Wow!!!! So many surprises! Ano ba iyan?!
Kristol and Cosette ay mag-aanak! I am so excited to see their cute new
additions. and Kayla Murray is going on a mission! I also heard that
Jimmy Glunt got his mission call to Las Vegas! I am so excited. How many
missionaries does that make serving from our ward? 5 or 6? It is the
hastening for sure :)
I FINALLY got to listen to General
Conference. It was AMAZING! It is amazing, even though I am studying 1
hour every day, my soul was so hungry and then filled with the words of
conference. I missed the power of the spoken word of living prophets and
apostles of God. Conference was such a testimony builder, and I felt
like every talk was SO crucial, and aimed for me. I am so excited to
study them again. I know that we have living prophets guiding us and
that is such a blessing. I know that we will see opposition in the
future, and it was sad what happened but we know that no unhallowed hand
can stop the work from progressing. We just need to believe and cling
to the truths we know.
My week was a wonderful one. We
saw some beautiful miracles. It is so special to find new investigators.
That is one of my favorite things to do. We found a sister this week
who was only 17 years old, she had fought with her mom and moved out to
work here in Laoag. She was so touched by the message we shared, and
when we gave her a copy of the book of mormon, she asked us 3 times,
"Are you really giving this to me?" Then later that day, we taught a
young adult man, and as I explained to him about what the book of mormon
was and held it on my lap, it seemed to be glowing. And then at the end
of the lesson, He was like, "Your book, sister...." And I knew he
wanted a copy badly. We were happy to give him one. I have so many
beautiful experiences but there's not the time or words to share them
all. I will read you my journal someday :)
Annnd
F is doing SO WELL!!!!! She went to church again and May 2nd is
her goal date for baptism. She is so cute.. she wrote a whole entry
about her first time at the mormon church and she ended it " In the Name
of Jesus Christ, Amen." It was so cute! And she left spaces for the
coming weeks. She was able to attend general conference, and I am so
glad she understands English. She said of her experience, that she just
felt so light inside, and it was like all her worries were lost. She
said also to us, that "All the other missionaries before you too would
invite me to church but I never said yes until now. She said, I don't
know what it is about you two." We assured her this was the time God had
prepared her for. She is actually from manila but her home burned down,
and she lost everything, and moved here. I'll be sure to send pictures
sa susunod.
I love you all so much and I am so thankful
to be a part of this marvelous work. I pray that all of us will talk to
the many people around us, we don't know who is ready.
Have the best week, and remember to be filled with WONDER every day!
Love,
Sister Andelin
Apartment mates
our amazing Zone
