Sister Masters in the Philippines

Sis Yang ed and I killed more cockroaches and this investigator gave us the inside of a coconut tree and they eat it! and I ate the stuff on the sticks which was boiled blood and then chicken intestines..

Hey family and friends  :) Im settling well into the mission life in the Philippines. My goal of being exhausted every day is being reached daily. I also am covered in mud, sweat and deet (insect repellent) at the end of each day. Ive realized that I am happiest when my mind is busy teaching the gospel to others. BUSY=HAPPY  :) I am learning more and more the importance of daily scripture study and prayer. Sometimes I struggle to focus on only the work and forget myself and desires to be home, but prayer and scriptures study remind me that this is such a greater, more marvelous work than I am. I love answering people's questions and the Spirit is so strong as I testify the truth that, Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ and He did receive the priesthood from the apostles and through Joseph Smith, Christ did restore the fullness of the gospel which we can find in the Book of Mormon which testifies that Jesus is the Christ and Redeemer of our souls. Sharing...

Hey yall! The Philippines is great. Life is not hard like I thought it would be. I actually dont struggle with the trash, bathing out of a bucket, no oven, killing cockraches, and washing my clothes by hand. I thought it would be hard, but I guess all the camping Ive done has prepared me haha. The thing that is hard for me is lack of similar spices or ingredients in their markets. I DONT KNOW HOW TO COOK HERE haha. Apparently I am a super american cooker cause Im useless here and my companion cooks for me. I will get better Im sure. The other hard thing for me is not understanding all that the natives say to me. I have been learning a lot of Ilonggo. Its sometimes overwhelming cause I can speak basically what I want to say all the time (regarding religious stuff) but I cant understand conversational stuff outside of church yet. I was talking to the Zone Leaders (The elders in my ward) and they are both Kano (american) they said that I am super sagad (skilled good), but understandi...

THE PHILIPPINES IS SO AWESOME. I was at the Manila MTC for a bit for visa stuff and got to try balut there! An elder has the pictures, so Ill get them to yall later. My area is Molo in Iloilo Iloilo Zone. It is so fun here. The baybay/beach is so fun to walk on cause you just say hi to everyone and tell them about the church. like: "Do you believe families can be together forever in the next life?" Of course it is all in Ilonggo.  Here, it is crazy with roosters, ido (dogs) everywhere and I love it!!! My companion is filippino, Sister Yang-ed. She and I get along pretty well and she is so sweet. We are in an apartment together which is think is rather large! It has 2 upstairs rooms and a little kitchen and a cool living area and 2 tiny bathrooms. I guess I just had lower expectations so they can only be raised. Sister Yang-ed is always surprised by me haha. (Im her first american or kana in ilonggo companion). She thought I would be freaked out by the slums and all ...

Hey family!! I only get to email for a little bit. We dont get to have a pday until we are in the field. I do not know what day it will be yet though because I will learn that in the mission field. Also if you are going to send me a package never use fedex or UPS cause it costs me $60+ to pick it up. I love you so much. Email me a ton. Also Dear elder is still free and you can use it!!! YAYYAYAYYY Love you all!! Love, Sister Masters

Hello everyone! This week went by so quickly. "The days are long, but the weeks are fast" when new missionaries enter the Missionary Training Center (MTC) they ask if things speed up and this is what we "older" brand spanking new missionaries say to them. I have been in the MTC learning how to better and more clearly teach the restored gospel and share with people in the Iloilo Philippines area the message that Christ is our Savior and the Book of Mormon testifies of it in the Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) language. I am so excited to get to the Philippines. I fly from Salt Lake City this Wednesday the 28th and I arrive in Manila Philippines on Friday after a few long layovers in LA and Hong Kong. In Manila I will be at the Missionary Training Center for 5 days until; I will be flown over to the island that my mission is on. So a few highlights from this past week: 1) We had "In-field Orientation" yesterday where we learn how to do a lot o...

Hey everyone! I only have 13 more days here at the MTC then I leave on a plane to the Philippines! :) This past week I learned more Ilonggo grammer andmore people are coming into the Missionary Training Center from BYU each week. It is fun to see so many people who I met at BYU and get to walk around and say "hi" to so many people again :) Now for the Highlights of my week: My incredible Aunt Tori sent me a "love package" as she called it with so much LOVE, I was spoiled. There is a picture of all the great goodies me and my companions have been sharing :) I am so grateful for the snacks and awesome things she sent me along with her testimony of this restored gospel and the SWEETEST card :). I did not deserve such a wonderful package, but I am so grateful for it. I was at the Provo temple grounds on Sunday for a short walk and one of my most dear friends, Paige, ran and yelled my first name haha :) I was filled with so much JOY to see her and we b...