September 23, 2013

Family!!!

kumusta kayo lahat?? sorry I haven't yet read any of your emails I"m super short on time today. sorry! but thanks for emailing me in advance! Hopefully Grandpa Davidson is doing okay and so is everybody!

This week was great. Every week is great here and I love it! We had zone conference this week and it was so fun to see so many missionaries from my batch! it is so fun to see how much we have progressed from our first day in the mtc until now. ha ha they are awesome and it always so much fun seeing them all. 

Zone Conference was amazing. We learned a lot about reaching our full potential. I was greatful for the experience to have been taught by the Spirit. I want to help others reach their great potential that I KNOW they have. Because I'm in a new and amazing area I am seeing so many things that I want to help make better. It's a little overwhelming and I'm learning how to be patient in accomplishing things. These people are so great and this branch has so much potential! I want to help them see their potential and then reach it! It's a slower proccess than I'd like it to be but oh well, it makes it more interesting. I'm learning to respect our leaders so much. They do so much for all of us and help us become better people. ha ha ah man I seriously can't get over how much our leaders do for us and I haven't ever realized it before! at least I'm learning now!

okay seriously this is super short letter sorry!

pictures!

we had a combined fhe at a less active's house in branch 4. The 2 Nanays were awesome and they made everything so much funnier because they were hilarious!

the neighbors of some of our recent converts that we're hoping we can teach them soon! they're so kind and were shaving the bamboo so they could use it later for whatever. bamboo is used for absolutely everything here i love it!

 Sister Tauillili and Sister Foster! They are companions now! What??? It's super exciting that they are companions because we are all from the same batch! I love them so much!

 Sister Foster aka my twin here in the mission! I love that everybody always gets us confused for each other!

 Sister Martino! Our mission mother who is amazing and we love her SO much! 

 I LOVE the Philippines! I LOVE being a missionary!

 Sister Herlene Pascua! our amazing branch missionary who is preparing for her mission! Her brother is actually serving right now in the Salt Lake City South mission. He was assigned in Sandy a few months ago! small world!

Brother John Paul a RC last year. He made this rubber band gun by himself and I was super impressed by his skills so i took a picture and he was happy to show it off to me :)

And this is a big carabou that was right in our path of walking so we had to go around. ha ha he is ginaormous and scary! not really scary i'm just a baby so I didn't want to get super close to him.

That's all folks! again I aplogize for the short email! Just know I love you, I love being here on a mission! I know the message we're sharing is true and I know this gospel changes lives. 

Mahal kita!

-Sister Davidson :) 

Family!!!

Salamat for all of your letters! I love hearing how you are doing and it sounds like you're having a great time with life! 

So big news..... I GOT TRANSFERRED!!!! First transfer what??? It was great. I am going to miss Tarlac and the people there like CRAZY but already I love my new area. I'm in Camiling and it is beautiful. I didn't realize how big of a city Tarlac was until now. Here in Camiling it is like small town-sort of. Our area is full and full of farmers and rice fields. There are a bunch of big houses that the owners are abroad on work and the people there are just the caretakers of the houses. Then there are a lot of farmers and a lot of the people are in bamboo houses. The people are already so kind, I love it! Ha ha I'm super blessed. Transfering kind of felt like getting in the Philippines all over again, except now I know more Tagalog. But now all the people here speak Ilocano! They speak Tagalog also but a lot of conversations are in Ilocano. Keep the adventures coming, I'm excited to start a new vocabulary for Ilocano! My new companion is Sister Merwal from Negros Philippines. She is great. She is from the same batch as Sister Bongolto, so I"m her first companion after her training is done. (Sister Bongolto is training now-she's awesome!) Sister Merwal is very kind, sweet, and I'm learning a ton from her. Our house is amazing also. I thought our house at Tarlac was nice-our house here is like a hotel! It's great! It's beautiful, huge, and beautiful! Greatest thing-the toilet actually works like a normal toilet! Ha ha the funny things that you suddenly become grateful for. 

It was hard saying goodbye to people in Tarlac. It was hard because we found out about the transfer announcement Wednesday morning, than Thursday morning we transferred. It was a tiring day on Wednesday and sad also to say goodbye to those who we were teaching. Sad also because a lot of them don't have an email address, and if they have a specific address you could send something, but it's not permanent. I truly may never see these people again in this life. Good thing we've got eternity to live! But it was sad to say goodbye. I fell in love with everything at Tarlac. And now I'm excited to fall in love with everything here in Camiling! 

The people and the branch I'm in is great. Fantastic actually. Ha ha they are so kind and I love it! I am really excited for the work we have ahead of us. I'm super excited for getting to know these people and become part of their lives and for them to become part of my life. I love Sister Merwall and I love my new kabahay, and all these new people I'm getting to know! I'm so blessed to be here. I'm so blessed to share this gospel to all who will listen. The church is true! Jesus Christ is more than amazing and through Him all things are possible for all people. It's amazing to see the Atonement work in the lives of others as well as in my life. We're so blessed to be part of this great gospel and to be part of this work in helping the salvation of many souls!

I love you all so much! Mahal ko kayo!

-Sister Davidson :)

Pictures! 

My kabahay sa Tarlac! I'm going to miss these great sisters!

For transfer announcements our Zone Leaders are awesome and they had us go on a scavenger hunt close around the church to find out different clues for where everyone was going to be transferred!

 Sister Bongolto was buntis! Meaning she was going to train!

Tarlac Zone!! We are ONE!

Sister Dianne and her kids. Sister Dianne was baptized in June and I will miss her sweet smile and her happy face!

We had FHE with the Quiballio family! We pray for them that they will pick a temple goal date and then work for it!

 Sister Cristina de Jesus and her husband Brother Aron de Jesus, also Sister Joy came by to say goodbye! I'm going to miss them!

Brother Aron is hilarious and he also has a Captain America shirt that we both think is awesome. 

3 Generation Picture! Me, Sister Bongolto, and her new anak or new trainee!

Sister Merwal and myself with Brother Raymond who is going to be baptized in a few weeks!

 So many rice fields! It's beautiful!

It's beautiful!

 Our awesome house!

Our front yard!

 My new kabahay! 

That's all folks. The Church is true! I love you! keep being strong in the gospel! 

Mahal ko kayo!

-Sister Davidson :)