Malolos Week 7

Dear Family,

This week was good! Hard but good. We seemed to have knocked almost every door in one of our areas.  We were really trying to get in to talk but it wasn't quite working. We were walking pass this one house, and we decided to walk back the way we came, not for any reason, but when we did there was this man standing there behind his gate, and he asked if we were Mormons. I said yes and asked if he was too.  This is my joke because most of the time people say no, and I ask them if they want to know more. But he said yes, and that he's been inactive for almost 30 years, and that last week he was praying and wondering if he should go back. I asked him why now, and he said that he feels like he needs to grow up and stop slacking off.  Which made me laugh because this man is in his 50s. He's really educated, and pretty well off actually.  Most Philippians of his status wouldn't give us the time of day. He wants us to come back and teach his wife, and he bought us bananas and some drinks and invited us to get to know his neighbor, this older lady. I think to him the gospel is that pearl of great price.  I don't know what this man has been through, but I think he's willing to give it all up so he can come back. It was a blessing we met him. I could see him becoming a bishop one day. We're excited to teach him this week.

It's interesting that we ended up at that place, at that time, but its also not a coincidence either.

Thanks for reading!

-Sis Fuell

Sister Spencer

Two members from our ward.  The boy will be receiving his mission call in a week or two and the girl wants to go on a mission when she turns 19.  She is now 18.

This little boy came over and sat by me and pulled out his container and it had a beetle in it.  I just had to get a picture of him. 

And the beetle.  (Here you go Uncle Steve)

 

Malolos Week 6

This week was good, it was full of rain, smoke and a bunch of santos, like always haha!!  Transfers were this week and Sister Spencer and I are staying together for another transfer :)

I learned a lot about the plan of salvation this week! A lot of our people we were teaching had a lot of questions about Ang plano ng kaligtasan (The Plan of Salvation). I learned a lot about how it's clear to me that it was a good thing that Adam and Eve to chose to eat the fruit, but it's not very clear to others, of course. I was thinking about how that's very unique doctrine we have compared to other christian beliefs. I love that we know this because of the scriptures but particularly the Book of Mormon. We know that there was a plan for Adam and Eve, and us too, and that God is perfect and doesn't make mistakes, and that it wasn't just a coincidence that we are all here.

I was also thinking this week about President Nelson's closing remarks from General Conference, and to how we all need a testimony of Joseph Smith and what he saw and heard that day in 1820 in the Sacred Grove. It has become very mahalaga (important) to me. As a missionary you teach the first vision in 1820 dozens of times a week, and I don't get tired of it. I feel happy that I get to tell people that Heavenly Father still speaks to His children, and that the heavens are not sealed. He loves us just as He loved people during biblical times. I love talking about the blessings that come from the restoration in these days, and that we have Another Testament of Jesus Christ where we can find peace, for ourselves and for our families, a place where we can find pure doctrine on how to repent and about the nature of God and Jesus Christ. Its really cool!!  I'm also really grateful for the plan of salvation which is mentioned in the Bible, explained further in the Book of Mormon and continues in the Doctrine and Covenants.

At the end of every lesson, we always invite everyone to pray about our message, to know if its true or not. I know that anyone who sincerely asks Heavenly Father, and willing to act on their answer when they receive it, will receive it. Alam ko na mahal Niya tayo, ito ay kanyang simbahan dito sa mundo. 

Love you all, make this week a good one! I'll do the same,

kita kits next week;)

Sister Fuell 

Malolos District

Sister Fuell and Sister Spencer

Museum