Sister Julia Harrison

Kamusta y'all!      Sister Trinidad and I had a really cool experience while we were finding people to teach. On Tuesday we went to one of our appointments, but they weren't available when we got there. So we decided to find someone new to teach while we were waiting. All of our plans were in a different area, so we weren't sure where we should go. Suddenly Sister Trinidad just pointed to a road heading to a barangay(neighborhood) I'd never been to before. "Can we go there?" "Sure. Why not?" It wasn't very far, but we just didn't know anyone there. But we were excited to do some exploring. When we entered the barangay, we went up and started talking to the first people we saw. Three women who were decorating for the upcoming fiesta. We started talking to them, and once they knew I spoke Tagalog, they invited us to sit down and teach them. We taught them about Heavenly Father's plan for families, and how that knowledge was

  Kamusta y'all!     There was supposed to be a bagyo(typhoon) this last week, but it decided to go somewhere else. :) We just got some rain and a little wind, but it wasn't really a problem.      We had a really good week, and five of the people we're teaching came to church! We also were able to set a baptismal date with a sister we recently started teaching. Kathlyne used to come to church with her aunt and cousins, and she's just recently started coming again. Her mother is very supportive, because she sees how diligent and obedient her nieces and nephews are and wants Kathlyne to be influenced by them. But she herself is content in her own religion and isn't interested in coming to church with her daughter. We're hoping that as she witnesses the blessings in the life of her own daughter, and as Kathlyne shares her already growing testimony, she will become willing to "come and see."      What I really liked about her story is th

Kamusta y'all!      We got to have zone conference this week, which is always fun. President Craig taught us about the importance of the Fall of Adam and Eve, and afterwards I felt like I understood it a lot better. But I didn't really realize just how important that would be until a few days later when we were teaching a recent convert. We were teaching her about the Fall, and she asked a lot of the same questions we'd discussed at our zone conference. Though before I felt I'd be able to explain that principle well enough, I really did need that deeper review and explanation in order to really answer her questions. I realized that the Lord, through His appointed servant, gave us a way to answer this sister's questions. He truly does give us a way to do everything He asks of us, we just need to have faith and act.      Aganad y'all!         Sister Harrison -pictures from our district service project harvesting pechay  -first and last pictur

  Kamusta y'all!       This week was pretty eventful, though my roommate Sister Ward's week was even more exciting... She got bit by a kitten. And had to travel over an hour to Cauayan at 7pm just to get rabies shots... But she's fine, and she's got a story to go with it :)       The most exciting thing though was that we got to go hiking in the Banaue rice terraces. It was super fun. But what was really cool was that it really isn't just a tourist spot. It's not just something made to look cool or impressive. It's really their way of life. What for us was a hiking trail was actually the path to someone's home or field. It's easy to forget just how much variety there is in the way people live. Culture and language is impacted by environment and history. Everyone is built by where and who they come from.       One of my favorite things I get to teach people is that we are all a part of God's family. I might just be a weird Tagal

Kamusta y'all!    So transfers happened, which is always an adventure. But the good news is now I'm with Sister Trinidad! This is her second area and she's soo cool. And I get to be kabahays with Sister Ward! We've only seen each other in passing since the MTC, so it's fun to be together again. :)     We had a really cool experience this week when we went to go teach one of our recent converts, Brother Ricardo. We had called another recent convert, Brother Harvey to see if he could come to the lesson too. We tried calling a couple times, but he didn't respond. So we just headed to our appointment and started. As we were singing the opening song, Brother Harvey just walked right in. We hadn't left him a text or anything telling him where we were or what time we'd be there. He just saw that he had two missed calls, and because he wanted to be taught so badly, guessed where we were and showed up.       It was just made me think about how

Kamusta y'all!      It was a fun week to be in Alinguigan. We got to explore a new area, and we met a lot of members there. We also got to attend the other sisters' baptism on Saturday. This next week is transfer week and we got the news today. Sister Albalate will be leaving me! :( We've had so much fun together and made a lot of progress here, but I'm also excited to work with someone new.     I spoke in sacrament meeting this week (again.. that's nothing new). But I learned a lot as I pondered the messages from general conference. I ended up talking about something President Nelson said in the General Women's session.      "Part of this endeavor will require you to put aside many things of this world.... But truly doing so requires you to examine your life meticulously and regularly. As you do so, the Holy Ghost will prompt you about what is no longer needful, what is no longer worthy of your time and energy. As you shift your focus a