Week 27: Philippines is now normal...

Nov 20, 2017

Hey yall! :)

So this week we went finding. We knocked ("Tagbalay"ed) on many doors in our apartment complex/subdivision place. Being rejected is alright when you have a fun companion and know the Lord is on your side :) It just makes you a little sad cause of the joy and blessings people are missing out on in this life when they say no to us :) 

One of our progressing investigators who always has questions and READS the Book of Mormon has prayed about it and reads the Book of Mormon and now knows Joseph Smith is a prophet. (also they gave us pizza whoop whoop) OH THE JOY. The gospel has truly been restored to its fullness :) It is truly amazing to read the Bible and Book of Mormon and see the prophesies fulfilled and it all make sense :) 

Honestly the life in the Philippines is normal to me now. The people are more like family and I am understanding the language and speaking well (at least thats what they tell me haha) and I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. I have now a little less than a year and I am going to be working like CRAZY. 

Also the cockroach count is up to 107 whoop whoop haha :) (yes I killed those), washing laundry by hand is getting faster, not funner and the work is progressing. :)

Keep up the hard work yall. Life is hard, but the end result is worth it with the help of the Restored gospel it is joyful along the way :) 

Love you all. Stay strong, Read the Book of Mormon and keep praying :)
Love, Sister Masters

Wait I also forgot to tell yall (cause it literally feels like a Houston Summer here all the time despite the Christmas lights that have been up since September) HAPPY THANKSGIVING :) Give thanks to the Lord our God for all the wonderful things He has given us :) 

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