Wow it’s already P-day again! Time goes ridiculously
fast. I looked at the calendar and realized I’m almost at my 5 month
mark! Ummm I think that’s wrong. I just got here... It’s cool but its scary
because I still feel like such a baby. Like I feel really weak in my
teaching and my Tagalog skills but I’ve realized more about how faith is an
action word. Because for sure if I pray for the language to come and then
I don’t do my language study....it will never come. Or if I pray to find
people and then we don’t OYM (OPEN YOU MOUTH)...we will never get new
investigators. This week has been interesting because it’s been
one of those where we worked and walked all day every day and we still had low
numbers. It’s an awful feeling but it really pushes us to try even harder
next week.
So Baptism this week! :) Rosemarie.
The elders taught her but we got transferred so we got to get her baptized.
The amazing thing is that it’s a completed family because her husband
became active again and got the Priesthood and so he got to baptize her.
Probably the cutest family ever. And probably the cutest baptism I’ve
ever seen too because they are just so great together. And she bore her
testimony and it was just so strong. After he baptized her they hugged
and me and sister Seleue and elder Seau were all freaking out cause it was just
too adorable haha. Were weird. But guess what! I played the piano
for the baptism! I had no warning! Our ward mission leader was going to
play but he was conducting too so he asked if any of us knew how and I said a
little bit...PATAYY! I thought I was going to only have to play one song
but nope turns out I had to play intro/opening/intermediate/and special
number/and closing! Some of them id never played before ever!!! I just
played the top hand! I was super scared and I messed up a little but
afterwards it felt pretty good that I knew enough to make it work. And
especially enough to just sit down and read the music.
Another really cool experience happened the other
day. We were walking trying to find/contact a less active family and so
we were asking all over for directions. A bunch of little kids were
surrounding us trying to help us and it was so cute...ok that’s not part of the
story. But it was cute. Anywayyy but all of a sudden this guy comes
up to us and starts saying he’s Mormon and his family is Mormon....And we can
totally tell he’s drunk and all his friends are in the house with a giant
bottle and they’re just laughing and stuff. So my kasama started talking
to him and invited him to church and then we went on our way and thought
nothing of it. But then yesterday morning in church we were just sitting
there and I looked back just in time to see him walk in the door. It was
probably the coolest thing ever. He came and sat by us and everyone was
totally judging him but he stayed the entire 3 hours! And he was asking
questions and stuff. Gosh it was amazing. I don’t think you can
understand the happiness you get when an investigator comes to church and stays
for three hours unless you’ve gone on a mission.
Anyways I’ve gots to go. I wish you could all just see
all the things that I get to see every day. Some things are just too hard to
explain. But a lot of it comes from just pushing through each new hard
experience every day and realizing how you can grow. And more than that
is seeing the growth in others. It’s pretty cool how much you can love
people you just meet and how excited you get when they keep their commitments
and how sad you get when they don’t seem to understand the importance of the Gospel.
Keep that in mind in your life. Remember that even the littlest
things can change others for the better. And also it is the little things
that make your testimony either grow or fade. Always work for growth.
Love you all! Mahal kita! Keep on keepin on. XOXOX from
Muntinlupa :)
Sister Van Tassell
ps write me letters :) and send me pictures. Because
hearing from you all is like the best thing ever. Even if I don’t always
write you back I still look forward to hear all your stories :)
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