May25

May 25

Mhere are some cool tagalog songs that you should listen to...

Alaala- Sagpro Crew  (it's to the piano of The River Flows in Me)

Long Distance nga Ayat- (idk the artist..it's not tagalog..it's ilocano)

Mahal ko o Mahal ako - KZ (on of my favorites)

Ikaw- Yeng (another favorite)

Cool off- yeng

makabilang Mundo - Jireh Lim

Wala man sa iyo ang lahat- Myrus

Listen..and learn the ways of the philippines ;)

June 1st

Too much happened this week. We spent monday at the Salviejo Families house. We had a really fun fhe that mostly just consisted of eating good food. I love that family. They mean a lot to me. They are such a great example of charity. When they don't have enough, they still share what they have. Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty normal. Just work and such. Thursday we had a really great Community service project at a school. the schools here are so different. We had to clean it inside out. My group got a room that had think layers of dust on EVERYTHING! we had to scub the books, the desks, the tables, the floor...EVERYTHING. the floor is cement and there was only 1 fan in the whole room full of like 35+ desks. There were spiders and beetles everywhere...there was even a frog in the room! it was quite an adventure cleaning it up. I loved working with the youth though. My group had Mark Anthony, Jimboy, Rio, Monica and May. They are some of my favorites. Mark Anthony is a really silly youth. He teases us everyday. He's also leaving on his mission on like 25 days. Jimboy looks like a Filipino Rock Star so that's fun. He's really nice too. Rio is my daughter here on the mission. she's presh. Monica just got baptized Friday but was already completely involved in church activities and May i just got to know. She's really sweet but really quiet..buuut when she sings, it's GORGEOUS!

Friday was Angelique and Monica's baptism. They are 13 and 14 years old. They have been waiting since they were 8 to be baptized. we just barely got their moms to agree to let them get baptized about a week and a half ago. They have been so diligent. Even though they weren't members, they did service, continued in their Personal Progress for Young Women and shared their testimony frequently. They are what we missionaries call "Golden Investigators" They were well prepared. I don't feel like i did much. I'm just happy I got to be here for this part of their lives.

Sat. was supposed to be working with the members but after waiting at the church for an hour and a half for them, we noticed how dirty the chapel was so we started to clean it then by the time we were done we had MCM and then Choir. Sunday was really fun. We had ward conference where me and my comp were in the choir. We sang The Spirit of God and Guide us o Thou great Jehovah. Sacrament was especially spiritual. When we sang the sacrament hymn Jesus Once of Humble Birth i Felt the Spirit testify that Jesus really is my Savior. The words of that song really penetrated my soul. Then when the prayer was given, I heard it differently:"O God, the Eternal Father, I ask thee in the name ofthy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to my soul that will  partake of it; that I may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that I am willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and alwaysremember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given me, that i may always have his Spirit to be with me. Amen." It made me more thankful that I even have the oppertunity to partake of the sacrament and renew my covenants each week. Monica and Angelique also got confirmed during sacrament meeting. It was great. I'm so happy for them!

Then after church the ward missionaries worked with us. Monica worked with us too! then we went to Mama V's house for dinner. It was great to have a real meal!

I'm really excited for this next week! we have loads of stuff happening! This is my companion's last pday so we are having a HUGE water fight with all the youth and ysa from our ward and Branch 2 and my district! then tomorrow we have sister's conference and wednesday we have a lunch apt. at a really fun families house. i'm just really excited for this next week...buuut by next monday, i won't have a companion for 3 days. :( Sister laiti is going home!!  anyway...love all of you <3 :) Have a good week!hopefully you all have time to review Plan of salvation. Love you all. Let's make Grandpa proud..this week especially huh?! :) <3