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Maayong Hapon kamo tanan!
We had a city-wide brown out for a couple hours so
amo na nga I e-mailed later than usual. 😁
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Not too much happened this week and I didn't take that many pictures either -
pasensya gid (so sorry) everyone! I'd just like to share a really spiritual experience that I had, and actually it didn't happen all at once,
pero I saw how it developed over time. So we have one member here at our ward, she's around my age and when I first met her, she was struggling to know for herself if our church was true. She was actually planning on converting to a different religion, but she decided to do what she can to know the truth. So last month she decided to start joining us in going to
lessons for investigators. Over this past month and currently as well, I was able to see how she learned that she did have a
testimony all along, and not only that, but her testimony has grown so much! I saw how she sincerely answered questions that investigators had from her heart. Since she was on vacation she came with us at least twice a week to teach lessons, and sometimes even four times a week!
Maskin I saw her growth, I was wondering if she saw her growth
para sa kaugalingon niya (for herself). I found my answer yesterday as she bore her testimony if front of the entire church congregation. She went up and first thanked Sister Reyes and I for the
missionary work we do [in our ward]. And at the end she said through going to work with the missionaries, I really know, for myself, that this is the true church. It was so simple yet so meaningful for me. She thanked us,
pero I know that it was in her this whole time! These past few weeks I've talked about how I see the growth of my investigators, but what I am doing is so much more than that. My purpose is to strengthen all those around me by inviting them to come closer
kay Jesucristo. I also know that even though I wasn't able to see the results of my work right away, I have learned how to be patient in waiting to see the effects. Just like how a nice deed may not only help the person you are directly helping, but it can create a chain of nice deeds! A lot of times we may feel like we're not doing enough and that we can be doing more, but always remember that patience definitely is a virtue. Like even though I didn't see how I helped this member right away, I was grateful to see the results of my efforts later on.
Pero yeah, hope all of you are doing well!
Halong perme,
Sister Ventura
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