Kamusta po kayo,
Parang Hindi Ako Naniniwala last na talaga ITO! Sabi ko,
I said in English! that I can hardly believe this is
actually my last. I wrote a similar letter to my mission
president. I think at first thinking about going home
makes me want to stay and then I realized that really
even when I do go home my mission isn't really over.
I still have so much I want to learn and do and share
with others. For this part of my mission though I will
miss the Philippines, maybe I never thought in the first
few days of my mission i would miss being called JOE! or
White lady but to be honest these sweet humble people have
really won my heart. I feel nothing more today other than
an indescribable gratitude for my life here and for how
much heavenly father has taught me in just this one and
a half year. I feel like I have been blessed to learn
from him the lessons that I could not learn any where else!
even in oxford, which is where I will be going to school
by the way this fall I am so excited! and again feeling
blessed! I also feel so blessed to have the important
things in life, a loving family, the gospel of Jesus
Christ, and his Atonement that is I think the single
most important thing i have learned out here in my mission
is about the atonement of Jesus Christ and just how
power full it is and how much we need it for us all to
return to our father in heaven. In the news this week we
are fine the earthquake in japan has caused only a tsunami
or worries here in the Philippines but no actual natural
disaster. We we're blessed here in Angeles at stake
conference to hear from a general authority, a Filipino
general authority no less. Elder Michale Teh was an amazing
speaker and the only time I will hear a general authority
speak in Tagalog. I am SOOO excited to see you all
and as for my mission I have decided it is just not
over yet. I love the lord , I am grateful for his
blessings , simple and short but powerful to me!
WIth love and my testimony,
Sister Quinn


Sister Quinn will be home this week. We are very excited.
Thanks for following her adventure.
Sis Valerie Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,
 This week in our companionship exchanges I saw
maybe a little bit of myself in Sister Atanante remembering
myself when I first came into the mission how I thought I
knew so much through my experiences before my mission
working with the missionaries as well as feeling like
I was here to prove something or just to show exactly
how devoted to the lord I could be. I think maybe just
what I saw the most was how much I have changed. At the
same time I was scared by seeing all of this wanting so
desperately to be able to keep this change with me as I go
back to the cold harsh world. I do NOT ever want to go
back to being the person I was before my mission. As I
have heard that the true success of a missionary is based
on who that missionary is even after their mission.
I have been thinking on that a bit on all the things I
have worked so hard to change and apply in my life .
I am thinking again of more and more goals on  how I can
 continue to keep these things with me.
 I am so great full and happy to say that I am
STILL LEARNING more and more about simple things in the
gospel that before seemed to me to be a basic principle
that I was certain I knew about or that was really not to
hard to understand such as gratitude or obedience, or
willingness. As I have studied simple principles of the
gospel these last few weeks in my personal study time.
I have found these simple principles open up and expand
into specific goals and plans for daily life now and after
my mission. I am excited to continue learning. I am
making it a huge part of my goals post mission to go
to the temple more and I am having a temple dress made
at a dress maker here I am really excited to see that
finished this week. Having a dress made here is so cheep
as well as easy to do as their are so many dress
makers and it is so simple to just go into one of them
and order a dress to be made in a weeks time!
 In terms of our work here in San Fernando, this
week our Broquesa family finally became whole. They have
an older daughter who was living with a grandmother ,
but she has now come home to the family and is very
receptively receiving our message. We are very excited
by her progress and her willingness to accept the restored
gospel. We came in to teach her lesson one having only
just left her with a pamphlet we returned the next time
to ask her what she knew about prophets and she
told us she knew that Joseph smith was a prophet.
We have moved back this family's baptismal date so that
they can be baptized whole , together one beautiful
eternal family! We are so excited for them to
be baptized this coming April 8th! Of course this means
I will miss seeing this family baptized but to be honest
I would so much rather see the whole family ready to be
baptized together and to be set on a goal towards the
temple rather than rushed and set just for me to see
them baptized before I go home of my mission. We are
of course also still finding new people every day.
The closer I get to my final days the more and more
precious that finding time becomes. It was always
something that I've done as a missionary you cant avoid
it but now as I think on all the times I was maybe
nervous to open my mouth or even hesitate for just one
second. I think on that now and realize I have
yet to ever see even one time again one of those
people, the lord truly does do miracles to place these
people in our paths at this time and so we as missionary
HAVE TO JUST DO IT! and speak to them as we see them .
They are their the prepared ones.
 Bearing my testimony yesterday in sacrament meeting
was emotional and taught me something new in a special way.
Although my testimony was so very simple about 4 simple
blessings. I have come to realized that those 4 simple
blessings are really the things that matter the most to
me! 1 the atonement of Jesus Christ 2 my eternal family
3 the blessing of being a member in the lords true
restored church 4 my opportunity to serve here as a
full time missionary !
 Just to let you all know on the side note of
good news! I got an email from the school in oxford
offering me a place for their publishing Masters course
and so I will be studying their this fall! I knew of
course their would be blessings for serving the lord and
I know that now as I come to see them I must to my best
to remain humble and to accept them with a heart full of
gratitude.
Nagpapasalmat ako sa lahat!
At mahal Ko po Kayo!
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,
Every baptism is special and just as well they all seem
to have their own little bits of trials and tears, but
in the end our tears were felt all by the spirit. The
slight trial we had was just getting our font filled but
it was great to see the members support Brother Alfie
and we sang hymns as we waited for the water to rise and
for him to be baptized.
This week I have felt thoroughly humbled  as I have learned
many lessons from my follow trainee and companion sister
Parilla. She is such an amazing missionary, watch out world
for this one! She is one of my very most diligent companions.
I have get to hear a word of compliant from here even at
times when it is hot and rough and I know she is in pain.
I am also amazed at her dedication and devotion to OYM
every time in all things in all places. She is a missionary.
As I teach her what I may have learned about the people
here and how you can help them to come to understand better
the gospel we are trying to teach them. She at the very
same time is continuing to teach me lessons about patience,
charity, humility and diligence. This week I went to my
last Zone conference which was emotional to say the least.
It was really hard to say good bye to my MTC companion
sister Mains my respect for her as only grown as I have
been the missionary to replace here in two of my and her
areas now! I am also excited as president Puzey came up
to me and zone conference and said he would like to go out
for a day and work with me and my companion not sure if
we will schedule that for this coming week or maybe next
after he does interviews but I am excited! Also yesterday
 i worked for the first time in a part of our area called
MEXICO no joke. I came all the way to the Philippines only
to share the gospel with the people of Mexico. Funny right?!
We went out to visit some less actives and did a special
sacrament with our bishop who is so great and supportive.
MY LIFE IS AMAZING PLEASE DONT MAKE ME GO HOME! I love you
all though and am praying for you as always.
love,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,
This week President Puzey came to sacrament at our ward
and we we're glowingly happy to introduce him to our
whole investigator family and our Bro Alfie who will be
baptized this Saturday! When I rains it pours and I do
not mean real rain although it did POUR down on us
last Friday. This week though I just feel like my whole
life as a missionary is at its total peak all is coming
up golden. I don't know if I have just reached to point
that I've been here so long in the mission that I'm used
to the things that are hard and they've become not so hard.
It just seems like all the bad now is not even in sight.
I really love our work. This  maybe a little too perfect,
Just kidding things can never be too perfect when you are a
missionary. Maybe this week all I can do is just be
greatful for so many blessings. Our investigators the
Broquiza family we will be having a family home evening
at their home later on tonight along with the bishop and
his whole family. Also we have Bro Alfie's baptism on
Sunday and Brother Jason who my heart goes out to.
He's a rough case his family was baptized while he was
in prison and now he really just wants to change his
life but he's having a tough time believing he can
be forgiven but for me helping him through the
repentance process is like icing on the cake ,
sugar and candy. My life is SWEET! I feel like saying
what the mission president always says which is that I'm
here not to just endure to the end but I am here to
really ENJOY to the END. That's all I'm doing for now
this week.
I love you all I cant wait to see you all soon enough now!
Ingat sa lahat,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,

Grabi NA . I am getting transferred this week I got a

personal email from the mission president letting me
know that I will be serving as a follow-up Trainer in
Angeles City, for the last 6 weeks of my mission!I am
SO excited. My last week here in Camiling has been a
rough one.Sister Balili and have really been struggling
to find new investigators, you know times are tough
when you cant even get active members to sit down
for a moment so you can teach them in the hopes
they will give you a referral, but even with that
I STILL LOVE my area. I will miss Camiling in ways
words cannot say and I have learned lessons here I
know I will keep with my my ENTIRE LIFE! I will also
miss Sister Balili as tough as our time together has
been I would not trade being companions with her
for anything in the world. I have learned lessons from
her I will also keep with my my whole life. Another
little lesson of learned this week of which I am again
convinced was no coincidence was the Lord speaking
straight to me.This time again through a sort of funny
way. After a hard day as I climbed into the side car
of the motorbike tricycles that we take home most
nights I saw inside our trike a bumper sticker which
read "SOMEONE IN TEXAS LOVES YOU!" I knew
at that moment that the Lord was mindful of me in
my time of need and that all these things here have
been for my good and have only made me a stronger
person. I feel like I've learned more in this last
transfer than I have maybe in my whole lifetime.
I only hope and pray that I can take the lessons learned
forward and continue to progress and be the BEST
missionary I can be so that I can finish this mission
the LORDS way! I love you all, you can start counting
for me I'm going to be focusing on the work and
serving with all my heart, might, mind and strength
as I serve in the very center of Angeles City for my
very last transfer here in the Philippines Angeles
mission, The BEST mission on planet earth!
With Love and Prayers
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo Lahat,
This week we have a lot of new investigators. Nannay
Lori is a reallygreat new investigator who was taught by
Elders in the past and lost contact, she sells Bananas
at the Pelanke , which is our main concern that it will
take sacrifice for her to leave her stall at the market
(pelanke) and get to church on Sundays. Our other new
investigators also have a connection with food. They run
an ice cream selling business where the go around on bikes
and sell ice cream. I plan on coming home fat apparently,
but to be honest its worth it because these people are
just as good as their ice cream tastes, really down
to earth and humble. This Mothers name is Alma
( which is a common name for women here) and we came
in contact on a bad day when I bought some ice cream and
decided to give a pamphlet to their son RJ , the
next time we saw him he said he'd read the whole thing
and wanted us to come and teach his family on Sunday.
We came on Saturday so we could invite them to come to
church the next day, Sister Alma was close to accepting
but still a little shy since she does not know any
one at the church but we are inviting members to come with
us when we teach them and the good news it their house
is SUPER close to the church on Paterno st. Actually I've
gotten really into eating this ice cream its the same
kind that was in my picture on the photo bucket
Sisterashtonquinn2 last week . Its called dirty ice
cream because it is home made. TO me though it delicious.
This week we have been really blessed in our finding
efforts. Our companionship exchanges were great,
I was with sister Lamoste for the 3rd time in our
mission we may not have been companion but we have been
house mates for over 9 mths now and that makes her my
longest companion in the mission. She says I've really
changed I hope and pray its true. Speaking on Charity
and Love today in our District Development meeting was
a really great experience I feel like this transfer I have
really learned so much about those two Christ like
attributes. I am nervous about transfers and pretty sure
i will be transferred to a new area for my last 5 weeks
in the mission field, but Looking forward to a new
challenge either way.
I love this work! I DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME! STOP TRYING
TO TRUNK ME OUT! But i still love you all and am excited
to see you when the time does come.
Ang Inyong Kapatid na babae (your Sister )
Sister Quinn

Kamusta po kayo,
This week I have sadly  spent a lot more time in the house.
Things are getting worse rather than better for my
companion and her stress and insomnia have reached an all
time level. Although at least on Thursday morning I got to
talk with the mission president face to face about it
and he was nothing but helpful and supportive. I get a
strange feeling that unless Sister Balili dies within then
next 2 weeks I will be the one to get transferred from the
area so as to not add stress taking my companion out of her
comfort zone and putting her in a new area. President said
he feels I need a new experience not quite sure
what that is but whatever the Lord has in store for me
I am excited and ready to go wherever it he he wants me
to go! Will not know for another 2 weeks though until
transfer announcements for sure.With all my time in the
house I have been catching up on my reading of the Book
of Mormon in Tagalog and should have finished reading the
whole Book of Mormon in Tagalog all 777 pages by the end
of my mission! its been a goal for a while to do that.
This week I was great full for a on the post chance to
speak in sacrament meeting that turned out to be a huge
blessing as i felt the spirit so strong for the first time
in the week. keeping my companion positive and happy makes
me see and admit to myself how much I have really changed.
I would not just say it if it hadn't been the fact that the
mission president told me too " You've CHANGED sister Quinn"
he said.Also Sister Dayley who was in my MTC batch and is
now my house mate and Sister Lamoste who has been my
house mate for more than half of my mission back in Taralac
and here again has said how much I have changed, So I'd
better stop bragging about myself other than to say I 
am glad I've changed, I saw when I got here to the mission
how much I needed to and prayed for a miracle,I stand as
a witness that no matter how impatient you might be
serving the Lord and more importantly serving others
before yourself is the sure way to change, all you have
to do is just do it! I am still so very thankful president
for so many blessings , for the small and simple things
like an on the spot opportunity to speak in sacrament
meeting yesterday that filled me with the spirit and
brought joy and peace to my soul in a way I cannot describe
but try to explain to my investigators on a daily basis.
I am great full for Unexpected investigators at church to
tell us " Sister I was having a bad day so I decided to
come to church and I felt good just like you told me I
would!" I am great full for the book of Mormon for its
power as a teaching tool that even with its deep level
of language is somehow able to say things we can only feel.
I am great full for the Senior couples and have to brag on
the Prisbreys for a moment and let you know just what an
amazing help they have been in my time in the house
caring for sister Balili. They are allays their to give
a blessing offer something nice to eat to calm sister,
or just to ask how things are going. They are their to
offer to teach with us, to help out in the work in any
ways they can, even just their encouragement as they
drive past while we walk down the street with sister
prisbrey shouting" Sister go give em heaven" makes my day!
Most of all though I am still great full for my companion
of all of my companions sister Balili has been for me the
one I've learned the most lessons from and has been
in my life a huge blessing not just for my mission but for
years to come. I love you all and miss you too!
With love and Ingat sa lahat,
Sister QUinn

Kumusta Po Kayo lahat,
Another week and she's still alive. My companion has had
something like 2 hours of sleep on average every night for
the past 15 days. I am amazed she is alive. Speaking of
still alive as I mentioned about the millions who die here
in Camiling last week let me just say that this week I final
set my record and reached my maybe slightly morbid goal
of speaking at 10 funerals and counting in my time here
in Camiling this was another In- active member who we'd
actually been trying to re activate about 3 weeks ago but
who told us face to face that when she was ready to come
back to the church she would come back to the church.
Little did she know that the church would be holding her
funeral service just 3 weeks later. I would like to send
out a thanks to Britania singles ward in London for my
Christmas package unexpectedly received this week.
I LOVE YOU all and miss you too! On Saturday we had
a very successful recent convert fireside, which was the
brain child of a mad rush of inspiration written down after
a planing session which I conducted by myself my companion
being sick in bed. It was such a great feeling to received
just the inspiration but to see how well the new converts
bonded with the members and how great the activity came
together was just icing on top of the cake. This week I
also maybe broke an un thought of record or goal for myself
and wore a sweater with long sleeves outside all day to
church and in our work. IT is COLD this week COLD for
philippino standards which means it is maybe 79
with clouds and a breeze. But for me I'm just thankful
its cold enough to sleep with just 1 electric fan our
power bill was super high last month because of our
Christmas lights, but they were worth it. IN
closing for the blog post I'd like to share a quote
I re- read from my MTC notes which I read over again this
week to get that fresh MTC mind set back in my so close to
going home head! the quote says "Humble servants of God
follow because they know it is what the lord wants and
they also know that his will is more important than their
own." Its a quote I love and one I'm going to try to keep
living for the rest of these 8 weeks I've got here in the
field!
I love you all
Ingat sa Lahat EH!
XXX
Sister Quinn

Kamusta po Kayo, Bagon Taon I cant believe I still feel
like its just turned new years and they tell me today is
January 10th. The time flies by especially when you are
finding. This week our work has been blessed by the lord
so much. My testimony of fasting and answered prayers has
been strengthened as I have seen referrals coming in from
all sides of the finding pool. We have a lot of brand new
really interested investigators which is always exciting. 
Two of which are Elder age and have loads of great questions.
Looking at our new investigators Its funny but I can already
see a future missionary in this one with all his great
questions curiosity and receptiveness to the gospel. We are
really pleased with the progress our new investigators
have made 3 of the new all coming to all 3 hours of
church and our recent convert Bravo family finally made
it through priesthood again this week as well. Our other
Recent Convert Sister Sandra Almazan we are proud to report
is already fulfilling her new calling as a branch missionary
and is a great help to our work having and older
fellowshiper for our Nannays especially one who is so
willing to pick up investigators for church and be a
great fellowship and support. This week I also noticed
something I'd already sort of thought about in terms of
my area. I've decided that Camilng Tarlac may be the place
with the most people dieing on a daily basis on
earth. Just this Saturday morning 3 funerals went
by our house in a row and since I've been here I've
attended 9 Funerals within this one small branch alone.
SO In terms of my area and its fruitfulness as well as its
tendency to bring out the dead I have named Camiling
Tarlac as the city where "Mormons go to baptized and
Philippinos go to die". I just wanted to add a quick
thank you on the end of this to each and every one of you
who sent me all the lovely Christmas cards from the good
old Grapevine ward, they really meant a lot, writing a
missionary makes their day more than cookies or any other
thing you can send, words mean the most, and I am great
full to you for all of yours! I love you all and miss
you too!
Ingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,
New years here was just as crazy as it always is in the
Philippines lots of crazy fireworks, and the  Prisbrey
couples were so nice they invited us over for another
amazing holiday meal. We played Uno with them and then they
went to bed while we counted down the new years.I ate a
whole tub of ice cream and am feeling like a pig for it
today.
In terms of our work we are doing a WHOLE lot of rough
tough finding but I'm loving it. We went out and OYM or
tracting as it used to be called a whole street this week
with very little receptiveness but still we tried our best.
We feel exhausted but what missionary doesn't.I did get all
of your christmas cards this week from the Grapevine
ward and want to thank you all for your love and prayers.
I am loving my mission and with a new year shocked at how
fast the time is actually passing. My favorite thing of
the week was having a daughter of one of our long term
investigators suddenly become interested in listening to us.
She was really impressed because a friend of hers from high
school was converted recently and served a mission and
seeing the huge difference in her friend she because open
to the idea of listening to us. It just goes to show we
never know how much of an influence we have on people and
how much just our daily lives of living the gospel affects
others. I am greatfull for the work that I
have here. I love you all and miss you too!
Ingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

Walang Transfer,
No transfer with me or my companion I have to say God
certainly can shock you sometimes. Me and SIster Balili are Batch we go home at the
same time so that means that one of us has to be transferred
and spend the last 6 weeks of their mission in a new area.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm not praying that it wouldn't
be me who gets moved but at this point I'm learning more
and more to just accept what ever the lord sends my way.
Our two Baptisms this Christmas went really well.
We had a great Christmas Dinner at the Pribrey couples
house with Stuffing and Cherry pie and home made bread it was amazing I stuffed
myself, and we even found the time to make gingerbread houses.
I am trying my hardest to be the Lords servant every day
and this transfer I hope to learn anew exactly what that
means for me in this area at this time in this place,
and as I strive to do more to give more to be more to
the work of the lord I find that it doest matter how long
or how short of a time I have left here in the mission
field or here in my area. I am a servant of the lord day
by day and each moment counts.
I know that this brings about rewards more than I have
room to fill,and it comes in small and simple feelings
like the way I felt this week just before our baptism
on Christmas day as we we're walking to teach one short
appointment before preparation for the baptism I just felt
the spirit fill my heart with a great joy so wide and full
and wonderful it is hard to explain or describe , but what
I do know is that if all missionaries knew how it felt and
if we could all feel the same feeling on our missions at
all times none of us would ever consent to going home,
to giving up that amazing feeling for anything else in
this world. I know that the lord has still people prepared
here for me and Sister Balili to teach and to reach and
it is just my prayer now to be able to do just what he
wants me to do and no less.
Ingat Sa Lahat,
See you next year,
Sister Quinn