November 18, 2019 Kabankalan Second

Maayong agaaa!! Kamusta kamo? 

wow what a week!! its been a good one. SO fast. time just keeps ticking. ive been really good at pretending like i have all the time in the world left, but the past couple days its been sinking in that i only have a little bit more time with these special people! i just love them and seriously think i could be a missionary forever and never get tired of it. theres nowhere else id rather be. i just wanna live up these last couple weeks and use every second!! 

 the highlight was definitely that Nay Gemma and Gina got baptized on saturday!! oh it was just so special. they both just got up and testified about the truthfulness of the messages we've been sharing to them and cried and cried as they made sacred covenants with our Heavenly Father. just the happiest day ever. we're so excited for them. and their entire family came to church on sunday! the rest of them are preparing for baptism in december.  i love being a missionary!!

in other news we had 6 dinner appointments this week. 3 birthday parties. its been a busy week. but a good one! i just love this time. it'll be a fun week with exchanges and zone conference and lots of appointments. i just love my time here and am so so grateful. who would have thought this would become such a special place to me. 

life is good!!
Sister Johnson 




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