Can I just say I AM SO HAPPY PRESIDENT OSTLER LOVES ME AND LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT TODAY!!!! Ah that made my whole life and in just a couple weeks I get to see your beautiful faces!! I'm so excited! So you guys seemed to have loads of questions about Coron. So i'm just gonna give you a brief summary.
Coron Palawan is beautiful. My area is awesome because it has the mountains as well as the ocean. Im pretty sure I have the most beautiful area in the whole mission. It is one of a kind. So here in Coron it is the Summer season so it is blazing hotttttt... like so so so hot. I can' t even express how hott it is here. haha so anyway we do studies in the middle of the day and proselyte in the morning and night because it is too hot to go out in the middle of the day... we litterally like die if we go out during the hottest time haha but anyways so my area has mountains... like legit so we have to hike straight up mountains to get to houses as well as we have to walk on dirt roads and walk like 2 or 3 kilometers to get to other houses... we walk a ton. It's awesome haha there are tricycles, but taking them to every appointment gets really expensive so we don't take them much. In our area we also have what is called Bakawan and it is tulay which are like boards that are man made so that you can walk on them to get to the houses in the middle of the ocean haha It's so thrilling and an adventure. The funniest part is apparently Elders have fallen (which is disgusting cuz they all throw their garbage in there and use it as a bathroom and things.. so yuck) but so far none of the Sisters have fallen in.. so needless to say, we are better than the Elders. Hahaha Nah im just kidding, but it is fun to walk on it. I've almost fallen numerous times, but havent yet. It's so adventurous. I love it.
The people are super nice and I blow them away when I speak Tagalog cuz they never woulda thought a white foreigner girl could speak their language. So I love talking to them... Even if im not awesome at Tagalog I can still talk and blow their minds so it's cool. Haha We have a huge area and there are so many people so we are always teaching, always busy, and it's really awesome! I love being here cuz we don't have to worry about meetings or going to the mission home or office or anything all we have to worry about is working.
My companion is awesome! She works so hard and is so diligent even tho she is going home in July. She is so Christ like its unbelievable. I can't even imagine being the way she is. Hahah She's so wonderful. I got super lucky, I'm really praying that in three weeks one of us doesn't get transferred cuz I really like our companionship and we teach really well together and everything is just going great. But anyway, she's the best so pray we will both stay here.
Anyway, there is so much to say about Coron and my area and I don't really know what else haha but I LOVE IT HERE!! It's probably the hardest area I have ever and will ever have, but it's so good. I love it. I remember reading the other day a scripture (I can't remember what one it is) but it says something like "we find our life by loosing it for the Savior's sake" I love love love that and I testify. At the beginning of my mission it was hard to feel like I was helping and I kinda just felt like I was wasting my time a little, but now being out for almost 7 months I can really testify that every little thing you do on a mission and in your life by giving service is not wasted. It's awesome to feel like I really am loosing myself in this work. I love each of the people we talk to each day and I feel like I truly am helping them even if they reject us or mock us. I love it. You may think i'm just trying to be positive, and I am, but I also know that by going through this hard, painful, wonderful, joyous mission I am growing more than I ever have in my life. I love my mission words can express. I love being here and I truly feel like I am finding my "new life" because I am working and serving the savior. I love missionary work and I love being apart of the 75,000 other missionaries serving in the world right now.
I love you all with my whole heart and I feel blessed to have each one of you supporting me and being in my life. Thanks for all you do! CTR and I can't wait to talk to you in a short couple of weeks!
Mahal ko kayo!
Sister Barton
sorry the internet really hasn't been working the past couple of weeks soooo no pics... but that's okay cuz i'll see ya soon and you can take pics then haha love you!!
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