4 months down! Mabilis ng horas!
This
week was so good! Definitely one of the best weeks of my mission so
far! My companion- Sister Feinga is going home and I think her leaving
made me realize how much I don't want to leave anytime soon. As she said
goodbye to all the members and our investigators I was so glad that I
didn't have to say goodbye. I didn't realize how attatched I am. So
transfer day is tomorrow. I will get my new companion! I will be leading
the area here in Legazpi! I am a little scared, but super excited. Our
area will be split. Our teaching pool has become so big that we weren't
having enough time to visit everyone, so the Elders took some of our
area because their teaching pool was small. I am sad because that is
where my first baptisms would have been. An 11 year old boy and the
Malacad family, pero okay lang- the Elders will do a great job and we
will be able to focus on our progressing investigators in the rest of
our area and find more people to teach!
Sister Mataele will be transferred and so my buddy in the
apartment will be gone. I think that is going to be pretty hard for me,
but I am glad that we were able to become such close friends and it will
be fun to see her later on in the mission! Elder Collado is also
getting transferred out of our district. He will be missed for sure! He
was the best district leader. I never though transfers would be hard in
the mission, but is a lot harder than I though. You get close to people
really fast in the mission and it's hard when everything changes.
Because Sister Feinga is going home and Sister Mataele is being
transferred everyone in our ward wanted to feed us. We had at least one
dinner appointment each day. Too much food this week! Last night we had 2
dinners in a row. The Nelsons took us to Sina Una on Saturday. They are
so nice! I am glad I am staying in the same area. Then me and Sister
Mataele made 2 legit meals because it was Sister Feinga's birthday. For
breakfast we made crepes, hashbrowns, eggs, and fried rice and then for
dinner we made mashed potatoes and ribs with this sauce and apples. Top
Chef status. Mom, you would be so proud! I am learning how to cook
actual meals!
So on Tuesday we had MLC and then Zone Training on Friday. They
raised the standards of excellence, which I am actually excited about. I
know we can teach a lot more lessons as a mission and find more
investigators each week. I am excited to try and reach the goals. This
week I really just gained a desire to work my very hardest.
This week we had an awesome lesson with John (Our investigator at
the Guanzons). We taught him the Word of Wisdom. He was so thankful for
the lesson. He kept telling us how thankful he was and how he would try
his hardest to follow it. He is so amazing. He already has such a strong
testimony. We are still working on getting him to church and figuring
out his work schedule. He reads everything we ask him to and always
participates in the lessons! GOLDEN! So then there is Ella May- I talked
about her last week. She is so awesome!!! She always reads and she
always tells us she wants to make it to the Celestial Kingdom- there is
just one problem we found out this week...Her boyfriends is her
uncle...so that will be a fun one. Our Zone Leaders were making fun of
us because we have the most complicated problems with our investigators.
It would take me too long to tell about all of them. We decided though
that there needs to be 'The District- Philippines edition' because
nothing prepares you for a mission here. Just expect the unexpected. We
got a lot of new investigators this week! My favorite in Ginolane- he is
9 years old, his parents are less active. Teaching little kids is so
nice because I can just keep it simple. He will be baptized on November
9th! Probably my first baptism! This week I was on exchanges with a
Sister that used to be assigned in my area. We decided to go visit
someone she had OYMed to when she was here. I am so glad we did! First
of all, the view was amazing, we climbed this neverending hill and then
the view was of the Mayon and the city. But they were so awesome! They
are anxious for us to come back! They are a young couple with a new
baby. They are super nice and already were saying they want to cook for
us. I am so excited!
So this week was super awesome! I wish I had they time to talk
about all of our investigators and all the members each week, but there
are too many of them! I miss you all so much! Love you!! MAHAL KITA!
-Sister Gardner
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