Family to see Mark (Less Active; 16yr old) but he wasn't there! Next time! Today was so great because we received a handful of new investigators! I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TAGALOG!!

Saturday: For lunch, kasama ko at ako (me and  my campanion), plus the other two sisters in our house were taken out to lunch by Sister Christine and her friend Emma. They took us to Marikina Hotel Buffet. It is extremely fancy and there happened to be a baby-baptism-reception going on at the same time. So many people and so much Filipino food...oh my gosh. But, I didn't stuff myself because I knew how many people we needed to visit for work today, plus our area has many hills...and I was not in the mood to throw up! Sister Christine is actually a return missionary from Cagayan de Oro! During work, we wanted to visit places in our area that we hadn't touched on yet. So we looked for the Tagle family and we found them! Their son Jun Jun(9) escorted us to find the next family, which was an extremely muddy hill. The family was nowhere to be found, so down the hill we went, my shoe came off, I stepped in the mud and my shoes were terribly muddy...it was embarrassing...Jun Jun couldn't stop laughing at me! We then headed over to the Balanlay Family, where we found Romeo and his wife! Our first official meeting with him! Romeo is an RM (return missionary) from Davao Mission and he had a temple marriage! His wife was wearing a I LOVE MORMONS shirt and...it pretty much made my day. When he saw my shoes, he immediately started to SCRUB them (they were already off of my feet). I felt so bad, but what made it worse was knowing that he was also sick! I am not quite sure how many times I said Thank You...probably over one million times. Afterwards, we headed over to Nilda's house and taught Grace & Angel. During this visit, Grace's daughter kept wanting to play with me, so I did my best teaching and making sure she didn't fall off the bench I was sitting on. She also kept playing with my zipper ties on my purse, so I removed them and gave them to her. She felt very pretty because I tied them on her ankles. Grace told us that she was born as Iglesia, but she kept postponing her baptismal date with them because she didn't feel right. We had such a great lesson with her and Angel; tears were shed. On the way home, Sister Soliven wanted to take a completely different route through our area. After thinking we were super lost, we found our way to the Jeepney station and headed home. We were very blessed because as soon as we entered our house, the rain poured and poured and poured. 

Sunday: Oh church! Today, the four of us sister missionaries sang Nearer My God to Thee, as requested by the 2nd Councilor, and they forced me to harmonize with them. It was actually really sweet. Oh, and Joper was at church passing the sacrament (Nilda's grandson)! Bishop also announced that starting next Sunday, church would begin at 9:30am! It was the funniest announcement because the congregation began to get very excited. A later church time means that many more Less Actives will be coming back to church, hopefully! For lunch at Sister Micairin's place, we had Menudo, corn on the cob and suman. Sobrang Masarap (delicious)!! Today was also our Ward Council Meeting, which we found out today, which caused us to change our work schedule. During the meeting, we discussed having a Chapel open house for everyone in Conception and Cupang. It is going to be in September! For work, we were joined by Brother Franz and Sister Joy. On our way to find Sister Joy's cousin's house, we bumped into a man who said, "Bible Study!?" His name is Gabriel and we were literally the answer to his prayers. He prayed for a sign about his religion; he is catholic but he doesn't feel right. So we gave him an overview of Lesson 1, listened to his concerns and questions, he listened to us and really likes us. He likes us so much that he wants to attend church and bring his family!!!! Oh! We are so excited! After Gabriel, Franz left early, And Sister Joy took us to her cousin Marivie and her son Benji(17). Benji is actually the one interested in listening to our message. His lolo (grandpa) doesn't like the Mormons and Benji is not sure why, so he was a little worried about his lolo's feelings once he finds out that we talked to Benji. We are trying to strengthen Benji's desire to learn, because he does, in fact, have a desire. He is such a nice kid and his mom also wants to listen to us! Today was so great! The Lord really does prepare people who want to hear the Gospel. 

Monday: Today was supposed to be P-day, instead of tomorrow...but it is today..because TEMPLE DAY IS TOMORROW!!!!! District Meeting was pretty sweet; we discussed Christlike Attributes. My District is so funny! WE all then headed, in a jeepney all together, to KFC. Whatever I ordered, I will not order again, because it wasn't good and my stomach was very upset haha. For work, Sister Soliven and I stopped by Mary Rose's house and she told us that she would be having the baby today...so we waited with her...but a lady helping her said that it wouldn't come till later. While we waited, I played with her younger sister, Angelika. She is the cutest thing! I kept playing with her and we took pictures. We then headed over to find the Jimenia Family and we found them just around the corner! Brother Butch Jimenia(Less Active) is a Return Missionary and his wife is a non-member, and she is an extreme Philosophy major. She has been taught by many missionaries before and she has a strong desire to constantly have debates with them and her husband. However, she wants to go to the next Temple Tour that we missionaries have, so we said we would keep them posted. Our discussion with them was very complicated and the Spirit was not there. It was pretty terrible, but we think they are both really great. We headed back to Mary Rose to see if she had her baby, but no. So we went home.

Today: To get to the Manila Temple, a taxi is required.....being driven around in the Philippines, I am very surprised I haven't thrown up yet. The Manila Temple is so beautiful; inside and out. After a session, Sister Soliven showed me the Manila MTC, which is right across the street and we bought a couple things in the Visitor Center. Taking a taxi home was a little scary because we were given three different sets of directions from our other sisters and our District, but we eventually arrived here at the computer cafe safely.

By the way, for those of you who are not Mormon, my weekly letters are not meant to offend your beliefs. My weekly letter is to let people know how I am doing and about the missionary work I have been participating in. If you ever wish to cease receiving my emails, I will not be offended. Just kindly reply to my mother's email (the email that forwards my weekly email).

Markina 6A Cupang is a lovely area with loving people, but it is very difficult as well,. which is perfectly fine because I know missionary work is not meant to be easy. I know that I will be tried in all things and I know that I need to hold the ground that I have even if it is limited. I am so thankful for everything my Heavenly Father has given to me, my family and to all of His children here upon the earth. I know that this Gospel is true: Alam ko po na totoo ang Ebanghelyo ni Jesucristo. I hope all of you are doing well! I love you all!!!

 

Sister Tatiana Escobar "

Week: 7

Date: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Subject: week 7

" Monday-Wednesday:
Three people from my District left in the morning (Kikel, Perez and Sister Smith) and the rest of my District, with another Quezon City District, left later in the afternoon. Bus to a Front Runner, Front Runner to another Front Runner, and then we arrived at the airport. By the way, I ran into Elder Cody Napaepae (at the Utah airport) for those of you in Oxnard 3rd ward who remember him. On our first flight, I had the chance to talk with a mother and her daughter from South Pasadena: Hua and Erica Shen. They had questions about Mormons, so we talked for a bit. We are actually not allowed to proselyte on planes, but if they have questions, we can answer (: The flight from Hong Kong was probably the worst one...I nearly threw up. Also, there were so many movies playing that I tried so hard not to watch any of them. In truth I glance over at Monsters Inc which was ok of course, and then a Korean movie....not quite sure what it is called, but ...nevermind! I already repented (: On our last flight, we were all separated, and for some strange reason, I was placed all the way in the back..on the very last seat...by myself! So once we were allowed to remove our seat belts, I forced my whole district to sit with me in the back of the plane, because no one was there. We all colored in Sister Judd's coloring books! We arrived in Manila an hour late, due to ugly turbulence and rain. We all took our luggages to the front and waited for our ride, for what seemed like hours. I was laughing at all of our missionaries because they were turning red and sweating. We were picked up in vans and taken to our Mission President's house = President Revillo. At the home we also met other Quezon City missionaries! We all ate chicken adobo, chop suey, coconut macaroons, and fruit salad. I nearly died because everything was so good. We had an In-Field Orientation, met our companions, took pictures, and said our goodbyes! Kasama ko = Sister Soliven; she is originally from Olongapo and she has been on her mission for 6 months in Mindoro (The jungle/other island area of our mission)...so we are both new to our area...which is Marikina!. I had the awesome opportunity to ride with Elder Smith (from my District) and Elder Jones (the other QC District). The other two sisters I am staying with are Sister Tibungcog (2months) and Sister Racaza (7months) = both from Mindanao. I unpacked a little bit and then the two other sisters took us to a dinner/Family home evening appointment that they had. It was so embarrassing because I kept falling asleep. Seriously, ...I tried so hard to stay awake but I couldn't. So once we got home, all of the sisters let me sleep early.

Thursday:
Today, Sister Soliven and I were given a tour around Marikina 6B. For lunch, we were taken to a place called The Waffle Corner. Pretty sweet place! We also had the opportunity to teach an investigator named Bernard, whose girlfriend, Julie, is a ward missionary. It was the first time I gave my testimony in Tagalog, here in the PI.

Friday:
In the morning, we had some confusion with our other sisters. They wanted to know if Marikina 6B was really our area, because that was their former area. Sister Soliven said that she thought our zone leaders gave us 6A instead. So we decided to pray about it. This was the first time I had companionship prayer with a specific question in mind. We both received the same answer: 6A...which is the mountains area or "bundok". So, with that out of the way, they gave us a tour of Marikina 6A. Every time we work here, we must ride a jeepney because it is too far to walk. My first time riding a jeepney, I almost threw up...but, I'm so good now. I need to know how people know when to get off, because you can't see anything! There are certain areas in Marikina 6A, or Cupang, that we need to be out of at certain times. Also, when they say "bundok", they are so serious. HILLS! Thank you Girls Camp for training me! We met so many people! And I seriously need to remember how to get to all of their homes. Gosh, I have so much love for these people, I just wish I could communicate with them better. The frustrating thing right now is that even though Tagalog is the national language, everyone tries to speak English and Spanish, especially when they see me. However, when they speak Tagalog, they mumble and they whisper. It is super super super hard to hear them!

Saturday:
Today was more touring of our area, only Sister Soliven and I. We found a map in our area book and tried to figure out where we were. Sister Soliven has a good map memory, but she forgets everyone's names haha! We got lost every now and then, and experienced some pretty sweet rain showers.

  We also had lunch at our Bishop's house; he lives right underneath us. His wife is an amazing cook!!!! We had pasta, fish, and sugar/coconut. GOSH. Our Bishop is super super hilarious. Seriously.

Sunday:
Yes! Sunday! Our ward starts at 7:30am...but because everyone comes late, we start at 8am. Sister Soliven and I introduced ourselves to the ward and met tons of new people! There is only one church building and one ward for both Marikina 6A and 6B. The problem with my area is that there are tons of Less Active members. They are less active because church is early, it is too far, and many of them do not have enough money, but Sister Soliven and I know that church attendance definitely brings blessings! Sacrament Meeting was in Taglish, Gospsel Essentials was in Tagalog, as well as Relief Society, and my Ward Council Meeting was only in Tagalog. I love Sundays, but I felt so overwhelmed. The cool thing about our ward is that we have tons of ward missionaries and members who like to help us out. For Dinner, we go to Sister Micairin's place every Sunday. Today she made Chinese food. SO LEGIT. When we set out to work, we had Brother Adolf (20yr old and preparing to serve a msision), Brother Franz (RM from Laoag), Sister Mercy and Sister Annie. Ya, everyone says everyone's first name...definitely brings people closer.  Sister Soliven and I did splits, so I traveled with Adolf and Sister Mercy. They helped me familiarize myself with the area while introducing me to more people...which gives me more home locations to remember! -____-. I struggled so much with teaching this whole day and I began to get a little sick because the rain was seriously on us, with floods.  Adolf is so amazing! Every single time we went to a home, they asked him for a blessing. You can feel the Spirit so strongly with him. I know he will be a fantastic missionary. By the end of the day I was very exhausted and frustrated, but I have no expectations for myself. I know that this is only my first week and things will only get harder, but I know that things will be much better as well.

Today: my first PDAY has been sweet! I washed my clothes by hand, in the rain haha. I took pictures of cockroaches, there is a cat who constantly chases me, I've been eating a lot of chips...I definitely noticed some weight loss already, and I tried to take a nap, but I failed. (:

 The Philippines, so far in Marikina, is pretty awesome. I've met so many people these last few days, I've ridden jeepneys and tricycles, and I am definitely learning a lot. TO be honest, I haven't been able to receive an adequate amount of sleep these last few days, but everytime I wake up early, I just pray and pray and pray. I have faith that I will be able to be fluent with the language by the time of my first transfer, I really do. I am picking up Tagalog pretty quickly and I definitely know that the Tagalog at the MTC is not different, it's just more proper. I have not experienced a culture shock, but I still can't believe I'm in the Philippines. Sister Soliven is so amazing! She has been assigned as my trainer/companion for a reason and I just love her so much. I feel like all of you, my friends and family are just a couple hours away and that I could visit anytime. And yes, from now on, my weekly letters may be this huge (:

I hope everyone is doing well! I have one address for letters and packages: My mission home. Also, for those of you wanting to send letters to me through DearElder and saying that it cost money, it shouldn't cost any money if it is only a letter. Unless there has been a rule change?  Also, if you plan to send me letters or packages, I get them every six weeks...I think, and I ask that you put Catholic stickers (pics of Jesus or the virgin mary) on them so that people will not open my mail. Seriously (: Anyways, I love all of you and I want all of you to know that I am so thankful to be a part of this work, as a full-time missionary of the Simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw. Take Care!

Sister Tatiana Escobar "

Week: 6

(Catarina here, I'm sorry about posting Tati's weekly emails all late. I was away at girls camp and didn't have the time to post it...this, and the other one I'm about to post also lol. Again, I am sorry; bear with me please :p )



Date: Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Subject: week 6

" It's finally here everyone. I leave for the Philippines this Monday and I should technically arrive there on Tuesday...or actually, I can't remember. I get there when I get there.

This week was filled with incredible lessons, I met tons of new missionaries, my District has Jam Sessions (piano and singing), I have been taking tons of pictures with everyone, our devotionals have been pretty sweet, and I finally had In-Field Orientation...which was the most amazing event ever.

My District was called to help host new missionaries...it was way sweet. Before everything officially starts, we actually receive super early missionaries...and that is who we host first. While everyone had one missionary to host, which is what is supposed to happen, I end up hosting two. Which meant, that I took care of four suitcases. It was pretty funny. Also for the super early new missionaries...I was the shortest in our group of HOSTS....HA HA HA. I nearly died, but I made my new missionaries feel extremely welcomed and took care of them. I also had the opportunity to help out with another Sister Missionary, which required me waiting for her car to park and talking to her parents. Her family had so many tears...I purposely turned the other way so that I wouldn't cry! But I made her feel welcomed as well and she felt much much better.

By the time that was over, I was sweating so much, it was hilarious.

Afterwards, I had the opportunity of performing for the "new missionary meeting": Sister Smith sang, while Elder Smith and I played the piano. It was pretty amazing.

Also, I constantly run into Elder Jason Ah Sue and Sister Caitlyn Blickenstaff. LOVE THEM.

I've really been contemplating about the purpose of my mission these last few days and I am understanding my purpose as a missionary more and more. I am so excited to share the message of the Restored Gospel in the Philippines. I know that there are people, prepared by Heavenly Father, that I am meant to teach/run into. I know that it is more important to teach with them and not to teach at them. I know that I will have no problem loving them. I am not sure if I've said this yet, but speaking in tagalog has given me a different perspective on the Gospel. It's pretty amazing and I've learned to teach in a away that a child would be able to understand (I can't quite remember the scripture reference for that!)

Anyways, I am really sorry about the short email, but this week has been so scattered and crazy.

I hope everyone is doing well! I miss all of you and I continue to thank you for all of your emails and letters.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

Sister Tatiana Escobar "

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Date: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Subject: Last PROVO MTC EMAIL 

" So, since I am leaving in a few hours, I was given the opportunity to send out once last email. (short and sweet!)

Am I excited for the Philippines? --YES I AM

Am I excited for the humidity and the heat? ---BRING IT ON

Will I meet Manny Pacquiao and get an autograph from him? --I'll meet him, but the autograph will only be for me (:

I am just so excited for my mission to officially start in the field.

As soon as I receive my new address(es) I shall post them at the bottom of my weekly emails.

Thank you all once again!

LOVE YOU ALL! "

Week: 5

Date: Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Subject: Week 5!!!!!


" OH MY GOSH!!!! This week has definitely been pretty crazy, which means that next week...which is my last week here at the MTC, will be even crazier!

 

Sunday:

Pretty great. Sundays are my favorite days here at the MTC, other than Tuesday (we have devotionals on Tuesday which are at the Marriot Center...so we all take this huge field trip to get out of the MTC). Anyways, Sunday just always prepares me for the next week and even though we sit way more than we do on any other day, I seem to always be rejuvenated....did I spell that word right?

All day I focused on the topic of Obedience, Fortified Faith and Bold Testimonies. Again, I was reminded how beautiful the Gospel is and how it causes me to be so excited for the Philippines!!!

Pretty Awesome quotes that stuck out to me:

 

1. "Life is not about accumulation; it is about contribution." - Steven R. Covey

2. "When we obey they commandments and serve unselfishly, we will receive power." - Richard G. Scott

3. "Obedience is a hallmark of prophets." - Thomas S. Monson

4. "I have not seen, but I believe." - Sister _______ Penfield (I forgot to write down her first name! SORRY!)

and then this one from last week which I thought about this whole week.

5. "Remain rescuers until our rescuer, Jesus Christ, comes." - Sister Jolene Allphin

Also, this Sunday was the last Sunday for two of our awesome districts. We all walked to the Temple and took a seriously large amount of pictures...which I will send to my momma.

The new zone leaders are two elders from my district, which we totally knew was going to happen and our two new Sister Training Leaders are the two sisters who laugh the loudest in our zone. IT'S HILARIOUS!

The four of them will work wonders (: 

 

Monday-Wednesday:

My hair is getting really long...but I shall not cut it!!!! At least not yet, maybe next week (:

I have been playing volleyball for every single Gym Time. I have been getting pretty good. We are not allowed to dive for the ball, which gets me upset sometimes because I want to dive so bad, but I don't. Also, try to picture this amazing moment which will probably never ever ever happen again:

I served the ball to the other side, the ball was hit back onto my side,  one of the Elders on my team had set it for me in the air, I jumped super super high...spiked the ball...and it hit another Elder in the face. IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING!!!!! I didn't realize how high I had jumped, until I stood right next to the Elder...he is 6 feet tall. I've always known that I had some type of awesome grasshopper super power in my legs...but, it was also really scary. I jumped so high that I freaked out when I came back down and nearly landed on my face. So those of you who play volleyball, I have so much respect for your awesomeness and when I return....it will seriously go down!!!! (:

Now for the spiritual... These first three days of class really turned into a struggle for me. We nearly finished learning all of the grammar principles and sentence structures are making much more sense now. However, I struggled greatly during our "investigator appointments". Also, I had set a goal to learn the following in Tagalog:

 

1. Missionary Purpose

2. Joseph Smith's First Vision (...starting at "I saw a pillar of light...")

3. Moroni 10: 4-5

We also received around 20-30 new missionaries in our zone!!!!! OH MY GOSH!

 

Thursday:

This was my hardest day. This was the first day I hit a huge wall, spiritually and emotionally. Mga kasama ko (My companions) and I had a lesson on Our life on Earth and the Atonement. I studied what I felt impressed to study and I was feeling perfectly fine, until we began to teach. It was the strangest and most terrifying feeling. I did not understand a lick of Tagalog that was being spoken. I sat there in the corner trying to figure out what was going on. I knew what I wanted to say in English, but out of nowhere, it felt like this day was my very first day at the MTC and that I had no idea what Tagalog even was. There was a point during the lesson, where it seemed like I was hallucinating. Right next to our investigator, I saw two people from my family...clear as day. They were staring at me, looking extremely disappointed and I freaked out. My companions noticed my struggle and we talked about it. They reminded me of the power of the adversary. They reminded me that my decision to be here is something that he absolutely despises and that he will do his very best to throw things into my path that will cause me to fail. I know that my call is inspired. I know that there are people sa Pilipinas who have been prepared by Heavenly Father, for me to meet. I would not have been called to the Philippines to speak Tagalog if Heavenly Father did not think I could do it. I felt so much better the rest of day. Later in the evening, I was brushing my teeth and noticed one of the new sisters looking very discouraged. So I felt impressed to talk to her and listen to her concerns. I felt so much joy in telling her that she has a beautiful purpose as a missionary during these next 18mon. We talked for a while and she felt much better. I thanked mga kasama ko for the confidence and reminder they had given to me, for without it, I would not have been able to understand how the new sister was feeling.

 

Friday:

So, it was my idea to have our whole zone play kickball for Gym Time. Not all of them got the memo, pero we still had a large amount of people. This game was literally my kickball redemption. The first time I played Kickball with our old zone, I dropped the ball twice and kicked the ball at a Sister's face -______-. I was so pumped for this game and to play with MY district...until I found out that they threw me with the newbies -___- haha. It's totally fine because we dominated (even though we don't keep score)!!!!!!!!! I caught every single ball (which was kicked 100 feet in the air...probably not but it was pretty high!) that was kicked my way, I scored three "home-runs", and ....I dove for two balls..which I caught...which is totally not allowed...and I repented soon after (:

I also did my best to give the newbies a fun game. Every single time we had a home-run, we had that "tunnel thing" that people do...? I don't know. They all had a good time and we all bonded pretty well. My District began to laugh by saying that they should have kept me on their team. By the way, I was the shortest out of everyone playing kickball. Hilarious!

And...drum roll please....I RECEIVED MY FLIGHT PLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you would like to know that information, ask my parentals (:

My heart pounded as I read my packet!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THIS REAL LIFE!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

 

I just wanted to, once again...as always, say thank you!!!!!!! I love all of you so very much and I miss you dearly...and I definitely know that you miss me. WHO DOESN'T MISS AN ESCOBAR!? (:

I am growing so much here at the MTC, as a missionary, as a student, as representative of the Jesus Christ and as a daughter of my Heavenly Father. I know what I am doing is right.

Alam ko po na mahalaga po ang Pagbabayad-sala ni Jesucristo. Alam ko po na mahalaga at totoo po ang Aklat ni Mormon. Alam ko po na totoo ito sa pamamagitan panalangin at ng Espiritu Santo. Nagpapasalamat po ako para sa pamilya ko at mga kaibigan ko. Alam ko po na magiging masaya sa pamamagitan kay Jesucristo. Sa pangalan ni Jesucristo, Amen.

 

If anyone plans to send me any letters, the last day to send it would either need to be today or tomorrow.

Feel free to DearElder.com me!!!! Those are always fun (:

 

Sincerely, Sister Tatiana Escobar

p.s. A huge thank you to the Escobar Family (D3) for their awesome package!!!!! I might eat everything tonight, because tomorrow is Fast Sunday for us...but then I might throw up, so I shall see what happens. But thank you so much! IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, I ate all of the lychee...literally 10min after I opened it (: "