Kamusta Po Kayo Nagyon Lingo! Translation:

How are you all this week?!

I have had another great week here in Cabanatuan City.

This week I have really seen my sweet companion humble

herself down, and have a really desire to learn from me.

I have loved the great feeling of encouraging her and building

her up, as I help her with our lesson plans for teaching, with

compiling a good list of scriptures ( A must for any missionary!)

So that she can let the word of God and the spirit of God to do the

teaching for her. It really is the best way and I have been amazed

in looking at myself through her eyes and seeing the change that

has occurred in me since arriving here in the Philippines. I’ve

learned so much not just from my own sacrifices and experiences

but from the sacrifices I have seen others make as well. Many of

my investigators I can still remember the day back in my first

Area ( TARLAC) that Sister Michelle learned the meaning of

Sacrifice. We had been trying to teach it to her for the last week

and she just kind of seemed to be giving us text book answers

but not really getting it. Then on Sunday after having walked by

herself with her young child a good 30 minutes to the church

along the hot smoking highway. She arrived at the church and

asked me “ Sister Quinn is this what Sacrifice is?!” I can still

remember the amazing feeling that passed through me as I

explained to here that “ YES! Sister Michelle this is exactly what

Sacrifice is!” I have also seen an amazing sacrifice this week as

one of our investigators Sister Rosita paid Tithing to the bishop.

She has not yet even become a member of the church and despite

her humble circumstances ( they live in a one room brick shack ,

with no electricity or running water inside their one room) She

made the sacrifice to pay an honest tithe. It is people like this

that have taught me lessons I will eternally be grateful for!

In terms of the weather if any are wondering the Bagio’s

( Hurricane’s) come and go every other day or so. They pass

through and its just like LOADS of rain and flooding but

nothing really crazy. The one this week was called Baguio

Domingo which is funny because that is the name of our bishop.

They do them alphabetically here just like Tornado’s in Texas

(sister Quinn has been away so long she has forgotten we do not

name our tornado's but we do name our hurricanes just like they

do there) so the next one was Ester I think. I don't where the

names comefrom, maybe saints or other things from the bible?

I would like to finish this week by thanking you all for your prayer

in behalf of my health the last week or so I have felt GREAT!

Back to normal and I know that it is through the help and

strength of the Lord that I am still here in his service. I love

you all and miss you of course!

Ingat sa Lahat Lagi , Translation take care of yourselves always,

Sister Quinn