Let us all press on in the Wok of the Lord

Dear Family! Highlights from this week: My comp sister Kinikini has been transferred to Lipa! My new comp is Sister Cortes! We are doing so well together! We are happy and love each other! She was my house mate in Darasa so we already know each other. She is from Bichol! She is so sweet and we are setting the area on FIRE! :) News for the week: We had the national day of service! We got to wear the helping hands shirts. We gave out hygiene kits to the little children and taught them how to use them. Sister Dona is progressing she is in 2 nephi 26! She is excited for her baptism this month! Sister MV had a testimony! I gave her a paper and asked her to write her testimony on it. Before, she said she had no testimony, now, she can exclaim to all , she knows the truth through the HOly Ghost. She knows this is the church church. She also will be preparing for baptism on may 17 with her younger brother. Sister Luz is a mother we just started to teach. We just taught her the restoration and the room was filled with the spirit of understandment. She could feel it and was in tears. Right there she received a witness of truth and is excited to be baptized! President really wants us to focus on our purpose to bring others to Christ by baptism. I hope i can always magnify my calling. I love you so much. I am learning so much in this time i have to be a minister of Christ. ps i included samanthas answer to what is the gospel, so cute! I love this work Love Sister Reed.

Let's go to heaven

Kamusta sa inyong lahat! This week has been good in the Philippines! The area loves us! They always yell, "Hello Sisters! Kamusta ate Red (sister reed)". We are softening there harts to receive the message. We had Zone Interviews this week. They went well. We are focusing on visions for our areas to bring about the work of salvation by baptism and confirmation. They also gave us a list of members from our area that are "lost" on the unknown names list. They have no address. So we go looking for them and ask everyone. It is a finding tool we are also using to find new investigators. We were looking for a Meyline. After about 1 hour we found her! She has been inactive for 25+ years. None of her family is a member. They drink and smoke, but she was so kind and will let us come back to teach their family! She was unknown, but now she is found! I am hoping to teach her family and bring them all unto the gospel. I spoke in sacrament! We sang before my talk "Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy" One of my favorite missionary songs. Then i talked about how we as members can be the lower lights for those people out at shore. I didn't use any English in my talk! YAY! One of our investigators, Sister Samantha. She is so cute, she is 10. She kept saying to me all say, sister reed pupunta tayo sa langit! Lets go to heaven! Haha, we are teaching her the 2nd half of the plan of salvation today, i think that she will like learning about the selestryal kingdom. Danica is also so excited to be baptized. She said in her prayer, hopefully Heavenly Father, i will be baptized into the true church. She has a humble heart and open eyes. She holds on to the truth. Because that is all they have. Dona is also progressing! She came to church again and told me that she loves Mormons and wants to become Mormon! She is deep in reading her BOM and understands. The lord is preparing those that are ready for us to teach. Just think about who the lord is preparing for you to teach. I was also teaching Marko. He is 8 from a part member family. I was teach him the role of the prophets and comparing them to a pen, with a game. that when you hold onto the pen you have guidance and that the prophet is our guide here on earth. Then i was checking for his understanding, i asked him what a prohet is, he anwered, bulpen! (pen). Haha, his mom starting laughing and he had a huge smile on his face. Cute. I love teaching children. I love the work of the Lord. This is the the greatest of all work! May it go forward in the way we live our lives and talk with our friends. We can rid fear in our lives, increase faith and open our mouths. i love this gospel. IT is the way. Love you all! Sister Red