The Philippines is better than Costa Rica!!!              

Hey everyone! 

   This week was very, very sad. But it also had some happy parts too. 

The sad is that we had transfers.  My companion left me and my nanay left me.  It’s especially hard because my nanay is obviously Filipina and so that means when I go home she will be far, far away and we can’t visit and stuff.  But I guess its ok.  Like the scripture in D&C that says you’ll be friends in heaven. But that’s kind of far away.  That’s the sad part of missions.  I have to admit that I cried because she was like my closest companion.  But now I’m old in the mission and all the people I was first friends with are 'dying.'  Sad, sad life.  But we drowned our sorrows in American food.  There is a place called ARMYNAVY which is the best thing I’ve ever been to.  They have legit American food but its super expensive.  I got a burrito and fries and it was 270 pesos.  But it was heaven. They had salsa and everything.  My mouth is watering just thinking about it! Gosh it was amazing.  Unfortunately we aren’t rich and can’t eat there all the time haha. 

     But the happiest part of the week was I got my new companion.  She is really nice. She is 6 months in the mission so she is fun to work with.  She still has that new energy for the work so it is kind of rubbing off on my again. Our area right now is struggling with progressing investigators and its getting a little old to show up to the houses of less actives and find them drinking.  So this transfer we’re going to kick it in gear and see what we can get done.

   We have a family that we absolutely love.  The dad is still a little unsure and doesn’t make any commitments but the mom and the kids are awesome.  Well the dad is awesome too haha. But they are the ones I’m really hoping will progress.  I love that we have a family that we are teaching.  Teaching families is such a challenge because everyone has their own different concerns. But in the end it will be all worth it. 

     We had zone meeting this week.  That was fun.  Except for everyone was running on not much sleep because they had been up late the last night packing. Transfer week is always an adventure.

Well I’m sorry I don’t have much else to say this week.  

    This week we did find a really cool part of our area. We saw it from a ways away and I wanted to go there and so did my companion so we just said let’s go!  And we explored and found a way there.  It was down through this valley thing and across a river and up a hill.  haha over the river and through the woods....to the investigators house we go!  Being a missionary in the province is a whole different experience!

   That’s all I’ve got for this week though. Love you all and I hope you are enjoying your month of love haha. Happy late Valentine’s day!  Talk to you next week!

--Sister Van Tassell