Week 28 Pictures

1. FHE with my favorites

2. The David kids, man...

3. Ulit

God loves you.

HELLOOO!

The weeks are going faster and faster and I don't even know what is happening. two weeks left of training. TWO. what. This flew by. I'll be saying goodbye to Bulan before I know it. I have a mixture of feelings. I'm ready to experience some place new, but Bulan has been my home for the past 5 months and it'll be hard to say goodbye.

The work goes on. Arturo will be baptized November 14. When we gave him the date he jumped up and circled it on his calendar and asked us right away what time. He's been to church for the past 5 weeks. That's a miracle people. We simply opened our mouths one day. We didn't even try. The Lord truly places people in our path, and we simply have to open our mouths. The Molina family is progressing and progressing. The kids came to our primary activity on Saturday and they performed in the Primary Program on Sunday (which was THEE cutest thing by the way. It was in English and little kid Filipino accents are the cutest). Tonight we're holding an FHE at their home. The branch is being so great and fellowshipping them so much. On Thursday Sister Routhier and I were in charge of the workshop in District Meeting and it was on working with stake and ward leaders. It ended up going really well despite the ridiculous Taglish that went down between Sister Routhier and I.

I swear it's like I write an email one week and then we go home and the next day it's email again. The weeks fly by. I can't comprehend it. But I love this work. I know this truly is the work of God. I've learned a lot this week in my personal study. Whoever is reading this right now, I want you to know that God loves you. He knows you. He created you. Whatever trials or struggles are going on in your life right now, TURN TO HIM. He's just a prayer away. He gave His Son who Atoned for you. Jesus Christ knows EXACTLY how you're feeling and He can heal you, but you have to let Him. I've felt that healing in my life. I've never faced anything terrible, but that's the beauty of the Atonement. Christ felt even the little things. "With His stripes, we are healed."

I love you all very much and I hope you have an amazing week!

Sister Wilkins

Conference and Crying

Hello! What a week it was. I just love my life.

Wednesday we had another Boodle Fight with Sister Mary Rose this time. It was theee best. Filipinos know how to cook, man. Can anyone believe that Thursday was my 6 month mark? What. I can't process how fast time has gone and I want it to slow down. I mean, I miss y'all, but I love being a missionary so much. Friday we had Zone Training. My Zone is the best zone, for reals. The sisters from my district got asked to do a musical number and we decided to sing this Polynesian song that I had learned in the MTC from the Samoan sisters. We get to zone training and find out that one of the other districts had also been asked to sing and they planned the exact same song. It was hilarious. So we combined and it was glorious. I love the way that music brings the Spirit more than anything else.

I must be a really special daughter of God or something because the entire General Conference was actually all for me. Just kidding. But seriously. Saturday and Sunday were the best days of my whole life. Ok maybe that's an exaggeration but yeah. I can't even. Conference was SO GOOD. and we had 6 investigators come! I love hearing from those called of God. I learned SO much and I received so many answers to questions that I have. I cried through every session. It was amazing. We went to the church during priesthood session to see if our investigator Arturo had gone and we get there and I got to sing once again with Mendy conducting. I cried. haha Shoutout to Mr. Mendenhall. It seriously was amazing to see him up on the big screen. Elder Holland's talk had me sobbing. I love you, mom. Plus Elder Haynie spoke and I just met him last transfer! His talk was incredible! I learned so many things of how I can improve myself and become more Christlike and I'm so motivated to get started! I just have one question:

What's your verse?

I love you all! Have a great week!

Sister Wilkins

Re: Week 27 Pictures

1. The other sister's investigator who loves me. We taught her on exchanges.

2. 3 weeks left. Goodbye 12 week program. It's been my whole mission.

3. We celebrated Sister Araneta's birthday this morning by singing to her and popping bags full of flour on her. Then we had a fight. It was fun.

Re: Week 27 Pictures

1. Baby wave at General Conference. I love this branch.

2. The Molina Family minus one at General Conference :D

3. Tatay Tanada is the cutest human being.

Balut.

HELLOOOOO! Life is good. Life is crazy, but life is good.

Tuesday we went on exchanges. Sister Routhier led our area brilliantly while I learned about a million things from Sister Lapuz in Bulan Branch. It was a blast. I love exchanges because I learn SO much. for reals. AND then that evening, I finally became a real Filipino. I ate Balut. Please look it up to see a picture because we had only a video of me eating it. What it is is the half-developed embryo of a duck. It's so weird. Sister Eneja fed it to me with my eyes closed because I didn't want to see what it looked like.. haha. But I did it!

On Wednesday we had a branch activity for Family Week and it was the funnest thing. Every family did a presentation as well as the different organizations. Man, you can't get that kind of entertainment in America. Everyone is way good at dancing and singing here. It's the best. We had so many investigators attend and it was such a great night!

On Saturday we had surprise exchanges. I went back to Bulan Branch with Sister Eneja. It was the best. I love when people give me a face that says "how the heck do you know this language? you're white" It happened in our first lesson that day. We watched Women's Conference that afternoon. I cried. So hard. I absolutely can't wait until General Conference next week. I've been preparing my list of questions to be answered for about a month now. I'm well prepared.

I've been helping Sister Lapuz almost every night to study English. She's trying to pass this test they offer to Filipinos that gets them into BYU Hawaii full-ride. I absolutely love Filipinos. They are the cutest things. Also English is a weird language and I don't even understand it.

I've learned SO much this week. I'm so grateful to be a missionary. Talaga. It is THEE best thing. I hope you all are doing well!

Mahal Kita!

Sister Wilkins

Re: Pictures Week 25

1. These young women though... I love them so much