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Maayong hapon friends kag fam 😊
[Love them so much 😊]
Just some quick updates, sorry don't have too much time!
(And not too many pictures. So sorry!)
[Haha my face when trying to get coconut juice!]
SISTER CORONEL TRANSFERRED -
We were frantically waiting for transfer calls this past week from the Zone Leaders but we didn't expect that any of us would transfer. (Actually Sister Coronel had a small feeling but wasn't sure). So anyways they called and told us that she would transfer and there would be another companionship added into sa balay namon ni (our home with) Sister Gonzales. Yay may ka-balay na kami! (We have housemates now). So transfers happened all too fast, Sister Coronel left and the new sisters came. They also added another companionship of sisters into another area that Sister Gonzales and I take care of. So back then we would only take care of 2 companionship of sisters (not including ourselves), but now we have 4 total = 8 sisters total! Sister Gonzales and I feel so blessed and excited to have so many sisters in the zone.
['Til we meet again]
OUR AREA GOT SMALLER -
So it was kind of a repeat of my previous area...because now that they added another companionship to our ward, the area got split 3 ways and Sister Gonzales and I no longer have the beach (tear-tear, joke lang it's okay lang gid) but we have the center, the very city. We are so excited it's medyo (sort of) like "white-washing". It's a fresh new start and we are determined to reach goals that the Lord wants for us this cycle. We just want to help as many souls as we can come closer to the knowledge of the Savior and His eternal love and plan for us all.
[So we found this big spider and we thought it was a big piece of thread but it actually wasn't ahhh!]
YSA Stake Missionary Fireside -
This past weekend we were asked by the YSA (Young Single Adults) of the Stake to attend their Fireside so we can share with them how to give a Book of Mormon through OYMing (OYM=Open Your Mouth). Which is basically going up to people on the street and handing them a Book of Mormon along with some information about what the Book of Mormon is. It was so awesome because when we gave a "role-play" the Sisters and Brothers really soaked it all in. When Sister Gonzales and I headed out with our Sisters who are preparing to go on a mission, we were so amazed how they went straight to work and held nothing back. They were such an amazing example to us of how loud and proud they were to share the message of the Gospel and a life-changing Book.
[What is this?!]
I know the Book of Mormon is true and it feeds our spiritual souls. If we as humans need to eat everyday, then our souls need some nourishment too! Just like it says in the introduction of the Book,
Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”
I invite you all to get nearer to God and feed your souls. He wants to help us and guide us and that's why Sister Gonzales and I are so determined to flood the area with Books of Mormon this transfer!
Take care always, Palangga ko kamo!
Halong kamo pirme,
Sister Ventura
Philippines Iloilo Mission (Jan 2018 - July 2019)
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elza.ventura@missionary.org
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Sister Elza Ventura
Philippines Iloilo Mission
Osmeña Street,
Arevalo, Iloilo City,
5000 Iloilo
Philippines
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