Summer is upon us here in the Philippines. The fans are on full blast, my sweat glands are on overload, the umbrellas are always up, my water disappears rapidly throughout the day, and I have a rather pangit sunburn that radiates heat.
But life is really good here.
This past week has been pretty good. It was a pretty normal week. We had exchanges with our STL's on Thursday and I went with Sister Malig (not the one I used to live with...her cousin) and it was perfect. She is a Filipina and we were just talking throughout the day and we got on the topic of baptisms again. I told her I am definitely more of a planter and her whole expression changed and she just got super excited and said that her dad is actually a farmer in northern Luzon and she said that there really are farmers who are better at planting and the seeds they plant always thrive, while others just die. It was really cool to hear that. I know that if we just keep doing our best, one day these people we are teaching will be able to accept the gospel. It was a really good exchange.
Friday, Sister Mann was a little heat sick, so we had to stay home to let her rest. It didn't look very fun. She started feeling lots better after that.
Saturday was wonderful. We had zone interviews and it was really so good to be able to talk with President again. He said he has really seen how much I've changed from my first few months in Candelaria till now. (He is doing a lot better. They think he had dengue). After that we got to stay and watch the Women's Conference. That was amazing. I started crying when the little beehive girl got up and gave the opening prayer and then like 5 other times after that. It was PERFECT!!!!!!! This church is so perfect too! It was exactly what I needed. Plus it made me even more excited for conference.
Sunday was good. Julie Ann and Vincent were out of town, so we only had Grace at church. She is doing really good :)
And today. We woke up at 5 (it was painful) and were out by 6:30 for our zone pday. We went to Nagcarlan again and went on a Hike. Holy cow. It was literally straight up a mountain. It was a paved road though, but holy cow! It was a killer!It led up to a hill with 2 huge crosses on them. (The catholic church really likes to put big statues of things on hills here...) It took forever, but it was gorgeous. I have a lovely sunburn now too. We need to figure out where we can buy some aloe vera. The hike definitely reminded me of something that dad would take us on.:) Luckily though we brought plenty of food and I brought a big water bottle. Plus there were little tindahans to buy cold water and Gatorade. America needs to adopt the idea of tindahans. They could really come in handy.
Any way. I think that's mostly it for now. Two weeks till my birthday. Conference this weekend. Life is good here. The church is true, and our God is a God of miracles.
I love you all!!!
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