Hello Po and Family!
My second baptism was this
week!!! It was for Brother Jeffery whom we have been teaching since I got here.
Both of his parents are converts and they are so strong in the church. Brother Jeffrey's wife was against us
teaching him in the beginning but she has really opened up and even came to the
baptism! It was so cool because Jeffrey's dad was able to baptize him and I
could tell it really meant a lot to both of them.
We have a new investigator named Nanay
Belinda. We got her name as a referral from her son who is the dad of a less
active family who we teach about once a week. We are the fifth set of
missionaries she's had so we were expecting to have to work really hard to
teach her. We were praying really hard for her before we even started teaching
her! Our first appointment was AMAZING!! She took the Book of Mormon and told
us about how much she relies on God and prays and reads the Bible everyday. We
saw her twice after that and each time she told us she could feel the spirit
telling her it was all true. Yesterday we went to pick her up for church. Are
you sitting down? 'Cause you're going to need to be to hear this next part! So we
are at her house about to walk to church when she says this, "Sisters, I prayed
last night, I know this church is true. I know it's time for me to be baptized!"
This is a lady who has known about the church since her son converted over
25ish years ago! She has always rejected it and never been open to
missionaries!! I was astonished to day the least!!! I know that our prayers and her prayers were answered! I am so thankful for the power
of prayer and for a Heavenly Father who answers them!!
In other news... I SURVIVED BALUT!!! For
those of you who don't know what balut is, it's a Philippine 'delicacy'. Really
it's a fertilized duck or chicken egg with a partially developed embryo inside. You boil it and when you
open it, you see a little chick. I'm sure you can imagine what happens next.
Yep, you stick that sucker in your mouth and enjoy! Well 'enjoy' may be a stretch,
but it's all about the experience, isn't it? I took a video of it but it's too large to email. I will try and figure out how to send it for next week because it
is a HOOT!! After the first bite it, it wasn't too bad. It just tasted like an egg
you would get at a run down diner in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere, if you can imagine
that!
There are new adventures everyday here in the Philippines! I have
learned so much about the gospel, about myself, and about how much Heavenly
Father loves us all. I feel right at home here and everyday I feel the
confirmation that this is what I am suppose to be doing right now. I know I'm meant to be
a missionary and I'm meant to be here in the Philippines!
I love you all!! Stay gold!!
Sister Miller
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| The view from our apartment...way up high! |
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| This little puppy reminded me of my sister's dog, Lily! |
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