Magandag Hapun (Good Afternoon) or at least it is for me!

This week our mission had a visit from Elder Cook of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles we we're blessed to hear not
only from him but also from Elder McMullin of the presiding
bishopric and the Philippines area presidency and their wives.
We all meet together at the Tarlac Stake centre and in the morning
they had training for all the bishops and branch presidents in the
whole mission so I got to see all of my bishops from previous
area's they called out my name and gave me such a warm
welcome it was really good to see them and know they'd missed
me serving in their ward! Also this weekend because of the
delayed time in days we had our General Conference Broadcast
so for the past two days I've done almost nothing but listen to
the words of the Prophets and Apostles. General conference is
so different when you are a missionary because you take
revelation not just for yourself but for your investigators as well.
its really an amazing experience. I was of course excited to hear
about the New Temple that will be built in Urdaneta in the
northern Philippines about 30 minuets from my current area.
The saints here are beyond thrilled! Many of them wept tears to
know that a Temple of the Lord would be so close to them.

In other news I have a new Companion Sister Balili ( Balilly)
She is from Mindano the southern most Island of the Philippines
the one with all the Muslims although she is a former catholic
convert of only 3 years but for my companions that's a long
time Sister Soriano was only a year old member when she put in
papers. Any ways Sister Balili is a dedicated servant of the lord
Despite having difficulty seeing to the point that I lead her around
by hand in the night when we work because she cannot see
enough in front of herself to see where she is walking. My new
companion has not complained one bit and she does not let her
disabilities hold her back. I am amazed by her devotion to the work
of the lord and her love and patience with both me and herself.
This week I've really made progress in my goal of
being a more positive person after The conference
Sister Balili and I went out to work after just
having gotten home from the stake centre in Tarlac.
It was dark and as we stepped out the door the
heavens poured from the sky. Hurricane force rain
pelted at our umbrellas and completely soaked
us head. At this point I was already extremely
exhausted but for some reason a happy feeling
entered into my heart and I began to sing
( We are all Enlisted till the conflict is over..)
my companion soon joined me and I wished that
you could of seen us out their in the rain singing
at the top of our lungs! I know that our father in
heaven saw us and smiled and also we noticed
that many of the Filipinos who saw us as we
passed them by on the way to our appointment
laughed and smiled looking at us like why are
those two crazy girls dressed in skirts so happy
and out their singing in the rain?! We opened
our mouth an contacted a few of them with plans
to tell them later on this week a bit more about
why we are so happy and why we can smile and
sing in the rain no matter what happens!

I love you all

Mahla ko din ang Ulan (I also love the rain)

Ingat Sa Lahat,

Sister Quinn