Caitlin's Chronicles (Sister Bingham in the Philippines)

Maayong aga! Kamusta kamo da?! This week was awesome with some cool finding by the Spirit and then baptisms on Saturday. We went to the edge of our area that we didn't know was our area and my companion turned to me and was like where should we go? I took a moment to listen for the Spirit and then chose a path. Almost immediately we were approached by a young man who asked if we were Mormons. He told us his aunt is a member in another area and then said we could share with him. He went to a near house (his friends) and asked if we could share there. They said yes so we started talking. We found out that when they had lived in Manila they had been taught by the missionaries and even gone to church! They were super willing to listen and active in the lesson! I'm excited to go back this week. The other experience was Sister Ignacio felt we should walk down a certain path while we were trying to find somewhere to buy load for our phone. She was like maybe we should just get...

Maayong HAPON! So my time is always short I apologize but today two of our investigators got married and then we had a reception at the church and then later in the afternoon one of the members is having her 18th birthday (debut) at the church so we're going to attend :) church got decorated and redecorated haha. I'll send some of the pictures of the wedding. It was kind of really stressful but all worth it when we saw the smiling faces of Andy and Aileen and their family members. It was cool cause this wedding was the first time their families got to meet each other and they aren't members so you know missionary opportunity ;) Everything went great! This week we spent a lot of time with the senior missionaries going to less active families and families who are preparing to go to the temple. We also did a service project for an less active family in the mountains. And we made food and had a boodlefight :D It's really difficult for this family because they attended t...

No written update from Sister Bingham this week as we spent all her time on our Mother's Day skype session.   It was so good to see and hear her.   We miss her so much!  She did sent a lot of pictures - so this week will be a picture update! Black Jellyfish Black Jellyfish Sipalay Zone Conference

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 o...