Highlights!
Drum roll please....yes it's true i
survived my first transfer to a new area. It's pretty much like a whole
different country here- it is HOT (I am in heaven), when there is a typhoon
it's at night so its all good, they speak a lanuage called Ilocano, and the
branch just barely makes a ward haha but they are so SO strong. The bishop's
main focus in missionary work so the members are awesome to work with us, and
my companion is the BEST her name is Sister Barbante! I may have about a foot
on her but I can still count on her to kill the massive spiders.
Something I have learned from her
already is how to ask questions. She doesn't just start speaking as soon as she
has an idea but asks these incredible questions until we've reached the real
concern of the investigator..then she gives me the "turn and look/raise
the eyebrows" which means it's my turn to pick up the train, thanks a lot
sister barbante hahah :) Just kidding the spirit is AMAZING how you can barely
know someone and you already are on the exact same train of thought because we
aren't really the ones talking, but the Spirit.
We had something called MLC this
week which was SO fun, it stands for Missionary Leaders Correlation. All the
sister trainer leaders and zone leaders go to the mission home and work with
our president on goals for the mission. President Bangal is the perfect balance
of having light moments (he is so makulit (playful like a kid) but also knows
how to crack down some rules and set standards. He showed a video on 212 degree
attitude- i'll talk more about that later :)
Missionaries
can Laugh Too:
Watching the President of our
mission trying to imitate the "karate kick" as fast as he can during
our games at MLC was one of the funniest things I have seen here hahaha
filipinos definitely know how to have fun and are good at laughing :)
You
Know You're in the Philippines When...
The whole sacrament meeting the
children in the seats behind me stroked and played with my right arm just to
see what white skin feels like. That was a new experience.
Ilocano
Word of the Day...
Maiimbug na bigat means Magandang
Umaga which means Good Morning :)
Spiritual
Thought:
The video President showed us about
the 212 attitude is something he wants us to take back to our zones. It talks
about how at 211 degrees water is hot but at 212 degrees water boils. Boiling
water creates steam. And steam can fuel an engine of a freight train. It is all
about that little extra effort. Sometimes as missionaries and at members of
this church we can slip into a comfortable routine of life. We are being
obedient most of the time, we get blessings most of the time, we think of the
savior most of the time, but is there more we can do? That little extra effort
to be exactly obedient, or focus a little more in church, prepare yourself a
little better to take the sacrament, don't miss a day reading your scriptures,
reach out your comfort zone to share the gospel, sacrifice a little of your
time and wants to serve someone else...THATS where the water boils. And THATS
where we really start progressing. There's a scripture in Romans (sorry I know
I am missionary yet but I haven't yet memorized the whole bible..still working
on that) that talks about us being heirs of God. If his plan is for us to truly
become like him, LIKE a God, do we think we can become that in this short life
by trying only half-hazardly, or procrastinating the day of our repentance?
There's just simply not enough time and too great of an opportunity to miss, to
reach our full divine potential.
My mission is so SO short it scares
me, but I know if I always pray fervently with my whole heart as it says in
Moroni 7:48, He will help me try my best. I encourage you all to think about
that extra degree that you can give to the Lord this week. Just see where your
engine will go :)
Love you all!!!
Sister Rhea Walters
(These are still pictures from
saying goodbye to the last area, next week I'll get some pictures of the beach,
yest we run on the beach :) )
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