Another week has come and gone
and I can't believe how fast time is going by. My subject is the number 6
because.... I have been out for 6 months officially today!! It has gone
by so fast. I have officially been gone for as long as I was for China.
(Is my English making sense? I don't know) Crazy how much faster this
experience has gone!
We are having a good time here in Balamban and of
course we are still working hard! We have met a few more Less-Actives
and their families. Last week we were walking down a street after a
Less-Active family had told us they were "busy" and this man, John Jay,
and his wife, LynnLynn pulled over on their motorcycle and started to
talk to us. John Jay has been a member for a long time but of course has
been inactive. His wife is a non-member and at first she would hide
from the missionaries. Anyway THEY asked US to come teach them. We
weren't able to teach them before Sunday but guess what?! John Jay came
to church by himself! Simply amazing!! So we taught him and his wife one
lesson and she seems to be pretty open. I am very happy to see a
Less-Active come back to church without us even visiting him....he
didn't even know anyone in the branch!!
This past week I have started to realize how much I
have learned on my mission. I can't believe I am almost 1/3 finished.
That is just crazy! I am so grateful I chose to serve a mission. I have
learned so much about myself, about the gospel, and about the Church.
Helping the Less-actives and the Branches here has been a good (yet at
times very frustrating) experience for me. I know the Church is true. It
is so evident in the lives of the faithful members here. They are so
different. They are different because they have the light of Christ. The
light of the gospel!
Right now we are here in Cebu City and we went to
the temple. It was so fantastic! It's amazing. Here on my mission my
mind has just been enlightened. I am learning so much and learning it so
fast.I can't even explain it but sometimes it is just overwhelming.
Our investigators are having some drama. First, our
investigator Rachel has split from her less-active "husband" because it
came out that he has another girlfriend. It is a sad thing to see... a
family being split apart....but now the good news is that after talking
with President Schumtz, she can be baptized this month as long as she
commits to live the Law of Chasity. We retaught the law of Chastity
again yesterday and she told us she had been waiting for us to say
something about it after her split with her husband. So we will see. I
only want the best for her and her family. She is an amazing lady and
has such a strong testimony of the gospel. I love her and her kids so
much!
Our other investigator, Cyrus, just needs to
practice a little bit more faith. So as missionaries we will help him
grow his faith.
I love being a missionary! Our
Less-actives are doing so well and the branch is starting to blossom. As
the visiting teaching continues....and hopefully the home teaching
starts....miracles will happen here in Balamban!!
Thank you for all of your emails and kind words to
me. I am the luckiest Sister missionary out in the field right now.
HANDS DOWN. Love you all so much! Until next week!
Love
Sister Trayner
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