August 4, 2019 Kabankalan first

HI HAPPY AUGUST! KAMUSTA NA KAMO?

time is so fast wowowo i cant believe its august!! but its been a good first week in kabankalan!! there have been a few times where ive thought of my cute people in la carlota and ive missed them SO much but ive also met so many amazing people here just in this one week. 

 Its been a crazy week of typhoons. people's roofs are flying off cause of the wind its been insane. but we've been safe and everyones been taking care of us hahahh

this week we met so many people. this man named Alberto showed up to church on Sunday! We talked with him and set an appointment for us to go visit him later that day. He ended up telling us his whole life story. His wife left him and he didn't have anywhere to go. He ended up sleeping on a bench under a tree for 2 and a half years. he had 2 shirts and 2 shorts and one set of unmatching flip flops. he washed his clothes in the sewer and ate out of the trashcans. He said all the other homeless people who slept in the plaza with him were the type of people that broke into houses and had killed people and had horrible lives, and he said that he told himself that he would never turn into that. He said the only thing that got him through that was his faith in Christ. He knew that even though everything else in his life was falling apart, Christ was  right there with him the entire time.  Until finally he got picked up for a job in Manilla, where he moved and was able to start a new life. He said all he took with him was the clothes on his back and a set of unmatching flipflops and no money at all. but from blessings from God he is now stable and has decided he wants to change through the church of jesus christ. He already expressed his excitement for his baptism. We are so excited for him!! 

This week will be a busy one. We'll be in bacolod for 2 days for MLC and then we have exchanges in Cauyaun after that. But im excited and know that this is the most important work of all time! I have never been happier and love being a missionary. 

Love you all!!
Sister Johnson

this is me and my pal jerry


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