HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!! This week it was super nice to get to talk to my family back home. I LOVE and MISS them SOOOOO much and it is crazy to see them all again. :) I am so grateful for my mom and everything she has done for me. So here's a big shout out to all the moms out there! I love you all and wish you the best week ever!
Jay's baptism ended up being a HUGE success, he had the BIGGEST smile on his face and the spirit was so strong. I have watched him change so much these past few weeks and make so many sacrifices in order to be baptized. But when we asked him how he was after the baptism, he just had this huge smile on his face and with a big thumbs up told us he was supper happy, I have never seen him so happy before.
To be honest, sometimes I think of the movies, the AC, the nice bed, and my family back home and it all seems so far away. But every time I experience a moment like this, it reminds me why I am here. The gospel can help and change people so much and it really does bless lives in a way nothing else can. As President Hinkley said in one of the stories he shared: "It's true isn't it? So what else matters."
I know that it is true and that if we are willing to give it our all in living the gospel, just like Jay is doing, than one day we will look back with a huge smile on our face and be grateful for every hard moment, every trial, and every moment of doubt and fear which helped us to grow, improve, change, and develop true happiness and a testimony. But more than that, we will be so grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ who made it all possible through his love, atonement, death and life for us. Because of the great sacrifice for us (just like the great sacrifices I know each of our mothers make to raise us), we now have more blessings than would ever be possible otherwise :)
I don't have much time to write this week as I spent my time getting to Skype my family!
So, I will just share some of the highlights of my week in pictures...
Jay seemed to forget that he was at the church for a BAPTISM, not to become a NINJA ;) I guess the baptismal cloths do kind of look like ninja cloths... I guess that makes it even better! For your special day of being baptized, you get to be a NINJA!!!
So Taho (this food) is probably my FAVORITE breakfast here in the Philippines.
It is SUPER sweet and almost impossible to describe. It is almost like flan (I think the white stuff is condensed soy milk) mixed with a toffee or caramel like liquid (I think it is liquidized sugar) and rice balls, it is SOOOO tasty!
No KFC in the Philippines would be complete without SPAGHETTI!!!! We had KFC for lunch for the first time this week and it was a little bit spicier than I expected! Also, I'm not sure which part of the chicken I was eating, but it was tasty :)
Our investigators are AWESOME! I love this work so much!
There's nothing like watching a train in the Philippines,
as it goes two miles an hour down the tracks trying to get everyone to get off the railroad while there is a parade going on the other side of the tracks :)
Sister Jimenez is SO SWEET!!!! She came to spend the night at our apartment and gave me a new STAR WARS CUP!
Every time I use it, I think "Ah, so nice! Just a little taste of home..." It's crazy how much the little things can make a difference!
We had family home evening at the bishops house and it was awesome! Sister Black and I had to give the lesson last minute and after we played some games and ate some chicken accompanied by rice.
Nothing like ice cream for breakfast! What makes it better... it had HALO-HALO toppings!
No breakfast would be complete without a PANCAKE sandwich! We should have those in AMERICA :)
I hope you all have an amazing week! I LOVE you all!Sister Matheny
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