Ultimas noticias de Sharon y Kimberly - Latest news from Sharon & Kimi

From Kimi:

Kimi y su companera Hna Sprouse
Kimi and her companion Sis Sprouse - on Good Friday

FUNNY. So, riding habals is like a motorcycle and it's fun :) but expensive, but 3 times in the last week members have randomly picked us up and then drive away before we pay them. it's like the best of all worlds :D we don't lose money, they get blessed for helping the sisters out, and we get home a lot faster (especially at night). so it's a win win win win and everyone is blessed and happy. yay members, I love them so much :)

SPIRIT. sorry, i'm terrible ,no more time. i have been thinking of ways to be better and the spirit helps me keep my tongue quiet when I'd say mean things...read Jesus the Christ and feel closer to him every single time.

Part of Kimi’s letter to her Mission President: (some words in Cebuano)

Bautismos en la Rama
Baptisms at Church

…”this week has been one of thought. I have been thinking, more, of how I can improve myself and my companionship. We are very open with each other, which ironic as it sounds, causes some minor disagreements for a short while. I know that who we are put with is for our good and we can learn something very specific from them. Thanks for giving me sister Sprouse, I love her and we are getting along better and better every week. This cycle is flying so fast and I'm worried about transfer day because I've never left an area...normally. The only times were going to Cebu, then being ET-ed in Cebu, then coming back. I know whatever happens though is what is supposed to transpire. Thank you for all your revelations that help us. I can't wait for the Mission Tour next week. I also pray for Sister Andaya, how is she doing? We love her so much and if we were better with nurse stuff, it'd be nice to help her, but, she's the only one who's good with those things diba? :) sigi, as for the work...it's better. We still don't have huge stats, but we try really hard. We had a very successful MCM and even though it took a long time, we got set up daghang mga appointments with kuyogs and I am very optimistic about what will happen this week. Ever since our baptism, it opened my eyes to all the work we really do have and there will never be a dull moment in our area again. We are going to contact every single person I have talked to and teach everyone who has been taught and ingon ana. It's such a blessing to be in Naval, President Ang is so great and his new presidency is ready to work really hard. The youth are very good with wanting to work with us and it makes me happy that they are preparing og mas maayo para sa kanilang mga mission :) Every day is a new adventure and learning experience and I'm just trying to soak it all in before I have to go, if it's my time. Well, we will see you hopefully next week. I love you and sister Andaya so much! Thanks for all you do and all your prayers. Hope you can feel how much we love you too :) especially me haha. Sigi, ingat po kayo!”

Comiendo patas de pollo
Eating chicken feet

Actividad de zona en la playa - Kimi
Zone activity at the beach

Miembros de la rama - Kimi
Branch members

Misionero:
alguien quien deja su familia
por un corto tiempo
para que otros puedan estar
con sus propias familias
por la eternidad
 

 

From Sharon:

…”Welcome to another week in the work! I'm very happy to say the least, except for how low our stats are because of missing work and a really extensive Weekly Planning. But last night Sister Wilson and I discussed what we want to happen with this area and I feel very confident that we can get a baptism in March and then, if we've planned, prepared, and executed well, we can hit the Mission Vision of Excellence and have 2 baptisms every month from June on. I feel very honored to be serving in the Dagupan 4th ward - I feel a lot of potential here, especially with Sister Wilson. She's so good at being short and powerful and I know that's something I need to learn from her this time we have together.
As for her being sick, we're working through it. We've got plans to go to a lab on Thursday and see what we can do about it. I don't want her to go home, she doesn't want to go home, but I don't want her missing any more work either, so we'll get it fixed (finally). She's so good though, I love this chance to get to know and love her better. She'll be a blessing in my life, just like all my other companions.
I'm so excited for new trainings, about what I can do to be a better missionary. I want to learn so bad, but I first need to apply it!
Well, I know I talk a lot, I'm sorry, I'm just so happy to be serving here in the best mission of the Church. We are blessed as the Temple Mission, and it's such a privilege to be here. Lots to learn, lots to do! GO GO GO! :)

Kinda short this week, but that's ok. Quick news to you: I ate shark last Friday, and I also watched a family kill a chicken and cook it (I in turn came back and ate that chicken) but it was so much better than store bought! Still a little sick though. EWW...anyway. On other news, I've started washing my own clothes :D If I didn't tell you, it makes me so happy and I LOVE it! Just takes like an hour or half hour, depends on what I'm washing.

I was on exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders last week and the Sister and I were talking about how "You've been sent on so many special assignments. Anytime there is a rough area or someone who needs help, we see that you're the one who is sent." Aww, that made me feel really good! Because I've loved all my areas and my companions, and I'm so excited to learn from this new transfer. It felt like I had a real purpose, like God really was mindful of just ME.

Random fact, I'm feeling a tooth come in the back of my mouth. It's like, broken parts is all I feel, but it doesn't hurt, just interesting. Maybe I'll finally get my wisdom teeth in! Maybe not”…

 

Las dificultades a menudo preparan
personas normales para un
destino extraordinario

 

Secando arroz en la calles
Drying rice on the streets

 

Sharon y Kimberly

 

 

 

 

Desde la ciudad de Dugapan - From the City of Dugapan

From Sharon: 4/13/14

"What a week! Well, I kinda felt like I was going to transfer, because when the work picks up, that's when I leave. I did feel a calming peace come over me, knowing that though I won't see my 5 investigators baptized, I know that they're not MINE baptisms in the first place, but all the glory and credit go to the Father. I know my area is being taken care of, and I finally feel I have left my area stronger than when I found it :)

From having lots of companions, I've been so blessed to know who I am, to really learn who I wanna be, and from the talks and things I've been reading, I'm starting to reach that potential that Heavenly Father has for me, His plan for who I can become. It's been such a blessing, coming to the best mission in the world, and I know it's because I need these things I'm learning to have a better life in the future.

A lot of what I got out of Conference was if I really love the Savior, I have to keep His commandments, which includes the mission rules. I received such a strength to do better, almost every talk mentioned being obedient, and I took that as an answer to my quiet prayers of what I need to be doing more to be more masipag and masunurin (energetic and obedient). I loved Conference so much, and am blessed with faithful, righteous leaders in the Church and here in the Urdaneta Mission.

I had a feeling of why I was transferred when I heard my new companion's name. I will do my best to help her, help our area, and really push myself and her, in order to reach the Mission Vision of Excellence. I did it once - now I know I can do it again. This area seems a lot smaller, but maybe more of my time will be working from my companionship out. Enduring to the end has it's ups and downs, right?

Thank you again for your encouragement and counsel. I'm excited for more trainings in the following weeks. I've been growing a lot, and I hope to grow more from that. 

So yes, kinda feel like I'm "special assignment" again, because this Sister, I love her, but she's just got some problems. She's always sick, so I don't really know how to help her, but I feel that there IS a very specific reason we're together. And President said that Sister Vandiver and my 22 lessons last week LED THE MISSION!!!!!!!!!! :D Astig :D !

Anyway, so my funny story! So Dagupan is really rainy, more than any other area or zone I've been in, and it rained really hard and fast Transfer Day, so last Friday, which was my first day in Dagupan. I met some people, and our last appointment was at the Langit family. They're members, super nice. Anyway, when we were trying to leave, it was REALLY raining now, I tried to avoid the big rocks so I wouldn't slip, but I took a wrong step and fell into a manhole X( patay! I scraped up my leg, which is a bit swollen and will (hopefully) bruise, and I lost one of my shoes! So Sister Langit took the other one so if they find it, they can give it back :) It was a funny night, then we went home all soaked :P my shoes pala have lasted my since my first P-Day back in August, and they don't have any holes yet! They've been to 4 areas, beaches, caves, bukid, city, everything! And now I lost them...but I hope I can find them! I've never thought I'd love a pair of shoes, but I do".

Entrenamiento de 4 zonas - Marzo 2014 en Dugapan
Quad-zone training in Dugapan - March 2014

Almuerzo y coversa gratis durante entrenamiento en Dugapan
Lunch and lots of talking during training - Dugapan

conversa y mas converva
Lots of talking

Pueden meter un McDonald's en cualquier parte
They can open a McDoanld's at the most weird locations

City of Dugapan

Bienvenidos a Dugapan

 

Costa de Bonuan - Ciudad de Dagupan
Bonuan seashore - City of Dagupan



Ciudad de Dagupan

Nueva area de Sharon
Sharon's new area

Celebracion de los granjeros
Jubilee of farmers

Atardecer en la ciudad de Dugapan
Sunset view - City of Dugapan

 

De regreso a la Mision Tacloban - Return to the Tacloban Mission

Kimberly finally was transferred to her original mission (Tacloban Mission) in the Leyte region.
Tacloban City as well as Ormoc still under heavy damage and it will take some time to rebuild. Meanwhile Kimi was assigned to the Naval City region, a close-by island to the north of Tacloban.
There are a lot of comments from Kimi since she left Cebu Mission, but we are only focusing on what's happening now in her new area.
Pictures tells the story better, so enjoy these below:

SPANISH VERSION:
Kimberly finalmente fue transferida a su mission original (Mision Tacloban) en la region llamada Leyte. La ciudad de Tacloban como la ciudad Ormoc aun estan sintiendo los efectos de la destruccion y les va tomar tiempo para reconstruir. Mientras tanto, Kimi fue asignada a la region Naval (la ciudad llamada Naval) una isla cercana a Tacloban.
Hay muchos comentarios de Kimi desde que ella dejo la Mision de Cebu, pero deseamos enfocarnos solamente en lo que ella esta pasando en estos momentos en su area.
Las fotos dicen la historia mucho major, asi que disfruten estas:



Tipica vista del campo
Typical country view

La ciudad de Naval
Naval City/region



Kimi y su companera actual Hernama Pike
Kimi and Sis Pike (her current companion)

Kimi y su primera companera en naval (Hna Sprouse)
Kimi and her first companion in Naval

Bautismos en Naval (en el mar)
Baptisms in Naval (in the Ocean)

Vista de la ciudad de Naval
Naval City View

Vista del campo en Naval
Countryside view (Naval)

Arcoiris en las montanas
Rainbow in the mountains

Kimi en camino a ensenar
Kimi in her way to teach

Reconstruyendo despues de la tormenta
Rebuilding after the storm

Kimi, Hna Pike y otras misioneras
Kimi, Sis Pike and other Sister Missionaries

Ni viento ni luvia puede destruir la belleza de este pais
Rain nor wind can destroy the beauty of this country

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Al mal tiempo, buena cara
Despite trails, smiles change our lives

Este leon puso su mano en el hombro de Kimi (el leon esta bien, dicen)
This lion put his paw on Kimi's shoulder (the lion is fine, they say)

Pasandola bien en el zoologico
Having a good time at the Zoo

Kimi y Hna Pike

Buenas Misioneras, buenas amigas
Good Missionaries, good friends

Kimi quedo entancada en el barro en este campo de arroz - ayuda extra fue necesaria para sacarla
Kimi got stuck in the mud at this rice field - extra help was necessary to get her out

Hermoso
Beautiful

Disfrutando en un dia de preparacion
Enjoying a day off

Hermanas trabaando en la misma area
Sister missionaries working in the area



Hermana Kimberly Adasme en Marzo 2014

Hermoso atardecer en Naval
Beautful sunset in Naval

From Kimi's heart

And the storm came ...

The wind was going . . . blowing so hard that the coconut trees outside our apartment, our backyard, were sideways now.  The leaves were flying hard and even coming off.  Looked like a tornado outside, but w/ the rain, it was a little more daunting.

 . . . then the jokes and laughter faded . . . like our hope for our people without good homes . . . we couldn’t even imagine it, but the winds got stronger and the rain came faster and harder . . . and without the roof on our spartment, the noise of outside was sooo loud and scary for the first time. 

The rain was so hard, the ceiling was . . .  how do you call it . . . morag thumping?  No . . . it just looked like it was gonna cave in on us . . . I was legitimately scared the roof was gonna fall . . .

We were singing, while the storm was pretty strong, sometimes it was even hard to hear each other singing . . . it was sooo loud . . .

. . . but then it started raining again, so we went back inside . . . then came round 2 . . . way worse than the first time. 

So we go to investigate upstairs and open the door to our bedroom . . . OH MY GOSH!  There was a HUGE river of water from the ceiling!  Multiple leaks w/ a LOT of water coming down.  It was getting EVERYTHING wet . . .

rain still coming in through the glassless window in the kitchen . . . so I looked outside to see how bad it was and saw that the water was almost to the bottom of the window  . .  ok, maybe a foot away, but depending on how long it’d be raining, it could come into our apartment   . . . that was very scary . . .

. . . just waiting out the beast, siguro the worst  thing that’s ever happened to the 4 of [us] in the apartment . . . Finally the storm let out and stopped . . . we waited a little inside cuz we weren’t sure if there was naa pa or not . . . but when we finally did go outside . . . grabe, it was bad. 

Our home for the last almost 4 months was totally wrecked and almost unrecognizable . . . not good, not good L  It was like a Super bad tornado, but tons of water.  Everyone was just walking cuz there was no way vehicles could make it through the streets . . . And now we could see on a bigger scale how bad everything was . . . Ormoc City was definitely not – the – same . . .

we walked to the church.  Something we hadn’t done in weeks, maybe even months, and it’s a lot further than I thought, especially since we were carrying such heavy sorrow in our hearts as we walked past people’s houses na urla and broken buildings . . . such a terrible , yet so not real, sight to behold. 

good to see people ok and, yes, even happy as only Philippinos could be when they have nothing but the few things they brought w/ them the day before the storm. 

. . . so it was about 8 we went to sleep, but could still hear outside stuff like airplanes and other stuff . . . w/o fans it was hot and we got attacked by mosquitos, but I guess we finally drifted off . . . didn’t get up til about 6 or 6:30 and then remembered why we were sleeping where we were, and it kinda hit me again that we just survived a huge monster typhoon that not everybody in our area survived . . . very sobering thought . . .

The city was so sad to see . . .everything just felt like unreal and scripted, like this was all so awesome, as in only God could have done it, AWE some, not nindot – so awesome that it was all fake and part of a movie scene that we just happened to be extras, wandering around waiting for the movie to stop playing, but that never happened . . .

This email is going to be centered on a miracle in my life, something I've learned and realized and really applied to me personally... it's about trusting in the Lord...
  So, my whole life has been pretty easy. My mom has had cancer a couple of times and that was really scary, but other than that, especially with me personally, life has been pretty easy. We never had a ton of money, but we always had enough and we were always happy.
Coming on my mission was great because it's the first time I've been away from home and it's a good chance for me to really learn about who I am and where I fit into the world. So, being away from home for the first time in my life, I worried about my family a lot. What if they needed me and I was a million miles away? How could I help them? I couldn't... but I knew that Heavenly Father answered the prayers of the righteous, and being on a mission, striving for exact obedience, I thought I was being fairly righteous... so I just prayed for them and hoped it was enough... but that still was not me personally. I mean, I love my family hanggang sa wakas, pero (to the end, but) it wasn't affecting me personally, where I stood and stuff here in the Philippines...so it was kinda hard for me to grasp it all, but I knew Heavenly Father would take care of them because they had faith and stuff. So, on goes my search for truly trusting in the Lord. This was my problem...I knew it in my head, but because nothing had ever happened to me personally where I was so lost and needed His help and guidance, I never applied it...it sounds terrible, but it was hard since nothing really bad had happened to me. But I was fine with that, because I had a good life and was always happy. But I guess I could feel that that bond wasn't as strong because I never exercised my faith in Him, because I always just tried to do things on my own, and for the most part, I had been able to get over all challenges in my life by my own efforts or with the help of my parents...my earthly parents. I never felt like I was so desperate for His help, so that didn't exactly strengthen my trust in Him, just because of my weaknesses ...
  But He always has a different plan for us than we would have chosen, so that's good, because if I was in charge of my life, I would not pick the same experiences to go through...so, I came on my mission, hoping everything would be ok, and it was. Good trainer, good (same) follow up...but then that day we got the text of the approaching super typhoon... things changed a little...I was still relying on myself and I was fine. During the storm, things got a little scary, but I was fine physically. I thought I was fine emotionally, but that wasn't as so as I thought...while we were sitting in our apartment after the storm, I realized something...this was the first time in my life that I had no idea what would become of me. What would happen to me as a missionary? Where would we go? Did we have to go home? Questions came to my mind with no answers, because I still was only relying on my own strengths, instead on Him who knew what was going to happen. So, when we found out that we needed to leave and we were headed to Manila for further instruction (passing through Cebu), it was still unreal...more like an adventure, pushing the bad that had happened to the farthest, remotest place in my brain for later assessment (hoping I'd forget it all?). But, after getting to Manila and seeing people and hearing different stories... my emotional wall that I had built up to get over what happened came crumbling down. I was a wreck. I was not ok and I couldn't stop crying and I didn't know how to get better...then with the help of heaven sent expertise, we were counseled and things made a little more sense. I was still using my brain instead of my heart, so it took longer than it should've to get over that which had happened. The night we got our re-assignments was the night of change for me. I was not doing well, but when I opened my call and read CEBU EAST MISSION... the peace that only the Prince can send came over me and I knew that was where I was supposed to go. I didn't want to leave the people I was with, but I started trusting in the Lord like never before, and things always worked out.

  My whole time in Cebu East was just a learning field...the first time I had ever been a senior companion was on that soil of Cebu, in the Eastern part of the vineyard, and the only thing that helped me with wondering if I was ruining the beginning of this sister's mission was the fact that when I started to trust in Him, He helped me get over things and helped me help her, so we learned from each other and grew together. Then I got the call that we were coming back... heart beating fast, my president read the list of names going back the following week...and mine was read. I couldn't help the tears from coming. I didn't really understand why we had to keep leaving people that we loved and wanted to keep helping. But, the new theme of my life kept giving me peace..."Just trust me"  was what I kept feeling He was saying to me. So I did...the day after I knew I was coming back to the Tacloban Mission, I stopped worrying about where we were going, who our companions would be, everything I couldn't control and just tried my best to trust in Him who knew all the answers. Coming back to the place that we left so long ago, yet so recently too, was such a unique experience. We knew what this people went through, we were with them when it happened...and, with my new found application of trust in my life, no matter what befell us, I was always ready. New companion? Ok, I can learn from her. Can't work in our area because there's no apartment, so stay in another area? Good, more people to love and share the gospel with (also a good place to grow in our ability to talk to everyone on the street about the truth they were lacking in their lives). Sick companion/no work? Fine, time to ponder about my Savior and how He can help me become more like Him. In every aspect of my life and missionary work since coming back to the best mission in the world, I have started to trust in Him. The change in my life has been amazing! I have more hope for my family, my sister, my area, and with my trust more securely in Him, I know things will work out, even if our mission has had some crazy things happen to it. I appreciate the fact that even amongst terrible circumstances; I can learn a lifelong skill and apply it to my life. I am not perfect and sometimes I think I can do it all on my own, but for the most part, I have learned to trust in Him, although I can't see Him, I can feel Him ever closer, and that's what makes more of a difference. To me, my learning to trust, something I was never good at before, is a miracle, and only came because Heavenly Father, in His Almighty power, changed nature to teach us the lessons we needed to learn. Although I would not have chosen at the beginning of my mission to be where I was, I am glad He inspires my leaders and they put me where I need to be. I will always trust Him now...
  I hope that what has been shared has only helped and encouraged the reader. Thank you again for this opportunity to express the miracles I've seen in my mission.

~Sister Kimi Adasme, Philippine Tacloban Missionary Missionary for life

Empacando las maletas de nuevo - Packing our luggage again

From Kimi:

I'm in Manila right now, we've met up with some other missionaries...and we just wait here til tomorrow when we fly back to Tacloban...so I don't really know what's happening...I will go through and email for real kay I don't think I can email til next Monday, and that would stink, so I'm doing this just in case I can't later or whatever. I'm fine...just excited, nervous...I don't know what's happening and I've really learned to trust people and trust in the Lord because we are always getting picked up and dropped off by people we've never met and going places we don't know where to go, and we have no clue what's going on, but I'm going back to my first mission, and the last thing we did in Cebu East mission was have a testimony meeting with president and sister tanner and the APs and they gave us rings (out of caraboo bones) that say PCEM...Philippines Cebu East Mission :) so that was nindot. I'm ready to go to work again and see Pres and Sister Andaya. I just wanna be a good missionary! And learn Waray and Tagolog...which being in Manila is hard cuz it feels like I'll never learn it, but I'm very good at Cebuano (after 8 months) so we'll see what happens. My perfect plan would be go waray the next 6 or 7 months, then go back to Ormoc city my last couple of cycles...that would be perfect :) then obviously go to Urdaneta  with Sharon” :P haha

“at our testimony meeting with pres and sister tanner they compared us to Ephraim he was able to do hard things and the Lord trusted him”

“I can't wait to hug you in the airport Mom, walking beside my twin sister and have you see the amazing difference in us :) she is so amazing and doing wonderful things in Urdaneta...I'm a little jumbled from having to leave and say goodbye then adjusting, then having to go back, but maybe I just needed to learn to just go with it and trust God, which I do a lot more now”

“I love you and am the person I am today (I’m an ok person :P) because of the things I learned from you. I love your example to me and the things I have seen you do and the person you are (and Daddy too), thank you for going on a mission when you did to meet him to make me the person I am today. I love you so much mommy...I hate how fast my mission has gone (almost halfway) but part of me is ok with it cuz I'll be able to see you that much sooner” :)

“I'm going back to Tacloban Monday, so stop mailing things to cebu...i don't know the new address or anything, but will get it to you as soon as possible. ok, so many things are going on in my head and in my heart...i hate saying goodbye, but maybe by the end of my mission i'll be better at it...i dunno, i'm still a crier”

“I was wondering if you had any news from Chile...i always forget to ask...like is anyone active yet? or is Marco Augusto keeping his promise to me and going to church? anything like that? what's up with Sofia coming up here or whatever”

 

From Sharon:

“Things are looking good for our area! One of ourinvestoagtors, Brother Alberto, is progressing well to his baptism. He should be all ready to go by this Saturday :) we're all very excited and thankful we had the chance to teach him and play a small part in his conversion. We also have a handful of other potential investigators  that we need to visit a couple more times and see them come to church and we're ready to extend :) and a few people that have been taught before, a long time ago, that just PROVES that the Lord really had a plan for all dropped/former investigators. SOMEDAY they will be harvested and joined to the only true Church”.

“We're excited for another busy week and to go back to all the new investigators we found. There's a lot of potential and we're just so excited”! :)

“so I just wanted to say I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!! I really try to be happy each day here, but you know, there are hard times sometimes”

 

VERSION EN ESPAÑOL:

De Kimi:

“estoy en Manila en estos momentos, dejamos Cebu esta mañana y ahora nos hemos juntado con otros misioneros que tambien van de vuelta a Tacloban. Nos quedaremos esta noche aqui y volaremos mañana a Tacloban.No se mucho lo que está pasando asi que revisaré mis emails y vere lo que pasa ya que quizas no podré escribir sinó hasta el proximo Lunes, y eso no me gustaria. Por eso estoy escribiendo  ahora bien cortito por si acaso. Estoy bien en general, nerviosa y animada al mismo tiempo. A veces no sabemos lo que pasa y eso mismo me ha ayudado a confiar en las personas aca y en el Señor ya que siempre nos estan recogiendo en alguna parte y dejandonos en otra parte por personas que nunca hemos visto antes o llevados a lugares donde nunca hemos estado, entonces a veces solo seguimos.Pero voy de vuelta a mi primera mission. Lo ultimo que hicimos en Cebu fue tener una reunion de testimonios con Presidente y Hermana Tanner y los misioneros que saliamos de esa mission. Ellos nos dieron anillos hechos de hueso de Careboo con la inscripcion “PCEM” (Mision Este de Cebu de las Filipinas). Asi que fue un lindo regalo. Estoy lista para seguir trabajando, y volver a ver a Presidente y Hermana Andaya. Solo deseo ser una buena misionera!y aprender el idioma Waray y tambien el idioma Tagalog y estando aqui en Manilla nunca podré aprende, pero estoy muy bien en el idioma Cebuano (despues de 8 meses aqui), asi que veremos lo que pase. Mi plan perfecto seria aprender Warayen los proximos 6 o 7 meses, entonces volver a la ciudad Ormoc (donde estaba antes), y entonces terminar mis ultimas 2 o 3 semanascon Sharon en Urdaneta!!!

El distrito de Kimi
Kimi's district missionaries)
Lilo-An

“en nuestra reunion de testimonios, fuimos comparados a Efrain, que al hacer cosas dificil el Señor confió en el completamente”

 “no puedo esperar para abrazarte en el aeropuerto Mamá, caminando al lado de mi hermana gemela para que vean la increible diferencia en nosotras. A Sharon le esta yendo tan bien y está hacienda cosas maravillosas alla en Urdaneta...por mi parte, me siento un poquito mal al tener que irme de aqui y despedirme y acomodarme de Nuevo en otro lugar, y entonces volver al lugar que dejamos, pero quizas solo debo hacerlo y confiar en Dios lo cual hago mucho mas ahora”

“te amo Mamá pues soy hoy la persona que soy  (spy una buena persona :P) por las cosas que he aprendido de ti. Amo el ejemplo que me has mostrado y esas cosas que te he visto hacer y la persona que eres (y mi Papá tambien),gracias por haber ido en una mision cuando lo hiciste y poder conocerlo a el y hacerme la persona que soy hoy en dia. Te amo mucho Mamá...no me gusta que tan rápido mi mission ha pasado (casi la mitad ahora) pero parte de mi me dice que esta bien porque podré verles mas pronto” :)

Kimi y su companera

“Estaré en Tacloban el Lunes, asi que no me manden correo a Cebu ahora...no se la nueva direccion aun, pero la mandaré tan pronto como la sepa. Hay tantas cosas que pasan por mi mente y mi corazon en estos momentos ...no me gusta decir adios,pero quizas para el fin de mi mission sera mejor para mi, quien sabe, aun asi, aun sigo siendo una llorona en las despedidas”

“me pregunto si han sabido alguna noticia de Chile..siempre olvido de preguntar. Estan todos activos ya?Esta Marco Agusto cumpliendo con su promesa de asistir a la Iglesia? Que pasa con Sofia? Ira ella a los Estados Unidos a visitarnos? Se esta preparando ella para servir en una mision?

Kimi, su companera y los lideres de distrito despues de un juego de noche de hogar
Kimi, her companion y the District leaders after a game during Family Home Evening
(in Loli-An)

 

Kimi, su companera y su nueva miembro
Kimi, her companion and their new convert





Nuevo Typhoon que afecto el area de Kimi
New Typhoon affecting Kimi's area
(2 de Febrero del 2014)



De Sharon:

 “las cosas estan super bien en nuestra area! Uno de nuestros investigadores,Hermano Alberto, esta progresando bien para su bautismo. El estará listo para este Sabado :) todos nosotros estamos muy animados y agradecidos por la oportunidad de enseñarle a el y ser una pequeña parte de su conversion. Adenas, tenemos varios otros investigadores que necesitamos visitar un par de veces mas y ver que ellos asistan a la Iglesia y entonces estaran listos para sus propios bautismos :) y otras personas mas que han sido enseñados mucho tiempo atras,y eso PRUEBA que el Señor realmente tenia un plan cuando los misioneros dejaron de enseñarles antes.ALGUN DIA ellos serán cosechados y llegaran a ser parte de la unica Iglesia verdadera”.



Un regalo de Mama
A gift from Mom

“Estamos muy animadas con una nueva semana bien ocupada e ir a visitar a todos nuestros nuevos investigadores que hemos encontrado. Hay un potencial tremendo aqui y por lo mismo estamos muy animadas” :)

“entonces, solo deseaba decir que ESTOY MUY FELIZ !!!!!!!! La verdad trato de ser lo mas feliz que puedo aun con los momentos tristes que tenemos a veces en nuestras misiones”

  


Sharon en la playa con su zona
Sharon at the beach with her zone



 

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