June 30, 2019 La Carlota

maayong agaaa
woo tapos na ang isa pa ka semana!! dasig gid 

its been a good week! done with week 1 of the transfer! 

the highlights-
-saw a huge snake get run over in the road. it was big and blue and green and probably poisonous and all sorts of fun things
-a baby chicken hopped in my lap and sat there for a whole 30 min lesson. 
-focused on finding this week! we found 44 new people to teach! I'm way excited for them and we've already seen miracles cause of it!!
 
But there were a couple really cool experiences this week too. At church on sunday a woman was speaking and she said (in ilonggo) "My life is not perfect and I have trials, but I am happy because of this gospel." And i realized thats totally the point of this whole mission thing. Teaching about Christ is not gonna make anybodys life suddenly become free of trials and hardships, but it helps us to be happy anyways. Thats what I love about this gospel. We always have a reason to be happy, no matter what else is going on in our lives. 

Then we taught this cute family that I just love a couple times this week. When we went last monday, the mom just cried to us about the changes she has seen in her family since we've been going to their house. She said her and her husband don't fight anymore and he's stopped drinking (before we even told him too) and the whole atmospere has changed in their home. They pray together as a family and read the scriptures together as a family every day. Thats the happiest part of what I'm doing over here! Seeing the change in these people we are teaching is so so special. We totally can become way better, happier versions of ourselves because of Christ and His gospel and church!

I love being a missionary!! It is the best thing I could have ever done. I love this country and love getting to live here among these people. 
I love you all and miss you! Have a good week!!
Sister Johnson

ps no pics but i found my camera charger so expect some good ones next week :))

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