We got some really good news yesterday, Marissa is getting baptized next Sunday!! We have been teaching her since January, and she lives with some ward members as their housekeeper/nanny. The elders came and interviewed her yesterday and she passed! We are so excited for her. She has changed her life a lot and she tells us every time we visit her how grateful she is that she knows about the gospel and knows more about Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and how to pray to them. It is really so rewarding as a missionary! So we will have her baptism next Sunday after church. Her confirmation will be the next Sunday during sacrament!
The couple we are teaching is also doing really well. They are my proof that Heavenly Father answers prayers. They both came to church yesterday with their daughter and 2 neighbor girls, and it literally was a miracle to see the change in Vincent from last week to this week. You could just see the spirit working with him at church. He looked SO happy! His 'wife' (they aren't married yet) already has a testimony of the church. She has been reading the book of Mormon this past week and just loves it. Plus last night when we taught them, Vincent said he will read the book of Mormon! It was such an amazing experience. Plus we taught the plan of salvation (definitely my favorite to teach) and Vincent said to us that he is very grateful to have us teaching him the truth. I about died when he said that because the first couple times we taught them he didn't seem interested at all, more like he was being forced, but this week there really was a difference. It was the perfect ending to a kind of not the best week.
Fun facts...
-Sister Lorente emailed me and said she is training. This means I will be a grandma (or a lola)
-Sister Anderson and Sister Tua'one came and did exchanges on Tuesday. I was with Sister Anderson and we were tracting and there were some little kids playing basketball in the street and this little boy called us "Bakla's". A bakla is what they call the gay men who dress like women. We were offended. I think Sister Anderson wanted to punch the little kid and I did too...but we didn't. Ha she said "ano sinabi mo?!" (what did you say) and he got really scared. and then this other little kid said something along the lines of "dude, they understand you". So we scared the one kids friends, but as we were walking away he said, "pangit mga babae" or literally translated "ugly girls". What a poop.
-I got a nosebleed on Thursday morning. It's getting hot here and I don't think I've been drinking enough water. but Filipinos believe (actually more of a superstition) that if you try too hard to speak or understand another language your nose will bleed. The funny thing is I also got a really bad nosebleed at the MTC. I've decided to drink more water though.
-Sister Japus got mugged last night. They were walking home and she had her bag on her shoulder and a motorcycle with 2 teenage boys came up from behind them and just grabbed her bag right off her shoulder. She was SO upset. She had her camera, her scriptures, and her planner in there and like 5,000 pesos she had been able to save from her last area. She was really upset.
-This morning one of the ward members called and said that a trash boy FOUND HER BAG in a trash can this morning!!!!! All her money was gone and the camera, but she was able to get her scriptures and planner back. It is really scary that happened. Sister Cox gave her her camera and she said she will just buy a new one. Sister Japus is still sad though because it has all her pictures from her first area on it. I feel really bad for her too though. I would die if my camera got lost or stolen. We are definitely going to be more careful about our bags now and getting rides home at night instead of walking.
So that's been life in the Philippines this week. We have transfers next week. I have no idea what will happen...Yay for surprises!
Ingat po kayo!
Love,
Sister Mecham
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