Hello everyone!
That's
it. I've just decided my mission is never going to stop being so
exciting and I might as well just get used to it. :) So yeah... spent
sometime at the hospital last week because I had a bad kidney infection (upper UTI). That was not
fun. The hospital was nice, don't get me wrong... it had air-con, they
fed me, I had my first hot shower in months (I promise you it wasn't my
first shower in months...), the view from the window in my room was
beautiful of the city, but wow... being in the "normal" world is really
boring if you are a missionary... no t.v., no internet, nothing really
to do but sleep, especially since I hadn't brought my scriptures or
study materials with me since that was kind of the last thing on my mind
when we were on our way to the E.R. I'm on antibiotics now so I'm not
planning on going back to the hospital any time soon. Sister Jones and I
were very happy to get back to work on Sunday. I'm so, so grateful for
my companion! She is so patient and handled everything so well while I
was sick. We had a pretty good time there together at the hospital
just talking and doing a little bit of language study (thankfully she
had brought some of her study materials) and I think she sang almost
every song in the hymnbook... yeah... we had a lot of time to kill. :)
We've had an awesome week already! We found and taught a total of 7
new investigators in the last two days. The work in our area really is
just booming, it's incredible! By the end of the week with all of the
appointments we have scheduled, we should have around 20 or so new
investigators... yeah, it's awesome. :)
We were able to attend the temple again this morning. I love going
to the temple!! Seriously! It's the best place to be. :) I also ate
at Starbuck's for the first time ever.... took me going to the
Philippine's before I finally gave in and tried it. It was great.
Actually... I've eaten a lot of things that I never, ever would have
before... especially when it comes to seafood. Most of it hasn't been
too bad too... it's just that darn coconut that I absolutely can't like
and unfortunately... it's in everything here! Oh well... I still
haven't tried balut yet, but I'm sure I will within the next 13 months.
:)
The language is really coming along soooo much faster now. I've
made a goal to read the whole Book of Mormon sa Tagalog. I've heard
that, more than anything else, helps the language to come.
Sister
Jones and I had an awesome lesson with Sister Puri on Monday. We had
finished teaching her all of the principles about the Restoration but
she just didn't seem to be getting it. We spent the whole lesson
reviewing with her and really focusing on the Holy Ghost and Baptism.
Something we hear a lot from the people we teach here is that our
church is basically the same as any other church. When Sister Puri
brought this up, we explained to her again how it's different, how ours
is the only true church here on the earth because it is the only church
that has a living prophet who receives revelation and has the authority
of the priesthood. We invited her to be baptized. She thought about
it for a good long while and then said (actually, she kind of asked)
"yes?" but told us she had already been baptized before in some other
religion. We had to explain to her that that baptism wasn't really
"valid" because it wasn't done with the proper authority. Wow. A few
months ago, I never would have had the courage to tell someone that. It
was tough... but the Holy Ghost was testifying something strong. She
told us she knows that what we are teaching her is true... Hopefully she
prays about it to find out for herself. That's really what she needs
to do at this point.
Well... that's all for now. Hope everyone has a great week and doesn't have to spend any time in the hospital! Love you all!
Love, Sister Dickison
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