Sorry, this week with the Trek I got a little behind and posted this late.  I can't believe, her time is almost over, wow.  A picture of her companion she loves and it's funny with some of the translations.

Testimony Builder                                              7/12/15

Hello family!  Kumusta po kayong lahat?  So this is my last normal P-day!  Next week we have to go to the mission office and then the next week I will be packing my suitcases to come home!  What?  Yup it’s true. 2 weeks na lang! Has a year and a half really already passed? 

So this week was the start of the rainy season. And it came in with a bang. There were 3 typhoons that came close to the Philippines in just one week!  But None of them came close to Cavite.  We just got the rain. And we got a LOT of it!  It rained almost nonstop for like 3 days. There is this huge canal by our house and it almost flooded over. And if it overflows it means we would all be swimming.  Because Noveleta is a really low area so if it rains for very long it floods bad.  But we were lucky and it didn’t overflow. But the rain was soo hard. It was like showering outside….all day.  And one part of our area floods really easily.  And when it floods, all the canal water (sewer water) also floods. So it’s a little interesting. We did some wading for sure. But if the water was too black then we didn’t go in.  But there was no avoiding the floods. It only reached to a little above the ankle so it wasn’t too bad.  The only people who were outside were us missionaries and the people going to work in the factory. Rain or shine…missionaries are working.

                                 

Before one appointment the rain had stopped and everything was dry for a while and then when we were almost done teaching it turned on again. It was literally like someone turned on a faucet. And by the time we prayed and got out of the house the little street was like a river.

We went to follow up on the Molina family because they didn’t come to church. And we went in and saw a pack of cigarettes on the couch!  And I just about died.  I was like nooooo way!  But he told us that that day he had only smoked 2!  So we were really happy. And we gave him a picture of Jesus Christ so that he could look at it when he felt like smoking.  And for the next few times he just had it in his pile of books. But then when we came this week we saw that he had stuck it up on the wall. We were so happy!  And he was telling us about the things he read in the Book of Mormon. And asking us questions.  And he’s just super awesome.

Those are the highlights of the week. A lot of rain! A lot of people telling us that we were teaching a bunch of false doctrine. And not very many people that came to church.   But were still having a great time here in Noveleta teaching people and trying our best to help them understand the beliefs that we have. And the whole thing is helping me to realize what I believe in and how I know that it’s true. I just would like to share with you all that I’m so thankful that I know that this church is true. That I know that families can be forever and death is not the end. I’m thankful that I know that God still talks to his prophets in our time and that he prepares us for the things we need to know…as long as we are willing to listen. I know that the Atonement is real and is for every single one of us. I know that our weaknesses are coming from God and it gives us a chance to put our trust in him and have him pull us up and help us change and become like him. We just have to keep giving it our best and I know that our best is enough. So keep pushing forward.  I love you all and I hope that you have a chance to share your testimony with someone this week. 

Keep on keepin on. 

Mahal ko po kayo!

XOXO from Noveleta

--Sister Van Tassell