Off to the Philippines today! Wow! Talk about jet-lag, this kid's going to be traveling to a time zone 12 hours ahead of us! And it's going to take him a few days worth of flying to get there. Absolutely crazy. That's going to be an adjustment for sure!
So keep the love a-coming! I am sure he'd love to hear from us all as he embarks on this amazing, life-altering adventure... mail will probably take 4-5 weeks to get to him from here, so keep that in mind when mailing! (As in send your Christmas cards NOW!) I have updated his mailing address in the sidebar, so check that out, and don't forget DearElder.com still offers FREE letters to Scott through their website! No postage or anything!
Anyways, please keep Elder Lowry in your prayers today- for safe and comfortable travels, for missionary experiences on the airplane/in the airports, for good travel conditions, for safe pilots, etc etc etc. He's about to be a looooooong way from home!
Thank you ALL for your continued support and thoughts and prayers. You're truly the best.
Love, the Lowry Family
Monday, November 15, 2010
Week 9
Kumusta po kayo pamilya ko!?
Excited ako para sa Philippines. I am almost ready to go! I am just finishing up some laundry today and then I need to pack it up and then clean my room. I am in great shape time wise. It was tough getting sleep last night. I was just thinking of how drastically different my life is about to become. It is so exciting and scary at the same time. I will be so glad when these next 30 or so hours are over and I am actually getting to do what I've been wanting to do for six months now. Isn't it crazy to think that I got my call 6 months ago today? It seems so far away now. The language has just been moving along in leaps and bounds for all of us. I hope I will be able to communicate well with natives when I get there. Thank you all for the letters this week. It is so nice to have all of your support. It really does mean a whole lot to me to receive so many encouraging words and to hear what others are up to.
I will call home at like 6:30 LA time. I think that is what you said. I will double check.
So this week the streak continued! We had David A Bednar come and speak to us. We set a definite record with four apostles in a row. He gave a powerhouse of a talk too! Man, he is awesome. He spoke about the individual definitions and the relationships between doctrine- principles- and applications. He said that Doctrine always answers the question of "Why?" Principles always answer the question of "What?" and Application always answers the question of "How?" He said that WAY too often we focus on solving behavioral problems with an application solution. Like an example was this family that would bake a cake on the first of the month and give it to the home-teachers whenever they got there. If they waited too long the home-teachers would just get a moldy cake. While this scheme or gimmick is clever, it does not change the attitude of the home-teacher. When they get a new assignment, they will just go back to cramming their assignment to home-teach at the end of the month. Rather, we need to determine: "What doctrine, if understood, will change behavior?" If we can do this then we will be so much more effective. We need to search the scriptures for doctrine that if the person understands, they would not dare misbehave again. It is powerful, no? He said that our "schemes or gimmicks" are not enough. He even went as far to say that we are being prideful because we think that our innovation or creativeness will be more effective than the Lord's true and everlasting doctrine. He said "it is like relying on the arm of flesh." He likened this to teaching, church leadership, parenting, anything. He said this phrase like 15 times so you know it is important "The Doctrine is always the answer." That is what he entitled his talk too.
So I am so happy that I got to see all 4 of these apostles. Pretty incredible, eh?
Well I need to get going and pack up. I will call tonight! I can't wait to hear everyone's voices!
Alam ko po na totoo Ang Simbahan na ito. Ako ay misyonero para sa simbahan na ito. Ako ang tagapagligtas ng Diyos at mahal ko Siya! Kung susundin natin ang mga kautusan Niya, magiging tayo mas ligaya at magkakaroon po tayo mas kagalakhan at kapayapaan sa ating buhay. Pupunta ako sa Pilipines para maglingkod sa lahat ng mga tao doon. Maglilingkod ako sama buong puso at tunay layunin. Sana maririnig ng mga tao ang aking mensahe. Mahal ko kayo at Nananalangin ko sa inyo araw araw!
Ingat kayo! (okay these Google translations are really starting to crack me up)
Elder Lowry
Excited ako para sa Philippines. I am almost ready to go! I am just finishing up some laundry today and then I need to pack it up and then clean my room. I am in great shape time wise. It was tough getting sleep last night. I was just thinking of how drastically different my life is about to become. It is so exciting and scary at the same time. I will be so glad when these next 30 or so hours are over and I am actually getting to do what I've been wanting to do for six months now. Isn't it crazy to think that I got my call 6 months ago today? It seems so far away now. The language has just been moving along in leaps and bounds for all of us. I hope I will be able to communicate well with natives when I get there. Thank you all for the letters this week. It is so nice to have all of your support. It really does mean a whole lot to me to receive so many encouraging words and to hear what others are up to.
I will call home at like 6:30 LA time. I think that is what you said. I will double check.
So this week the streak continued! We had David A Bednar come and speak to us. We set a definite record with four apostles in a row. He gave a powerhouse of a talk too! Man, he is awesome. He spoke about the individual definitions and the relationships between doctrine- principles- and applications. He said that Doctrine always answers the question of "Why?" Principles always answer the question of "What?" and Application always answers the question of "How?" He said that WAY too often we focus on solving behavioral problems with an application solution. Like an example was this family that would bake a cake on the first of the month and give it to the home-teachers whenever they got there. If they waited too long the home-teachers would just get a moldy cake. While this scheme or gimmick is clever, it does not change the attitude of the home-teacher. When they get a new assignment, they will just go back to cramming their assignment to home-teach at the end of the month. Rather, we need to determine: "What doctrine, if understood, will change behavior?" If we can do this then we will be so much more effective. We need to search the scriptures for doctrine that if the person understands, they would not dare misbehave again. It is powerful, no? He said that our "schemes or gimmicks" are not enough. He even went as far to say that we are being prideful because we think that our innovation or creativeness will be more effective than the Lord's true and everlasting doctrine. He said "it is like relying on the arm of flesh." He likened this to teaching, church leadership, parenting, anything. He said this phrase like 15 times so you know it is important "The Doctrine is always the answer." That is what he entitled his talk too.
So I am so happy that I got to see all 4 of these apostles. Pretty incredible, eh?
Well I need to get going and pack up. I will call tonight! I can't wait to hear everyone's voices!
Alam ko po na totoo Ang Simbahan na ito. Ako ay misyonero para sa simbahan na ito. Ako ang tagapagligtas ng Diyos at mahal ko Siya! Kung susundin natin ang mga kautusan Niya, magiging tayo mas ligaya at magkakaroon po tayo mas kagalakhan at kapayapaan sa ating buhay. Pupunta ako sa Pilipines para maglingkod sa lahat ng mga tao doon. Maglilingkod ako sama buong puso at tunay layunin. Sana maririnig ng mga tao ang aking mensahe. Mahal ko kayo at Nananalangin ko sa inyo araw araw!
Ingat kayo! (okay these Google translations are really starting to crack me up)
Elder Lowry
Monday, November 8, 2010
Week 8 - Last Week in the MTC!
Kamusta kayo ang pamilya ko?!
How is everyone today? Time here is just flying by, I can't even believe it. This time next week and I will be making final preparations to check out. We taught Lesson 2 in Tagalog this past week. It was pretty awesome. It was a Filipino family that volunteered that was from Iloilo so we chatted a lot as well. They had THE CUTEST little five year old girl named Iris. Man, I can't wait to get there and meet all these little kids. I am beyond excited. So I leave MTC campus at like 1:30 PM next Monday. I will leave the SLC airport at 5:00 PM. I will get to LAX at 5:45 and won't leave there until 10:45. This is all local time. I think I will call during that time if that is cool. Thank you for the calling card number! I am way excited to be able to talk to everyone. It seems like forever, di ba? So from LAX at 10:45 PM and get to Taipe Taiwan at 5:30 AM (their time) on November 17th (two days later)... can you say Jet lag? Wow. I lose two whole days traveling. Then from Taipe I fly to Manila and get to Manila at 11:45 local time. Then I hop on another plane to Iloilo at 5:35 PM (So I may try to call again.) I will honestly have no idea what time it will be at home so I apologize in advance. That flight is only about an hour long, so that is nice. I'M SO EXCITED. This is my last week of classes. And Sis. Turbyfield- Thank you so much for the goodies. All my hallmates and I chowed down on those delicious cinnamon rolls. Thank you so much.
I am ready to go! Thank you all SO much for all your support. I love you all so much. We got another visit from an apostle this last week! M. Russell Ballard came and spoke to us! I think we set a record. Wow. So I read his book "Our Search for Happiness" all the way through the next day. So good. I love hearing from apostles. I'm hoping we can continue this streak for just one more week. Maybe Holland or Bednar? OR maybe Uchtdorf... One can only hope. I do have a lot though, we also got an awesome speaker last night. Sheri Dew payed us a visit. She is a fantastic speaker. I love it.
I was released as zone leader. I am just training the new ones for my last week here. So this will be relaxing and less stressful. I am going to be really sad to leave all these missionaries. But, a lot of them are going to Iloilo so I will see most of them before too long. I'm really proud of all of them though. We have like the most loving and close zone. It is fantastic to see everyone getting along so well. I am happy I was able to help make the zone a little bit better before I left. These missionaries are just fantastic though. They don't need much help to be awesome. There is this one Elder names Elder Waggoner who is like a white Joseph Scott. SO naturally we are best friends. And he is a huge Avett Bros fan. (watch that one. watch it. all the way to the end.) So we have much to talk about. We have decided that we will be companions in the field. Sorry president, we have already decided. He's a fantastic harmonica and guitar player.
So we are all working super hard to close out our stay here at the MTC. It is bittersweet for sure. But we are all too excited to be distracted on the bitterness. Tell everyone to not send letters too far into the week, or else I just won't get them. I'm excited to talk to you all soon!
I pray for you all often
Meron po kayong pananampalataya!
Mahal Ko Kayo!
Elder Scott Lowry
How is everyone today? Time here is just flying by, I can't even believe it. This time next week and I will be making final preparations to check out. We taught Lesson 2 in Tagalog this past week. It was pretty awesome. It was a Filipino family that volunteered that was from Iloilo so we chatted a lot as well. They had THE CUTEST little five year old girl named Iris. Man, I can't wait to get there and meet all these little kids. I am beyond excited. So I leave MTC campus at like 1:30 PM next Monday. I will leave the SLC airport at 5:00 PM. I will get to LAX at 5:45 and won't leave there until 10:45. This is all local time. I think I will call during that time if that is cool. Thank you for the calling card number! I am way excited to be able to talk to everyone. It seems like forever, di ba? So from LAX at 10:45 PM and get to Taipe Taiwan at 5:30 AM (their time) on November 17th (two days later)... can you say Jet lag? Wow. I lose two whole days traveling. Then from Taipe I fly to Manila and get to Manila at 11:45 local time. Then I hop on another plane to Iloilo at 5:35 PM (So I may try to call again.) I will honestly have no idea what time it will be at home so I apologize in advance. That flight is only about an hour long, so that is nice. I'M SO EXCITED. This is my last week of classes. And Sis. Turbyfield- Thank you so much for the goodies. All my hallmates and I chowed down on those delicious cinnamon rolls. Thank you so much.
I am ready to go! Thank you all SO much for all your support. I love you all so much. We got another visit from an apostle this last week! M. Russell Ballard came and spoke to us! I think we set a record. Wow. So I read his book "Our Search for Happiness" all the way through the next day. So good. I love hearing from apostles. I'm hoping we can continue this streak for just one more week. Maybe Holland or Bednar? OR maybe Uchtdorf... One can only hope. I do have a lot though, we also got an awesome speaker last night. Sheri Dew payed us a visit. She is a fantastic speaker. I love it.
I was released as zone leader. I am just training the new ones for my last week here. So this will be relaxing and less stressful. I am going to be really sad to leave all these missionaries. But, a lot of them are going to Iloilo so I will see most of them before too long. I'm really proud of all of them though. We have like the most loving and close zone. It is fantastic to see everyone getting along so well. I am happy I was able to help make the zone a little bit better before I left. These missionaries are just fantastic though. They don't need much help to be awesome. There is this one Elder names Elder Waggoner who is like a white Joseph Scott. SO naturally we are best friends. And he is a huge Avett Bros fan. (watch that one. watch it. all the way to the end.) So we have much to talk about. We have decided that we will be companions in the field. Sorry president, we have already decided. He's a fantastic harmonica and guitar player.
So we are all working super hard to close out our stay here at the MTC. It is bittersweet for sure. But we are all too excited to be distracted on the bitterness. Tell everyone to not send letters too far into the week, or else I just won't get them. I'm excited to talk to you all soon!
I pray for you all often
Meron po kayong pananampalataya!
Mahal Ko Kayo!
Elder Scott Lowry
Monday, November 1, 2010
Week 7
Well this week has been a very busy one for me. I have loved having the opportunity to get to know all of these new missionaries. The first couple days here the ZLs really get to spend a lot of time interacting with the new missionaries. I have tried my very best to be a good example to them and make them feel a part of the family. All the missionaries that have been here for a long time are really close now so we really focused on getting the new missionaries to feel that love as well. I was really pleased on Thursday because I somehow found out that the field was going to be open for gym and it was a nice warm day. So I got the whole zone to go outside and we had a bunch of sand volleyball courts all to ourselves. It really picked up the zone unity and everyone had fun. All these new missionaries are practically going to Iloilo so it is really fun to talk about our future missions together. One new missionary is Elder Doig. He is from Cardston (where our mom's family is from) and graduated with Tayt (our cousin who is also serving a mission, but in Dallas, TX)! It is way fun to talk to him and talk about the motherland. There are so many other Elders that are so cool, but I have no time to write about all 28 new missionaries.
So I am really upset that I didn't mention this last week because it was probably the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. I'm glad I didn't forget this time, or I would be in dire need of repentance. But Russell M Nelson came and spoke to us two Tuesdays ago. Phew! That was amazing. He is just a genius with the most solid testimony ever. Did you know that is is an internationally revered and pioneer of thoracic surgery. And man, he is just an awesome speaker. I have never heard from an apostle live before. So we all caught wind that someone big was going to speak to us, so I was really hoping it was Richard G Scott. He didn't come that day though.... He just came the week after! So this last Tuesday I heard from Richard G Scott. He is the man. I mean just every word, every sentence he says is dynamite. He talks straight to your soul so that you can have no doubt that what he is saying is true. We are all just on a spiritual high from hearing from two apostles in a row. What a fantastic experience. Richard G Scott is just my favorite. He even prepared a handout for us. This is how he described it "Everything that the Lord has taught me over my life put in simple statements on one sheet." I am sending it home... it is scripture. He also gave all the missionaries 3 Apostolic blessings. He said as he gave them that he was giving them to us not just as a man of God, but as a man holding ALL the keys to the Kingdom of God. It was so powerful. He gave us the Gift of Tongues, the Gift of Confidence, and the Gift that the lessons we learn on our missions will greatly bless us throughout our entire lives. He also bore testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ at the very end. It was the single most powerful testimony I've ever heard. I am still just freaking out.
Well, I am almost done here at the MTC. Only two more weeks of classes left here. I only have one full P day left. Two weeks from now I will be packed and ready to get on an airplane heading to the Philippines. I am still in shock. I have come to terms that the MTC is my mission. It will be weird to leave. I haven't received my travel plans yet, though. I will get those Thursday or Friday. I can't believe that I will actually be living half way around the world in a place where plumbing is nonexistent. I am beyond excited. These people are already fascinating to me. The language, the culture, their values all just blow me away. I can't wait to serve them and bring them closer to Christ. I'm working as hard as I can to be proficient enough in the language to accomplish my purpose. It is such a cool language. English should really take a page out of the Tagalog book. I am teaching the 2nd lesson for the first time in Tagalog on Thursday. The trick is to just keep it simple. I feel pretty comfortable and I feel like we will be really successful.
So I figure I will just impress you and practice at the same time. Here is the first vision in Tagalog (I swear I'm not looking at anything, it is all from memory) "Ako ay nakakita ng isang haligi ng liwanag na tamang- tama sa tapat ng aking ulo, higit pa sa liwanag ng araw, na dahang- dahang bumaba hanggang sa ito ay pumalibot sa akin... Na tumuan sa akin ang liwanag, nakakita ako ng dalawang katauhan, na ang liwanag at kaluwalhatian ay hindi kayang maisalarawan, nakatayo sa hangin sa itaas ko. Ang isa sa kanila sagsalita sa akin tinatawag ako sa aking pangalan, itinuturo ang isa: "Ita ang pinakamamahal na Anak, Pakinggan Siya!"
Elder Lowry
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Week 6
Kumusta ang pamilya ko?!
Well another week has gone by at the MTC. This one went by a little slower than preceding weeks, but it was still great. Elder Christensen and I had our first opportunity to teach a lesson lahat sa Tagalog. It was quite the experience. And very nerve wracking. I thought we actually did really well. The language is progressing so fast now that we have a foundation to build on. We are learning so much. Although I am pretty sure I made a couple big mistakes with my pronouns (they are rather tricky at times). I think I said "Pinatay ni Jesukristo para sa mga kasalanan ng mundo" Not "Pinatay si Jesukristo para sa mga kasalanan ng mundo" Essentially I told the investigator Jesus Christ killed (I at least didn't say what exactly he killed) for our sins instead of Jesus Christ WAS killed for the sins of the world. The investigator smirked when I said it... I'm pretty sure I said it wrong. Oh well. Other than that though, we did fantastic. Those pronouns just get super confusing at times.
Today the oldest district leaves, leaving our district as the oldest and we have 21 days and counting until we hop on a plane for the Philippines (or pirate ship for Thatcher's sake). And yes, I'm a very mean pirate. I make people walk the plank. I am glad SOMEONE recognizes me for what I truly am. (From the editor: Thatcher is 100% convinced that Scott is going to sail across the ocean on a pirate ship to the Philippines. He gets the whole missionary deal, but remains convinced that Scotty's also becoming a pirate.) But, this pirate was also just released as District leader and called to Zone leader. SO this could be interesting and fun. I am really excited about my new responsibilities. We get 3 new districts on Tuesday with 29 new missionaries. One Elder is from Canada and we have a Sister from Pakistan joining us as well. My main job as ZL is to orient and help them through their first three weeks at the MTC. Side note: Elder Pilling is also leaving today, Dad. He is going to the Bacolod mission, the mission Iloilo split from. So when we see each other after the mission we will both be speaking the same dialect of Tagalog. End Side Note. So we will only have 15 old missionaries here compared to 29 new missionaries arriving on Wednesday. So we are really relying on everyone to take some new missionaries under their wing and leading by example.
So this is the game plan for the next couple weeks. I have this week to welcome and orient the new missionaries, which will keep me plenty busy I feel. I get my flight plans like next Thursday. Then only one more week after that until I am out of here. Boy, am I excited for that! I will be halfway around the world for goodness sake. I have a whole lot more meetings too now, so I will have those to help pass the time.
I am doing really well. I love the language. It is a beautifully simple and very patterned language. I love how everything mirrors itself within the language. Once you can grasp the basic concept, the language just opens up and you can speak so much more. I really hope I will be able to impress you all with my skills when I have the opportunity to call in just a few weeks. It is just so awesome. I have lost like ALL of my Spanish though. I will try to talk to Spanish Elders sometimes and halfway through the sentence I can only think of Tagalog words. It is embarrassing. And because the sentence structure is way different I find myself saying things weird in English too. I am just so confused... haha.
I have gotten both the packages Mom. No worries. They were really great. I don't really need anything in particular right now. No need to send anything. I think I just want to wait until I get to the Philipines before I collect anything more. Man, I am so excited. We learned how to buy things (haggling) this week. It really made me learn to speak fast because if you didn't then they will just jip you out of your money. The culture is just so interesting and different. I can't believe I am actually going to live there soon. It puts a whole new perspective on how you learn when you KNOW that every little thing you learn will directly apply to you in the next few weeks. I find myself never tiring of the work and I am always hungry to learn more.
Mahal ko kayo! Nagiisap po ako tungkol sa inyo palagi. Manalangin ko po para sa inyo araw araw. Ang ebanghelyo ay totoo at pinakamahalagang ang pamilya sa Diyos.
Alam ko na puwede ang pamilya makasama walang hanggang!
Stay strong!
Elder Lowry
Well another week has gone by at the MTC. This one went by a little slower than preceding weeks, but it was still great. Elder Christensen and I had our first opportunity to teach a lesson lahat sa Tagalog. It was quite the experience. And very nerve wracking. I thought we actually did really well. The language is progressing so fast now that we have a foundation to build on. We are learning so much. Although I am pretty sure I made a couple big mistakes with my pronouns (they are rather tricky at times). I think I said "Pinatay ni Jesukristo para sa mga kasalanan ng mundo" Not "Pinatay si Jesukristo para sa mga kasalanan ng mundo" Essentially I told the investigator Jesus Christ killed (I at least didn't say what exactly he killed) for our sins instead of Jesus Christ WAS killed for the sins of the world. The investigator smirked when I said it... I'm pretty sure I said it wrong. Oh well. Other than that though, we did fantastic. Those pronouns just get super confusing at times.
Today the oldest district leaves, leaving our district as the oldest and we have 21 days and counting until we hop on a plane for the Philippines (or pirate ship for Thatcher's sake). And yes, I'm a very mean pirate. I make people walk the plank. I am glad SOMEONE recognizes me for what I truly am. (From the editor: Thatcher is 100% convinced that Scott is going to sail across the ocean on a pirate ship to the Philippines. He gets the whole missionary deal, but remains convinced that Scotty's also becoming a pirate.) But, this pirate was also just released as District leader and called to Zone leader. SO this could be interesting and fun. I am really excited about my new responsibilities. We get 3 new districts on Tuesday with 29 new missionaries. One Elder is from Canada and we have a Sister from Pakistan joining us as well. My main job as ZL is to orient and help them through their first three weeks at the MTC. Side note: Elder Pilling is also leaving today, Dad. He is going to the Bacolod mission, the mission Iloilo split from. So when we see each other after the mission we will both be speaking the same dialect of Tagalog. End Side Note. So we will only have 15 old missionaries here compared to 29 new missionaries arriving on Wednesday. So we are really relying on everyone to take some new missionaries under their wing and leading by example.
So this is the game plan for the next couple weeks. I have this week to welcome and orient the new missionaries, which will keep me plenty busy I feel. I get my flight plans like next Thursday. Then only one more week after that until I am out of here. Boy, am I excited for that! I will be halfway around the world for goodness sake. I have a whole lot more meetings too now, so I will have those to help pass the time.
I am doing really well. I love the language. It is a beautifully simple and very patterned language. I love how everything mirrors itself within the language. Once you can grasp the basic concept, the language just opens up and you can speak so much more. I really hope I will be able to impress you all with my skills when I have the opportunity to call in just a few weeks. It is just so awesome. I have lost like ALL of my Spanish though. I will try to talk to Spanish Elders sometimes and halfway through the sentence I can only think of Tagalog words. It is embarrassing. And because the sentence structure is way different I find myself saying things weird in English too. I am just so confused... haha.
I have gotten both the packages Mom. No worries. They were really great. I don't really need anything in particular right now. No need to send anything. I think I just want to wait until I get to the Philipines before I collect anything more. Man, I am so excited. We learned how to buy things (haggling) this week. It really made me learn to speak fast because if you didn't then they will just jip you out of your money. The culture is just so interesting and different. I can't believe I am actually going to live there soon. It puts a whole new perspective on how you learn when you KNOW that every little thing you learn will directly apply to you in the next few weeks. I find myself never tiring of the work and I am always hungry to learn more.
Mahal ko kayo! Nagiisap po ako tungkol sa inyo palagi. Manalangin ko po para sa inyo araw araw. Ang ebanghelyo ay totoo at pinakamahalagang ang pamilya sa Diyos.
Alam ko na puwede ang pamilya makasama walang hanggang!
Stay strong!
Elder Lowry
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Week 5
How is everyone one doing in the deep south? Thanks for all the letters this week! It has been so nice to read about what all is going on in the random happenings in people's lives. I got a letter from Nana and Poppy (I think mostly Poppy) and he was still oblivious to the fact that UGA was about to STOMP ON TENNESSEE'S FACES WITH A HOBNAIL BOOT! But, I am ready to forgive. And don't worry Poppy, I only wear one watch at a time... They would just clash with my outfit.
So I am just clueless as to how fast this MTC experience is going by. I mean we are talking all Tagalog in class and I have already practiced teaching most of the first lesson sa Tagalog, too. We have to really do it on Thursday night for our TRC. So that is exciting, no? (That is the english equivalent to "di ba") I find myself saying those too alot lately. This week has been alot of fun, the English fast was quite the activity. I definitely had a huge headache at the end of the day. But it really made me realize how much I am able to speak. My writing is still much better though. I hope you all enjoyed the talk I included in the last letter. I was rather proud of myself. I prepared a talk on prayer this last week, but didn't have to give it. I noticed on Dad's last couple letter that he is trying to say "much love" at the end? I'm not quite sure if that is what he is trying to say. It makes me chuckle every time because it makes absolutely no sense... at all. To say "Much (or lots of) love" it is "Maraming mahal." It is the thought that counts though right? Mahal Kita, Pa. Alam ko na kung ano gusto mo kong sabihin!
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ONE YEAR OLD! Oh my goodness. I can't believe that boy is so old. Is he walking yet? What are the newest Thatcher/Levi antics? I love hearing about them.
So the district above us leaves a week from today and I will most likely be called to Zone Leader (ZL) on Tuesday. I will be released from DL on Sunday and then start my duties on Sunday as ZL. Then I get to greet a new-coming district next Wednesday. This should be interesting. It feels like I am still the newbie. How did the game against Vandy go? Let's hope AJ and Aaron can keep connecting!
I am doing well. I love you all!
The coolest word in the language... pinakamakapangyarihan = almighty.
Elder Lowry
(**So you'll notice that Google Translate is not perfect... but it helps you get the gist, I hope!)
(**So you'll notice that Google Translate is not perfect... but it helps you get the gist, I hope!)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Alaska Man!
So I got a letter from Scott on Friday and I just finished following up on a story he told me. He writes,
"I have been hearing that the Philippines use really REALLY dry humor. And they LOVE puns. So I doubt I will be very funny when I get home (shocker, right?). I am already laughing at super cheesy things (really? Does he think this is news to us?). One thing that will make 'em laugh (I hear) is to say "Walong tanong, Walang Sagot?" if they don't ask any questions. It just means "Without Questions, without answers." We always say that now and laugh. Ok, one more... Look up this commercial for powdered milk (they don't have cows milk there) and the brand is "Alaska Brand." It is supposed to be super cheesy, but when kids see Americans (because the commercial tries to use american accents... they LOVE Americans) they will always say, "ALASKA MAN!" and if you answer "MASARAP?!" they will just die laughing. "Masarap" = Delicious?!"
So for your viewing pleasure, I bring you... Alaska Man.
And he closes with "Well now you know how lame I am."
I saw this one while I was watching the Alaska Man one, and it's good too. Check it out.
"I have been hearing that the Philippines use really REALLY dry humor. And they LOVE puns. So I doubt I will be very funny when I get home (shocker, right?). I am already laughing at super cheesy things (really? Does he think this is news to us?). One thing that will make 'em laugh (I hear) is to say "Walong tanong, Walang Sagot?" if they don't ask any questions. It just means "Without Questions, without answers." We always say that now and laugh. Ok, one more... Look up this commercial for powdered milk (they don't have cows milk there) and the brand is "Alaska Brand." It is supposed to be super cheesy, but when kids see Americans (because the commercial tries to use american accents... they LOVE Americans) they will always say, "ALASKA MAN!" and if you answer "MASARAP?!" they will just die laughing. "Masarap" = Delicious?!"
So for your viewing pleasure, I bring you... Alaska Man.
And he closes with "Well now you know how lame I am."
I saw this one while I was watching the Alaska Man one, and it's good too. Check it out.
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