Hello all!
Just another great week at the MTC! I’m fitting so much more Malagasy into my brain than I thought I ever could. I love that language, it is beautiful.
We had some rough times coming last week though. I got a little sick with a cold last week and still have it a little, and one of the people in our district left because he had medical needs. But nothing like a good trial to bring us together, right? Besides, the MTC is all about loving people. I have three Malagasy instructors. We call them rahalahy Alhstrom, rahalahy Soper, and rahalahy Mack. Rahalahy means brother in Malagasy. Rahalahy Soper is probably the most engaging of them all, and he challenges our abilities to teach by simulating conversations between a companionship and a man named Noel. (This whole conversation HAS to be done in Malagasy by the way) Noel asks us questions like “Inona no ny bôkin ny môrmôna?” What is the Book of Mormon? We have to answer with good pronunciation and enunciation. The Malagasy people always depend on accents for communication. Yesterday me and Elder Ashford gave a lesson to Noel about Moroni 10:5 and the Holy Ghost. For now, Malagasy is probably the most fun yet challenging task I have to go through at the moment. My Companion can be a stickler about some things in Malagasy but I know he’s just trying to help me out, so I brush the bad feelings out.
Here’s a few pictures I took these last few days and weeks. Enjoy!
Love you all!
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