September 23, 2018 Old Sagay

hello everyone!!! 

well this week has been pretty eventful. 

the highlights-
-we got a text monday night that we had a mission wide meeting in Bacolod on Wednesday where Sister Cordon, the General Young Womens president was gonna speak to us, and Elder Wakolo of the area presidency. it was SO so awesome to hear from them. and I GOT TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDSSS it was so so fun. 
-a little boy wandered into our house one day this week and just started walking around. we didnt notice until we turned around and there was a child just chillin by our beds. he wouldnt answer when we asked him what his name was or where he came from or where his parents were. he just wandered around and then sat down at my desk. it wasnt until we gave him ice cream that he told us his grandma is our nextdoor neighbor and we were able to bring him back to his house. but it was SO funny. for the longest time we had no idea who this child was in our house. but he went happily on his way with his new snacks. and now we have a new friend. so that was fun

then on thursday and friday i got way sick!! but perks- the hospital room had airconditioning so i got to spend a full night actually using a blanket for the first time in 2.5 months and lemme tell ya. such a good sleep. 
but yeah that was unfortunate. but at the same time, i feel so taken care of here!! so many people came to visit me in the hospital just to check in on me and brought us food, and then people came to our house to deliver bananas cause they heard im low on potassium (word spreads fast. i think the whole city of old sagay knew i was low on potassium before i did lol). and so many people came to check in on me and cooked for us and prayed for me. just so many people are so concerned about me and my health. they dropped everything to help me when i needed it!! just another reason why i think the philippines is such a special place. all this for a girl who barely speaks their language and has only lived here 2 months. they're the best. 

so not much happened this week other than that, but im excited for this coming week to go back to work!! i had missed the outside world. but im thankful for all these  experiences that im having, even the hard ones. i feel like i learn so much from every hard experience and definitely know im not going through this alone!! 

and life is good as always!!! miss you all!!! 
sister johnson



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