Thursday, May 17, 2012

20 January 2000

We went to Ethell's Place earlier this afternoon to try to set up a CSP (Community Service Project).  We ended up just hanging out there talking to her for two hours.  It was a nice visit.  We found out a lot about her.  She's 31 years old (my guess was 24), no husband, mother of a two-year-old girl named Angel, is very close to her sisters, and lived in some Arabian country for five years.  Her cousin showed up and joined the conversation.  We set up a CSP with her.  I think her name is Janet.

We taught a first discussion to a Cebuano woman this evening.  It was at the house of Santa Sawaan, one of our investigators.  The girl's name was Jovy.  She's from Davao and doesn't know Waray-Waray very well.  There were four languages flying over that room.  Elder Wetenkamp and I spoke English to each other.  I taught in Cebuano with a little Waray slipping in here and there.  Elder Wetenkamp taught in Tagalog with a bit of Waray slipping in here and there.  Jovy spoke a mixture of Cebuano and Tagalog, Santa spoke Tagalog and Waray, Wetenkamp and I spoke Waray to Santa and her friend Mary Fe, and Mary Fe spoke Waray.  It was awesome.  This country is so messed up.

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