This is a video put together for the Missionaries serving in Tacloban who have been evacuated to Manila to finish out their missions there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtEh_5Bxc5k&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRtEh_5Bxc5k&app=desktop

I'm perfectly fine here and everything is okay!

 Hello Everyone!

First off just wanted to address the news about the Typhoon.  I'm perfectly fine here and everything is okay! We were asked to go home early on Friday night that's all cause of the heavy wind and rain.  But over the past few days it's been clear sky's and stinkin hot I've actually been getting sunburned haha.   We actually didn't know a whole lot about what was going on, I knew a typhoon was coming but that's the 20th time I've heard that throughout my mission so I didn't think much about it.  I pray and hope that they find all the missionaries in the Tacloban mission, and that the families that have lost loved ones will be comforted.  I can't believe how bad it was and how many people were killed.... these are my people...i love them so much...and my heart just hurts right now... I'm grateful that our mission was kept safe though, and I feel blessed to be safe in this mission.  It seems like the typhoons always just barely miss us.

Well I'm now in my new area with my new companion and it's just been a great week.  I love Sister Dickison so much, we are so alike! She also grew up dancing in a studio since she was young, she loves to read, we like the same music etc...seriously a match made in heaven:)  She is a really great missionary, and was kind of held back by her trainer and wasn't taught a lot of things that she should have.  I'm a little ticked at her trainer actually, that's all I'll say about that though.  The trust of the ward and bishop was lost so that's something that we want to work on this transfer is gaining back their trust and showing them our desire to work really hard.  We don't have a lot of investigators, none with baptismal dates, so we will be doing a lot of finding new people to teach.  We've already found some potentials just in the last few days.  We work so good together!! I have felt the spirit so strongly in every lesson we've taught together.  We teach in such great unity, and Sister Dickison just loves these people so much.  We've gotten compliments on our teaching from people we teach haha sweet! Seriously this is going to be an awesome transfer, great area, great companion, great ward, no squatters, all middle class.....ahhhh man I'm so happy right now haha. Life is good! Their are a lot of less-actives in this ward too, we visited 9 of them just in the past 3 days and 8 of them came to church yesterday! Sister Dickison was so surprised she said some of them haven't been in so long.  We've been sharing a lot about Temples and Family history with them.  You can just see it in their faces that they want to be sealed in the temple so badly and I think it just sparked something inside them to come to church and work on being active so that they can get temple recommends and go to the Temple with their families:)  I'm so excited for the work here, we are gonna be  busy which is perfect!   I love this work so much, I enjoy very much being a missionary and teaching....oh man...I just love teaching.  I continue to learn so much everyday.  I am so grateful that I am here, and that I've had this opportunity to share the gospel.  I am so happy:) 

Again mom, sorry a bout the lack of communication during the typhoon, just know that i'm perfectly safe and doing great, still working hard.  I love you guys and stay safe this week:) muah! 

love, SIster Jones

Transfers and a practical joke

Nov 4 at 11:58 PM

Kamusta po ba kayo?!:) 

 

Pictures from the house I have lived in for the past almost 5 months.

 

                                            The "Corn Lady's children. I adore them.

 

A little Halloween FUN.

 

 

 

          Jenmy's Nephew...He is sitting in this baby swing thing. They are in a lot of houses here.

 

Thanks Dad for the videos of Andelyn's competition it was awesome! I was so impressed you all look really talented and the routine was really put together well.  Wish I could have seen it in person.  I'm so proud:)  I forgot until earlier this morning that mom and Amelia had gone to Disneyland, so jealous especially of the Bread bowls yummmm my fave haha.  Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves though and got home safely.  

 

So big news this week,... I'm being transferred!  My time here in Quirino 2nd ward has come to an end:( I cried when I found out... 6 months is a long time and I love the people here so much.  So many great things are happening and it's really progressed since I've been here.  I am leaving happy and proud of myself for the work I've done here and for the missionary I've become in the process.  But I am also excited for what this new area has in store for me.  I am now in the Pasig zone in the Pateros area.  It's still in the City but I've heard good things from other missionaries.  Sister Wilson actually served in the same ward, different area, but same ward and she said she loved it there.  My new companions name is Sister Dickson.  She's from Utah and she just finished her 12 weeks training so this will be her 3rd transfer in the field.  I've met her a few times before at temple tours and she seems super nice, I think we will get a long great.  I'm sad to leave my anak though:(  She will get a follow-up trainer to finish her last 6 weeks training.  We both cried this morning when we got the news that we would be split up.  We've become such good friends here and it's been such a joy to be her trainer.  She's really nervous about having to lead the area, she still doesn't know where some houses are up in the mountain, but I know she can do it:) The members will help her out...I'm not to worried.  We found a lot of great new investigators who are really progressing and I'm sad to leave them and not see what happens to them but I know their is work to be done and people to find in Pateros as well.  

 

This week was just so so great it is the best way to leave this area.  Our two investigators who are getting baptized came to church for the first time. Ruben and Tumtum, the children of the corn lady.  They loved it! and I was so proud of the youth and the leaders because as soon as they walked in they were just greeted and introduced to everyone and the young men just whisked them away from us and took them to class haha afterwards we came to find them and found them practicing a song with the choir, they will be singing with them next week for Sacrament meeting haha! They just had these huge smiles on their faces and they just looked so happy.  We visited them yesterday and asked how it went and they said they loved it and made lots of new friends and they asked us if their friend could come next time with them.  They introduced us to their friend and we started teaching him too.  I'm so excited for them I hope and pray that they continue to come so that they can be baptized. 

 

We also met the son of one of our investigators, his name is Jake he's 22.  His dad told us a little bit about him before we met him, and he told us that he had been looking up info about Mormons online (oh gosh) and had tons of questions.  We were a little nervous going in haha but...we met him and he is one of the nicest people I've met and really interested in the gospel.  In the middle of our lesson he stopped us and said, "I just love how you talk about Jesus Christ, Your faces just light up" aww:) we continued to teach him about the Restoration and after we told him about the first vision he sayd "oh! I just got goose bumps!" haha! aw man I'm sad to not see what happens to him.  He will be baptized I just know it! 

 

Brother Madz worked with us this past week.  He bore his testimony during the lesson and talked about how he was baptized a few months ago.  I was so proud:) I just kept remembering the day we knocked on his door the first time while tracking and now look at him, teaching with the missionaries.  His life has just changed so much, and he just has a light about him.  Made my heart feel so good! 

 

Alright Funny story time:) hehe..So Friday's we have weekly planning, it's not always the funnest day and it takes a long time sometimes.  I love having the time set aside to plan for our whole week, receive revelation, and talk about each and every investigator and less active and talk about what they need and what we will teach them that week.  So Sister Andersen had the idea to play a prank on the other sisters cause we were all so serious and planning and stuff...so she sat at the top of the stairs and filmed the whole thing, but I had a cheap candy bar and we set it out in the sun in our window till it melted and I took it with me into the bathroom.  So the thing about the Philippines is that most people don't use toilet paper here, we do haha, but most don't.  And people tell us not to shake peoples left hands cause that's the one they use to wipe....yah haha.  So I'm in the bathroom and smear the melted chocolate on my left hand than I holler for Sister Strebel to bring me my toilet paper that i had "forgotten" on the top of the fridge haha. Sweet girl, She comes bringing me my toilet paper and knocks on the door, I open it up a little bit and stick my chocolate smeared hand out to get the toilet paper and she screams as I grab the toilet paper 'touching her hand along the way, so now the chocolates on her' and pull it inside the bathroom.  She starts screaming "It's on my finger! it's on my finger!" hahah! oh man...haha it was so good:) She also enjoyed it and was a good sport about it after lol.

wow...this is so long..sorry!! i'm done now haha it just was a great week and I'm gonna miss it.  Especially living with Sister Hepworth and Sister Strebel.   Sister Strebel and I have been in the same house for 4 1/2 months now.  We've become such good friends along the way, I'll miss her.  She makes me laugh so hard.  But I'm excited for Pateros, and all the new people I'll meet and the new experiences I'll have.  

I love you guys so much, Andelyn and Amelia- don't tire yourselves out too much.  Mom and Dad I love you guys thanks for emailing me every week with love and support, it keeps me from being homesick and encourages me to keep working hard.  Hugs and Kisses all around! Mahal na mahal ko kayo lahat:) Till next week,

Love, Sister Jones.

Well fam....I've made it half way through my mission!:)

Oct 13 at 10:28 PM

Hi Fam! 

It definitely gave me a good laugh to hear about all the reactions to that spider haha! and thanks for all the info on it Mom, cause I was wondering what it was called and if it was dangerous, so thank you for clearing that up:) The roach problem is much better, I think it was particularly bad that night because we fell asleep with the light on and I think it attracted them and they all came through the window, lesson learned! But we did put up mosquito nets last p-day and I've slept like a baby knowing I'm protected from any bugs that come-a-creepin. 

 Look Mom...I'm a princess. Ha!

Yes mom there was a typhoon and we were warned about it, but surprisingly it wasn't bad at all.  Saturday it rained pretty hard all day and it was so loud as we were watching conference in the stake building, it was kind of funny because the congregational hymn was "Their is sunshine in my soul today" so we were all singing that as it poured outside haha. The last two days have been beautiful though, nice and sunny, with a cool breeze.  Sister Anderson and I even went out jogging this morning for our exercise because it was so nice...that felt good.  Thanks for all the videos and pictures, I can't believe Andelyn had to re-pierce her ears haha thanks for that. I was cringing the whole time I was watching her put the needle in it. 

By the way....Andelyn....CONGRATULATIONS! on finishing your Young Women's Recognitionhood Award, I am so proud of you:) I know you've worked hard on it for years and you'll always look back and be proud of this accomplishment.  All the Filipino's here who get it too have these really pretty gold medallions and they all wear them proudly at church events.  When they see me wearing my medallion they always comment on it too, it makes me feel good:) 

 

Well fam....I've made it half way through my mission!:) I  will hit my half way mark this Wednesday.  I'm boggled that I only have 9 months left...I look back and think about how far I've come and the kind of missionary I've become in this time.  I've learned so much more about the gospel, my conversion has become deeper, and I've had a front row seat in watching how the gospel strengthens and blesses families...it's been amazing and a sacred experience for me.  I'm so excited to see what else I experience, and the people I come into contact with in these next 9 months.  These past few transfers I've learned a lot about my self, I think the lord has helped me recognize my weaknesses and he's provided me with so many learning and growing opportunities so that I can constantly work on being better.  I've especially loved being a trainer for 2 new missionaries.  I LOVE talking about and sharing the experiences I've had with a new Sister who is just starting out.  I just find a lot of joy in sharing with another person all the things I've learned so far.  Especially when they are struggling with the language and the culture, I'm able to pull from my own experiences and offer words of understanding and comfort.  Sister Ika and Sister Anderson are complete polar opposites but I'm so grateful for both of them and all the things I've learned from them in return.

 

This week has been a really busy week for us.  We had a lot of workshops, lessons, meetings this week so we weren't' able to go out and work as much as we usually do.  But...I've gained a lot of revelation and new insights that will help me be a better missionary and I'm excited to really get back to work this week and use the things I've learned.  We did get to watch Conference this past weekend and it was amazing.  There was so many talks that answered questions for me and helped me in knowing how to help some of our investigators and less-actives come closer to Christ.  We had a new investigator actually attend one of the sessions with us so we were excited about that.  I prayed for him during the whole thing that he would feel the spirit and understand the things they were saying and receive answers to his prayers through the talks.  We followed up with him and he said he liked it, and understood most of it, so that's good!  We have one inactive member in our ward, Brother Jerry, he lives up in the mountains and he is a gentle giant.  I  love him haha he's abnormally tall for a filipino he's close to 6 foot.  But we have been visiting him and trying to get him back to church, he's shy and he had stopped coming shortly after his baptism 2 years ago when the missionaries teaching him were transferred : (  He has had a rough life, but he found god through experiences in his life and than the missionaries found him.  We taught about the Sabbath Day and how important it is to our Heavenly Father that we take the time each week to worship him and partake of the Sacrament.  He's so shy though, but I assured him that he would be welcomed and that the Bishop would love to see him.  He started crying...it warmed my heart. It's funny how peoples fears are so strong that it keeps them from keeping the commandments. But hopefully we can help him overcome his fears so that he will come back.  He also told us something interesting that I didn't know about our area in the mountains...supposedly there are tons of pythons up there! More up higher in the woods where we don't usually go but he said they kill them and eat them! He said he would be happy to cook us Python Adobo sometime haha! Won't that be fun to be asked what weird things I ate on my mission and to be able to answer with "yeah actually I ate Python meat" ha! 

 

Well now that I've written a novel, I'll wrap this up:) But before I go I just want to share with you guys a series of videos on lds.org that I love.  They are called "Daily Bread" here's the link:  http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2649250157001    I love the message from these videos, it is a great reminder from one of the lord's apostles that we need the daily spiritual nourishment that comes from Praying to god everyday and reading his word everyday.  These things are so important, and my testimony of the power of doing these things everyday has grown so much these past 9 months because I've had to rely so heavily upon his guidance and comfort that comes through constant prayer and scripture study while I've been a missionary. Enjoy the videos, their are 3 of them...watch them! and share it with your friends.  

 

 

I love you all so much, and have a great week:) 

 

 

 

Another Sister Missionary sent me this picture of Ammah teaching at a Temple Tour a few weeks ago. I love that Ammah didn't even know the picture was being taken. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below - Some of Ammah's handy work. She has become quite the hair braider for other Sisters in the field.

We've had some fun adventures this past week....in regards to bugs...haha.

Kamusta po ang aking pamilya at mga kaibigan ko:)

I hope you guys had a great week and enjoyed General Conference this weekend.  Sadly I still have to wait till next week to see/hear it...me and Sister Andersen have been talking about it ever since she got here and how we are so excited to hear all the talks.  General Conference here in the mission is like Christmas! haha We were able to attend the Relief society Broadcast yesterday though, and we had Jenie with us and her cousin Brenda.  Jenie loved it! she was so excited to hear the Prophet speak for the first time.  She turned to me after and told me how her blood came alive when he walked up to the pulpit haha and she's excited to hear more from him next week.  I love watching investigators grow in the gospel, they have the best testimonies and It's a blessing for me to watch someone experience new things like this.  Jenie is doing great though and we are working on getting her a temple recommend so that she can start doing baptisms for the dead.  Her father passed away just over a year ago, she was so close to him and she has a great desire to take his name to the temple and have him be baptized.  

 

Sister Andersen is adjusting well to being here in the Philippines.  She's still homesick but that's normal.  We get along great and we've been working hard.  We actually found a new neighborhood to go tracking and finding in,  it actually used to be part of the other sisters area but it's a little farther than where they usually track, and President asked me to re-do the boundaries so that we have more middle/upper class in our area, so we kind of took that area and made it part of ours.  It's a great area, I don't know why missionaries never knew about it before, Me and Sister Andersen just went scouting one day cause we really need new investigators and it's definitely a blessing that we found it.  All the houses are huge and it's classified as upper class.  We actually taught a lesson on a couch!...yes a couch haha it felt so good.  It's so silly but...you take things for granted when you don't have them for so long.  We've been going door to door and talking to people in the streets, just the fun missionary stuff ya know:) I love talking and meeting new people, It's so fun! We've been praying really hard to find new people in this area though, I know the Lord will bless us and help us find the people prepared to accept the gospel here if we continue to be hardworking and trust in the lord.  

 

We've had some fun adventures this past week....in regards to bugs...haha. My whole mission I've been blessed to be put in houses that don't have too many bug problems but...I don't know what happened maybe the change in weather and what not but Saturday night I was sleeping and I woke up for some reason and just barely opened my eyes and I saw a black thing moving across my arm just in front of my face...it was a cockroach!!! So I screamed, jumped up turned the lights on.  Sister Andersen woke up and started screamin too and pointing on the floor (she's on the top bunk) their was 4 cockroaches crawling all over the floor so I grab my flip-flop and start whacking away.  I kid you not...I smacked each of those things at least 20 times until they finally died.  They are crazy you start chasing after them and they are just fearless and they just run right towards you and they are quick little buggers.  So Basically ever since than I've had a hard time sleeping cause every time I feel a tickle anywhere while I'm sleeping I wake up and start looking around my covers making sure their are no cockroaches haha.  After emailing we are going to buy mosquito nets and put them up 1. for the roaches 2. because S. Andersen is getting feasted upon by mosquitoes (they like fresh-meat).  

 

The picture below is of this  HUGE spider that we found inside our apartment on our door last night...it made Sister Strebel cry haha! Our neighbor comes by because we were screaming and says "oh it's just a normal house spider" and than smashes it with a broom! 

(what Ammah didn't know is that it's called a Philippines Huntsman Spider...it is not venomous but can bite and lives on cockroaches and mosquitoes. To bad they killed it.) haha. They range in size of 4-8 inches...this one looks to be about 6 to 7 inches.

I am so excited for General Conference this weekend and getting to hear all the messages from the Prophet, the apostles and all the leaders of our church.  It's such a blessing for us to get to hear from them and learn the things that Heavenly Father wants us to know and do.  We've been busy visiting less-actives and inviting them and preparing them to be able to make it to a few sessions.  We've been sharing a lot about Prophets with them in order to increase their desire to come.  It's so far for them, but it's oh so worth it! Yesterday during the RS broadcast the Prophet walked up to the pulpit and he hadn't even started speaking yet and my eyes were brimmed with tears. We spend all day everyday testifying of the Savior, the Restoration of the Gospel and how God loves us so much that he gives us Prophets to lead and guide us here on earth. My testimony about Prophets has been strengthened because of it. We are so so blessed and loved....  

Well family I'm glad to hear that you guys are keeping safe and enjoying your school activities:) Mahal ko Kayo lahat! 

Love, Sister Ammah Jones

11 weeks till Christmas:)  

The Typhoon passed by us and we got TONS of rain....it's been nonstop pouring for the past 3 days

These are pictures from our mission tour and training with Pres Ardern and his wife. I am in the picture below just to the right of center next to Sis Wilson and my roommates and Sister Ika My Comp for the last 3 months. There is a lot of us huh?

Well Congratulation's to Jade for getting baptized :) So happy for you guys to be a part of that special day for her and how great that both wards came to give their support. The pictures were great, and I'm just so happy that she made the decision to follow the Savior, She looks happy! 

  Sister Wilson and I at missionary training day. It's always so fun to see her and talk with her.

 Well Sister Ika and I got some big news this week for the both of us...turns out that I will be staying here for another transfer...and I've been called to be a trainer again! and....Sister Ika is being transferred to the Island of Mindoro! haha..yah both things that we weren't expecting BUT we are so excited and I'm excited for her to go work in Mindoro. I hear it's tough out there, it's straight up province. No stores, you pump your own water, they have black outs all the time and the ward there is not very organized. There are only 4 sisters from our mission there at a time, and they usually stay 3 to 6 months....and TONS....of less actives...and YES MOM....I am a LOT jealous of her new area. I have always wanted to serve there...it's all beach. haha.
I am also excited to be training again, a little nervous...change is always hard to adjust to but I know this is happening for a reason. Sister Ika and I are sad to be separated, we've shed a few tears the past few days because we knew were being split. We bore our testimonies to each other last night and talked about our area and all the miracles and experiences we've had teaching the people here. She expressed to me her gratitude for all the things I had taught her and told me that she would never forget me...man...I'm sure you can imagine the tears I had coming by that point ha! I'm so grateful for her; I too in turn have learned many things from her as well. This will be my area for 6 months of my mission, that's 1/3! There must be a reason for me staying here for so long, something I've needed to do, and people I've needed to meet and help.
 
This area is so special to me, as we've been waiting this past week to find out about transfers I've thought about all the people we've taught here...all their faces have gone through my mind, the people we've had to drop, the less-active families that we have grown to love so much, Brother Al...Jenny...My time here has been sacred to me. I'm grateful that I get to stay for another 6 weeks. How blessed my new anak ( new missionary straight from the Provo MTC) is to come into the mission in this area. This is a great area to be "born" in. Now that I've trained once before I have been able to look back at the things I could have done better and improve myself this time, and work on my weaknesses.
 This past week we had mission tour and were able to hear President Revillo and his wife speak and also Elder and Sister Ardern of the area presidency. It was really great; I cane away feeling inspired and motivated to be better.
 I feel like I've been blessed by the Lord, Through him showing me this week the things that I need to improve on. I always imagine myself on the airplane taking off to go home and watching the Philippines fading away and thinking to myself....did I do enough? That thought drives me everyday; I want to be what the Lord expects of me. I am his representative, and this time is so sacred. I'm so grateful for the atonement and how it allows us to change and be better every day.
To be honest not a whole lot to update this week on our area, I haven't been able to work much this week. Tuesday morning I woke up with a 102 fever and it lasted for 3 days. Sister Hepworth and Strebel did splits with us so that at least Ika could go with one of them to our area and to appointments. One of them would stay with me at home they are angels!....and they are both staying this transfer too..yay. I have had a bad cough ever since and my voice is almost gone.
The Typhoon passed by us and we got TONS of rain....it's been nonstop pouring for the past 3 days...today it's finally let up a bit. It's been nice and cool though, it's felt so good! I haven't' even slept with my fan on the last 3 nights. We have continued to teach two families that we found last week and they've continued to accept return appts so I'm excited to continue to teach them. We also visited a lot of less-actives this past weekend too. It's been great. I really love teaching them.
I really look forward to this coming week and I’m excited to meet my new companion tomorrow.  Next week I’ll include pictures of our first week together! I love you all so so much, be safe this week!  Good luck with all the activities you have planned, I think about you all every day and miss you so much.  Ingat palagi sa inyo lahat! 

Me getting a little "trunky" for my favorite music. Haha

nagmamahal, Sister Jones

 

Hi family:)

 

Dad thank you for all the videos of Andelyn dancing at the game and of Ruby.  I loved them! Andelyn your dance looks great and it looks like you are a really talented team.  How fun for you! and what great news about Jades baptism is this weekend! Tell her congratulations for me please, that's so special that you all have been such a big part of her conversion process.  You will always be in her memories of the day she was baptized and that is something really special, way to go Fam! Can't wait to see all the pictures from her baptism.  

 

Well...Family it finally happened! Jennie was baptized! It was a great service, not many people were there but the spirit was present and it was strong.  She was so excited.  Both of the speakers didn't show up so we had to improvise and it all worked out, and Sister Ika and I sang a duet for it as well.  Her 3 nieces came with her for the service and a few members were there as well, even the missionary couple that has been helping her in the career center came, they are such nice people and they just love Jennie.  Brother Madz was even there to give his support.  Jennie also bore her testimony at the end, and it was so sweet.  She was also confirmed and given the gift of the Holy Ghost yesterday during sacrament meeting. She cried through the blessing and continued to cry through the sacrament, I think she could feel the spirit really strong.  Getting the holy ghost is something she's been really looking forward to for a while.  I'm just so happy for her, I think that I was sent to this area for her.  I look forward to keeping in touch and seeing how she progresses in the gospel.  

This is Jenny and John Tago-on he is a recent convert.  He was baptized last December and this was his first time baptizing someone.  It was a great opportunity for him:) 

 

This has been a pretty interesting week for us I must say.  We had a pretty cool experience the other day.  We left the house on Wednesday morning and were walking to our area when we ran into one of the Nanays from the ward Sister Bonrostro.  She told us she was free for the day and would like to work with us,  of course we said sure and we went to our area.  S. Bonrostro is a hoot let me tell you, she's been a convert for 3 years and has a great strong testimony she was awesome to work with.  At one point during the day we walked by a big group of women, and normally as missionaries we try to find families to teach and teach people in there homes so it's more quiet and refrain from teaching big groups of people cause it's hard to get to know people that way and discern their needs.  But as we were passing by to go to an appointment we turn around and find that S. Bonrostro had stopped and was talking to this group of women so we turned back and started talking to them as well.  They agreed to hear our message and so Sister Ika and I sat on this little wooden bench in the middle of the squatters area and taught literally a small multitude of people haha at first it started out around 10 people and than within a few minutes grew to about 30.  Not gonna lie I was so nervous! But I know the lord was with us and gave us courage.  We taught all about God's plan for us and how he restored his gospel to the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith.  We than handed out pamphlets and scheduled return appointments.  It was pretty awesome! Hopefully some of them will really be interested and we can teach the rest of their families.  

A few days later we were teaching a lesson at Jennies' brother in laws house and these two women start screaming at each other right outside the door where we were teaching.  I thought I was going to see a murder take place, I have NEVER heard two people fight like that before, it was terrifying.  I just felt the spirit leave immediately and I just felt so dark inside.  I just closed my eyes and started singing a hymn to make the feeling go away.  It just scares me to know that Satan has such great power to make people get so angry at each other like that :( 

 

I also had some crazy dreams this week haha      
basically you all came to the Philippines to visit me on my mission and we were all riding around in Jeepneys around the city.  and than I kept begging you guys to let Andelyn come out for the day and work with us so that we could get more member present lessons.  haha I have no idea but it was just funny.  

All 4 of us sang in church on Sunday and everyone loved it! the whole ward was telling us how good we had done and how we need to take it on the road haha I tell ya the way to get to a Filipinos heart is just sing to them..they love it! 

I got to see S. Wilson twice this week and I'll see her again in 2 days. One of the times we got to sit and chat for a little bit which was so nice:) 

 

Reminder: Next week is Transfers so I'll be emailing on Tuesday.  this transfer went by so fast! I'm pretty nervous, I have a feeling I am leaving and Ika will stay and lead the area, but who the heck knows.  I just know whatever happens will be the best.  I am excited though to see what happens.  I'll fill you in next week:) 

 

Today is also my 8th month in the mission!  ahh one more month and I'm already half way through. That's not much time left:(  Grabe.. it really does go by so fast, I'll be coming home before we know it.. Sometimes I daydream about that day..haha I just miss you all sometimes.  

Sobrang Nagpapasalamat po ako sa lahat ng mga bagay na ginagawa nyo para sa akin.  Mahal na Mahal na Mahal ko kayo:)  Enjoy all the pictures I sent this week haha your welcome mom! ingat hah!
 

 

Crazy traffic. This is what it looks like when it rains which is all the time. It can take us hours to get home sometimes.

 

Sister Ika, Me, Jenny and her cousins.

 

 



This is how we drink soda here in the Philippines. A straw and a plastic baggy. Weird huh?