Kumusta Po Kayo Pamiliya at Kaibigan Ko?!
First news I'm loosing my Nannay! ( mother). This is what
 we call our trainers. Sister TABALANG! I will really
 miss here. I think I am ready though, Sana My Tita
( Auntie) is ready for me! We call our follow up trainers
 auntie. I get mine on Thursday and I can't wait. Mean's
 I get a trip into Angeles and maybe to see some of the
 MTC batch.
this week we had 2 Baptisms. Our lovely, sweet, and only
 a little bit senile Brother Perez and Tatay ( Tatay means
 like grandad) Romeo. Now we did I promise you teach them
 about testimony. The night before their baptisms even we
 when over very clearly exactly what a testimony was and
was NOT!Sadly it seems they forgot. Brother Perez read
 strait from the program and acknowledged everyone bless
 his heart, but recovered enough to say he knew Joseph Smith
 was a prophet " God has told me this and I accept his
 answer!" I love that sweet Old man. Their should be
pictures of the baptism posted in my photobucket.
Still getting a hand on the ups and downs of daily
 missionary work. 2 or 3 days this week we were totally
 punted , as in no one their for any of our appointments.
 Tarlac City had a Fiesta this week at was massive and
 I'm relatively sure every single person in the area was
their on Wednesday, Pero, I've learned a valuable lesson
 Saturday Morning as we we're yet again punted from an
 appointment where I was supposed to place my first Book
 of Mormon! Devastated I walked away thinking what a waste
 my bag was super heavy carrying around the extra book and
 I was hot! Still something in the back of my head told me
 I'd have a use for that book before we went home. SO as
 we continued , we happened across a woman who we eventually
 found out is a member although very inactive. As we sat
in our house she began to tell me how she missed reading
the scriptures as it turns out she'd misplaced her copy
of the book of Mormon. I smiled wide as could be thought
 Now here is and Ensign moment! and pulled out the book
happy to give it to her. Kaya Alam ko na ( I know)
Ng Diyos ( God) provides a way for us to accomplish his
 work, even if it is not always in the way we initially
 expect!
Mahal Na Mahal Ako Po Kayo!
Sister Quinn

Kumusta po kayo! Maraming Greetings to Lahat!
This week I have noticed that my progress in Tagolog has
 gone like this ( Ganito) The First Sunday I bored my
testimony in church basically then I was like the 5 year
old that gets up with mom who has to whisper everything
 in my ear and pretty much all I can say without thinking
 about it is i know that the church is true. However
Saturday night around 9 pm my Kasama casually mentioned
that Oh by the way we are the only speakers tomorrow in
 church. So we'll talk about Missionary work. We'll first
 of little warning for whats sure to be more than a
 5 minuet talk and second of Talk about missionary work.
 I don't know a single tagalog word for that. I don't know
 how to talk about missionary work I just do it! Any ways
 as it turns out I was able to think of a few things and I
used a pretty long pretty amazing quote from Brigham Young
 and so My progression has brought me to the point that I
 am now a bit like the youth speaker who has to read most
 of the talk from notes but gets through it okay and bears
 a really good testimony from the heart. Sanna Magging
katulad ni Tunay na Tunay Missionary soon! ( hopefully I'll
 sound like a real philippino missionary soon!) I got loads
 of compliments though because after all I'm still a newbie
 only a month old, but it doesn't take a month for an amazing
 experience to happen those come along really every day.
One lesson in particular sticks out we were teaching a
sister who's son is an RM but the only member of the
 family and he lives far away so she already knew much
 about our church though and the message of the restored
gospel. We started out asking her if she had any questions
 about the church and as if out of a text book she asked
 me . Well how do I know if these things that you are
 teaching are true. I took her to Alma 32 12 and started
 with the need for faith and what that meant and then
used my secret weapon of an object lesson. As she read
 the scriptures I bent down and grabbed a small stone
 without her noticing. I then asked her to close her
eyes and feel inside my hand. Asked her what was in it.
 A stone she said and when given permission opened her
 eyes to find she was right of course. Then I said to
 her sister how did you know that I had a stone. You did
 not see it before now you did not open your eyes did you?
 No. she said I knew it because I could feel it! She got
 this strait away, and I said to her you see now don't
you sister. We know things our true we know they are
from God because of how we feel. When we receive truth
 from God we feel good. I testified to her that I knew
 God has given us all the capacity to know for ourselves
 good from evil. We then reviewed the message of the
 Restoration and committed her to pray about Joseph
 Smith. I have high hopes for her, high hopes for all
 who are willing to receive us and feel in their hearts
 the spirit of god changing their lives!
Mahal na Mahal Ko Kayo,
Ingat sa Lahat!
Sister Quinn

Kumusta Po Kayo Pamiliya at Kaibigan!,
And a Maraming Congratulations to my Kuya si Tommy and
 his new Asawa Si Rebecca Mahal Ko Kayo ( love you both!)
This week I survived my first small bout with and illness.
 I had a common cold but boy does something like that
 really interfer with work! I hate feeling bad its such
 a nuisance. Much better now so no worries don't send the
 troops after me please! I haven't missed any of my work
 either I'm proud to say I went out and proselyted in spite
 of my psakit ( this is the word for any pain sickness or
illness here) so I am Walang Pskait na! ios Lang! Even
feeling well though being a missionary here in the
Philippines Grabi! Cannot say that enough Grabi means like
 intense or crazy by the way. Saturday I literally walked
 through fire to get to a teaching appointment. What we
 wouldn't do for our investigators I do not know. I was
 seriously scared because it was a malaking ng fire and
 really close to us as in malapit na malapit na! and
spreading fast with big bursts of wind pushing it forward.
 But Sister Tablang was like oh its fine Sister Quinn that's
 nothing. Turns out it was and intentional fire, don't know
 why they stated it but any ways we got through all save
 and taught a wonderful Plan of Salvation Lesson to
 Sister Anna Lee. Oh and I riped my skirt on her barbed
 wire fence and was able to sew it up all by my self! I
upload pictures just for you Mom. I knew you'd be proud!
 On Friday Sister Christy was Baptized! It was Maganda
( beautiful) . She has such a sweet testimony and will
make a wonderful addition to the ward with her two sweet
 kids (R.C. 8 years, and Carla just 1 this week!) I am
 still not entirely used to the attention that I get
for my whiteness. Yesterday I had a drive by as in
 litteraly a person in a moving car pointed right at me
 with a wide open mouth and I know why, because
YES I AM WHITE! I feel like i should really get a t shirt
 that says that, but some times its nice. I feel a bit
like a movie star literally and all the girls come up to
 me and tell me how beautiful I am. I"ve gotta stop
listening to them or it'll go to my head. OH and look at
 the pictures on my photo bucket you will notice that yes
 they have whitening lotion her as in the opposite of the
 tanning stuff we use. It cracks me up and so proves that
 you just want what you don't have! Filipino's also love
 the bridge on my noes because most of them have Asian noses
 with no bridges and very little much in the way of an
eyelid either. Filipinos are kind of like dark Chinese
people. I love them to death though. Sweetest Nation on
 earth! Sobrung Totoo (SO TRUE).
Mahal Na Mahal Ko Kayo!
Ingat to all!
Sister Quinn