IM IMPROVING!!! Yes yes yes! Slowly, but surely I am improving. First off, I have made it through a whole transfer! I didn't realize how stressful transfer day is for some people. For me, nothing changed... I am still in training for another Transfer with Sister Tiongco as my companion (thank goodness cuz she's so good) I'm so blessed to have her as my trainer.
Anyway I'm slowly improving tho. This week we had the opportunity to teach a Sister named Sister Wenng. We OYMed her and just taught her right then and there. We started off with a song and a prayer like we always do. We were teaching on the street just siting on little benches and as we started singing a bunch of little girls came and gathered around us. Then when we told them we were going to say a prayer they all sat down, folded their arms, and closed their eyes. It was the cutest thing. It reminded me of the way Jesus must have felt when he was with all the little kids teaching them and loving them. It was honestly one of the highlights of my whole week was just being able to pray with these cute little kids. I love the kids here. As we got more into the lesson we were teaching just about our purpose and expectations and things. When it was my turn to talk and share some insights on who we are as missionaries, I started talking and It just came out in Tagalog. I literally said everything I wanted to say in Tagalog. I don't know how it happened, but it did and it was wonderful. I know it was the spirit. it was CRAZY. I can't wait until I am fluent in this language and that happens every lesson. I felt so blessed to be able to have the spirit work through me like that. Wow, I can't even describe the emotions I was feeling during that time.
Another experience I want to share is with a Family we met on Monday and taught the following day. We went to teach them and they are the cutest family. There is Sister Chana Hernandez the mother who has 3 kids. Vence (18), Venmore (14), and Veneza (16). The husband works abroad in the UK. They have had a really rough life in the past and they are so thankful for God in their life. They are Catholic, but are looking for the truth (YES) and they are a very studious family. Anyway one of my goals on my mission is to always have the spirit with me and have people feel that when they meet me. They will just get that feeling of the Spirit. As we went inside the Hernandez Families home we were getting to know them and just building the relationship of trust. We asked Sister Chana why she let us inter her home to teach her and her family. Sister Chana said that when she met us she just got a feeling that we were there to help her and her family. She said we just had a warmth about us that she doesn't feel very often. As Sister Chana Hernandez was talking I had tears in my eyes. She was describing the Spirit. When Sister Hernandez met us she felt the Spirit. I have never felt such a deep emotion in my life. When she was describing how we made her feel I just kept getting an overwhelming confirmation about how real the Holy Ghost is. I had it with me. It made her feel all the feeling she expressed through me. Wow. It really just solidifies to me how real this gospel is, how amazing it is, and how through the power of the Holy Ghost it can change lives. My goal is just to always live worthily to have the Spirit dwell with me. Missionaries are nothing without the Holy Ghost. I realized this week the Holy Ghost is the true teacher and comforter.
So much happens every week I continue to just have my faith build and build everyday through my experiences. I wish I had all day to email and share everything I experience everyday, but obedience sooooo.. haha but know that I love missionary work and I love being apart of this Gospel. Thank you everyone for all the support and love you show me. Continue to do the things you do and be the best examples you can be to the world. Everyone says missionaries are weird when they get home and it's true. They are. It's because they aren't of the world anymore. That's what makes them so different. I can't wait to be weird when I come home because It means I'm not apart of the World. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we should all strive to be in the world, but not of the world. Be examples to all of those around you. I love you all and hope you all have the greatest week. Remember God loves you and so do I.
Mahal ko kayo,
Sister Barton
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