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