Hiiiii It's me again and it's been another week diri sa Sagay. Sister Ellis and I have just been trying our best to learn how to survive being two kanas who struggle speaking Hiligaynon, it's an adventure for sure. Tuesday we went and visited Barbie for her birthday. She makes me so happy. I have no doubt she'll serve a mission herself. The same day we got a call from Elder Skinner the Area Medical Doctor here in the Philippines. Right now Sister Ellis has a bad Staph infection all over her legs. By bad I mean really bad as in puss filled open sores that drip blood. Sorry if that was too graphic haha. He got a hold of a picture and was extremely concerned about them. After a long phone call he told her that she had to stay on strict bed rest for three days so the mosquitoes would stop attacking her legs and so the swelling would go down. Sister Ellis wasn't the happiest to hear news like that on her first day in a new area but we tried to be obedient and for the next two days we had to stay in our little, dark, lizard infested house. Thursday they wanted Sister Ellis to go see a Doctor. The best Doctors are in the city so we had to travel 2 hours all the way back to Bacolod the second time now in the same week. We were shocked and pretty proud of ourselves that we somehow didn't get lost going to maxicare, the mission office, the hospital, back to maxicare liwat and tapos that, a bus ride to Sagay again. Grabe gid! Don't worry Sister Ellis is doing much better now. Even though we weren't able to teach a ton this week we were still able to have some super solid lessons. At the beginning of the week after our transfer meeting Sister Ellis and I were so happy to be companions but we looked at each other and had to ask, "How are we supposed to do this?"
I love the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 because there were times this week where I felt so inadequate and overwhelmed. I had times where I felt like the apostles looking into a nearly empty basket filled with five loaves and two fishes thinking how in the world do we feed all these people? How in the world do we do this? On our own the things we are called to do can seem nearly impossible. I know that as we turn to the good Shepard, give it our own best efforts and exercise faith in Him he will multiply our efforts beyond anything we ever thought we could. Love you! Happy New Year! Love, Sister Adams
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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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