Week 14 Christmas Call!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 80 (travel Manila to Home)

Image
Hello all! Maayong hapon!  I want to thank those of you who have read just one page to those of you who have followed my experiences over the course of my mission in Bacolod, Philippines. I hope that there was something on any day that was able to uplift your spirits and help to bring you closer to Christ, as that is the true purpose of this blog. Sister Hostetter, Sister Clarke, and Sister Burkhardt and I traveled to Manila together with the other missionaries who were going home. We were able to visit the Manila temple and to my surprise, my trainer, Sister Soriano, along with some other missionaries, including Sister Tamo and Sister Ignacio (past companion), were there waiting to welcome us! My trainer had even brought me some authentic Filipino snacks :) Walking into the temple felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders that I didn't realize I had been carrying. I felt so much peace and love to be able to walk into the House of the Lord. After the temple, we ...
Read more

Week 27 (Binalbagan)

Image
Maayong hapon! Time just flies so fast! So this week we had a baptism planned for Sister Jojo but she was really really busy with her children's graduation and their fiesta so we moved it to this Saturday. We visited them and got to see her oldest daughter, Nicole, in her graduation gown. She was the 1st princess in their school's program and another member was 4th princess so they had makeup and were super dressed up. Super cute!  I ate dinuguan this week. That basically means pig blood as a rice topping. It wasn't too bad.... Some kids threw rocks at me and my companion this week so that was cool too.  My favorite new investigator is a 15 year old boy named Joshua. He's a little shy, especially of me cause I'm the foreigner but is very kind and not a dungol. His friends are members and the first time we invited him to church he came and learned a lot and had a great experience. At our last lesson with him, I started to ask "sinn-o ang..." ...
Read more

Week 78 (Bacolod) 1 Week Left (letter only)

Maayong aga sa inyo! BUSY BUSY BUSY. Time flies when you're having fun and have lots to do. It helps to not think about the approaching end.  We had two exchanges this week and a baptismal interview.  I worked with Sister Tabelisma in my area. She loved meeting with Dan and Gamay as we talked about the plan of salvation. She said she felt the Spirit so strong she almost was crying. Before we had even started the lesson, Dan said he was reading and he saw in 1 Nephi 6 that Nephi said he was writing to persuade others to come unto God and be saved. He asked how are we saved? I said perfect timing Brother because we are going to talk about God's plan for our salvation, and for our happiness. Also, at their interview Saturday night, our District Leader (who was previously assigned in the area that borders ours) realized he had met Dan and Gamay before! At that time, he gave Gamay a Book of Mormon, but Dan and Gamay didn't give them the time of day. We learned that lo...
Read more