Week
50?!
Alright-
this is crazy. I am realizing how funny it is to have a brother on week 3, and
me be at 50. Oh the changes, and the experiences that have happened in between!
I am so grateful, and excited for him. This week was a really trying week for
my companion and I. We have not been experiencing very much success with the
investigators and have felt a little discouraged at times. This week was a lot
of time on my knees, and in my scriptures seeking for revelation. It is so hard
to find out what it is I am missing to help the work progress here in Tayabas.
I think it might be patience(: I just really love that ward! Anyway- other than
that storm MARIO hit the Philippines. I had a good laugh when our tricycle
driver told us it's name!
We
started off the week on exchanges. I got to go with two really great sisters!
Sister K. and Sister R. I was so blessed to be able to work with these sisters.
One of them has been having a really hard time learning the language. She has
been here for a long time but still struggles. She opened up to me about her
feelings of discouragement and inadequacy. My heart just went out to her. I had
a really neat experience listening to her. I felt this love for her that was
not my own. And I prayed for The Spirit in helping me know that to say. I
opened up to D&C 25 and went through it with her, trying to give her words
of encouragement. I LOVE this calling. I am so stressed all the time, and feel
so overwhelmed sometimes that my brain literally cannot organize itself. But
these priceless opportunities to express Heavenly Father's love to one of His
precious daughters is such a gift. It has been changing me so much- i wish i
could put it into words. Moroni 8:25-26 does a much better job than me.
Even
though this week was hard and we did not experience much success- Heavenly
Father answered our prayers with a great lesson on Saturday night. We had been
punted literally all day and had been praying for direction. On our way home,
we both had a thought to stop by this investigator we had only taught once but
had not been able to contact again. We had a wonderful lesson and she accepted
a baptismal goal date. She has the most real intent of I think, anyone I have
ever taught. She has a pure desire to follow Jesus Christ. I am so excited to follow
up with her prayers and see the miracles she will experience if she chooses the
right. Earlier that day, we did weekly planning. At the close of the planning,
Sister Reed pleaded with Heavenly Father for just one person who would be
interested and willing to act on the message. That was her! I am learning to be
grateful for every small tender mercy we get. I know Heavenly Father is
preparing me for something, I have no idea what it is. But I feel from The
Spirit that this trial in this area is for me to learn something in order to be
more prepared for something that's coming.
I have
been studying lots of conference talks getting excited for conference in 3
weeks! The talks have been so comforting and enlightening this last week.
Have a
good week everyone! Birthday shout out to pup robalin- (my best friend since
before the womb.)
Love
Sister
Gaspar de Alba
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