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Kamusta y'all!
   Well, I've left the country for the first time. Feel free to be surprised by my sudden departure, because I can promise you will not be more surprised than I was. A few weeks ago President Lee told us he had been told to plan on us being there for a second transfer, but on Saturday night we were told that we were being transferred to the Philippines. So, we had Sunday to pack and we left Monday afternoon. Four of us flew from Jacksonville to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to San Francisco. There we joined a group of over 30 missionaries also traveling to the Philippines. It was so fun to be reunited with everyone from my district at the MTC, except for the ones already in the Philippines. The first two flights weren't too bad, but the flight to Manila was... long. It actually wasn't as bad as I'd expected, and I managed to sleep a bit. (Though I was still completely exhausted the entire first day in Manila.)
   When we got to Manila we found out we would be going to spend a week in the Manila MTC. It's really small compared to the Provo MTC. Everyone is super nice and friendly, and everyone understands when you throw Tagalog words in your sentences. So far they've kinda been giving us a break, which is great. Yesterday I could barely function all day, and today is P-day. They let us go to bed a few hours early to help us get over our jet-lag which was still several hours later than we wanted to go to bed. We got to go to the temple today which was so cool. The Manila temple is absolutely beautiful. I don't really know what to expect from the rest of my experience here, but I'll be leaving Tuesday night/Wednesday morning to fly to the Cauayan mission.
   The last few days have been pretty crazy, and I definitely haven't completely adjusted yet. The MTC here is great, but I'm really just excited to get back to work. I already miss the Florida Jacksonville Mission, but I'm also excited to start working here. I have been so blessed with the opportunities I've had so far, and I can't even imagine what the rest of my mission will be like.
     Ingat po
        Sister Harrison
-A member saw them in the Jacksonville airport and let them borrow her phone to call home and took this picture to send to the parents. :)
 
 

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