Week 33 (Cauayan)
Maayong hapon sa inyo!
So here's some fun things about Cauayan:
mangoes are everywhere and I eat them like everyday, they are so good!!!!
it's super gigantic and there are areas where we literally are hiking a mountain
Our house's electric water broke so the way we get water to shower or wash dishes and such is that picture from last time (bumba) you get a bucket, fill it at the bumba then take it inside, empty it in a bigger bucket and repeat til you have what you need
There is no 7/11 #RIP
Cauayan is only a branch right now but we're going to help fix that ;)
The YSA (young single adults) in this branch are super awesome and always looking for ways to help the missionaries
I have only seen one giant spider so far, it's dead now, no worries, my companion has no fear.
We put mice poison traps and they are beginning to die, hopefully somewhere we can dispose of them.
I added some pictures of food:
one is a sud-an (rice topping) of vegetables. It's one of my favorites, called monggo cause the main feature is monggo beans.
Siomai - I think is from China? It's kinda like a little potsticker dumpling?
Delicious MANGOES
Santol - the inside is white and sweet, it's a seed though so you just suck on it then spit it out, the orange you can eat but it's more sour
Fried fish - it's not fancy or anything, that's the most normal sud-an you see here, fish
Apple mango - it's like a big apple but tastes like a sour mango? It's okay
We traveled to Sipalay on Thursday for a combined district meeting. It was nice, but it mostly just rained. One day I hope to see the beach there sometime.
I spoke at a funeral on Saturday, half the family is members, the other half is not. So that was exciting. People were like WOW THERES A CANA (americana) AND SHES SPEAKING IN OUR LANGUAGE.
There is going to be a marriage on May 21 followed by a baptism on May 26 for this couple, Aileen and Andy who I love so much. They have such a strong desire to learn more about the church and we recently taught them about the temple and Sister Aileen immediately said "Matinguahon gid ko nga makadto da" or "I will strive to go there" and Brother Andy attended church for the first time on Sunday so we're hoping he will be baptized in June. They have a little baby who's actual name is Lance but they call him Ambu like Ambulance :P he's the most adorable baby I have ever seen. He has curly hair and always is laughing or smiling.
This week Elder and Sister Willis worked with us :) It was super fun and I loved it. Not to mention they have a car so we got to ride in a car and I was shook. Like there was air conditioning and no dirt flying in my eyes. It was great. They don't know Ilonggo so we have to translate and that was an experience. It made me realize how far I've come since the MTC. We visited less actives and recent converts and helped them to set goals for the temple. There was one old tatay (father) we visited, 93 years old. He's preparing to go to the temple to be sealed to his wife who died a while ago. He was super happy and was excited that I could speak Ilonggo. Even though he spoke Cebuano, I understood more or less what he was saying. He was a little hard of hearing so I had to stand right next to him and talk in his ear, I said "Tay, do you want to see your wife again? Will you come to church and attend temple prep class so you can be sealed to her in the temple?" He laughed and patted me on the head and said something like "wow you speak visayas!! I understand what you're saying!" Elder and Sister Willis were laughing, they had no idea what he said but they just saw him pat me on the head haha. I asked again "tay do you want to go to the temple to be with your wife forever?" He said "Yes I want to go there, I've seen that temple because I'm from Cebu. I will see you on Sunday" 93 years old! It's never too late to go to the temple :)
Anyway I love you all. I love this mission even though it's hard. I love these people. I love them more than all the weird things I have had to adjust to, like tricycles and showering with a bucket. This gospel is true and it changes lives. Thank you for your prayers!
Sister Bingham
**Note from editor (mom) She's not going to love I included mosquito bites (sorry!) but she's sent several pictures like this! Also, I did not include the pictures of dead mice (you're welcome). I've heard Sipalay (area South of Cauayan) is the most beautiful part of the mission and look forward to more pictures from that area. The senior missionary couple, Brother and Sister Willis are the Uncle and Aunt to good friends Royce & Ashley Willis in our Oregon ward. We are grateful to those senior missionaries! Lastly, apologies from the last blog post. Apparently I labeled one of the fruits wrong - its hard sometimes to know!! Thanks for reading and following the journey with us!
So here's some fun things about Cauayan:
mangoes are everywhere and I eat them like everyday, they are so good!!!!
it's super gigantic and there are areas where we literally are hiking a mountain
Our house's electric water broke so the way we get water to shower or wash dishes and such is that picture from last time (bumba) you get a bucket, fill it at the bumba then take it inside, empty it in a bigger bucket and repeat til you have what you need
There is no 7/11 #RIP
Cauayan is only a branch right now but we're going to help fix that ;)
The YSA (young single adults) in this branch are super awesome and always looking for ways to help the missionaries
I have only seen one giant spider so far, it's dead now, no worries, my companion has no fear.
We put mice poison traps and they are beginning to die, hopefully somewhere we can dispose of them.
I added some pictures of food:
one is a sud-an (rice topping) of vegetables. It's one of my favorites, called monggo cause the main feature is monggo beans.
Siomai - I think is from China? It's kinda like a little potsticker dumpling?
Delicious MANGOES
Santol - the inside is white and sweet, it's a seed though so you just suck on it then spit it out, the orange you can eat but it's more sour
Fried fish - it's not fancy or anything, that's the most normal sud-an you see here, fish
Apple mango - it's like a big apple but tastes like a sour mango? It's okay
We traveled to Sipalay on Thursday for a combined district meeting. It was nice, but it mostly just rained. One day I hope to see the beach there sometime.
I spoke at a funeral on Saturday, half the family is members, the other half is not. So that was exciting. People were like WOW THERES A CANA (americana) AND SHES SPEAKING IN OUR LANGUAGE.
There is going to be a marriage on May 21 followed by a baptism on May 26 for this couple, Aileen and Andy who I love so much. They have such a strong desire to learn more about the church and we recently taught them about the temple and Sister Aileen immediately said "Matinguahon gid ko nga makadto da" or "I will strive to go there" and Brother Andy attended church for the first time on Sunday so we're hoping he will be baptized in June. They have a little baby who's actual name is Lance but they call him Ambu like Ambulance :P he's the most adorable baby I have ever seen. He has curly hair and always is laughing or smiling.
This week Elder and Sister Willis worked with us :) It was super fun and I loved it. Not to mention they have a car so we got to ride in a car and I was shook. Like there was air conditioning and no dirt flying in my eyes. It was great. They don't know Ilonggo so we have to translate and that was an experience. It made me realize how far I've come since the MTC. We visited less actives and recent converts and helped them to set goals for the temple. There was one old tatay (father) we visited, 93 years old. He's preparing to go to the temple to be sealed to his wife who died a while ago. He was super happy and was excited that I could speak Ilonggo. Even though he spoke Cebuano, I understood more or less what he was saying. He was a little hard of hearing so I had to stand right next to him and talk in his ear, I said "Tay, do you want to see your wife again? Will you come to church and attend temple prep class so you can be sealed to her in the temple?" He laughed and patted me on the head and said something like "wow you speak visayas!! I understand what you're saying!" Elder and Sister Willis were laughing, they had no idea what he said but they just saw him pat me on the head haha. I asked again "tay do you want to go to the temple to be with your wife forever?" He said "Yes I want to go there, I've seen that temple because I'm from Cebu. I will see you on Sunday" 93 years old! It's never too late to go to the temple :)
Anyway I love you all. I love this mission even though it's hard. I love these people. I love them more than all the weird things I have had to adjust to, like tricycles and showering with a bucket. This gospel is true and it changes lives. Thank you for your prayers!
Sister Bingham
**Note from editor (mom) She's not going to love I included mosquito bites (sorry!) but she's sent several pictures like this! Also, I did not include the pictures of dead mice (you're welcome). I've heard Sipalay (area South of Cauayan) is the most beautiful part of the mission and look forward to more pictures from that area. The senior missionary couple, Brother and Sister Willis are the Uncle and Aunt to good friends Royce & Ashley Willis in our Oregon ward. We are grateful to those senior missionaries! Lastly, apologies from the last blog post. Apparently I labeled one of the fruits wrong - its hard sometimes to know!! Thanks for reading and following the journey with us!
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| sud-an (rice topping) -monggo |
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| enjoying the CAR ride |
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| Senior couple Brother and Sister Willis |
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| Siomai |
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| Delicious MANGOES |
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| Sipalay bus station |
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| fried fish - they have eyes and bones -gotta watch out |
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| Fried fish |
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| Apple mango |
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| mosquito bites! |
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| Santol (i think this is the one i mislabeled last week - editor) |
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| getting up at 3 am to take the 4 hour bus ride to the mission home |
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