Here is Kendall's letter from the beginning of April. I am sorry I am getting behind on posting, I promise to do better!!
We live with the McFadyen's in the apt above the garage. It's pretty nice...I'll take some pics if I get the chance. I haven't taken any since I've been here...whoops!!
So things are going pretty good. Just been getting to know the area and the people here. Each day is pretty similar. We get up and exercise, eat, get ready, do personal study, do companion study, then do another hour of study from the training, then we pack a lunch and head out to visit/teach. We have like 10ish investigators and some potentials and then some recent converts and less actives. We teach the sweetest old japanese lady named Hiroko and she is awesome. We got a referral just after I got here from some members and we were able to visit the family...Chirs and Olvia...and they were wanting to join a church according to Chris. I was so excited, but then when we came back the wife decided she wasn't interested and Chris felt really bad. We actually ended up talking to him outside and gave him a few things and he seems really interested especially with the youth and primary program as they have kids that age. He is going to talk to his wife again so we are praying for them. So we are also teaching a Phillipino lady named Jasmine. She is great, just has a hard time communicating as she speaks tagolog. As luck would have it, Sister Hudson in the ward speaks tagalog so that's going really well. The only bad thing is you know how Phillipino's like to give food and it's custom that we eat it all according to Sister Hudson. Sooooo, I have been lucky enough to eat some Auger Auger and Pansit...not sure how to spell, but yeah nasty. The Auger auger is like some slimy clear worms that taste like nothing with some sort of creamy stuff. NASTY. The Pansit is noodle stuff, but basically I played with my food, said I'd just eaten and we asked if we could take it with us. After my third bite of auger auger I could just see it wasn't going to work...and I was not barfing in the house of someone I'd just met haha!! She seemed happy we wanted to take it back with us so I think we are on good terms. Speaking of food, we eat at members pretty much every night. So far I am wishing we made our own food. The first night we walk into the peoples house and the lady is mixing taco salad with her bare hands. I could tell it wasn't gonna be the best experiecne. As we are eating, I notice a giant blonde hairball on the table next to me. It was about all I could take. Haha other than that it's been great. I've been somewhat impressed with my ability to eat, but I have had some great meals too. They feed us so much too. I am gonna need a more vigorous workout plan or I'll have to switch to bikes because the people feed us a lot. I feel for all the missionaries and all the food we kept giving them. There is no hope for car missionaries in the U.S. haha!! Well, it's been a good week. My favorite thing to do if you can believe it is tract. We don't get to do it a ton cuz we are teaching quite a few people, but when we do tract I actually enjoy it. Oh, my mission area is just houses. There are no shopping areas or anything like that so we can only tract and teach. We don't ever do the OYM stuff (open your mouth) so that's actually kinda nice. Well hope all is going grand. Things are great!! Miss and love you all!! =)
Sister Rupp
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