I am pleased to announce that I didn't transfer! So I will be finishing my mission in the beautiful Mandaluyong First Ward. I feel so blessed I didn't transfer. To be honest I think I would've died if I would've transferred and finished my mission in a unknown area. So i'm grateful to be able to stay here with Sister Baldelomar.
This week has been a wonderful week filled with joys and sorrow and craziness. To start off we obviously had transfers and that was wonderful news. It also is starting to get really really hot because it is turning into summer here. You'd think it's summer all the time year cuz it's always hot, but when it's summer summer it is like scorching hot... So that's really fun, i'm just drinking lots of water and trying to stay alive.
This week I saw my first dog fight outside of the Mesa families home. It was crazy these dogs were like killing eachother and everyone was just screaming and running and yelling and it was insane. Then in the middle of this dog fight there was some drunk man just sleeping on the street. It was hilarious! (picture bellow) Man, I really love the philippines, they always say, "it's more fun in the Philippines" and I testify that that is true haha.
With some other news, Norman isn't getting baptized this week sadly... :/ Using his agency his boss asked him to work extra on sunday and he did so he couldn't come to church. So that's a bummer because now we have to restart his counting of coming to church. I know everything happens for a reason though and I think once he does get baptized he will really have a more solid testimony of the Sabbath Day and why it is so important to keep holy. So it's all for the best.
We had a really wonderful experience this last week though. We had just finished a lesson with a wonderful family and were about to call it a night and go home. As we were waiting for the Jeepney. A lady who was selling Yakult came and stopped by us. She starting asking who we were and things. As we started to talk to her she told us that her husband had died and that she has been searching for the truth of where he is. She said that she had listened to Jehovah's witness missionaries, Born again missionaries, Catholic priests, and is still searching. We asked her if we could share with her where her husband was and when she would be able to see him again. She was really excited and really wanted to know more. So we set an appointment with her and are going to teach her tomorrow. I feel so blessed that the Lord lead her to us.
Every night as I pray I always ask for the Lord's help in leading us to those who are prepared souls and leading the souls who are prepared to us. I know that as we all pray in faith and recognize the times when the Lord does answer our prayers we will receive more blessing and more opportunities to serve His children. I feel grateful for the Lord and to know with a sure knowledge that He always keeps his promises. I really love this gospel and I am grateful for the experience I continue to have each week as I am here serving the Lord.
I know that as we strive to do what is right, even when it is hard, the Lord will help us and extend his arm. All we need to do is to look to him always in our lives. I was reading an article earlier this week and it was talking about when we have hardships or challenges what we should do. It says, "The Savior doesn't want us to try harder; He wants us to turn to Him sooner." I really like this. To know that we are never alone and that Christ is always there just waiting for us to truly trust in him. As I think about coming home soon, I just continue to think all I need to do is what I have been doing for the last 17 months.. trust in the Lord. I know that everything is right through Jesus Christ. Everything is perfectly planned and perfectly done with purpose if we trust in Jesus Christ. I'm grateful to be a disciple of Him, my Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you all for being such great examples to me and for helping me always in times of difficulty.
Mahal ko kayo,
Sister Barton
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