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

Kamusta Po Kayo,
This week President Puzey came to sacrament at our ward
and we we're glowingly happy to introduce him to our
whole investigator family and our Bro Alfie who will be
baptized this Saturday! When I rains it pours and I do
not mean real rain although it did POUR down on us
last Friday. This week though I just feel like my whole
life as a missionary is at its total peak all is coming
up golden. I don't know if I have just reached to point
that I've been here so long in the mission that I'm used
to the things that are hard and they've become not so hard.
It just seems like all the bad now is not even in sight.
I really love our work. This  maybe a little too perfect,
Just kidding things can never be too perfect when you are a
missionary. Maybe this week all I can do is just be
greatful for so many blessings. Our investigators the
Broquiza family we will be having a family home evening
at their home later on tonight along with the bishop and
his whole family. Also we have Bro Alfie's baptism on
Sunday and Brother Jason who my heart goes out to.
He's a rough case his family was baptized while he was
in prison and now he really just wants to change his
life but he's having a tough time believing he can
be forgiven but for me helping him through the
repentance process is like icing on the cake ,
sugar and candy. My life is SWEET! I feel like saying
what the mission president always says which is that I'm
here not to just endure to the end but I am here to
really ENJOY to the END. That's all I'm doing for now
this week.
I love you all I cant wait to see you all soon enough now!
Ingat sa lahat,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,

Grabi NA . I am getting transferred this week I got a

personal email from the mission president letting me
know that I will be serving as a follow-up Trainer in
Angeles City, for the last 6 weeks of my mission!I am
SO excited. My last week here in Camiling has been a
rough one.Sister Balili and have really been struggling
to find new investigators, you know times are tough
when you cant even get active members to sit down
for a moment so you can teach them in the hopes
they will give you a referral, but even with that
I STILL LOVE my area. I will miss Camiling in ways
words cannot say and I have learned lessons here I
know I will keep with my my ENTIRE LIFE! I will also
miss Sister Balili as tough as our time together has
been I would not trade being companions with her
for anything in the world. I have learned lessons from
her I will also keep with my my whole life. Another
little lesson of learned this week of which I am again
convinced was no coincidence was the Lord speaking
straight to me.This time again through a sort of funny
way. After a hard day as I climbed into the side car
of the motorbike tricycles that we take home most
nights I saw inside our trike a bumper sticker which
read "SOMEONE IN TEXAS LOVES YOU!" I knew
at that moment that the Lord was mindful of me in
my time of need and that all these things here have
been for my good and have only made me a stronger
person. I feel like I've learned more in this last
transfer than I have maybe in my whole lifetime.
I only hope and pray that I can take the lessons learned
forward and continue to progress and be the BEST
missionary I can be so that I can finish this mission
the LORDS way! I love you all, you can start counting
for me I'm going to be focusing on the work and
serving with all my heart, might, mind and strength
as I serve in the very center of Angeles City for my
very last transfer here in the Philippines Angeles
mission, The BEST mission on planet earth!
With Love and Prayers
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo Lahat,
This week we have a lot of new investigators. Nannay
Lori is a reallygreat new investigator who was taught by
Elders in the past and lost contact, she sells Bananas
at the Pelanke , which is our main concern that it will
take sacrifice for her to leave her stall at the market
(pelanke) and get to church on Sundays. Our other new
investigators also have a connection with food. They run
an ice cream selling business where the go around on bikes
and sell ice cream. I plan on coming home fat apparently,
but to be honest its worth it because these people are
just as good as their ice cream tastes, really down
to earth and humble. This Mothers name is Alma
( which is a common name for women here) and we came
in contact on a bad day when I bought some ice cream and
decided to give a pamphlet to their son RJ , the
next time we saw him he said he'd read the whole thing
and wanted us to come and teach his family on Sunday.
We came on Saturday so we could invite them to come to
church the next day, Sister Alma was close to accepting
but still a little shy since she does not know any
one at the church but we are inviting members to come with
us when we teach them and the good news it their house
is SUPER close to the church on Paterno st. Actually I've
gotten really into eating this ice cream its the same
kind that was in my picture on the photo bucket
Sisterashtonquinn2 last week . Its called dirty ice
cream because it is home made. TO me though it delicious.
This week we have been really blessed in our finding
efforts. Our companionship exchanges were great,
I was with sister Lamoste for the 3rd time in our
mission we may not have been companion but we have been
house mates for over 9 mths now and that makes her my
longest companion in the mission. She says I've really
changed I hope and pray its true. Speaking on Charity
and Love today in our District Development meeting was
a really great experience I feel like this transfer I have
really learned so much about those two Christ like
attributes. I am nervous about transfers and pretty sure
i will be transferred to a new area for my last 5 weeks
in the mission field, but Looking forward to a new
challenge either way.
I love this work! I DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME! STOP TRYING
TO TRUNK ME OUT! But i still love you all and am excited
to see you when the time does come.
Ang Inyong Kapatid na babae (your Sister )
Sister Quinn

Kamusta po kayo,
This week I have sadly  spent a lot more time in the house.
Things are getting worse rather than better for my
companion and her stress and insomnia have reached an all
time level. Although at least on Thursday morning I got to
talk with the mission president face to face about it
and he was nothing but helpful and supportive. I get a
strange feeling that unless Sister Balili dies within then
next 2 weeks I will be the one to get transferred from the
area so as to not add stress taking my companion out of her
comfort zone and putting her in a new area. President said
he feels I need a new experience not quite sure
what that is but whatever the Lord has in store for me
I am excited and ready to go wherever it he he wants me
to go! Will not know for another 2 weeks though until
transfer announcements for sure.With all my time in the
house I have been catching up on my reading of the Book
of Mormon in Tagalog and should have finished reading the
whole Book of Mormon in Tagalog all 777 pages by the end
of my mission! its been a goal for a while to do that.
This week I was great full for a on the post chance to
speak in sacrament meeting that turned out to be a huge
blessing as i felt the spirit so strong for the first time
in the week. keeping my companion positive and happy makes
me see and admit to myself how much I have really changed.
I would not just say it if it hadn't been the fact that the
mission president told me too " You've CHANGED sister Quinn"
he said.Also Sister Dayley who was in my MTC batch and is
now my house mate and Sister Lamoste who has been my
house mate for more than half of my mission back in Taralac
and here again has said how much I have changed, So I'd
better stop bragging about myself other than to say I 
am glad I've changed, I saw when I got here to the mission
how much I needed to and prayed for a miracle,I stand as
a witness that no matter how impatient you might be
serving the Lord and more importantly serving others
before yourself is the sure way to change, all you have
to do is just do it! I am still so very thankful president
for so many blessings , for the small and simple things
like an on the spot opportunity to speak in sacrament
meeting yesterday that filled me with the spirit and
brought joy and peace to my soul in a way I cannot describe
but try to explain to my investigators on a daily basis.
I am great full for Unexpected investigators at church to
tell us " Sister I was having a bad day so I decided to
come to church and I felt good just like you told me I
would!" I am great full for the book of Mormon for its
power as a teaching tool that even with its deep level
of language is somehow able to say things we can only feel.
I am great full for the Senior couples and have to brag on
the Prisbreys for a moment and let you know just what an
amazing help they have been in my time in the house
caring for sister Balili. They are allays their to give
a blessing offer something nice to eat to calm sister,
or just to ask how things are going. They are their to
offer to teach with us, to help out in the work in any
ways they can, even just their encouragement as they
drive past while we walk down the street with sister
prisbrey shouting" Sister go give em heaven" makes my day!
Most of all though I am still great full for my companion
of all of my companions sister Balili has been for me the
one I've learned the most lessons from and has been
in my life a huge blessing not just for my mission but for
years to come. I love you all and miss you too!
With love and Ingat sa lahat,
Sister QUinn

Kumusta Po Kayo lahat,
Another week and she's still alive. My companion has had
something like 2 hours of sleep on average every night for
the past 15 days. I am amazed she is alive. Speaking of
still alive as I mentioned about the millions who die here
in Camiling last week let me just say that this week I final
set my record and reached my maybe slightly morbid goal
of speaking at 10 funerals and counting in my time here
in Camiling this was another In- active member who we'd
actually been trying to re activate about 3 weeks ago but
who told us face to face that when she was ready to come
back to the church she would come back to the church.
Little did she know that the church would be holding her
funeral service just 3 weeks later. I would like to send
out a thanks to Britania singles ward in London for my
Christmas package unexpectedly received this week.
I LOVE YOU all and miss you too! On Saturday we had
a very successful recent convert fireside, which was the
brain child of a mad rush of inspiration written down after
a planing session which I conducted by myself my companion
being sick in bed. It was such a great feeling to received
just the inspiration but to see how well the new converts
bonded with the members and how great the activity came
together was just icing on top of the cake. This week I
also maybe broke an un thought of record or goal for myself
and wore a sweater with long sleeves outside all day to
church and in our work. IT is COLD this week COLD for
philippino standards which means it is maybe 79
with clouds and a breeze. But for me I'm just thankful
its cold enough to sleep with just 1 electric fan our
power bill was super high last month because of our
Christmas lights, but they were worth it. IN
closing for the blog post I'd like to share a quote
I re- read from my MTC notes which I read over again this
week to get that fresh MTC mind set back in my so close to
going home head! the quote says "Humble servants of God
follow because they know it is what the lord wants and
they also know that his will is more important than their
own." Its a quote I love and one I'm going to try to keep
living for the rest of these 8 weeks I've got here in the
field!
I love you all
Ingat sa Lahat EH!
XXX
Sister Quinn

Kamusta po Kayo, Bagon Taon I cant believe I still feel
like its just turned new years and they tell me today is
January 10th. The time flies by especially when you are
finding. This week our work has been blessed by the lord
so much. My testimony of fasting and answered prayers has
been strengthened as I have seen referrals coming in from
all sides of the finding pool. We have a lot of brand new
really interested investigators which is always exciting. 
Two of which are Elder age and have loads of great questions.
Looking at our new investigators Its funny but I can already
see a future missionary in this one with all his great
questions curiosity and receptiveness to the gospel. We are
really pleased with the progress our new investigators
have made 3 of the new all coming to all 3 hours of
church and our recent convert Bravo family finally made
it through priesthood again this week as well. Our other
Recent Convert Sister Sandra Almazan we are proud to report
is already fulfilling her new calling as a branch missionary
and is a great help to our work having and older
fellowshiper for our Nannays especially one who is so
willing to pick up investigators for church and be a
great fellowship and support. This week I also noticed
something I'd already sort of thought about in terms of
my area. I've decided that Camilng Tarlac may be the place
with the most people dieing on a daily basis on
earth. Just this Saturday morning 3 funerals went
by our house in a row and since I've been here I've
attended 9 Funerals within this one small branch alone.
SO In terms of my area and its fruitfulness as well as its
tendency to bring out the dead I have named Camiling
Tarlac as the city where "Mormons go to baptized and
Philippinos go to die". I just wanted to add a quick
thank you on the end of this to each and every one of you
who sent me all the lovely Christmas cards from the good
old Grapevine ward, they really meant a lot, writing a
missionary makes their day more than cookies or any other
thing you can send, words mean the most, and I am great
full to you for all of yours! I love you all and miss
you too!
Ingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta Po Kayo,
New years here was just as crazy as it always is in the
Philippines lots of crazy fireworks, and the  Prisbrey
couples were so nice they invited us over for another
amazing holiday meal. We played Uno with them and then they
went to bed while we counted down the new years.I ate a
whole tub of ice cream and am feeling like a pig for it
today.
In terms of our work we are doing a WHOLE lot of rough
tough finding but I'm loving it. We went out and OYM or
tracting as it used to be called a whole street this week
with very little receptiveness but still we tried our best.
We feel exhausted but what missionary doesn't.I did get all
of your christmas cards this week from the Grapevine
ward and want to thank you all for your love and prayers.
I am loving my mission and with a new year shocked at how
fast the time is actually passing. My favorite thing of
the week was having a daughter of one of our long term
investigators suddenly become interested in listening to us.
She was really impressed because a friend of hers from high
school was converted recently and served a mission and
seeing the huge difference in her friend she because open
to the idea of listening to us. It just goes to show we
never know how much of an influence we have on people and
how much just our daily lives of living the gospel affects
others. I am greatfull for the work that I
have here. I love you all and miss you too!
Ingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

Walang Transfer,
No transfer with me or my companion I have to say God
certainly can shock you sometimes. Me and SIster Balili are Batch we go home at the
same time so that means that one of us has to be transferred
and spend the last 6 weeks of their mission in a new area.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm not praying that it wouldn't
be me who gets moved but at this point I'm learning more
and more to just accept what ever the lord sends my way.
Our two Baptisms this Christmas went really well.
We had a great Christmas Dinner at the Pribrey couples
house with Stuffing and Cherry pie and home made bread it was amazing I stuffed
myself, and we even found the time to make gingerbread houses.
I am trying my hardest to be the Lords servant every day
and this transfer I hope to learn anew exactly what that
means for me in this area at this time in this place,
and as I strive to do more to give more to be more to
the work of the lord I find that it doest matter how long
or how short of a time I have left here in the mission
field or here in my area. I am a servant of the lord day
by day and each moment counts.
I know that this brings about rewards more than I have
room to fill,and it comes in small and simple feelings
like the way I felt this week just before our baptism
on Christmas day as we we're walking to teach one short
appointment before preparation for the baptism I just felt
the spirit fill my heart with a great joy so wide and full
and wonderful it is hard to explain or describe , but what
I do know is that if all missionaries knew how it felt and
if we could all feel the same feeling on our missions at
all times none of us would ever consent to going home,
to giving up that amazing feeling for anything else in
this world. I know that the lord has still people prepared
here for me and Sister Balili to teach and to reach and
it is just my prayer now to be able to do just what he
wants me to do and no less.
Ingat Sa Lahat,
See you next year,
Sister Quinn

Maligiyan Pako talaga! Merry Christmas It is really here!
I cannot believe how fast the time as flown by it is
already Christmas ready or not! I will first share that
a Filipino Christmas has a few traditions , they are
HUGE on caroling here but they give out money to
carollers it is a requirement. So all the little poor kids
run around all the rich neighborhoods and beat on plastic
milk can drums and sing at the top of their little tone
deaf lungs its kind of cute and kind of sad, As missionaries
we cant give them money but we do give them little food
treats and the love me and the other white American sister
in the house their treat is just touching our hair ( Sister
daily also has blond hair and they think it looks like real
gold! Another tradition is Videokie! I know sounds crazy
but EVERY single house that is able to afford a vikeo will
have one this Christmas and they will sing as loud and out
of tune as you can imagine. The other thing is fireworks.
I remember last  year a bunch of street kids chased after me
throwing fireworks at my feet( and you thought dogs were bad!)
but this year it seems like I'm in an area that maybe is
not quite as big on the fireworks so t hat is a blessing.
 A blessing among many we are so excited to have two
baptisms this Saturday on Christmas day. The biggest
blessing a missionary can ask for. In the thought of
Christmas though I would like to share with you a thought
that I jotted down yesterday in sacrament meeting as
I was listening to the speaker talk of what the true gifts
were that we could give to the Saviour this Christmas.
I thought of what that means to me as a missionary and
thinking of this Christmas and what I would report to the
Saviour of my first year in the mission field. What gifts
do I have to give to him. What have I done or have yet to
do to give him as an offering. Maybe it isn't the
Frankincense, Gold or Mir that the Sheppard's gave
but I know that my willing heart to be obedient, my
diligent mind to stay focused on the work, and a pair of
well worn out shoes representing my whole sole given up
in serving the lord with all my heart might mind and soul
sounds to me like the gift I want to give to the saviour.
I hope and pray that this can be my report to him and
to you at the end of my time here in the field and for now
at Christmas I am just grateful for every day left to bring
others closer to this Christ this reason for the season.
His gift to me is the opportunity to be his representative
and my gift in return however humble it may be is my whole
might, mind and strength.
With love and Christmas wishes to all,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta po kayo,
December NA! its crazy how fast this time is flying by.
We decorated the house this week with Christmas lights and
 moved into greater prominence the classic Christmas tree
that stands up whole year round in the house of every
missionary! We are in Tarlac again this p day and are
looking for matching Christmas pj pants for our whole house
and stuff to make gingerbread houses we are really going all
 out this year! I'm excited and with the seniour couple
next door we are sure to have some great times! They are
soo sweet to us they always share the American stuff their
 kids send to them in packages. In terms of happenings.
Our Bravo family of recent converts paid their first
honest fast offering of which we we're very proud to see
 and are as always pleased with their continued progress.
 Last night I attended my now 8th funeral in my time here
in Camilng. I swear its like I'm killing of people, that's
 what the branch president said jokingly in our ward
correlation I told them all to watch out maybe they'd be
next! hehehe. Our soon to be baptized super strong
investigator Sister Sandra Almazan stood and bore and
amazingly bold testimony of the gospel and of her experience
 praying and how she knew without at doubt that Joseph
Smith was a true prophet it was an amazing testimony it
brought tears to my eyes. For Christmas Zone conference we
will be learning a traditional Christmas song in tagalog
 it is seriously like a tongue twister and has something
to do with Christmas lights being like sparkly stars.
Its really up beat and corny too though so we've done out
 actions. All the Americans in our zone will be singing that
and then their Filipino companion's will be singing white
 Christmas and other American traditional Christmas song.
Its funny our zone at the moment is literally half American
 half Filipion every companionship is split its never
happened to any of use before but we all get on well and
have a good time. For this week that's all I've got
I'm afraid though its gotta be a short one. I love yoU!
I sent off all your Christmas cards on Tuesday so they
should all get their in time for Christmas.
Maligayan Pakol ( merry Christmas in Tagalog)
Ingat sa lahat Palagi,
Sister Quinn

Maligayan Paskol,
It is Close to that time of the year! Maligayan Paskol is
Happy Christmas in Tagalog. This week This week we we're
excited and happy to see the 10 year old son (EJ)  of our
 recent convert Bravo family attend the district Primary
Priesthood preview all dressed up in shirt and tie. His
older sister also attended the district Seminary activity
later on that Saturday. Pleas check out the pictures on my new
Photobucket account . The old one is now full but can still
 be viewed in the same way. For the new one the account name
is sisterashtonquinn2 just type that in and the password
is the same sisterashtonquinn2 just please do not delete
 any pictures and enjoy looking , and PLEASE feel free to
 post comments and let me know if you have commented on any
 of my pictures. IN terms of finding this week we have
finally found the prepared. I always know they are out
there and when we find them it feels so good ! We tracked
 into a sister who was just outside the house of a referral
 we we're trying to contact and she was about to go and do
her washing but stood and listened as my companion began to
 teach and testify straight away to her of our purpose and
the truthfulness of our message. She shared with us that
just yesterday her neighbour a long time ago former
investigator had told her to listen to the Mormons when
she had confided to him that she somehow felt no desire to
 return to her church and that she felt something was missing
 their , yet she just did not know what. As my companion
and I shared with her the message of the Restoration this
last Sunday night, it was she herself that committed and felt
 " I should pray about this, I want to know if this Joseph
 Smith you said is really the prophet of God" Those where
 her words and not mine. It strengthens my testimony that
the lord truly does prepare the hearts and minds of his
 children here in the Philippines Angeles Mission and in
every area to hear and find out for themselves the truthfulness
 of the restored Gospel.  For thanksgiving this week the
 seniour couple Sister Prisbey made is pumpkin pie. We know
 we are blessed! and it was funny to watch our Filipino
 companions try it. Their are two American sister in my house
right now me and Sister Daily from my MTC batch and we got a
 good laugh out of our Filipino companions telling us that
their pumpkin pie was spicy. We are already planing out our
Christmas celebrations . WE will be turning on the lights at
 our house on DEC 1 this Wednesday and we are very excited!
We also both have baptisms this DEC 25 Christmas day. So
Me and my companion ( Branch 1) and the Branch 4 Sisters
 ( Daily and Lamoste) will be having a double baptism
which we are very excited about. We are singing all I
want for Christmas is a baptism, and missionary lyricing
 other Christmas songs a well!
With Love and Laughs this week,
Ingat as Lahat,
Sister QUinn

Kamusta Po kayo sa lingo na ito,
The Bravo family are still doing great we we're pleased
 to see brother
Jay the father received the priesthood this Sunday and his
 kids
participated in the Primary Activity. I was the on the spot
 pianist
for the primary activity and I have strengthened my
testimony that the
lord provides for his servants in their hour of need as
I was able to
play on the spot more than half of a primary program that
 was formed
as it was preformed. I was also really impressed with and
 proud of the
kids that even though everything they did was different
from the
practice that had been run they still managed to read the
 big words or
lyrics written out for them in both English and Tagalog they
 sang I am
a child of god, I love to see the temple, I feel my saviours
 love, if
the saviour stood beside me, and I hope they call me on a
mission
which made me laugh and smile as I thought of myself maybe
 not so long
ago singing the same song and now hearing little Filipino
 kids
scream at the top of their lungs " Sana AKo a Makapag Mission!
" Two of
which were kids of our Recent convert Bravo family. We also
 had a
pleasant surprise this Sunday Sister Quimpo the mother of our
 best two
branch missionary sisters came to church and brought their
neighbour
who we also teach who I thought would NEVER come to church
 but they
both came and really seemed to enjoy themselves. Sister Sandra
 our
progressing investigator is really on fire, has a personal
goal to
give us 5 referrals before her baptism on Dec 25 Christmas
 day! And
even though Sister Balili managed to catch my small virus
 we still
got a lot of great work done this week. I love the lords
work and I
feel blessed to be out here doing it every day!
With love, Sa pagmamahal  at Pagingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

Kamusta dito sa Camiling AKO,
No transfers. So the Lord has blessed me with another
 6 weeks in an
area I LOVE. Sometimes the lord really blesses us
 beyond what we ever
expected I have found. As a bit of a challenge to
myself Its funny I
had said that I wondered If i could find someone
 be the first
missionary to ever teach them and then baptized
that person. I also
had a goal to with hope baptized at least one whole
 family. Mom , Dad,
kids and all. The Bravo family baptism this last
Saturday fulfilled
both. Please check out the pictures on my photo
bucket of this
beautiful family. They had an amazing baptism
 this Saturday the
father even shed tears in his testimony and the
spirit was really felt
by all. We are blessed to hopefully also have
 another two baptisms
coming up on Christmas day. One of these Is a sister
 Sandra, who this
week has undergone a lot of trials with her mother
having yet another
of many strokes and being close to her last days
 on this earth, but
this sweet sister I have seen through trials grow
 only closer to the
lord and she is truly an inspiration to me.
Our other hopefully
baptism is a great YW sister Fable Castro who
attended the YW
activity this Saturday as well as the baptism of
the bravo family so
we are very excited with her progress and all the
 great fellow shippers
in our ward in YW who have stepped out to welcome
 her. It really makes
a difference. Its hard for a missionary to be sick
 and this week I was
just thankful it was on Thursday that I feel ill
for the whole day
and not on Saturday for the baptism . I was also
 blessed to be asleep
for most of the day but in the waking hours as a
missionary you just
ache for your investigators and want to be out their
 teaching them
rather than sick in bed.I am great full for the lord
 my saviour Jesus
Christ who is my strength. I know that this is his work.
Sa pangalin ni Jesu Cristo. Sya nawa.
Sister Quinn

Maligayan Fiesta Ng Patay,

Happy festival of the dead their may not be a Halloween in the
Philippines but that does not mean you cannot commercialized
all saints day into the same thing. Last night as my companion and
it went past the grave yard their were vendors selling everything
from Halloween masks and candy to slurpie shakes and candles
and flowers for the graves of their loved ones. The tradition is
tonight Nov 1 they will sleep over at the grave yard and prayer
for the souls of their dead ancestors to make it into heave.
Its funny we taught a lesson about baptisms for the dead this
week to an investigator and she said that sound to her like a much
better idea than just sitting on graves and praying I kind of
wanted to laugh but did not of course! The bravo family was were
the first people at church this week. Sister Emily, Brother Jay
and their children were all dressed up and ready to go and we
are so proud of sister who has stopped working on Sundays
because we know it is hard for her since that is their only way
of income is to sell every day. They need to do this just to make
ends meet here but as we taught the 10 commandments last
night our branch president who worked with us and helped
teach the lesson challenged sister Emily and brother jay not
to work on Sunday and that they would have blessings from
doing so. Our branch president is pretty much the coolest ever
by the way! Not much other news for the week. I LOVE being
a missionary its just getting better and better and the closer it
gets to Christmas and here it feels much closer because they start
early . the more I just don't want it to be over with quite yet!
I know that this is the lords work and I just feel blessed to be
out here doing it. I love you all and miss you always!

Ingat sa Lahat,

Sister QUinn

Bagyo Juan,

The Typhoon was called John or Juan and it was a big one but it
only got to level two in our area. Its the funniest thing I would
not be wrong out to compare it with a snow day. for the following reason

1. Children were off school and their parents did for the most part
not go into work

2. Mostly while the storm went people stayed inside but after it....

3. Their was Much picture taking people gathered in the street
children laughing people playing and many pictures of hey look
how high the water is we're taken by those few who had cameras,
we live in a rich area so a few people their have cameras

4. After kids were tired of playing out in the flood and the rain they
ran home to their moms who I saw receive them back with warm arms.
They even had boots and rain coats like we would have snow gear
and their moms gave them food warm drinks because for Filipinos
when it rains even though its like 80 degrees still outside its cold
for them

5. Random people who would never speak to one another we're out
in the streets talking just like when a big snow storm hits and this
more than anything was the bulk of our work for the day ,
meeting new people who we're all so impressed with the fact that
we we're still out walking trying to share the gospel with people.
We just told them our message is THAT important, Bagyo ( Typhoon) or no Bagyo we have a job to teach others the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

We actually did get to the house of one of our investigators after
walking down one street for 45 minuets. A trip which normally
would have taken maybe 20 minuets of slow walking to get to their
house, they we're so grateful that we'd come by to check on them
they we're in one of the worst affected areas, but their house is
on stilts as many of the houses are here. You will see in the
picture of me holding a book of Mormon standing in nearly
waist high water that this area was very flooded. Make sure you
check out my Photobucket. I have an account at Photobucket.com
if you did not know all you need to do to view it is to go to the
site and sing in under the name sisterashtonquinn the password
is the same and you can look at all of my pictures just please
don't delete them or mess with them, their is also video on the
site and so you will see just how strong the force of the water was
as you watch my super hero companion trudge through it to make
it down the street! In other news this week I was worried
that our Bravo family would not make it to church.
We had an amazing turn around this last week
with the father of this family. Brother Jay as of two
weeks ago he was not present at our lessons and
we knew he went out drinking every so often.
But his unexpected miraculous show up to
church last week started a turn around that
continues to grow strong and stronger in force.
We committed him the very next day (last Monday)
to living the word of wisdom and challenged him
to baptism saying that if he was ready and
continued to live the word of wisdom and go to
church every week that he could be baptized
along with his whole family. We saw this week
just how committed this father has now become
and for me it is a small miracle of the lord, one
of the many I have seen him work in my mission.
Yesterday at church I was worried they would
not make it they we're very late and Just as I
was about to give up hope that they would not
come they showed up. After the meeting the
mother (sister Emily) told me they had almost
not come because she was embarrassed of
being late but she said the father insisted that
they go even if they were late. This in and of
itself really shows me how far he has come and
he is now sitting with his children waiting for us to
teach them every night. I am a blessed missionary
and I know it! What more is their to say! I love
you all you are in my prayers day and night.

With Love,

Kasama lahat ang pagmamahal ko,

Sister Quinn

kamusta po Kayo,
This week we had 8 investigators at church. I feel so blessed
beyond blessed. We had a whole family the Bravo family (Bro Jay)
the father included and so for them we are so excited. We also
had Sister Sandra , Nannay Lourdez, Sister Emily Feliciano,
and Brother Carl. In other news BAGIO!!!!!! that means Typhoon
in Tagalog. The name of this one is Juan or John as in the apostle.
It is huge I was almost sure we wouldn't be able to get out here to
the internet cafe and then for sure that when we got here their
would be no internet, but by the grace of god as they say very often
here in the Philippines we made it to the internet cafe and we
didn't even have to take a boat to get here the trike ( motorbike
with side car) just floated its way in through an amazing amount
of traffic considering the storm. I am a bit scared of the prospect
of grocery shopping later, their may be a crazy amount of
people buying up water and such just like they would do in the
US if a big storm hit its funny how very much the same the
whole world is. Other than that I don't have much news it was a
hard week because my companion sister Balili was sick but we
still managed to work OH and I totally forgot the seniour couples
who are the nicest people on earth baked us a cake for our one
year anniversary of our mission ALL four of us had our one year
this week so we all celebrated on Saturday together it was really
nice. I've uploaded pictures of the cake on the photobucket so be
sure to check them out! I love you all I miss you too!
Ingat sa Lahat,
Sister Quinn

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