October 6, 2019 Kabankalan Second

hiii everyone!! 
wow what a crazy week!! I think probably the most exciting thing is that we found out that they just announced a temple to be built in Bacolod!!! I don't think I will ever forget yesterday. Everyone here just cheered and clapped and cried and it was the most special thing ever. I am SO excited for all the people that I love here. last night this one family threw an entire celebration because of it. it was seriously such a special day.

lots of good things happened this week. 
-we had zone conference so we went up to binalbagan for a day and listened to talks and messages and found out that sisters can now witness baptisms!! so i witnessed my first baptism the next day hahaha. creating history over here 
-im learning how to filipino squat. we're teaching this one family and everytime we go they check my progress to see how im doing. a lot of people don't have chairs so they all just do filipino squats. look it up. im getting good at it 
-me and sister bise did exchanges this week which means we basically trade companions for a day!! felt just like santa fe times hahah. and it was her one year mark so we did some fine dining that night and got the best smoothie ive ever tasted
-we printed out invitations to go to church this week and have been giving them to basically everyone we see. so we've been talking to 30-40 new people a day and really trying to get this area progressing! we're already seeing miracles over here and we're way pumped to get it going.

but basically this has been a really good week!! i love being a missionary and am SO grateful for all the people ive met over here and all the lives ive seen change. 

im pumped to watch general conference next weekend! we are way excited over here. we've had a countdown for a few weeks now hahah. 

life is so good over here!! Have a good week everyone!!
sister johnson





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