Sister Julia Harrison

Kamusta y'all!     Last monday was a bit of an adventure with Sister Ala-an's mom coming, so we didn't have much time to email. So last week was extremely hot, and a little rough because everyone was on vacation for Holy Week. But it was interesting to see how it was such a big occasion for people here. Pretty much everyone had work off, and we were asked by several people why we were working even though it was Holy Week.    I know that Heavenly Father puts people in our path. Saturday night we were walking home in the dark, when someone stopped their bike next to us. We were a little wary, but he just asked us if he could come to church, and of course we told him he could and gave him the address. We didn't think much of it until the next day when he actually came! He turned out to be related to someone we're teaching, and afterwards we set an appointment to teach him later this week. We wouldn't have talked to him that night, because it's n...

We got to talk to Julia for a few minutes this evening but she said she wouldn't have time to email.  Her companion hasn't had an opportunity to see her mother in four years because she has been working in Kuwait.  She had arranged to spend this P-day with her, so Julia will be tagging along with them today.  She said the work is progressing, in spite of temperatures over 104°F.

What it's only been a couple weeks and she was transferred again?! She was having communications issues with her companion, not language but maybe culture. Anyway not really sure but they talked to the mission president and awhile later they called telling Julia she would be moved from Solano to Alicia. So after serving for six months in her first area she is now in her third area in less than three months. :) She is 1/2 hour away from the big city of Cauayan so yesterday she went to a fancy internet cafe there and was able to video chat with us!! It was a much better connection than the Christmas video chat and it was awesome to see her!  Kamusta y'all!    So I'm in Alicia now which was a bit of an adventure. I miss Solano and Sister Anzano, but now I'm with Sister Ala-an who is super fun. But with all that excitement, the highlight of the week was definitely General Conference. I love that Christ's gospel is so simple, and it's the same for all peopl...

Kamusta y'all!     We've still been settling in this week, but I'm starting to get to know Solano and the members in the branch here have been really helpful. On Wednesday one of the sisters in our apartment had to go to a meeting, so her companion joined us for the day. Even though she's only been in the field for a week, she was so great! Her Tagalog is pretty good, and she was able to help us teach some great lessons.      We've been teaching Brother Holiber, and he's super great. He really likes reading the Book of Mormon, and he'll ask us questions about things he doesn't understand. (Mostly the deep tagalog, but other stuff too) He recognizes the importance of the process of repentance, and that repentance is an essential step in preparing for baptism. He talked about how getting baptized with out repenting first is pretty much useless. I know that Christ's gospel is divinely designed to help us become like our Heavenly Father...