WOOTWOOT. New transfer! New
companion! So fun! Ok. Transfers! My new companion is Sister DEYRO! She is
great. So hardworking and ahhh I just love it. We talk to EVERYONE. We have
found so many new potentials and ahh making such progress in the area in just
one week. Now that I've got a say, finally working this area like I've been dreaming
of my 3 months here. SO Sister Deyro! So sweet. Filipina. Has like 7 months in
the mission. Likes nighttime hugs (working on not cringing, but she's so sweet,
I can't tell her how I dislike companion hugs haha). She is 19, I think the
only sister missionary I've ever met who's younger than me (Sister Green maybe?
Can't remember. OH, which reminds me. She had to go home for health problems.
MTC comp, remember her? Anyway. So sad pray for her!) So yes, sister Deyro
calls me ate (older sister) and we are enjoying our time together so far! We're
gonna turn this area around.
Last Monday, not sure what the
deal was, but I fell... okay, I fell twice! I'm usually pretty talented in
walking, but idk what was going on. Both times I was down, DOWN. The first was
in Centro of Naga, way crowded. The sidewalk had a hole in it. A HOLE. Why?!?!?
I'm not sure, but it was just the prefect size of my shoe and I fell in up to
my knee. It's ok though, only like 200 people saw. The second one was on the
steps outside of our house. So ya, the legs are pretty cut up, maybe I'll get
some cool battle scars and can make up a cool story about living in the jungle
in the Philippines... shhhhh.
Other than the pain, oh wait! More
pain…Super glue. To this day I have still never used that stuff successfully
without gluing my hands together. But this time was pretty bad! K! I think
that's all for this weeks injuries.
OH MY! SISTER TAYLOR IS HOME!!!! I
mean Jaycee, I mean ahhhh. I don't even know. So crazy/exciting/fun/insane.
When you bump into her at BYU everyone in the fall, say hi!!!! She's the best,
you'll love her. She is so great and sent me such a great email and ahhh it
goes so fast!
This week along with all our
finding we did a few more service projects. One was to help a less active
member harvest her gulay. So we go there at the time and place she said. Well,
Miss Sally was nowhere to be found. Luckily I've picked up some skills of
navigating through rice fields over the months so we found our way out. Too bad
we couldn't help, but hey! It's always an adventure in the Philippines. Oh ya, and
there was that time sister Deyro fell off the path into the muddy rice plants
hahaha.
MIRACLE!!!! How did I almost
forget this! K sister Deyro's first evening here I took her to a less actives
house. We were just starting to share a little message from the Book of Mormon
when her aunt came in so I invited her to join. She sat right down so we kinda
gave an overview of the Book of Mormon and read a chapter. Left a copy with her
and scheduled a return appt. We came back Friday. SHE WAS IN 2nd NEPHI!!!!
Whatttt?!?!? Who does that?? Ahhh I was so happy I couldn't even think for like
3 minutes. And the best part is she actually read! People always lie to us
about reading, but nope, not her! She recounted the whole 1st Nephi! She even
remembered about Zoram! Nobody remembers Zoram! And! We taught her husband! A
family! They were all supposed to come to church, but didn't show. We went over
last night to follow up and they told us they didn't have fare to go to church.
But we're gonna go get them and walk with them next week and ahhhh. SOOOO
golden. We really see miracles in the work.... when we actually get out to
work. Grateful for a change :)
We have probably found more people
this week than my last 2 transfers here combined. There are some missionaries
who like to keep teaching the same people no matter how much they don't
progress. That's just not the way I like to do things. It's like a glorious
spring cleaning!!! Ahh…out with the old and in with the new. Love it!!
Ok! SO a horrible thing happened.
Won't go into detail, but a Baptist preacher lady got hold of one of our
investigators and has been brainwashing her. We were there teaching her and
this lady shows up and just ripped us apart. I thought I had seen bible bashers
out here, but I was wrong. She said horrible things about the Book of Mormon,
Prophets, Joseph Smith and just all of our beliefs. Just hearing someone say
that about the things so dear to me really hit me. After about 20 minutes I was
not down to just politely keep telling her we didn't want to argue. I bore
testimony of the simple truths that I KNOW to be true. As horrible as it was to
hear those things said about the men who have done so much for our salvation,
it was a huge testimony builder to me. I was so grateful for the opportunity to
defend the things I love in this life. I KNOW that this church is true. I KNOW
that Joseph Smith was called of God. I KNOW that Thomas S. Monson is our
prophet in this day. I KNOW that God has a plan for all of us, no matter how
hard the path seems, he is there to guide us back to him. I love this gospel
and I am so grateful for my membership in Christ's church. And I can't tell you
how grateful I am for this chance I have to serve a mission. I will keep doing
what I can to help people find the joy that the gospel gives to our lives!!!
Thank you all for your love and support!!!! Daniel and Christie, travel safe!
And Dad and the Don, enjoy El Salvador!
Much love,
Much love,
Sister Richmond
Top 10
1. WE HAVE KURYENTE!!!! After 3 weeks,
I've never been so happy to turn on the light. Cold water and fans at night/
Life doesn't get much better than this!!!
2. Sister Deyro
3. My whole batch was at transfers
again
4. White Bean last P-day! The
cutest most delicious little American cafe
5. New Investigators. FINDING
6. So effective with time again.
really satisfying for my OCD
7. District lunch- pizza!!!!
8. Taught a lady with 16 kids...
what the
9. Stake lied to all the aux
leaders yesterday about a stake council meeting to get them all there but it
was really a family history workshop. idk why that makes me laugh so much.
10. Just a wonderful week full of
MIRACLES
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