11-7-16 (Monday)
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| JeanKyle |
Today was the best! I was my normal happy self for the most
of the day. YAAASS! :D I don’t know.. I guess I just tried my best to do
whatever Sister Buna Cruz wanted to do so that she would be happier and
essentially help me be happier. (Haha! I had to ask Sister Buna Cruz how to
spell essentially! ;D There’s something wrong with that. (;) But we both ended
up kind of doing what we both wanted to do without really talking about it!
So.. that worked out better than I thought it would. (;
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| Sister Ikafanga |
Anyway.. Today in one of our lessons I really tried my best
to apply what I learned in zone training this morning. And it was total
success! :D I straight up told them that I was going to apply something in our
lesson that I just learned earlier today. And they’re like yeah, sure,
whatever. That’s cool. So I told them about how as missionaries one of the most
important questions an investigator could have is one of the most difficult to
answer. And that is “How do I know if I have received an answer from God? How
do I know I have felt the Spirit testify to me the truthfulness of the
missionary’s lessons?” So! We all read in the restoration pamphlet about how
the Spirit testifies in many ways but that they’re all beautiful feelings and/or
thoughts. Then we were able to teach them the Word of Wisdom which went great
AND THEN as we were wrapping things up and getting ready to commit them to live
the word of wisdom I asked them what they felt during our lesson and they
answered in a way that it all makes sense and they’re happy. Then we re-read
the part in the pamphlet that we started the lesson with then I testified that
the Spirit was in our lesson and that I felt it and that I truly believe that
their hearts were open and they felt the Spirit too. Then they all committed to
live the word of wisdom and be baptized as a family on December 10! BOOM PANES!
;D Life is great. (: |
| Allen |
11-8-16 (Tuesday)
Honestly I thought today was great! I had a ton of fun! I
had exchanges here in 100 Islands with Sister Ikafanga from Australia. So, yes.
I had the time of my life spending the day with another foreigner that actually
speaks English. AAND we’re actually alike so we had a blast while working. (:
11-10-16 (Thursday)
So today when we went to teach A and M we had a
total blast! When we got all sat down and ready, Sister Buna Cruz and I both
realized there were too many little kids that were joining our lesson to be
able to have a formal/focused lesson. So we turned it into a Family Home
Evening. It was total success! So in our last lesson with them we read some of
1 Nephi 8 so that’s what they’ve been reading on their own the last couple
days. So for our lesson we blindfolded M and gave B a chocolate bar
to try and convince M to eat what B was trying to feed him while
everyone else yelled stuff like “no, no! Don’t eat it! It’s dirty!” or I guess
you could say it was more like “Huwag! Wag-wag! Marumi iyan!” (:
But eventually M took a bite and was obviously
grateful. (; Then we tied all that to Lehi’s dream and it was just perfect. (:
Then we played some games and everyone was just laughing and having a great time
then the next thing you know, practically the whole compound is all hanging out
with us being amused by the fun all the kids were having. Man.. It was just a
great time seeing how happy everyone was. I really hope that broke the ice for
some people [so] we’ll be able to teach more people that live by A. (:
11-11-16 (Friday)
HAPPY ONE MARK TO ME! :D We all went over to the Mina’s to
cook food for the picnic we planned last week to celebrate my one year mark. I
was expecting we would be able to go out and work around 5:30 or 6:00, But no..
of course cooking took 5 years. So we finally got to the 100 Islands Park
around 6:30 for our picnic. I really did enjoy our little picnic while we were
all eating together. And I got lots of cute pictures. (:
Also! I totally wore the same outfit today that I wore when
I entered the MTC on November 11th 2015. (:
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| Jeankyle's mom and Kim. (: |
11-12-16 (Saturday)
JeanKyle was baptized today! Yeah baby! That’s 3 weeks in a
row with a baptism! We’re actually baptizing every week! Success! :D
I also
talked to a guy from Washington as he was walking past the church while we were
out taking pictures. Turns out he’s a member! He explained how grateful he was
that I’m serving a mission and said he was baptized after 24 hours. That’s cool
and all, but how and why was that ever allowed! Anyway.. He’s less active
because “he doesn’t understand anything anyway.” So I told him he should come
and I’d translate for him. He was all like “wait. You go to church here!?”
(Uhh.. yes..) “Then I’ll see you again sometime.” Oh man, I sure hope he comes
to church tomorrow. (:
ALSO! I forgot to mention JeanKyle’s mom actually came to
her baptism! YAASSS! And the members, especially the Relief Society, did a
fantastic job at helping her feel loved, missed, and welcomed. I sure hope she
felt the Spirit and remembered why she was baptized in the first place, and
comes to church tomorrow. That would be true success! I have high hopes/great
expectations for tomorrow. I really hope I’m not let down too bad.
11-13-16 (Sunday)
I honestly had a great day. (: I don’t know why or what
happened, but I enjoyed life today. Church today was great (and so was the
aircon. (;! Even though both the American guy and JeanKyle’s mom missed
church.. Sayang.. [alas] But! JeanKyle was confirmed a member today which makes
up for that! ;D She’s so cute and just makes me happy. (:
