We had a zone activity this morning,
which is why I am emailing late today. We went to the beach and cleaned up some
garbage, and then we played ultimate frisbee, and then I helped some elders dig
a mote around the salt lake temple they were building in the sand to protect it
from the waves. It was really fun. I got quite sunburned. I also found a hermit
crab while we were cleaning up garbage, and some of the elders wanted to name
it "Shiz", you know, like from the book of Ether. Anyway, It was fun
to go to the beach.
This is what I wrote to President
Barrientos today:
"My spiritual highlight for
this week happened on Sunday evening. We were teaching an investigator about
faith, and she was telling us about how she didn't come to church because she
has so many things she is doing, and Sunday is her only day off. I suddenly
felt I should tell her about the prophet Elijah and the widow, whom he asked
for food, but she only had enough to make one meal for her and her son and then
they would die, but Elijah promised that if she would give him food, she would
not run out, and she trusted him, and she didn't run out of food. I related
that to giving our time to God first, and he will make it so we don't run out
of time to do everything we need to. Sometimes I have things come to my mind
that I should say, but that time, the prompting was really strong, like the
feeling when I am sitting in testimony meeting and I feel prompted that I need
to bear my testimony. I also noticed that when I am following the spirit, the
gift of tongues is a lot more powerful--both in helping me to be able to put my
thoughts into words clearly, and to be able to speak Tagalog."
This has been a pretty busy week. We
moved to our new apartment on Tuesday. It's a lot nicer than our old one. It
was pretty dirty when we moved in, so President let us take most of the day on
Wednesday to clean. Now it looks pretty, and there are no more cobwebs in the
CR (comfort room or bathroom). We have a shower, but it is really weak, and I
still prefer to use the bucket anyway.
Also, Sister Cabato is training a
new sister, Sister Deyro. She came early (transfers aren't until February 26,
but she came last Thursday), and so we will be a threesome until transfer day.
She is really nice. It's fun to be three in the apartment, instead of just two.
Oh, wanna hear something funny about
Tatay A? Well, he's 68 years old, and he's still single, and this last week we
needed to teach him about eternal marriage. We weren't exactly sure how to do
that, but we decided to emphasize that eternal marriage is required for
exaltation, but if we don't have the opportunity in this life, we will have it
in the next life as long as we do everything we can and are faithful. After we
taught that, Tatay told us he is determined to find a wife. He says he will go
to Cagayan (another province in the mission) in May to look for one, and if she
isn't a member, he'll have her be baptised first. He's so funny. Everything we
tell him, he takes to heart.
Oh, did I tell you about Sister P?
She is one of our new investigators. We have taught her 3 times, and I am so
impressed with her. We gave her the restoration pamphlet to read after our
second visit, and when we came back, she had not only read it, she had looked
up the scriptures in the back and answered the questions that went with them.
She is the only investigator I have ever had who has done that. And when we
invited her to be baptized, she accepted right away. I am so pleased about her.
Oh, and we gave Sister M's daughter an
illustrated Book of Mormon stories book for her birthday, and M said her dad
has been reading it. It makes me smile. Maybe we will be able to teach him too.
Well, that's about all. Thank you so
much for your emails every week. I look forward to them every Monday, and they
brighten my day so much. I love you all. I'm so thankful for the gospel. I know
with all my heart that it is true. there is nothing in this world that is more
important. Poeple need to realize that so much. I am thankful to be here in the
Philippines sharing the gospel.
Love, Sister Boekweg
Baguio Time
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