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Kamusta y'all!
   Well, it was just the last week of September which means Family Week in the Philippines. We were able to attend to the celebration on Saturday and it was so fun! Family Week is always the biggest church event of the year. It's a whole stake celebration with a parade, performances, and games. Last month I was told about how family week started, so I thought I'd share it with y'all.
   In September 1995, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" was first introduced and church leaders in the Philippines presented the President of the Philippines with a copy of the document. He was so impressed that starting in 1996, the last week of September officially became known as "Family Week." While the occasion is most enthusiastically celebrated by Latter Day Saints across the Philippines, other organizations are often involved as well. 
   Having the opportunity to teach people how the restored gospel blesses families is one of the greatest privileges of serving as a missionary. Here is a society that prioritizes family relationships, where generations have built communities in which everyone is related... somehow. We meet so many people that firmly believe their family will continue after this life, but they just don't know how. I'm so grateful for the knowledge that we have because the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored. I am so happy to get to teach people what they can do to be able to say with confidence that they know their family will be together forever.
     Aganad y'all!
      Sister Harrison

Family Week 2019 #BuildingForeverFamilies
 


 

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