Week 13 - 3 months

Kumusta po Kayo!

Ok so I'm just slightly jealous of the family reunion trip you went on but I'm glad you all had fun haha. I hope you told everyone hi for me! So it's been another great week here in Hermosa as always! It's always a good time out here haha. The people are so kind and friendly and so dang hilarious. Like yesterday a guy came up to me and was like "ahhhh americano!!" and was jumping around and smiling. I just smiled cause now I'm used to that kind of thing and was like ya taga america ako haha. Then I told him my name and that we are missionaries and asked if he'd ever met missionaries like us before. With that he just started singing Jingle bells and skipped away. It was quite the experience haha. Rainy season has hit full swing and it just heaps rain all day which is a blast haha. Actually it's really fun and everyone thinks I'm weird because I like the rain- but it's nice because it cools everything down. Which reminds me of another funny thing this week. So because it has been raining its getting cooler like 65 degrees and EVERYONE here complains about how could it is and are in sweaters and scarves even though I think its still pretty warm. I can't count how many times people made us hot soup or hot chocolate this week haha. so The week started out a little slow because sister Calaunan was sick again and we had to go to Balanga and get her checked out, but we just worked even harder during the rest of the week and it really payed off! We taught more lessons than normal with having less time so it was really cool to see how as we increased our efforts and faith the Lord really blessed us with more people to teach. So I am soooo excited for this Saturday because we have 4 baptisms!! 3 of them are the Capoquian family or the family of Jimboy who we baptized 2 weeks ago and the last one is Florence who is the brother of Gardo- the first person we baptized :) It has truly been such a blessing to be able to watch these people to learn and grow in the gospel of Jesus Christ. From hearing them say their first prayer to seeing them attend church every Sunday and read from the Book of Mormon with their families has been a privilege and such a sweet experience. I am so excited to continue to help them progress and become closer to their Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. I love being a missionary here in the Philippines so much and know that there is no greater joy than sharing the beautiful and happy message of the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. It brings light to those who feel they are in darkness and joy to those who have lost hope. 

Seriously. Being a missionary is the bomb haha.    

Well I gotta get going but I love you all and hope you are well and happy! LOVE YOU/ MAHAL KO KAYO! 

love always, 

Sister Lowe