The Field is White!

Dear Family and Friends,

Wow what a week! It has been really busy but really rewarding!  The Lord is truly hastening his work here!

So on Wednesday we had a special zone conference with the area President of the philippines, Elder Nielson.  It was really good he talked about the atonement and how we can all change because of the atonement.  He talked about the Enabling power of the atonement and how it can help us during our missions and missionaries and our investigators. He also talked about mission calls and when they are assigned he said that sometimes it is more about the mission president that you are assigned to.  He said that we should be looking to what we can learn from our mission president and why the Lord assigned you to work in the mission with Pres. Guanzon.   

On Sunday we had district conference here with our mission president. It was really great because 6 investigators attended! It was really cool they talked about missionary work and reactivation and the vision that this district will one day become at Bulan Stake.  They urged the members to work with us. President Guanzon has a really amazing conversion story and it was inspiring to hear it again.  It was really inspiring and yesterday we had relief society sisters work with us!!! It was great because we could visit the brothers that we have been trying to teach! The branch members are beginning to catch the wave!

So we have been teaching this 14 year old boy named James.  He lives with his aunt who is a member.  He came to church last week and we started teaching him this week.  He is great! He always wants to learn more and has started to attend seminary too.  We invited him to pray to Heavenly father for an answer to his prayers about Joseph Smith.  On of my favorite things being a missionary is when people describe how they felt when God answers there prayers.  Because they always have such a hard time describing it, but you can just tell that they know. It is so cool to be part of that.

We also had an cool experience when we were teaching James because we went to his house, but his aunt wasn't there so we couldn't teach him because there was no sister, but we asked their neighbor to come and join us in the lesson.  It was really cool because the neighbor was so eager to learn more and asked us when we were coming back.  Blessings come by being obedient!

We also have been teaching this one sister named Michelle.  She was taught 6 months ago by Elders, but was never able to come to church because her husband didn't let her. But she told us yesterday that her prayers had been answered and that she would be able to come to church next week!

This morning when we were at the LCC (the grocery store) the security guard came up to us and started asking us all these questions.  He had been given a restoration pamphlet a while ago and wanted to learn more about Joseph Smith and what time our church was.  It was great we got his number and will visit him tomorrow. 

So we have a busy week ahead of us. A lot to do trying to visit all these investigators and also find a new apartment for the sisters that will be coming next transfer.

Well have a great week!

-Sister Richins