Wahoo!!
Temple days are the best!! I'm seriously so blessed to have a temple
not just in my mission boundaries, but literally just 15 minutes away
from where I live... so awesome! So yeah, we woke up around 4:00 this
morning and left the house at 5:00 so we could make it to the first
session and guess what... we didn't get into the first session.
Practically all of the elders from the Quezon City North mission were
already there when we arrived at the temple and apparently got there at
4:45 in the morning... :/ Oh well, we just waited for a while and then
attended the 8:00 session, which was wonderful too :) We then went to
eat at Banapple (American food!!) where I chose to get a salad over a
honkin' huge slice of cheesecake because... I really miss green salad!!
Super delicious!! Afterwards we hopped in a taxi and now I'm here
emailing :)
Let see... other news... oh yeah!!! Haha!! New Years!!! Pretty sure
my expectations of what a New Years Eve should be like are ridiculously
high now... It Was Amazing!!!! So people started setting off fireworks
like the day before, right? But they were just a few here and there.
On the 31st they kind of became... more as soon as we woke up and
Sister Doucette was kinda freaking out about going out and working. We
figured God would protect us though so we went out, taught, and then
made it home by our early curfew in the evening. It was pretty noisy by
then, fireworks going off and kids blowing on noise-makers. But the
real deal started at 11:00... people went crazy!! The only way I can
describe it is it was like being there in "The Grinch Who Stole
Christmas" when all of the Whos down in Whoville were banging on stuff
and going crazy!! People were laying on car horns, lighting fireworks
like crazy, blowing on noise-makers, and the one that really got to me
was whoever was revin' up their chainsaw (I'm not joking)... It was SO
loud!!!! Fireworks were going off everywhere!! And not just baby ones
either... but huge ones in the sky! Man... it was the best birthday
celebration ever. :) Times Square has got absolutely nothing on my
Filipino New Years Eve. :)
Great news... Angelica is still getting baptized!! :) I'm just a
little bit more than excited :) She's developing a testimony so quickly
and has really settled into the ward and Young Women's. We watched
Finding Faith in Christ with her last week... she loved it. We also
taught her Word of Wisdom the other day which was fun since I haven't
had an opportunity to teach that since back when I first got here...
when I wasn't capable of saying anything. I'm really, really enjoying
teaching right now. Sister Doucette and I have both noticed each other
growing in leaps and bounds in the language every day. Guess that's
what happens when you both HAVE to speak in lessons because neither one
of us is fluent (or close to being fluent) sa Tagalog. It's a party :)
We also get to go finding for a few hours every day... probably for the
rest of the transfer, to find more investigators again. It's not
exactly something either she or I loves doing... so, we've turned it
into a game with bonus points and treats and stuff just to give us the
courage to speak up to random people on the street. And it's working :)
Yesterday we found/talked to seven different people and have return
appointments with them. :)
Also, we had the opportunity to work with the Sister Training
Leader's which was great! Once we were all back in the apartment, it
pretty much felt like a huge sleepover party. Sister Campbell is
awesome and obviously Sister Jones is as well, so it was fun.:)
As always thank you for your prayers and your love and support! It
really means a lot to me! Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Sister Dickison
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