November 19, 2023 WEEK 15 Roadtrip back to the MTC 🛣

 This was probably one of my most fun weeks! I was told that I would have to be travelling 8 hours to Manilla in order to finish my visa, so Thursday I travelled all by myself without my companiom to Manilla! 

When I got there I got to see my entire MTC district and my MTC comp Sister Strong! It was so fun to be able to see everyone and share our experiences!
It was also at the actual Manilla MTC so it was super fun to see that again too. After that I travelled 8 hours back too, so it was about 16 hours of travel and I had to wake up at 4 in the morning to get there on time.

HIGHLIGHTS
- When I went to manilla I was able to stock up at the distribution center and some of the APs made me get them garments too haha
- Zone Conference this week! It was super fun and I feel like I learned a lot
- It is seriously getting so cold it got down to 56°F one of the nights and we didnt bring jackets that day
- Ward party lasting 5 hours 
- Im sick :(
- We had a lot of friends come to church! One of the little girls that came with her family even got to participate in the primary program and read a part because they didnt have enough people, she loved it
- One day this guy just came up to us and said how can I become a member of your church? And he came to church yesterday too so he was sincere so that was cool

CULTURE
It is so hard to buy face wash here because it all has bleach in it. The women want to be more white so almost everything is whitening

ESPIRITUAL NA ISIP
Alma 37:37
"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day"

I have definetly seen blessings from counceliing with the Lord in all my doings and I know you guys can too. 
Love you all! 

PICS
-Lights
- Statues of Mary are everywhere
- The weather actually feels like fall
- Zone con
- The mtc district
- "dirty ice cream"
- Our last lesson with the friend moving to taiwan "astig for Christ"












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