Howdy Team,
The pauwi (missionaries going home) are here in the mission
home. I wrote about that in the journal. Anyways we were invited for some
cereal at the mission home, so I thought that I'd stop by and email y'alls on
the way back upstairs! I had a dream last night about meeting up with my
brother.. I suppose you could say I'm a bit excited. He was shorter than me in
my dream... But I know not all dreams come true ;)
I just want to share a bit about one family we met the other
night. We were on our way home around 8:00pm... with plans to stop by one less
active member super close by... when a swarm of 8-10 yr old girls attacked me!
This isn't an irregular thing in the Philippines, so I assumed the usual
defense position, which is.. high fives all around! They love high fives from
us. They call that an "up here!" except it sounds more like
"AHHPP EERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE!" with lots of rolled R's.
After calming the swarm, I noticed one of their mothers
watching from her house. "Hello sister, good evening!"
"Magandang gabi rin.." (good evening too).. We
talked for a moment and found that they were remembering her father's passing
exactly one year before. Her husband came out and said, "hey, come inside
and have a seat." So we did. Then we taught them a very simple, powerful
lesson about families that can be together forever through the restored Gospel.
Towards the end I mentioned that we had probably mentioned a lot of things they
weren't familiar with and that we... "Yes, you will be coming back many
more times. Any day around this time works," sister butted in. So cool!
Finding families like that is such a sweet thing. It feels so good. I don't
know if they'll progress yet, but the Spirit was felt that first night.
I sure do love this work. Read the short journals I guess
for some more details. I love the peace we can feel in knowing the Plan of
Salvation, in knowing that we are doing His will. We have a Heavenly Father. He
is real, He lives, and He loves us.
Love,
Elder Brown
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