March 3, 2019 Santa Fe

MAAYONG UGTO!! 
Wow what a week!! GUESS WHAT SOS. SATURDAY WAS MY 9 MONTH MARK!! IM HALFWAY DONE WITH MY MISSION WHAT THIS IS WILD. i still feel like i legit just got here wowowow. time is a crazy thing

the highlights from the week- 
-met a crazy woman old filipina woman who claimed to be 30 and dating a 25 year old from ohio who she met in a bar there. interesting
-became friends with all the little kids in this one area ages 6-12 and they challenged me to a basketball game. told them im a missionary so i couldnt ball it up with them but that i'd probably win if i did. now everyone wants me on their team. i told them if they go to church maybe we'd stop by on a monday and settle it. we'll see.
-summer has officially started in the philippines!!! you know when you get in your car after its been sitting out in the sun for hours and it feels like you're gonna suffocate cause its so hot? yeah thats what it feels like all day in the philippines during summer time :)
 
We had a couple crazy stories this week though. We taught this one cute woman named Saminah. She has 4 cute little kids who are all under the age of 9. We stopped by her house for the first time in a while on Saturday and asked her how she was doing. She immediately just started crying and telling us about all the trials shes faced lately financially. Her daughter was in the hospital for a week, and the bills and medicine are way more than they can afford. The electricity is shut off in their house, and they hadn't been able to eat for 2 meals already. She was on her way to buy her daughters medicine with 8000 pesos, which was everything they had left, when 2 men stole her purse from her! So then they were left with nothing at all. We were just shocked as we were listening to this. These are problems that I can't even comprehend. We gave them some crackers which was all we had on us to feed her kids. It was the saddest thing ever. It still hits me every now and then how amazingly blessed I am. I grew up in a world where I had never once even had to worry that I didn't know where my next meal would be. My perspective has been SO changed. I hope I remember this feeling for the rest of my life. I just love these people so so much. I just wanna cry when I think that I am already halfway done! I absolutely love this country and all the people in it. This is an experience that I think I will be forever changed because of. This is such a special country. ahh yayay i love life

and i love you all and hope you have a great week!!! halong gid kamo!!
Sister Johnson


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