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Jul 28 (2 days ago)
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My dear and beloved family and friends,
Oh
man, this week was sweet. Like I've said, we've been working so hard in
this new area and praying for miracles - leaving the rest to the Lord.
This week we've really seen some fruit. One of my biggest struggle and
the biggest hadlang for our investigators to be baptized is church
attendance. We cannot baptize people unless they have attended church at
least the 4 consecutive weeks before their baptism. Which, with
philipinos, is no small feat. But, so many of our investigators are
coming to church! This last week we had the entire Hermosisima family
attend our branch activity on saturday and then they all came to church on Sunday! They will totally be baptized and I'm so excited for it.
There's so much pressure in this area because there
hasn't been a convert baptism in over a year. But the Lord and the
branch see our hard work and diligence and are willing to help us with
whatever we need. It is beautiful.
I can't remember the weird things that happened this
week. Except that yesterday, on two separate occasions, I met white
people from Utah that aren't LDS and are just visiting Palawan for
vacation and one of them had a mutual acquaintance. That has never
happened on my entire mission and it blew my mind. Sister Fran could not
understand why I was so amazed. But listen, I'm on this tiny island on
the other side of the planet and I run into people who know people I
know. It's weird, okay?
This last week we had EXCHANGES. First time for me,
so it was pretty astig. The sister trainer leaders flew over from manila
for a few days and stayed at our apartment which was okay because I
swear ten people could live there comfortably. My temporary companion
was Sister Richey, which was so weird because that's the first time I've
ever worked with a white person. We go so many weird looks. I'm used to
being the only weird one.
Training is going beautifully. Sister Fran is great
and works hard and does weird things and is hilarious. I have no worries
for her. My english is weird, I'm sorry about it.
That's all, folks. The Church is true! Love you!
Sister Mecham
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