I hope that all is going well for you all! This week was a busy week and
there was so much to learn.
We had the opportunity to go out and contact referrals and teach lessons to
them. It became a little difficult when they started to disappear when they had
told us to return at a certain time. Philippino people will just hide from you
if they do not want to talk to you...or they send their children to come tell
you a story about where their parents are. It is always great to take a
opportunity to talk with new referrals, but it is hard, when you can tell that
they don't want to hear from you.
This week my companion and I had a training workshop. It was a really great
opportunity to see what we were doing good on as a companionship thus far in our
12 week training, but also to see where we could improve. It was a little
difficult though, because the "batch" that I came with are all Philippino and
they were speaking Tagalog during training, until the mission president made
mention that I could probably not understand. It is so hard being the only
American and not having any support or help in understanding the language and
everything else. We had the opportunity to reflect on how the doctrine of Christ
is something that we should include in everything we do. We should be driven to
do this work, because it is what the Lord wants--"For this is my work and my
glory--to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39)
Heavenly Father loved us so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son to die for
us. To know that He loved every single person that much, really tells us
how much we should love others.Through the Atonement of His Son, we are able to
have a way to return back to Him--faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement,
repentance, baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. I loved the
story from 1 Nephi 8, with Lehi and the tree of life--in verse 12--"And as I
partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy;
wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for
I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit." There are so many reasons
why I am out here....I but I feel that this is my greatest drive, because of
Mosiah 28:3 (click the link, for the scripture). I hope
that through all of this, that I will be able to do this for some...so that in
heaven I may have joy with them, over the salvation of their souls.
The people in this area are wonderful. I love going out and teaching...I
wish I understood more of what they are saying, but I don't...and so I have to
piece things together that I do understand. The children here are so cute and so
precious, because they will sit there are try talking to me. I do not always
understand them, but they are so much more understanding when I talk with them.
In fact two of our investigators, two friends, came to church yesterday and
during testimony meeting were trying to talk to me in Tagalog and then English.
They were kind enough to translate and help me understand what they were saying.
These two girls have been a focus for us and we are trying to find a way to lead
them to be converted to the gospel and not to the missionaries that come
through. They are making some progress and will hopefully be ready for their
baptism on the 19th of
January.
I am sorry if I write every week and it sounds the same. I am trying to
share with you what has impacted me and the experiences I have had. The language
is a trial for me and I feel that after I start to understand more of what the
people are saying I will be able to tell you more about the people. For now the
people are very closely cherished to my heart and I hope to start to understand
them more so I can share with you the love I have for them....that may not make
sense, but I will show you....
I hope you all are doing well and I can't wait to share next week :)
Ingat po,
Sister Pace
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