Maayong gab-i So, we have a little problem. Our house is infested with cockroaches. We have no idea why, what happened or where they came from. We came home one night and there was no joke 15 big, fat cockroaches flying around from wall to wall. Just a good reminder I'm still here in the Philippines. I have never been more scared to sleep in my life haha. Even with flying cockroaches, it was an amazing week with a lot of progress. I don't think I could love Hinigaran more. It has my whole heart. Leobert passed his baptismal interview and is so ready for his baptism this week. I am so happy for him. Not only that, but we asked Judito again if he had talked with his brother. His brother straight up told him it depends on what he wants. So we looked at him and said so.. what do you want??? Stay tuned June 16 is the day :) Thursday we had exchanges. I stayed here in Hinigaran with Sister Johnson. As we were walking to our next lesson, we ran into Tonton, so of course I stopped to talk to him. Sometime afterwards, Sister Johnson turned to me and asked if he was a member. I was a little surprised, and so was she, when I said we are teaching him. She said there was just something different about his countenance, as if he was a long time member. Every time Tonton smiles, you really can see the light of Christ flow in his countenance. He's a whole new person. Yesterday as we were walking to our next appointment, a lady named Jasmine ran out of her house towards us. She asked us if we could come inside and pray for her father who has been suffering from severe stomach pain for a long time. We were a little hesitant, but we went inside to find an 89 year old man and his wife. They were practically skin and bone. It was so humbling to see how much faith and confidence they had that two young girls with name tags could help this situation through a simple prayer. We asked if he had gotten medical help, but Jasmine said they barely could afford multivitamin drink and liquefied green barley for her dad (which is apparently all the doctors recommended). All I could do was offer a simple prayer for peace and comfort. We asked if we could return to share a message with them about God's perfect plan. The whole experience felt surreal. I am so grateful for the faithful people here in the Philippines, and their extreme amount of faith in God. They know that He is real and can perform miracles in their lives. That same day, we taught a group of 6 young men. At the beginning, I'm sure they listened and agreed for us to share, because they found two young American girls speaking Ilonggo amusing. At the beginning some were half listening, while two were playing a game of chess. To make things worse, they live right by the highway, so noisy trucks would pass by every few minutes. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but it was seriously the coolest. We started sharing about the Church Jesus Christ established while he was here on earth, and how it eventually became lost. As we taught, more and more of the chess game stopped, and the trucks seemed to not drive by, because it got so quiet. As I looked around the room, there was not a set of eyes that wasn't on ours as we spoke. The spirit was so strong. Something that started out pretty relaxed, and not too serious, turned into something a lot more. We're excited to go back woot. There is always too much I want to say! Sorry for the longggg email! Always look for ways to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and become his ministering angels! We are all called to this work for forever. Love, Sister Adams PS right now in the Philippines, it is mango season. That means two things. 1. At least one person a day (either random people, members, or someone we're teaching) will always give us a big bag of mangos! At our house we have 3 big bags of 3 different types of mangos just from people giving them to us. All the members know mangos are our favorite so they'll even bring bags of them to church to give to us haha! 2. Mangos fall from extreme heights off of the trees at random times. If you hear a crack above your head, you either run or take cover. Mango season is the best. (Mangos are much less scary than coconuts! We witnessed one fall and hit the ground the other day and realized that it could literally kill a person! 0_0
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Sister Emily Adams
Philippines Bacolod Mission April 18, 2018-October 2019 Mailing Address
Sister Emily Adams
Philippines Bacolod Mission Galo St. between Lacson & Mabini Brgy.22, Bacolod City 6100 Negros Occidental Philippines Archives
January 2020
Companions Provo, Utah MTC
#1 Sister Anna Wilde From Dallas, Texas Taylor, Arizona
#2 Sister Jamie Stuart (trainer) Pleasant Grove, Utah & #3 Sister Kendall Richards Idaho Falls, Idaho Show Low, Arizona
#4 Sister Brooke Casebolt Roy, Utah Manila, Philippine's
#5 Sister Perry Serving in the Iloilo mission from Fiji Sagay, Philippines
#6 Sister Lauren Schenk (Trainer) Syracuse, Utah Sagay, Philippines
#7 Sister Ashley Ellis Highland, Utah Pulupandan, Philippines
#8 Sister Andrea Camille Sales Isabela, Philippines Hinigarin, Philippines
#9 Sister Castillo Sta. Cruz Zambalis, Philippines. Hinigarin, Philippines
#10 Sister Natalie Miner Pleasant Grove, Utah Cadiz, Philippines
#11 Sister Kate Blakeslee Meridian, Idaho Bacolod, Philippines
#12 Sister Kalyx Christensen San Diego, California Bacolod, Philippines
#13 Sister Stephanie Garcia Pangisan, Philippines Bacolod, Philippines
#14 Sister Santa Barbara Marikina, Manila, Philippines Bacolod, Phililppines
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