Nung Wednesday, binigay na sa amin
yung mga companions namin. My companion and trainer now is Sister Facer, from
Utah! And she is sooooooo Bait! Pauwi na siya this coming JUNE 25TH so ako ang
last compnaion niya. Magaling siya at marami akong natututunan sa kanya! :) So
we had a lot of appointments during my first day in the field. I met George, one
of our investigators, and taught him about the importance of the Book of Mormon.
At first, I couldn’t believe that I was teaching a "real"
investigator already! We had like a lot of role plays in the MTC, haha, but
then I thought, this is real! George is very special; he doesn't usually go to
church but he has a lot of questions about our beliefs. After that, we taught
Mauricio, he has had a lot of baptismal dates before, (he had 4) pero laging
hindi natutuloy kasi he can't quit smoking! Kind of hard for him. Now we set
another baptismal date for June 1st. We know he's been struggling with the ‘Word
of Wisdom’, but we have members here that are soooooooo willing to help. Ngayon
ko narealize yung importance talaga ng MEMBERS.
By the way, we are serving here in the
Redwoods Singles Ward! It's all new to me, well, because we don't have
"singles wards” there in the Philippines. Hehe Pero, basically, lahat ng
YSA ages 18-30 in the whole stake of Santa Rosa ay sa amin, so we have a really
wide area! Narealize ko nakakapagod din kahit my vehicle kaming gamit. Sometimes,
we have to go to the very end of the city, and then have to travel back to the
other end of the city, nakakapagod! Haha, but then I'm still grateful, sabi nga
ni Sister Facer, we are somehow being spoiled here, we have vehicles, good
apartments, good members (yeah, we have dinner appointments every single day,
we are well fed here, please make sure you also feed the missionaries, it's
really a big thing.)
The weather here is fine, parang
nasa Baguio lang ako. Mainit pero sakto lang. So the highlight of our week,
nag-attend si George ng sacrament! yey! And he stayed for the whole 3 Hours!
Isn't that sooo amazing? We are soooo happy! I love this work! I know that
saving their souls will make our Heavenly Father so happy, and I'm grateful
that I am part of this Hastening! Ang daming new missionaries coming in :) Sa
MTC pa lang sobrang dami na. Anyway, I met our ward mission leader, Kellen, and
he is soooo awesome! He always call us every single day and ask if what help
could he give. So far very eager to help ang mga members ditto. The YSA's, most
of them are RM's, and some will be going on mission! So, they really help our
Recent Converts, Less Actives, and Investigators be fellowshipped. They have a
lot of activities here every week. Every Wednesday is "Mid-week
Forum" where they can watch church movies and have indoor games, and eat.
Then every Thursday night is sports night! haha this is really a helpful tool
to invite non-members so we could meet them. Mondays are for FHE! We also have
an activity called "Linger longer" held once a month after church
service.
I am really having so much Fun in
this work! Last Wednesday, we went street contacting and it kind of scares me
at first but Sister Facer told me to just be confident and follow the Spirit. We
took turns. When I opened my mouth to the first person I talked with, the words
just came out to my mouth. That was Matthew, we were about to cross the street
and he was standing behind us so I talked to him. We introduced ourselves as
the Servants of the Lord (Our mission President said we should introduce
ourselves by saying "we are Servants of the Lord” rather than we are “Missionaries
of the Lord"). I asked him "Do you want to know more about our
Savior Jesus Christ?" and he said, "Yeah, maybe yes, cause I was
losing faith these past few days...maybe i should try" :)) Made us so
happy. We got his contact number and address.
I also met an atheist! haha It was
so funny! They were like asking us a lot of questions about our church then at
the end of our conversation he said that he was actually the President of the
Atheist club-stuff. But he asked for a copy of the Book of Mormon, because they
need some resources because they're doing some kind of like research about the
different religions. Anyway, we just bore our testimonies :)
Being here in the mission is really
tough. You have to deal with a lot of stresses :) But for me, the most
remarkable thing to witness is when I see miracles happening in the lives of
these people... And that we know, the Lord will open the windows of heaven in
this mission, we have what we call the VISION 101 this July, (101 baptisms).
Anyway, I'm out of time :)
_Sister Agura
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento