This week has been sooooo good! First of all we had this thing called a Mission Tour this week and we got to have Elder Allen D. Haynie come and speak to us. He is part of the area Presidency here in the Philippines. He is such a cool guy. He had the Spirit with him so strongly, but he also has the best sense of Humor.
Being a leader in the Mission I was able to attend MLC and he taught almost the whole thing. He talked about the way we can really change our mission to be "that" missionary who has "those" experiences that everyone talks about after their missions. He really got me so pumped up to just work and work and work until I die... (dying means go home pala) I literally was just so ready to get out and work and kill it. Then on Thursday we had our actual Mission Tour which involved all the Manila Mission Missionaries (besides Palawan) and we received even more inspiration for our areas and how to be the best missionaries and "Find Scattered Israel" It was just a really great conference and a really great week.
One thing that I love that Elder Haynie does every time he speaks to people is when he shakes our hands he tries to personally get to know each one of us for a min or two. So on Thursday I was kinda sick, so I literally didn't have a voice.. I sounded like a man. So he's like talking to me and I tried to talk back, but man it was a struggle. Turns out he actually went to Bountiful High School... he's a little older than Dad, but maybe they know each other or something. idk, but he's cool. It was a really awesome conference.
We also had a Sister named Anny stay with us from Palawan. She is an amazing person. Background on Anny. She is from Brookspoint Palawan which is like the bottom part (Narra Zone, only Elders serve there). She is a school teacher and she is so cool. She has always wanted to go on a mission and she just recently decided to submit her papers, but she needed to get all the check ups and medical things first. So she stayed with us and we took her to the hospital. She has an enlarged heart so they were thinking she could maybe just get on some medicine to control it and then she could go. As we went with her to the hospital on Friday we found out that she is going to have to have a lot more done to her than what was expected...
She will come back in two weeks to get more tests and have more things done to her, but wow it was awesome to just have her stay with us for a couple of days. I really felt how much faith she had. She wants to serve so badly, yet her circumstances may not let her. The desire she has to serve the Lord is incredible. I feel so blessed I was able to meet and get to know her.
I felt a little bad because on Saturday I couldn't even talk and my whole body hurt so I stayed inside to rest and drink water and take like 8 medication pills.. so that was a little rough, but i'm okay now. Sister Turner (the medical nurse) thinks that because I had Dengue every little sickness I get turns really big and kinda messes up my whole system. So i'm gonna have to be kinda careful. I'm doing great right now though!
I'm so excited to skype you on Christmas! 2 WEEKS AND I GET TO SEE YOU! I feel like it's been sooooo long! So i'm super excited. I'll think of some cool things to tell you, but maybe if you have any questions about anything write them down over these next two weeks and i'll answer them when we skype. :)
This week was awesome though, throw out the sickness and boom this week was a perfect week. And to top it off we had fast and testimony sunday yesterday because we had stake conference the week before. Wow how powerful the testimonies were yesterday. I swear this whole week has just been a week of power and revelation and inspiration and greatness.
I love you all and i'm grateful for all you do. Thank you for the package and thank you for you love. I am grateful I get to serve and I get to witness big, small, amazing, great, gentle, powerful miracles everyday here in the Philippines. I feel the Spirit everyday so strongly and I am just really grateful for these last couple of months I have to really give it my all. Keep being an example to everyone and share the light of Christ.
Mahal ko kayo,
Sister Barton
Pictures... Sister Anny and I, Sister Anau sliced a lizard in half because it was all over the place in our room and I couldn't handle it (she was sweat'n so hard but she over powered the lizard), and my beautiful Christmas tree.
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