October 27, 2019 Kabankalan Second

Maayong aga sa tanan!!

wow hi everyone!! its been a crazy week!! i got to work in Kabankalan Ward 1 (my last area) for a few days this week and then i got to go up to bacolod on thursday to pick up my new companion!!! her name is sister L'Heureux! pronounced "laroo." hahah its been so funny this week to watch all these cute little filipinos try and pronounce her name. shes from pennsylvania and way cute. we're already way good friends over here. 

theres been a few fun things that happened this week!! 
there was a typhoon on sunday! it was crazy the rain was wayyy strong. in the Philippines the belief is that if you go out in the rain without something to cover your head, you'll get a fever. but me and sister L'Heureux forgot our umbrellas and had an appointment we had to get to, so we just kinda took off running in the pouring rain and im pretty sure the entire town of kabankalan thought we were insane hahaha. 

we had a really cool experience this week. we've been teaching this one family for a looong time and have been trying so hard to get them all to go to church. and finally on sunday they came!! the mom and the dad and one of their kids came. and we went over to their house after church to follow up on what they thought!! and they just told us "sisters, we are going there every week. dira gid kami. we know this is  the truth." and it was just the happiest thing ever!!! we are SO excited for them and their cute family. they are bringing the rest of their kids next week. i just love being a missionary. this time is so precious and i dont think i can ever thank my Heavenly Father enough for this time that He's given me. 

Love you all!!
Sister Johnson 




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