Week 14

Kumusta po kayo!

Ok so I just realized that this is like a HUGE year for the Lowe family! I'm out here being a cool missionary, Devon goes to BYU in a couple weeks (ahhh Dev i'm so excite for you!!! and write me back :p haha) Marissa is a Junior?? Who told you you could get old and beautiful marissa? I just know when I get home i'm gonna be beating boys down with a stick just to talk to you haha. And Robert... High school? No way. Not my lil bro! Man... time sure does fly. Well I hope you all are doing AMAZING and know that I love you and think of you often :) So wow this has been an AMAZING week! Our zone and district split because of all the new missionaries coming in and I love love love my new zone and district! This week we have been preparing 4 people for baptism as well as find new investigators and trying to help bring back our less actives to church. Can you say buuusssyyyy? Every night when we came home after planning I would just shower and practically fall asleep on my knees. Like no joke Sister Calaunan had to wake me up because I fell asleep on my knees saying prayer haha. But hey! That just means we're working hard right?? And this week we really saw the fruits of our labor. Yesterday was possibly the BEST day of my mission and I could not stop smiling all day! It was probably really creepy haha. But anyways, On Saturday we had the baptism of the Capoquian family (the family of Jimboy) and Florence Oleguer (Gardo's brother) and oh my gosh it was so beautiful! They were all just glowing and so excited to make this step in their life and come closer to Christ. 

At the baptism

After their baptism they all got up and bore the most beautiful testimonies and it was incredible for me to know that everything they were saying we taught them. We helped bring peace and happiness to their lives and each and every one of them shared how grateful they were to God for sending us his missionaries to them. When they stood up there and looked at me and thanked me by name, the joy and happiness I felt cannot be explained. Then yesterday they all received the gift of the Holy Ghost and were sustained as the newest members of Hermosa ward. Then Jimboy, Gardo, and Florence (all previous investigators of ours who are now baptized) were sustained to receive the priesthood next week! And to top it all of we had a ton of investigators and less actives come to church and we had a record breaking church attendance of 202!!! This is why i'm here. To help make others happy and bring the gospel to their lives. Ahhhhh guys being a missionary is the bomb! 

I wish I had more time to write and tell you everything that goes on here but as usual i'm out of time :p Just know that I love you all and think about you and you are all in my prayers!

MAHAL KO KAYO and keep the faith! Know you are never alone and that someone in the Philippines loves you :)