Kumusta po Kayo?????? How goes the battle?  Its going good here.  I got a reality check when i realized that i only have two more weeks here.   We are so spoiled here.  Like we get to speak english and we get lots of food and we get showers and we get mail almost instantly.  The list goes on and on.  The district older than us left this morning at 4:30 and its so sad.  It feels so empty without them. We had our testimony meeting in the room where you can see the temple again.  I hate saying goodbye but i know they are doing good things so i cant complain.  Our zone is just our district now.  We get three new elders and one new sister on Wednesday!! im way excited.  We didnt get to host last wednesday cause we had to go to this class.  It was to help train mission presidents and they had to teach a class and we were volunteered.  It was a really good lesson and theyre going to be great mission presidents but i really really want to host this week.  

     Our Branch presidency is seriously the best ever!!!  Like basically our zone is the best zone in the MTC.  It is way tiny so we are all way close and we all get along really well.  Well for the most part.  There are arguments but we get over it and move on.  We were dying for some real world food so we asked them to bring us some.  Of course its against the rules to bring food in so he bought it and put in in individual ziplock bags so they could smell it.  Then he put them all in his briefcase and snuck them in.  It was the coolest thing ever!  Hes a doctor so he said that it was our prescription for homesickness haha.  I always seem to get lucky with leaders.  They are always legit and bring us good food hah.  We are so spoiled.  They all love to talk and just tell us stories all the time.  President Howard tells the same stories over and over again.  Brother Christopherson tells us stories about all the couples he has set up and all the advice he gives them.  Hes my favorite.  he told me who he would set all of us Sisters up with.  He did a pretty good job but i think me and chey can do better.  I dont know.  He has a lot of success stories so i trust his judgement haha.

    So mom your DoTerra officially doesnt work.  Ive used it every day since ive been here but this week i got sick :(  like my throat has hurt soooooo bad all week long and im losing my voice.  The work must go on though!!!  GUESS WHAT?!  I memorized the First Vision in Tagalog!  Its probably the coolest thing ive ever done.  Cause on Sunday we watched the Joseph Smith movie and during the First Vision scene i was able to say it in Tagalog and you could just feel the spirit like no other.  And its just a confirmation to me that the church is true.  No questions asked.

     So Linggo-linggo (every sunday)  we get to go to Music and the Spoken Word before relief society. Its pretty cool cause i get to look for randy every single sunday.  And i see him and its cool cause i know him.  Lets see we got called as sister training leaders which is cool but its a lot less cool when you know that were the only sisters in our zone and theres only one sister coming in this next week to train.  Shes going to have a whole ton of training haha.  My letter writing time has been super short this week.  I hope i will have more time this next week.  But thanks to all of you who sent me letters.  I love it!

    This week i was thinking a lot about home because everyone asks me about it.  They are so intrigued about me and my country life.  It cracks me up.  Any way so i was thinking of you might be a redneck.  and then i though you might be at the mtc if......

       You go to bed at 10:30 on weekends and your happy to do it

        The love story in legacy gets everyone ohhhing and wishing it was them.

        You arent quite sure what a phone is anymore

        Letters are better than gold.

        You know what page 33 says

 Ok they really probably arent that funny but to me they are so true.  its so weird.  Were very settled here and its going to be crazy to pack up and leave in two weeks.  I feel like im going to be sending a lot of stuff home.  Im so excited to go you have no idea.  I hope all is well at  home.  You guys are all so awesome!!!!  Mahal kita!

   SISTER VAN TASSELL