Arm Wrestling A Samoan

blog: I cut my bangs this week so they are fringe and out of the way. So on Tuesday gym started off sunny so we were outside on the field but near the end the wind picked up and it started to rain with big cold drops but we kept playing volleyball it was so fun. We took a language assessment and I have no idea how well I did cuz the program glitched on me so I have to take it again. My companion and I do our weekly service in the M1 building which is the big main building and this week we dusted every picture on the walls... if you've never been to the mtc that's like 200 pictures!!! We taught all in Tagalog again this week and we did a pretty good job... I think. our district made a title of liberty to better improve ourselves and to step it up a notch. I arm wrestled Elder Mika and lost, but not with out a fight. E. Mika is from Samoa and has been climbing coconut trees since he was ten if that gives you an idea. Unfortunately E. Mika (knee) and E. Valdez (shoulder) have both hurt themselves and may have to stay behind. :( We get our travel plans this week!!!!!! I can't wait to get out of here and back out into the world!!!!!
--Sister Stephens

Shout out to: Derry and Nora for letters and Carl and Julia for the packages!!!! Mahal kita!!!! (Love you)

Little bro has left the MTC

I lied last time, Cody didn't leave till wednesday, but he is gone now. I got to hug him good bye that afternoon at lunch and he gave me his tapatio sauce!!!
The rest of this week was pretty normal lots of studying. Our room mates left to go work in Nauvoo! But this Wednesday we get three new sisters who are all going to be in our zone. The district before us is leaving today so now my district is the oldest! We had a really good fireside this Sunday called, "Don't be Stupid".
I was like, "Well, Carl already told me that!"
The gym is closed for renovations, but it's ok cuz it's finally warm and sunny here so we get to go play outside!!!
Well, thats all.
Mahal ko kayo! (i love you all)
-Sister Stephens

shout out to: evan&jessie, and daniel - - thank you for your letters!

Blog: This week in class we started speaking in all tagalog, it's very fustrating cuz i don't know enough vocab! we have some new sisters in my zone they're pretty awsome.
one of them is 23 like me and reminds me of Chelsea Sanders sooo much it's ridiculas!! I drew a card for Cody's birthday he loved it! yesterday i said my first talk in church, all in tagalog! I'm the first in my district to do a talk, it went really well i was suprised! we also had the BYU mens choir come do a fireside that was pretty amazing, they did this song that's like from the canadian native americans that i really wanted to join in the howling cuz they were all doing animal sounds but i didn't cuz i didn't want to mess up the performers but it was pretty amazing!!! So i play volley ball in gym with all the polys which are intence v-ball players, so my knee are like black and blue literally!!! it's great! Sister Kristen Shuel says 'hi'. Jessie Kate left this morning at 5 for KOREA! way to go Sister Patterson! but i'm a little sad i don't get to see her in the halls! i catch my self looking for her, but she isn't here! she came over to my room last night to take pics and we goofed off for like an hour! and my companion was like "WOAh out of control you too are such spazzes" it was awsome!!! Cody left today too ... or is it tomarrow ... i'm not sure. I've been here a month now!! crazy!!!

write me, dearelder me through the week i need to here more from home!!!

I'd like to shout out to Mom, Dad (oh I'll work on getting you that pic) and to Daniel for writing me!!!
god bless,
-sister stephens