So we had a cool experience yesterday. We went to teach a family but they weren't available. So we kept walking a little bit and we saw a few people washing dishes and one lady was getting water to wash her pigs. Sister T just went and grabbed her bucket. I learned from her that you don't ask people if they want help; you just do it. So while she and Sister Lolesi did that, I helped this lady do her dishes. She kept saying ako na lang (only me, not you) and ulow ko (I'm shy) and basa imong sayal (your skirt is all wet.) But I just said ay basa na so okna man! Ayaw kabalaka (It's already wet so it's all good. Don't worry! ) And I know she appreciated it even though it is hard to ask for help. After I was finished, I noticed that a few people had come out of their houses and were watching. This lady had a 2 week old baby with her. She asked me if we do bible study. I told her we just want to help people bisan unsa (even if it's with temporal work, etc.) . I said we teach people and asked if they would be interested and she said she was. I gave her a plan of salvation pamphlet and told her that it would help her know how her family could be together forever.
That was a really cool experience because I know that if we hadn't stopped to help people with their stuff we wouldn't have had a chance to find this girl who was obviously prepared for us by our Heavenly Father. It was so cool because I wasn't even afraid to ask her if we could return to her when I normally might be. I knew that I had help in that moment. I wasn't worried because I knew that this is Jesus's work and he isn't going to let me screw it up if I have the right intent, because this is His little sister and He really cares about her.
Also for the weird part. My first pday we hadn't picked Sister Lolesi up yet and we went shopping in this Uki uki (DI in the Philipines) and this Baptist pastor asked us if we had the King James version of the bible and we said yes to he wanted to do bible study. I thought it was just because they had a different version of the bible or something so they wanted to look at the differences and we could just get a quick message in after ward so we agreed. As soon as we sat down they went off on this lengthy sermon and they wouldn't let us ask questions or talk! They just said unya unya (later later) We were in there for about 2 hours when I finally told them that we had an appointment and we needed to go. It was scary to do that but we need to be using our time wisely as missionaries and teaching to those who will hear our message. So they made us stay for five minutes longer to finish. They don't believe that we need works to be saved, so they asked us something along the lines of "will you accept Jesus Christ and be saved?" So then it was our turn. We just smiled and told them that we already have. They asked if we know what happens after death and if we are ready. We smiled and gave them a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. They asked if we could return and we told them that our purpose is to help others come to Christ so we could return only if they would let us share with them also. They said they would. I am not sure about returning back there but my companions want to so I guess we will go back one time and guage from there.
It was just kind of cool because I have always been afraid to learn about other religions because I was scared that maybe my faith isn't strong enough to withstand. What I didn't know was that learning about other religions would just make my faith even stronger! As soon as they started talking there was no spirit there. Now I understand what it means about not having the complete gospel. There was a lot that was correct but there was just a lot of lacking. They made up for the lacking with the doctrines of men. My faith in the Restoration is just a lot stronger now. I know even more how true our gospel is. Okay so that's all for this week! Love you all so much!!
Sister Sprouse
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