October 28th
Hello from the Philippines family, its seems like there are a few things that your all curious to hear about so here they are enjoy them.
What crazy food have I ate.
Well whats kind of interesting is that I really haven't ate anything to crazy yet, but I've heard of some really wild things, in some of the outer islands people get a little crazy with their food. I've heard of people eating scorpions and lizards, and my companion said that where he lived they would eat cobra.
At most member houses they'll give us food even if we're there for just a few minutes, they almost always pull out a thick glass bottle full of coke, or lime soda they drink here then they'll give us a few different things to eat, here are a few of the things I've ate.
turon- a banna that has been dipped in a bater and fried, then they put a sweet syrup almost like caramel on the outside. Really good, its one of my favorite things here.
Or Halo-Halo its ice and rice mixed up with fruit, another one of my favorite things.
I had one the other day thats a roll except it has coconut jelly on the inside, Masarap, (delicious) its so good. The first week I ate a sweet roll that was almost like a cinnamon roll. So there are a lot of different kind of breads and there all very good. Here in the Philippine there are a lot of bakeries and little stores that sell candy, drinks. and snacks, so you can by food almost anywhere you want. The people that have stores usually work right from there home. They have barred window that they pass the food to you from I'll show you a picture of what it looks like next week its a little hard to explain.
Also there are vendors everywhere that sell fried chicken, fruit and vegetables, I've even some some trikes that are set up almost like a restraunt, the food is already cooked and they'll just drive around and sell it.
Another thing is that there are people who sell peanut butter and corn on the streets. They put a pole or a stick across there shoulder and they'll tie buckets of corn or peanut butter or what ever there selling onto the ends. Then they walk the streets yelling peanut butter! or corn!.
I've had a lot of rice. Every single day rice! But its actually really good when you have chicken or Ulam (Ulam is the name for anything you eat with rice its usally some kind of pork, or beef, there are a lot of different kinds and you buy it at the store in a can and cook it up at home) The rice here is also different then home its sticky rice, very tasty.
I've had a bunch of Filipino dishes its so hard to remember the names though. There all made of some kind of beef or chicken, cut up into small chunks and mixed with vegtables. Very good, there has been a few that i don't like so much, but I've adjusted to where I like some of the things that I didn't used too.
I've seen a lot of things, and there things I'll never forget, the world is so much more than the United States. And its impossible to understand what that really means unless you've been outside of it. Culturally people are very different and what they value in life is very different. Here its all about your family, people do everything for there family, in every Filipino home you'll will find picture of family, usually its pictures of there children. But they also love God very much. I've seen a few jeepney's that have gift of god printed on the side or blessing from heaven panted on the side.
Very busy week this week, went on my first exchanges to the city of Bulihan, where I worked with a zone leader. We did some street contacting so I got to hand out a few restoration pamplets, and in a lesson I explained and gave a book of Mormon to someone. Then in another lesson the zone leader who is Filipino leaned over and told me to ask if they would be bapized. So I did and they said yes. Maybe I make tagalog sound likes it easy its really not, learning a new language i tough. The toughest part is learning to patient and know that with time and work you'll learn.
Got to see the Elders from the mtc this week, it was good to hear their stories and see how here doing, my companion from the MTC has a trainer who doesn't speak any english so thats been interesting for him.
Things are going good family, thank for your emails, I like emails because there easier for everyone but if you want you can write letters to, and I got ashely and dads letter this week, while at follow up training.
Until next week
Elder Creager
here are a few extra pictures found on Sister Tyes' blog and Coreys MTC companions Elder Johnstons Blog
Corey and Elder Johnston
look at that happy face:)
I'm so glad that Elder Creager has found such a good friend in his MTC companion. It sounds like Elder Johnston was a "gift from God," and that Corey being a missionary is a blessing. I know that all missionaries are gifts from God and there helping others see him. Inviting someone to be baptized and testifying of the truthfulness of the gospel is what missionaries do best:) Nice work brother
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