Candle Light Packing

Hey guys! This week was a lot of craziness. We had no power for like 3 days. I transferred *WHAT*. I spent a night in the mission home (they have a heated shower and I thought I had died and gone to heaven). I had my “pass off” so I'm officially not a trainee anymore and I think I get a diploma or something so stay tuned. Lots and lots happened so here are some….

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TRANSFER

First of all I had my last few days in Oton and officially moved to my second area. Drum roll please……. Antique! My area is called San Jose. Antique is the west coast of Panay and is often referred to as “where the mountain meets the sea”. It's been great here so far and I'm beginning to learn the dialect here but it's pretty similar to Hiligaynon so I'm getting it pretty fast. 

I said goodbye to Sister Sadueste and Sulapas which was a bummer because our trio was a party. But I got my new companion, Sister Pecundo and she's super fun too. She laughs a lot and is supes good at the language and ASL too.

Our branch here has tons of deaf members but no fixed interpreter right now so the missionaries try our best to learn asl and translate. Sister Pecundo has been here for a while so she's super good at it.

GOODBYE

I had a few days to day goodbye to people in Oton. Saying goodbye to Ronica (my first baptism) was hard. Saying goodbye to The Estribor family was hard. But the very hardest was saying goodbye to Christenette Octavio. I've written about her before but here's the rundown. She has a date for baptism and passed her interview but then backed out. She's only 12 years old but came to church even if she had to go by herself. When we asked her why she backed out at first she didn't really open up, but slowly she told us that literal grown adults were persecuting her. The parents of her friends were telling her how dumb she was to join the church. Her relatives were telling her the church is a cult. Once again. She's twelve. But the last time I visited her she told us she had prayed about the Book of Mormon and she didn't know how to describe the feeling but she said she felt “nami” or good. We told her that that feeling is the spirit. She told us she knows the Book of Mormon is true. I closed by bearing my testimony of the Book of Mormon and I pretty much just cried my eyes out. I wanted this for her so bad. After our prayer to close I told her I'll be transferring. Then she was crying too. Just a good old sob fest. I will miss her and her family and even though I didn't get to see it I know she will be baptized when the time is right.

WAAY GID KASANAG

So as I said earlier we didn't have power for like 3 days. Or we would have power for like an hour in the middle of the night and then it would go away again. Actually the entire island of Panay was experiencing “brown outs” (no power).

It was so so hot but the biggest problem was I was trying to pack for my transfer. So we would work in the day right and then at night we thought we had power but nope. So I was packing all my possessions by literal candle light. Romantic. I also tried holding a flashlight in my mouth but that didn't really work all that well.

We also had like 6 other sisters that were supposed to stay the night before the mission leadership conference. But we had no power. Which for Oton means no water. Sooooooo. Long long long story short I and several sisters spent the night in the mission home. We had Jollibee for breakfast with Sister Nagtalon so that was a moment of swag.

PERSONAL STUDY INSIGHT

This week I've been really trying to study the plan of salvation because it is the hardest for me to teach. While I was studying I realized It really all boils down to Jesus. And just Jesus. His atonement is perfect so the plan is perfect. In Preach my gospel page 56 it says, “ There is more grace, love, and mercy in Jesus Christ than there is failure, flaw, or sin in us.” Or as Elder Holland said “ It is not possible to sink lower than the light of Christ's infinite Atonement shines”. Christ is our Advocate. He takes every weakness, sickness and mistake and more than fixes them. His atonement is for everyone and his arms are outstretched still. 

I know I write about grace a lot but its truly the most joyous message anyone could ever share. So yes, I will talk of Christ, rejoice in Christ and preach of Christ- Over and over again. 

I love this gospel, I love the Book of Mormon, I love my family and I love my savior.
- sister larson

I couldn't get my usual picture thing to work but here ya go.




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