So this week has been so good. On Monday
we had FHE at Nanay nora's and our two new investigators attended. We
got to know them better and share a lesson with them. The day before we
gave them a book of Mormon and one of them has been reading it. she
loves to hear the lessons and knows all the answers to our questions.
she knows how to pray and she has even attended a baptism of sister
tanielu and sister taylor this last Saturday. we have committed her to a baptismal goal date of September 21 and she is so excited. she and her
friend have given us a couple notes in tagalog and I love reading them.
they are so grateful to have us teaching them and it is interesting to
see how we truly have affected their life.
Nanay nora is so funny. she gave me this yellow jacket to wear and
although yellow is not my color I was excited to wear it on Sunday.
she is such a wonderful lady and so loving. I always feel the spirit
when she bears her testimony to us and to the investigators. she is
always inviting people to come to church and is supportive of the people
we teach at her home.
I had my first exchanges this week with sister Tanielu. I was SO
Scared you have no idea, because I was going to lead the area and the
teachings and everythings. AAHHH!! but I went in and just did what I
had been observing. I have been struggling lately with the language and
feeling confident with myself, but I miracle happened. I realized that
I had some weaknesses I needed to work on and so I put my faith in my
heavenly father and said, ok I have some things to work on please help
me improve them everyday and just study the things i need to teach for
the day, the words I need to know and the things I can share with
others. As we started exchanges I was really nervous and the first
lesson I forgot commitments and follow up but then I started to relax as
we got to my favorite area, LANDING!! we taught a recent convert and
that lesson was good. we had time to kill before our next appointment
so we went to a different part of landing I had never been before and
I2L a couple people who were very nice and listened to our message.
they are will to have us come back. But the biggest miracle of all was
that not only was I able to speak but I was able to understand basic
tagalog and what they were saying. sister Tanielu had to explain to me
sometimes but I gained confidence as I opened my mouth and said what I
knew the best way I knew. I got to teach more children and honestly I
LOVE to teach them. they love to be with me and they love to listen.
some of them really don't understand our message but I hope that we can
baptize at least one family.
I related this experience to Nephi building the ship and as I read
that chapter in the book of Mormon I found new light into the meaning of
the story. sometimes we need to have faith in ourselves and not deny
the strength that god has given to us and then act on it. ACTING is so
important.
We had a crazy lightning storm the other day, but what was cool
about it was the fact that there was no sound. there was just lighting
in the distance with large clouds surrounding. A light show basically
and I was just amazed at god power and the earth he has created.
so funny story for the week. Saturday we were notified by the
manager of our apartment that our contract was up THAT day and that we
needed to move. WHOA!! so we contacted the president and the president
of the branch and tried to figure out what to do. We ended up being
able to talk to the manager and she let us stay until we could find an apartment because we not only have to clear it with the president but
we need to make sure it is safe, working, and large enough for all 4 of
us to fit in as well as the amount. Well today I am happy to say we are
going to live in a house right next to president samson the president
of the branch. The house in his compound is very spacious and he is
only charging us 4000 pesos which is so CHEAP! we will be guarded by
dogs, we have a nice gate and the person who was living there before is
in Tiawan with her husband for a while and she said it would be ok to
move in. We will have a bigger bathroom, a bigger room but we will have
to share and a very nice balcony. So maganda!! so today we will clean
our apartment and get ready to move and then tomorrow we will clean
our new house, move all of the previous tenants stuff to a storage room
on the outside of the apartment and move in. what a busy day we have
tomorrow.
At church on Sunday I got to witness someone receiving the gift of
the spirit and I felt the spirit so strong as he received this precious
gift. I don't think I really realized how important this gift is in our
life and how much it influences us. I pointed this feeling out the our
investigators and one looked at me and thought about it and the other,
the one girl I mentioned above, and the other laughed and shook her
head. we found out later that this girl is not really interested she is
just listening because her friend is. Well I hope we can get her
interested but we will see.
I want to just tell you all that I am so grateful to be her and the
feeling I felt on Sunday as I looked over the group of members, and
investigators in the small chapel I was happy. I am starting to be able
to understand what people are saying and I can now see their
personalities and they are so loving. they give the little they have as
a gift and although they live paycheck to paycheck they are so happy.
they have enough to survive and love to share and my heart was just so
full of love to these people. I am so grateful to be here and although I
am far away from home I feel at home. I am starting to see the hand of
the lord and I am looking forward to more amazing experiences to grow.
I love you all and I am so grateful for your support. I challenge you
all to really read the scriptures and apply them in your life because I
have see how that helps you learn what god wants you to learn and how he
helps mold you into the person you need to become. I know that god
loves all his children and that this gospel is true. thanks for the
support and I will talk to you soon.
Love Sister Snow
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