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Maayong udto everyone!
YAY we got transfer calls this morning and I'M STAYING IN [THE SAME AREA]. I'm so happy haha so I'll really be here for 9 months a.k.a. half my mission. Grabe gid, I'm so excited 😊 Sister Loftus is going to 'kill me!"
[Sis. Reyes made me this trunky planner for me over a year ago and I finally opened it because now it's my last cycle!]
This past week was pretty awesome.
Just some random highlights:
Last Tuesday we worked in 3 areas! Pretty crazy so Sister Loftus and I did follow-up exchanges with the 2 sets of companionships. We were all over the place and it was so fun. The afternoon I worked with Sister Fuller and then in the night time I worked with Sister De Jesus! We were only able to work in our area for 1 hour but I'm happy to serve my sisters 😊
[Thank you for cooking!]
Last Wednesday we did a CSP for one of our friends who's disabled. He always talks about how he needs help cleaning around his house and yard so Wednesday morning we show up and he kept saying how shy he was and that he didn't want to make us clean but we cleaned anyway and he really appreciated it! It was nice to do service and to show that we want to help him not only spiritually but temporally as well.
Last Thursday we had a special zone meeting and the AP's came and gave some spiritually uplifting talks about how we can be better missionaries. It was really inspiring and it makes me want to be better everyday and strive to be the best I can for those we teach. We also had another follow-up exchanges and we went to another area to work in. I worked with Sister Dacer and we had a lot of fun and were able to teach a lot of people.
Last Saturday we attended the baptism of one of the sister companionships in our zone and it was such an amazing experience. There was one Nanay who is 85 years old! She bore such a heartfelt testimony and that just shows it's never too late to change your life! At night President and Sister Cruz, and their daughter took us out to eat at Pizza Hut! I haven't had pizza hut in so long it was sooo good.
[Pizza Hut at Robinson's]
Yesterday we had pretty miraculous work. We had 10 new friends yesterday! When we arrived to church yesterday, there was a Sister that approached us and apparently she came to church all alone and attended the Sacrament service prior to ours but she lives in our area. It was her first time coming to church so we got her information and told her we would find her later in the afternoon. As we started looking for her, it started pouring rain! But luckily we were able to find her quick and it was such an amazing lesson. So it turns out, her friend kept on telling her to go to church and she finally went even though he already moved back to his hometown. She really enjoyed church and she was so open to our message. It was so miraculous because not only she listened but so did her mom and her sister. They were in tears by the end of the lesson and I know they felt the Holy Ghost warming up their hearts that Heavenly Father loves them and that the message is true. We're excited to go back to them!
It was a good week! We look forward to welcoming 2 new sisters to the zone and I'm also excited because this Saturday we're going to basically have a farewell conference with the entire mission for President and Sister Cruz.
Hope all of you have a good week! Stay happy 😊
Halong kamo pirme,
Sister Ventura
Philippines Iloilo Mission (Jan 2018 - July 2019)
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Sister Elza Ventura
Philippines Iloilo Mission
Osmeña Street,
Arevalo, Iloilo City,
5000 Iloilo
Philippines
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