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Kamusta y'all!
   I have officially been serving in the Philippines for an entire month. Sometimes it feels like I got here yesterday, and sometimes it feels like I've been here for a lifetime. So because I arrived here on August 30th, the day a started serving here matches up with the date I entered the MTC. So that also means that I have been a missionary for 4 months. Every month has been super different and I haven't really  had the chance to settle anywhere yet. I'm expecting that my next transfer will be slightly different for me because I'll be staying in the same mission... which hasn't happened yet.
    We spent a lot of time in Santiago this week which was pretty fun. Saturday was our stake's family week celebration. (family week is a big holiday here) and we got to go to part of the activities with the members, and we had a couple investigators there too. Zone conference was on Wednesday and we all "buried our weapons of rebellion/put our paper swords in a box". President and Sister Hiatt are so wonderful and I learned so much from them. On Tuesday we had splits with the sister training leaders. So I got to work with Sister Stucki, and with Sister Barnett! It was so fun to be companions again and to see where she's at because she's a cycle ahead of me.
    This week we taught Brother Perlito the Plan of Salvation and he loved it so much. He loves reading the Book of Mormon, and he really wants to learn and understand what we're teaching him. When we finished teaching him about the plan of salvation, he said it made him feel happy and excited. And that's exactly how we felt teaching it to him.  I love having this opportunity to help others feel the light and hope that comes from understanding where we came from, what our purpose on earth is, and where we will go after this life. Our Heavenly Father's plan for His children is a plan of joy.
   Ingat y'all!
      Sister Harrison
1. Me and Sister Barnett (Her MTC companion)
2. Sister Tampus, the STLs, Sister Barnett, and me :)
3. A friend's tricy

 
 

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