Day 161 Tacloban, Philippines November already???

Time is flying waaaaay too fast. Tomorrow is my 5 month mark!

First off, I am DYING of laughter looking at the Halloween pictures---especially the one of Jared. :)

There was one day this past week where we were super blessed with crazy cool experiences. The Spirit was soooo strong in all of our lessons! We usually teach R at the church with his girlfriend A. When we got there, there was someone in the room where we usually teach. It turns out he's a recent convert named E so we invited him to join the lesson. During the lesson, he brought up a concern that actually was the same as R. It helped to have him there to give R someone to relate to. E had a lot of his questions and worries answered during our lesson. He told us he's not even from the area, but his feet just carried him to the church. It's amazing to see how God works.

We met a less-active man and taught him an awesome lesson about the power of the Atonement. At least I thought it was awesome----I couldn't understand a word he was saying because he spoke Cebuano. But as we taught, I somehow understood what he meant and was able to know what to say. It's such a testimony to me that the Spirit is the teacher and interpreter.

There's lots of cool names here. Like Cinderella, or LaLa or Queen Elizabeth, or JohnJohn. :)

We didn't work a ton this week because of Election Day and Saints Day when we weren't allowed to go outside after 6pm. And then I got sick. But we have a baptism next week! Sister R had her baptismal interview on Saturday and she is sooooo ready to be a member!

Sister Henshaw gave me a cool idea to try with my patriarchal blessing. She told me to identify all the actions I need to do to obtain the blessings. So I made two columns: action and blessing. I made soooo many more connections and learned a ton about my patriarchal blessing. You should all try it. :)

Funny: So Sister Henshaw and I both woke up sick one morning, so we laid in bed for an hour or so. Then our cellphone rang and it was President Andaya!! Turns out he just wanted to talk to someone else in our apartment, haha. We were both like, "Really?! the one day we sleep in?" We had a good laugh.

Sorry this week's letter is sooo short. I'm still sick so I don't feel like typing much, haha.

Scripture of the week: Alma 27:10

Hymn of the Week: 145

LOVE YOU ALLL!