Thank you so much for all your emails and pictures! Looks like you had a great 4th of July and that Independence Day celebrations continue on strong whether in small town Beaver or Notre Dame! Fun stuff! Happy 4th!
This week was amazing as every week here in the mission is amazing. We met Sister Irene last Saturday while walking and she was rushing off somewhere but she quickly told us hello and to come to her house cause she's there all the time. She told us where she lived and we told her we would come back. When we went to follow up and find where she lived we found her and she was so welcoming to us in her home. She completely stopped everything she was doing and was so excited for us to teach her. She explained to us how it had been such a long time since she had gone to church, she had tried different churches, but just gotten busy and hadn't gone back. She's seen a lot of missionaries before in different places and was happy when she saw us and told us to come over, and then she was so happy when we actually showed up! She told us she would come to church with her grandsons and was excited for us to return. The second time we went over she was again very grateful that we showed up and was excited to hear what we were going to share with her. We invited her during the lesson to be baptized in which she said no thanks, she wants to learn more but she'll still come to church. The third time we came we talked about more specifically about what Jesus Christ specifically did here on earth and especially how He was the perfect example for us to follow in being baptized. As we asked her about how she was feeling, she herself told us how she thinks she needs to be baptized. She said she's not ready yet, but she will continue to learn and she will work towards the date we told her in August. What? So exciting! Then yesterday at Church, church started and she wasn't yet there. Then before Sacrament started she showed up with her grandsons and with another active family who turns out to be her neighbors! We were so excited! During church she was just chit chatting like none other with all the other Nanays and she was participating and everybody kept asking her if she's a member. It was hilarious and so exciting. Nanay Irene reminds me of Sister Jacquilene in my first area in Tarlac where she simply is ready to join the Church. Sister Caoile and I are so excited and we are excited to continue to teach her and her family so that she can come closer to Christ. Ah man I am so excited for Nanay Irene and I know that Heavenly Father answers prayers.
We had lots of other great things happen this week and we are still working through the trials and the Red Seas that make us stronger. I love every single minute of the Master's work and I am so grateful that He allows us, imperfect people, to share His great message of eternal joy and happiness. I love it!
Thank you family for all your love, support, and prayers. Not only your prayers for me, but also for prayers for those we are teaching. I can see how much it is helping them through their struggles.
Mahal ko kayo!
-Sister Davidson :)
Pictures!
1. Our route to get to one of our investigators got flooded out. We were literally like 3 yards away, but because of the flooded water ha ha had to turn around.
2. Nanay Solinda! With Brother Herbert and Sister MaryAnn. Nanay Solinda is less active member who I remember teaching before, and now she has returned back to full activity! She is so funny and just loves to laugh and laugh and laugh about the silliest things. I love it.
3. Sister Alexis, and Nathalia, and the bunso Del Rosario. They were baptized last year and they are so cute! Especially Nathalia. Sister Alexis has grown up so much since the last time I saw her!
4. This is Hyrum, Sister Herlen's litttle brother who I just think is sooo cute! he has gown so much taller since the last time I came here as well! he's 7 years old now and ha ha has just as much energy as he did last year.
5. President and Sister Clark! our new Mission president and his wife! They are from IL but grew up in Utah and they are very excited about being here! They are so cute to watch becasue they have an enthusiasm and newness to them that they are excited to be here. I love them so much already and am excited to be with them!
Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!
and our filipina companions were amazed at how much American's eat ha ha
1. Lots and lots and lots of Rain!
2. Sister Anderson and I dressed up! Sister Anderson is my house mate and she reminds me of Maki soo much! Ha ha it is hilarious.
3. Sister Caoile and I with Sister Ferline and Sister Herlene. Last year when we were on this same path next to the river where we walk to get to some appointments just on that little path you see behind us, there was a funny incident last year with Sister Herlene ha ha so we took a picture in rememberance.
4. Elder and Sister Weber!! We are SO blessed to live next door to the couple missionaries. They are still new here in the mission and they are so cute and so kind! We wanted to celeberate 4th of July with them so they invited us over after work and we had a 4th of July amazing dinner!!!
5. It was a very American meal that they were sooo kind to provide. Mmm... Sister Anderson and I ate so much it was so good.
2. and of COURSE we had to teach them how to make SMORES. I LOVE teaching Filipinos how to make American smores! It's so fun and so easy and they love it!
3. Sister Caoile's first smore!
4. Eating SMORES with Sister Weber!
5. Group shot-love these amazing missionaries!
1. service project with the zone cleaning a school!
2. I was lucky enough to clean the CR. but it was great b/c it was brand new CR so i was just cleaning all the dust from the construction!
3. Camiling Zone!
4. Kabahay pic!
5. RAINY season is here! When it rains, it pours!!!!! as in!
2. the kind people who let us in and teach them while we were stranded b/c of the rain.
3. Tatay Warlito! He is amazing and I'm so glad he has been baptized even though I wasn't there to see it. He was out of town and thinking about moving b/c of work, but then he couldn't find any churches out there to go to; so after praying about it he decided to come back and to stay here so that he could come to church. It took him all night to get back home so he could come to church. he was sooo tired, but he came and stayed all 3 hours. he is attending the temple prep class so he can go to the temple next year. I love Tatay Warlito!
That's all folks. I sure do love and appreciate all you do for us! I know that this is the work of the Lord and I know that we are simply instruments in His hands for His marvelous work to move forward!
mahal ko kayo! Mahal kayo ng Diyos!
-Sister Davidson :)
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