Kumusta Po Kayo Lahat ng mga Kaibigan at Ka mag Anak,

May New Discovery po Ako! I have discovered that I am literally
living in an oven! This last week thought good heavens I bet I
could laterally bake brownies outside with nothing but the power
of this insanely hot Filipino sun, and bake brownies I did! that's
Right! I bought brownie mix at the store made the mix set the
batter in a tin box wrapped the whole thing up in tin foil stuck it
on our balcony outside in the direct sun came back at the end
of the day and the brownies we're baked! I'm not joking baked a
bit runny but baked none the less! So we had brownies and a
big laugh, I told one of the senior sister missionaries and she
could hardly believe it. They have an oven in the mission home
but since we missionaries in the field are without an oven we
just use the next best resource. The sun! Dyan lang! ANo biyan!

In other news we had a visiting Area Authority Elder Ko from
Korea is the first counselor in the Philippines area presidency.
Sister Panilagao and I received an award for the best Area book
in the area! Totally unexcited but a nice surprise none the less!
All thanks to my Kasama of course she is truly devoted to
updating every night no matter how tired we are! We got as
a present the really beautiful golden bookmarks from Korea.
I will try and upload a picture onto the photo bucket. After
the conference the sisters had time with Elder Koe to tell him
what our concerns and requests were. I was really thankful
that he took time out specially just to hear our concerns. Their
were only about 10 or 15 of us sisters and so he listened to
many of our comments concerns and suggestions. He said
he'd be taking all of the suggestions to discuss with the
brethren when he met with them this coming few weeks
at General Conference. My suggestion was that we have
more Tagaolog materials for all of the members here and
that the church encourage more use of Tagalog, because for
our investigators it is sometimes hard the first week, we still
sing the hymns in English and in some places sacrament
prayers are in English and so the get the idea it is just an
American church or just an English church, but I am always
trying to encourage Tagalog and I saw Elder Ko write my
specific suggestions down in his notes. It really makes me
feel special to know that no matter how big the church grows .
The concerns of one small sister missionary here in the
Philippines is still able to reach the brethren in Salt Lake.
The best thing from my notes of the conference was what I
wrote as elder Ko was talking on the atonement. He was saying
something on the importants of repentance and how if we do
not use it as an every day thing if we neglect the opportunity
to repent while in this life we may ourselves one day suffer the
pains and sorrows that the saviour would have willingly
suffered for us. So in thinking of this I wrote that while
sometimes repentance might seem hard it is still the easy
way out! I know that is true. I know that all of us must use
that great gift that the atonement of Jesus Christ has given us.
I am grateful for the opportunity I have to use it and see it
in action in the lives of my investigators every day!

I love you all and miss you!

Mahal Kits!

Sister Quinn