Sister Brittany Ann Mecham : Transfers??? Week 24 in the Philippines

Well I am getting transferred. I wish I could tell you where, but I have no idea. They will tell us tomorrow.

The AP's just called us and told us to get our area book looking nice, our apartment clean, and pay our bills. But the only problem is, Sister Lorente is transferring too. We are really sad because we don't want to leave "Z" or some of our other investigators because we finally have this area seeing progress, but I guess it'll all work out some how.

Anyway. This week has been good. On Wednesday we had Zone training meeting in Lucena.

Thursday our kitchen sink (aka the only working sink in the whole house) got clogged with too much rice and pancit, so we had to call the couples to come fix it. Well. 3 couples showed up. The Gines, Hardins, and Feralles's. I just love all of them so much. The sink took a while to fix and all the elders had to go get supplies and such, so I sat out in our front room and talked to Sister Gines and Hardin for like an hour and it just felt SO good. It totally reminded me of just talking with family back home. It was much needed. Plus now, I have a new goal in life. I want to be a Couple missionary. They can do whatever they want. Literally.

Friday, Sister Harris and I had exchanges. It was a great day too because all of our lessons were referrals!! The only referral I have received on my whole mission was" Z"! So that was really cool to see how much this area is progressing. Plus one of them was a Joe (American). He is actually kind of wierd...but his wife is a member, so he could definitely be baptized sooner than our other investigators. But it was really good to work with Sister Harris. She was definitely impressed with the progress of this area as well as with my Tagalog. I have definitely noticed the change in both and it really does feel great to be improving.

Sister Harris is done with her mission this week, so I was so glad to be able to work with her one more time. She is a really good missionary. Ha but we got double the stares because she is a tall blonde American, ha but it was fun.

Saturday, Sister Manu and Sister Finau had a baptism for 5 little kids they have been teaching in Sariaya. They were kind of a special project because there are no missionaries there. All these kids parents were less active, but now they are coming back! It was a really good service.

And yesterday we got to go to Lucena to watch the first presidency Christmas devotional. It was SO good!! Plus "N" came to church again!! and I got pictures with a lot of the members.

This week, I think we will definitely just be following up with members and "Z" and our other investigators and getting our area ready for new missionaries.

I love you all so much and I'll let you know next week where I'll be transferred!!!

Love,

Sister Mecham