Beverly is Amazing!

Okay so Beverlyn is the most AMAZING investigator ever!! She's so good. I'm gonna ask a favor of you all to pray for her that she keeps making progress. Last week at church she told me that she likes English a lot and only writes in her journal in English so that she can learn it quicker. So last week we taught her before the FHE at president's house and we brought her an English BOM. When she turned around and saw it you might've thought we'd given her a car or something from the look on her face. She was SO so excited. Probably one of my favorite moments in my mission. She also is a genius at references. Like we shared a scripture with her and the next lesson I was like "like it said in that scripture we shared with you last time.." and she's like "Oh yeah! Alma 34:32!" And I felt a little like she's a genius because half the time I can't even remember that reference.. Haha. She told us that her mom said she can join whatever church she wanted as long as she had faith and she was like "promise mom?! promise?!" And it's so cute she even says promise in English. Also she told us that she had a different feeling than she's ever had before when she went to church. And that she knew all the answers in church but she was too shy to say them! She's so incredible. And she said that she's never connected with the bible the way she does with the BOM. She says that she understands how the bible needs the BOM to stand. One reallly cool lesson we had with her, we found her asleep on her bed with the BOM open in Visaya and English and the pamphlets we gave her and also the marker I gave her to mark her scriptures in her hand. She's so adorable. Also, President taught her about the temple and she wants to go really badly. The only bad thing is that she goes home again about a week after her baptism :( So we have to pray that everything works out for her and she'll find at least a meeting house where she's from. So prayers from home will help a lot!! (:

So our water is broken at our house. We don't really know what the deal is with it. But on Friday we cleaned our whole house (they gave us a cleaning day) And we needed water for that. So the sisters prayed (I wasn't with them at the moment) and it immediately turned on even though the pump had been going on for hours with nothing happening. Pretty cool. Then a couple days later it broke again. So I just said a prayer to myself. And.. nothing. The pump still didn't work. But I just thought to myself; if Heavenly Father answered every prayer immediately, we wouldn't build the faith that we need. So I just turned the pump off to let it rest and wen't into the house. About 20 minutes later, the STL's came home and S. Schaap turned the pump on. And it worked! I was really glad that my prayer was answered. Then on Sunday, Beverlyn didn't show up for sacrament. My stomach dropped. But I just prayed really hard that she'd show up. About 5 minutes before it ended, she came!! She couldn't find a ride, but she still came! And the YW said she participated in class and made friends! I've definitely gained a stronger testimony of the power of prayer this week. 

The 26th was National Day of Service! We went to the beach and picked up trash. I gained a pretty impressive sunburn even though I used sunscreen. It was awesome though. Another investigator of ours, Genevieve, came too! It was awesome because she got fellowshipped really well. She also came to church! I just am worried that for her it's more about the friends. We just need to go visit her a little more. 

Also, the shoes that I got in Cebu broke, and I had been wearing S. Schaap's that got rubbed against a tire so there was a hole in them. But S. Lindsey gave me this really nice rubber pair from Crocs. She's so nice! She said she already had a pair. This is someone who lost everything in that house in Yolanda (her and S. Schaap) They're both amazing. 

Okay that's my week! I love you all!!! I will be praying for you!! (:

Sister Sprouse