Week 63 "Tender Mercy and Merry Christmas"

Hi everyone!

Life is good here in the Philippines. There has been a Bagyo (storm) in another part on the PH, so it's been really cold lately, and I'm wearing a sweater right now, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper. :)

Hm, this week was really all over the place. 

We tried to be good Samaritans this week! We got a referral to this lady living on #7 Yellow Bell ST. in one of our areas, so we spent FOREVER yesterday trying to find her (lol. we asked everyone, but with Filipinos, even if they have absolutely NO IDEA where you're talking about, they will still give you directions- lol even if they're just making it up) so we wandered and wandered until we FINALLY made it to Yellowbell, and we saw the house 7, so we approached the door, and the two ladies inside invited us in. SO NICE! So we thought "sweet. this is off to a good start" so we talked and laughed and did some hardcore BRTing (building trust and relationship) and after like 10 minutes, explaining why we are here, we realized that this was NOT the referral at all.. so we asked the ladies if they knew so and so, and it turns out she lived on the other street. (sorry that was probably the longest run on sentence in the world.)  But it was a tender mercy because we got new investigators, AND we did contact the referral who was the CUTEST LADY EVER.

We also had a ward Christmas part and a missionary Christmas party which were both fun as heck. MERRY CHRISTMAS

 We had a killer ward Christmas party. It was Book of Mormon themed. So we all were assigned to different tribes, and there were tents and costumes and IT WAS SO FUN. This is the aftermath, once we got home- looks like we are Indians, but we are really Nephites. Lol​

                                                           Our chief judge (lol) 

 Our BOM themed Ward Party

 Christmas Conference (these are the missionaries in our district). If you look closely, you can see that my knee is super red. Its cause I got over excited and tripped on my way up to the couch lolol.

                              An anonymous Good Samaritan ​brought over christmas dinner <3

THIS IS OUR FAMILY! They will be baptized NEXT WEEK! 

Mission Christmas Party

Mission Christmas Party

                                         Lechon, it's cool to look at, but only guys like it lolo

Mission Christmas Party

Week 61 "December 3, 2017"

Kailey did not send a group email this week, so I am going to post the email that she sent to me.

Hi mom!

I am staying as an STL and I will be "killing" my companion (meaning that she is going home this transfer) and then I will be doing pauwi things (going home things) after her!! WAHOO!! :'))) And then I'll probably be so sad to leave my mission. happy of COURSE but also sad hahahah. then I'll work for you and get married. ;) but you don't have to say that over the pulpit. ;)

hm, we are teaching a FAMILY!! THEY ARE SO CUTE AND SO READY TO BE BAPTIZED holy cow! The elders found them and now we are teaching them since the elders got transferred. they come to church every week and when we extended the baptismal date, the mom said "I'll ALL for it." (in tagalog lolo) and then the dad said "Hm.. I'm not sure yet because I don't feel like I know enough." we told him that it was alright to feel that way, but to continue to pray about it. 

so the next day was Sunday (and this was before the elders transferred) and they came to church and in the EQ meeting, some of the longtime investigators were telling their story (one isn't baptized yet but he said that he has been an investigator for over a year not) and then another member spoke up saying that it took a few weeks only. and then after church, the elders taught the dad and the dad said to them "I don't want to be an investigator for a year. I will be baptized AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!" SO THEYRE ALL GETTING BAPTIZED and as soon as we taught WOW, he quit everything! :'))))) They will be baptized on Dec 23, so it will be a WHITE CHIRSTMAS! :')))

mom I hope you know how much I love you. I really missed you yesterday, but its okay cause I'll skype and then come home in 2 months hahaha. Christmas is on pday, so ill probably  call you on Christmas eve sa inyo. :) I cant wait to speak tagalog with Ben and with Hailey. hahaha :) also tomorrow we are going to the temple and I'm so excited! I miss the Payson temple BUT GUESS WHAT hahaha we are sad in the zone cause a lot of us are going home within the months of Jan-May. and all of the missionaries going home then don't get a last temple trip because it will be closed!!!!