PHILIPPINES

Hi family! I made it to the mission home here in Bacolod! It is so beautiful! And... rainy! I get to meet my trainer tomorrow and then start my work! It is so exciting that this is actually happening! I'll tell you more about my adventures on p-day which I think is next week!

For now though, look for President Lopez on Facebook, he is posting our pictures on there tonight! His facebook is Marlo Oliveros Lopez. (:

I love you all.. and don't make fun of how nasty I look(: Its the Humidity's fault!

Love you

Love, Your sister missionary,
Sister Young----Officially in the Philippines!

Flan

....and

So, my camera isn't working right so I can't upload the pictures that I took... anyways, We are all packing and getting ready to leave!!! My Companion and I are crying because we don't have our mommies here to help us pack!! It is so stressful! BUT we said a prayer and its okay! (:

We are so excited but we are really sad that we have to leave our teachers. We have come to love them so much! I really love them. They are always there to pick me up and they have so much faith in me! More faith in me than I have in me.... which makes me have more faith in myself! They are there to help me learn more about the gospel, and there to help me learn the language. Its kinda crazy to think that In about 3 days I'll be in the Philippines and having to speak all Ilonggo.... I'm not going to lie.. I'm kinda nervous, but I have God on my side. He called me to this work, and he wont let me fail. I just have to keep telling myself that.

I am starting to understand what it is like when they say, "its harder to come home than it is to leave home." Only a little though... What I mean is, It was so hard when I left you all at the airport, or at my house.... it was seriously so hard for me. harder than i thought it would be. And then I got here and I got here and made a new family and found a new love for the Gospel and now it is so hard to leave it.... Like, I have just been crying all day long! I don't want to leave my companion, or my distrikit, or the MTC... And this is only the beginning! What about my next transfer? I won't wanna go... and then the next and the next, tapos and tapos and tapos all until tapos na ako!

Its okay, I will survive. I have God on my side.

Brother Speiser sang "savior, redeemer of my soul" today.... Look it up. It is so beautiful... thats what started all this crying.

anyways, It is time for me to go... my laundry is tapos na!

I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! palangga ko kamo!

Philippines... HERE I COME!!

Some last temple pictures

Silly

(: This is my awesome district! 45H!

Fish Face

I have just a little bit of time to email you before I leave! So I am sending pictures!

This is my district and Sister Tamang, in the middle, she was one of our teachers

This is my district again with Our other teacher brother speiser on the far left.

Is this so me or what?

 I was taking a silly picture on  Sister footes camera and Elder minson caught it.. (:

My Addresses(:

For LETTERS ONLY:

Sister Mashayla Dawn Young

Philippines Bacolod Mission

P.O. Box 660

Bacolod City

6100 Negros Occidental

Philippines

 

For PACKAGES ONLY:

Sister Mashayla Dawn Young

PHilippines Bacolod Mission

Galo st. Between lacson and Mabini

Brgy. 22, Bacolod City

6100 Negros Occidental

Philippines

 

I love you all!!(: and I'll be looking forward to some letters(:

 

Palangga ta ka!

 

Palangga, Your sister Missionary,

Sister Young

 

MY LAST P-DAY SA AMERICA

Well, Pamilya, This is it! I can't believe it! Not only am I a REAL missionary, But I'm really going to board a plane on monday at 11 am to go to my mission field. This is real.

 

These are my flight plans:

Jul 29- leave salt lake at 11:20 am

Jul 29- arrive in LA, Cali at 12:16 pm

 

Jul 29- Leave Cali at 1:10 pm

Jul30- arrive in Tokyo Japan at 4:25 pm

 

Jul 30- leave Tokto at 6:25pm

jul 30- arrive in manila at 9:55 pm

 

Then from there, I think we will stay and meet our president and then to Bacolod the following day.  Oh my gosh, I have so many mixed feelings about leaving, but most of them are good!  One thing that y'all should know though, it takes 4-6 weeks to get letter to the philippines, so start sending them now so I will feel your love!! (: at the end of this email I will include the addresses for over there. IF YOU HAVENT SENT A PACKAGE OR LETTER TO ME BY TODAY, DON'T DO IT. I WONT GET IT. JUST SEND IT TO THE PHILIPPINES. Okay? (: great! Also, our teacher told us that if you want to send a package to the philippines, get pictures of the catholic hail mary thing and put them all over the package, cause it will usually get through customs untouched.... so... just an FYI.

 

Also, if you want to DearElder me before I go, mom and dewayne, you have to do it by friday at noon, because we don't get them saturday or sunday and I won't be here monday. And for those of you who want to dearelder me in the philippines... I'm not sure if it will cost. I sure hope not. But it sould tell you on the website.

 

This week has been kinda crazy! We got our travel plans last friday and we have just been all excited!! I taught my first lesson this week without really struggling speaking my language. It was such a confidence boost! Both of our "investigators" have committed to baptism, and our other 2 other investigators... well we ahve only taught them once. 

I got to host the new missionaries yesterday! That means that when their family drops them off at the curbe we take them to get them checked in and everything. It was such a great experience becasue I didn't have that kind of experience, and I'm kinda glad because it was really hard for some, but It just made me realize how important families are! I love you all! every single person in my family. It is so..... UH indescrible.

And mga panimalay labing improtante sa Dios, kag sa ebanghelyo ni jessucristo, Kag sa akon!!! haha(: really though.

 

Sorry about last weeks email, I was in the laundry room and I could not focus AT ALL! Our companion Sister Malietoa got transfered to a different companionship that speaks her language. And now we are like best friends. (: I think Heavenly Father just wanted me to learn patience. and a lot of it!!

 

I finished the book of mormon yesterday! It only took me a month and 2 days to read it cover to cover. I cannot tell you how much I love that book. It seriously answered all my questions and took away all my doubts about going on a mission. Have you all read it yet? Please do it! at least once by the time I get home from my mission.

 

I've been playing alot of sand volleyball lately. I don't really like volleyball, but it is such a good way to just get out all the bad energy from my body and replace it with GOOD energy! (:

 

OH MY GOSH!!! Brendan got his mission call??!?!?!?!?!??! THAT MAKES ME SO OOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! I will have to write him a letter and give him all the tips about the MTC. WOW, mexico?!? I so thought he was going to be called to the Philippines. But Wow, I can't believe it! Grandma Young has TWO missionaries out serving the Lord. How happy our whole family must be, both living and Dead. (: Missionary work is the best work. it really is!

 

You know, During the week I think of all these things that I want to say in my emails home... and then I forget once I get to the computer. Its so annoying! OH well.... thats why they are so scatterbrained most of the time. At the last Tuesday devotional that we went to this week, I sang in the chior. It was fun... but I like listening to the music more than actually having to sing. And I think that my singing voice has gotten a little better since ive been here becasue we are ALWAYS singing. haha, or not... I don't know.

 

This morning one of the sisters went and got her hair chopped off! 12 inches! she donated it, but she was kinda sad. She looks so cute though! and She will like it so much better short. and its still long enough to put in a pony tail...so...

 

I sent some pictures this morning! I hiope they all sent! (: they are kinda funny and awesome!!

 

Okay,  well, I better get going, my timeis almost up. I love you all and I will be safe during my travels... I get to pack today!(: yay.

 

I love you. I love you all. Palangga ta ka! palangga ta kamo!  I can't say it enough. I love you all. And I miss you....all.... But I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing(: I hope you all have a wonderful week, and keep me in the loop!

 

Love, your sister missionary,

Sister Young

Stressful Week 4

So, this week... where to even start?

Um... we got a new companion.. so we are a tri companionship now. She is from Samoa, and she... well lets just say I feel like I am taking care of the nursery babies. Okay, that was mean.... I have just been kinda really struggling with being christ like. But, I'm trying.

So... because of the new companion... she had surgery and since I'm the senior companion I have to go everywhere with her, plus she doesn't talk to anyone so i'm like her mother... anyways, Ive been off campus the past three days and I havent gone to class... but the bus driver and I are like best friends now. haha

okay enough of that.. but other than her and doing stuff for her, life at the mtc is ... plain... and I jsut study. So..... sorry this is such a scatter brained email, i can't focus... and I think my companion just ran away again... no worries... We like to play hide and seek...(:

So, I leave in 10 days!! we get our travel plans TOMORROW!!!!!!! This is aweome! And we only have one more P-Day here! Its way cool.... kinda scary... but way cool...(:

I met an elder from thatcher, we are like best friends now. Its so rare to meet someone from az... but when you do, its like BAMB best friends! Elder Motes.

on sunday i had to give a talk... It was scary but I think I did okay, the branch President loved it.

Um..... I got my hair trimmed today... but the lady cut like a bunch off, oh well though, by the tie i get home it will be long again.

How is everyone doing? I miss you all, the other night was hard fo rme. I just keep having memories run through my mind before I went to sleep... I just cried and cried. LIke, I couldn't contain it. It was sad. BUT, don't worry. I am okay now. I just miss all of you...

I still can't believe that I'm leaving in a few days. I can't wait!! (:

I love you all, and I just want you to know that I"m doin okay and that Life at the MTC is good.

OH quick story! The investigator we have been teaching in our language, he is getting baptized!! (: he asked us if he could, and we were JUST about to ask if he would. It was amazing!(:

I love this work!

Love,

Sister Young

 I found someone else who can do the creepy hand thing!