Tuesday, November 30, 2010

transfer day is ... on... MY BIRTHDAY

blog: end of transfer is nearing and transfer day is ... on... MY BIRTHDAY!!!! this is not really a good thing. IF my companion or i will be moving then my birthday will be spent at transfer meeting :( if not then not but either way i can't really plan a dinner at a members house or anything. :( any ways... interesting things that happened this week! I killed a 4inch millipead at an investigators house, impressing him that I quickly reacted to save his young son from a nasty millipead bite. speaking of biting I GOT bit in the leg by a kid! so we were sitting in this investigators house (different family) and Ken-Ken the 2year old sits next to me on the floor (this is normal the kids love to sit next to me) then he leans over and bites me in the leg! i yelp in suprise but then laugh cuz it wasn't very hard. I've been preying to use my talents and god gave me two kids that needed their hair cut! one was a little girl who had decided to cut her own hair, which of coarse was dreadful, so i fixed it. second was this boy who had really long hair and their family doesn't have enough money to pay for a hair cut, so i asked him if he wanted his hair cut, he said yes so we went outside and now he looks like the clean little boy he is. next week should be his brother. well that's about it for interesting. we are working hard and mindful of the everyday things we need to do. thanks for all your suport. sorry if you have sent me any letters latly, but we haven't had mailrun all transfer!
mahal kita,
-Sister Stephens

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Blog: cool week, got to name a puppy Alma! We are teaching a part member family and the young boy got this new puppy who of course fell instantly in love with me and immediately obeyed me. so the family said that i should name her. my first thought was Abish the only girl name in the book of Mormon, but it didn't fit so i named her Alma, cuz here Alma is a girls name. lol. Then that same day we were sharing with a couple of Recent Convert, when a giant spider zoomed across my lap, up the leg of sister Vicky and then down again, then was aiming for under my skirt. I saw the whole thing and all i said was "eeeew" and dropped my book of mormon on it before it went up my skirt. FWAP! then silence. Then brother Abel started to laugh, "your so fast! but i thought thou shalt not kill!" and we all started laughing and swept the dead spider out the door! oh man i love the Philippines!
mahal ko po kayo!
-S.S.
ps: new address;
Aurora Blvd corner JP Rizal st
Project 4, Quezon City, MM
Philippines

Monday, November 15, 2010

They call me Africa...

Blog: so life is great here in the sunny Philippines! we work and sweat all day we have lots of lessons, baptisms, and people to talk to. My Tagalog keeps improving at a steady pace and i'm even picking up on another dialect called bisian, because we have a lot of investigators right now who speak it.

Up-date on my, i've lost another 5lbs, i've had most of my skirts taken-in or pinned so they don't fall off, i'm super tan and some ask if i'm half pinoy and i say no then they ask why i have such dark skin and i tell them it's because i'm American ingin, then move to how we have a record of the ancient Americans and an account of how Christ visited them, this book is called the Book of Mormon... ect

My companion now calls me Africa, because that's all i talk about. she asked if i had any stories about america and it took me a long time to think of one so now she just calls me Africa.

last week my companion and i bought a couple of fresh coconuts. we opened them up drank the fresh sweet water then cracked them open and enjoyed the delicious meat inside, there can't be any better place then a place where you can eat fresh coconut, mango, and pineapple everyday!

i've been in the Philippines for six monthes, and i've learned more in these last six monthes then in my whole life! love this!

-Super Sister Stephens
ps: Nora: i'm saving your presents for the proper days to open them THANK YOU!
Daniel: the shoes are perfect and the PB is delicious!!!! THANK YOU TOO!!!

Monday, November 8, 2010

blog: This week was great! we had 2 more baptisms. Brother June and Sister Vangie. Brother June struggled long and hard to over come his addition to alcohol, but he says it was worth it and now he feels that he is new and clean and has grown closer to God because of it. June has finished the entire Book of Mormon and has started it over and is all ready at Mosiah again. a few weeks ago when Vangie was having some troubles Brother June says just read the Book of Mormon it will help you! Vangie has been great, a constent support and strength for brother june. they were both baptized on nov. 6 and confirmed nov. 7! what a great week!!!

One of our recent converts, Brother Abel, bore his testimoy for the first time sunday it was so powerful i nearly cried for happiness! i was so happy for him, Abel is going to be a great member and stronge leader in Gods church!

My companion Sister Silao is great she's really been helping me with my teaching skills. this transfer i feel more confident and able. I know this is Christ's church here on the earth today, restored through a prophet called of God, i rejoice in this news that we now have the power and athority of God to become worthy to return to our Heavenly Father. This is glad news that i wish to share with every one. We as missionaries are not out here to convince people to join our church but to declare truth and glad news that Christ's church is restored here on earth today!!!

Thank you all for your supporting emails and letters. Mahal kita!
-Sister Stephens
ps: shout out: Nora, Daniel the packages are great. thanks to all my friends who signed my card love you all!!!

Monday, November 1, 2010

blog: It's been raining nearly every day but not hard rain. We have had great success this week! We had a baptism, then a wedding for Abel and Vicky. It was so awesome! And in one year their goal is the temple!!! We had some investigators let us back into their homes, and we are teaching 3 out of 4 husbands who's wives have said they would not be interested!!!!! It was a great week and I pray to have another great week this week! Love you all!
-Sister Stephens!!!