Monday, March 23, 2015

Jessica's Seventy Fifth Email! March 22nd, 2015

We cleaned for over 4 hours this morning! No exaggeration! It was like I was in heaven. I couldn't even sleep last night cause I was so excited to clean the house! It was like Christmas morning. Even invited all our cockroach friends for the festivity! But I'm being completely serious. It felt so good to scrub every corner of that house. We actually turned the house into a lake, just for a few hours. Took everything out from the first floor! We're talking the fridge, table, stove, chairs, bookshelf, EVERYTHING. Then we started at the side, away from the door, and just poured buckets of water down. Mixed a generous amount of bleach around (was that safe?? idk...) and got scrubbin! Then swept, and mopped for the final touch. Scrubbed everything down outside (appliances, fridge, all that stuff I said) and organized! We even rearranged a bit cause you know I love a little change in the room arrangement! It was a spiritual experience. And now we are soooo late emailing, but it was worth it! We better get a 60 on our apartment check this week haha. 

Alright this week! There is no way it has been a week! I feel like it's been maybe a day... if that! On Monday night we were blessed to teach 3 member-present lessons! That just doesn't happen on a Monday night! Then Tuesday we headed to Milaor and I worked with Sister Mariano while Sister Gisala worked with Sister Apsay! It was good! Learned lots from her and it was a great day of hard work! It's not about the numbers... but Sister Mariano and I taught 12 lessons that day! Fun to work in different areas and see what we can change in our own work! 

I make a lot of enemies during apartment checks though!!! haha on our way home on Wednesday morning we also stopped by the San Fernando sister's apartment and checked there! But I am passionate about clean apartments haha. No I'm kidding, it's always the area book that's the problem! But I think we'll be friends again one day.

Wednesday was just a normal day of work in our area. Thursday was my LAST DISTRICT MEETING!!! Can anyone believe it?!?!? We have zone conference this week and then zone training the next, so yep! My life of district meetings has come to an end! Weird! It was a good meeting though!!! And then we did a little potluck for our district lunch after! We brought rice and cookies from the mix mama sent! Thanks mom! The elders brought the BEST chicken curry I have ever tasted in my life!!!! And the best mango float!!!!! Too good. Thursday work was good as well. We literally have so many progressing investigators that the hardest part is just finding the time to get to all of them! It's a great problem to have as a missionary! 

Friday we did weekly planning and then just as we were getting ready to go work, the secretary called and said we had 40 minutes to get to Naga for Sister Gisala to take her Michigan test! The test so she can apply to BYU after the mission! It was so fun though cause there were a ton of missionaries there so we were just waiting for our companions who were in taking the test. And it was at the institute building! So fun. Maybe I'll try out institute when I go home! 

Saturday we were soooo busy trying to catch up on all the appointments we planned for Friday!!! Also!!!! Jam and Christian had their baptismal interviews and both passed! So they will be baptized on Saturday along with one of the Elder's investigators. Life is just too good to be true sometimes! Like yesterday when we had 7 very progressing investigators show up for church. That was like I was in a dream. I love these people. And I love the Lord for trusting us with them. He is so good to us. I am happy, healthy, and well! I just don't get how time works! Have a wonderful week and keep smiling. Life is meant to be enjoyed! Until next week :)

Sister Richmond


Top Ten
1. Tons of investigators giving up coffee!
2. Deep clean of the apartment. 
3. Rearranged the apartment! Much more functional now! And we get use of a window that used to be blocked my a bookshelf!
4. Threw away soooo much junk this morning!!!! I think I get it from my dad, my favorite thing!
5. Exchanges in Milaor with Sister Mariano
6. Last P-day was so hot that when we got back from emailing allllll of those clothes we washed were totally dry!
7. Had a few days of rain. Not my fave, but I was starting to feel bad about the farmer's rice crops! 
8. Mom and Dad's plans are getting real. You are coming!!!!!!
9. Baptism this coming Saturday!
10. So much progression in this area! 


Jessica has had trouble uploading all of her pictures the last few weeks so many of these are up to a month old. 

 I think his mom is trunkier than mine!!!








An elder counting my weeks hahah




























 Sister Falcon on the left and Sister Gonzales on the right












 Food you gotta work for!!!!! 
The worm/snail thing I told you I tried!



 Are you jealous??





 After tatay told me I'm not good at eating Suso
 and I should just stick with the fried chicken hahah




 Sister Apsay on the left and Sister Mariano on the right!





I forgot how much I love COOKIE DOUGH!!!!! Thank you mother


District selfie with the Zone Leaders 


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