2014-11-09 Good week in TayTay, I can mostly carry on a conversation in Tagalog

So in response to your questions, The families here are all pretty nice and relaxed. For work, some of them fish, (one is a security guard, one is a teacher)-which are very good jobs here, some of them go to the college that is here, Palawan state university. People here are very poor, So many people here own what is called a tindihan. This is just a house that you sell stuff out of. 

Anyways, about souveniers, you can get huge conch shells, like the nice ones for like 200 pesos which is like 5 dollars. I could also get some pearls haha, 

You guys should try to make some of the food we eat here. One popular food that people eat here is Chicken Adobo, Its basically chicken and rice, but it is good, look it up online! Also if you really want to feel like a Filipino, just eat rice for every meal... 

Anyways, Life is good here, can you try to send pictures of me with you guys, like one of us together I could show investigators! And Feel free to ask me questions about anything here! Ask about the culture etc... Cuz it's definitely different than America! 

I also have been teaching gospel principles still, so it looks like I'm the permanent teacher until we call someone new or I leave. I just have to ask someone to translate a word for me every now and then. We don't have any other sunday school classes so I get to teach everyone in the group but the youth altogether. Yesterday I taught Signs of the Second Coming or Ang mga Palatandaan ng ikawalang Pagparito. 

I have been picking up the language ever so gradually, and I guess I can hold actual conversations now, I mean I still have to ask them to repeat and clarify words, but its still a conversation! My second transfer is almost over too! Almost done with being a trainee! Love you guys so much! Ask me lots of questions about everything! Love you guys so much!!!!!