This week, we got an opportunity to teach the most golden family I have ever met. As in, they were taking notes of what we were teaching them! They are so cute! They are also not ours :( We live with the STL's and they need them to be taught but don't have time to do it themselves with splits, so we got the priveledge of teaching them. The fun thing for me is that they are Tagalog speaking, taga Manila. So I got to take a break from Visaya and teach them in Tagalog! It was awesome! When the STL's went back to them later that week, they came home and said "Sisters, I think they like you more than they like us! Sister Sprouse, they kept talking about how you sat on the floor and it's so cool and how you don't even know Visaya!" It was so funny! I definitely have a testimony about the gift of tongues!
Also, we have been teaching the house help of our branch president, Beverlin. She is stinking adorable! We watched the Restoration with her and she was so cute afterward. She was like "gitouched ko" or I'm touched haha. We committed her to be baptized May 17! We are really excited! She also went to church this last Sunday and we think she really enjoyed it! She said she made friends so I hope so! It was cool to get to sit by her and kind of explain what we do in our church (she's catholic so it's very different to her) Tonight she will be at our FHE and we're also teaching her too! I hope she will make even more friends.
Well.. Thursday was my halfway point in the mission. It's crazy how fast the time went. I guess it helped that a super typhoon ate our mission.. Haha but still it's crazy to me. Usually I feel like I'm still only 2 months old in the mission. I am on the downhill now but I can't think about that because I have too much to do!! (: But for my "birthday" we had french toast and then we went out to eat BBQ for lunch. Then we got to work.
Easter Friday is kind of crazy in the Philippines. They call it good Friday, and they have these festivals where they actually crucify people. It's terrible. And even though it's been made illegal the Catholics still do it, so we missionaries aren't allowed to work. Instead, we went to the meeting house (we don't have a chapel yet in Naval) and watched The Best Two Years and The Other Side of Heaven. It was cool to watch movies about missionaries! You appreciate them much more when you've been a missionary.
Also on Friday, the STL's surprised us with an Easter Hunt! It was so cute! They made a cute poster for us and hid candy. It was nice; felt like home! (:
Khia's baptism was Friday! It was so cool! We rode on President's truck and we went to Beliran, which is about 45 minutes away. With Khia, she is not a very expressive person at all, but after she was baptised she bore her testimony and it was so good and the spirit was definitely there. Also, she thanked the missionaries and almost cried! It was so cool. I was so so happy for her.
Okay that's all I've got for this week, but I am just really happy to be here. Missionary work is hard for sure, but I'm definitely not praying for my burdens to be lighter. I am just praying for my back to be stronger to be able to carry them. I have never in my life felt this much importance in trying to become like Jesus. Obviously I'm not there yet, but I am working hard to get there! I LOVE YOU ALL! Have a wonderful week!!!
Sister Sprouse
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