Well the week has been busy as usual. James is looking forward to his baptism on Saturday! I am so excited for him, he is so ready. He reads the Book of Mormon every night and always has questions for us. He basically taught us the Word of Wisdom and the 10 commandments. I am really excited for him. Actually he the same age as Kevin (13 years old), just a few months older.
Also Michelle and her 4 kids came to church yesterday! The kids loved church. Michelle told us that after they left church, her kids asked if they could come back every week. She is doing really well and I am really excited for her.
We haven't been able to teach Jenny who we taught with James last week because she has been out of town, but hopefully this week we will be able to meet with her.
We also had a really great lesson with Ricky. Ricky is an returned missionary that hasn't been to church in 1-2 years because he was offended. The Branch President said that the elders would always go to his house, but they would never get in. We decided we would just try. We got there right when he was coming home and were able to talk to him. We talked to him about his mission and those that he baptized. He said that one family that he baptized and their son just got home from a mission. By the time we finished he was nearly in tears and he said he would come back to church.
We also met with the branch presidency and set up a branch mission plan. We are really striving to help strengthen families-making sure they have family scripture study, family prayer and FHE. We really need strong families that will be able to help converts.
So it is really hard to find apartments here. you can't just go on the internet and find an apartment and the newspaper doesn't have any. So we just walk along the street and say " alam mo ba kung may bahay pwede upahan" Do you know if there is an house for rent? Actually they postponed the opening of the 2nd sisters in bulan because we were not able to find an apartment in time. They will open it up in November. We did find a couple apartments, but we have to wait for President Guanzon to approve them and then they have to install the water filter and everything. It takes a while to get everything fixed. So anyway that makes us wonder what will happen next transfer. Who will stay, and who will go?
Ingat!
-Sister Heather Richins
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