There is beauty all around

Beloved Family, There is beauty all around. I stand amazed in what the Lord has blessed me with. I am blessed to serve a mission for the Lord here. It is a beautiful place and a blessed people. I see beauty and holiness in every day things. There is holiness in the simple things that we do every day. Elder Christensen from the 1st quorum of the 7 came to my mission this Tuesday! He felt inspired to talk about prayer. I understood from the meeting that our prayers begin the day start us in being aware of the spirit. Its called being overcome in the spirit. For the whole day. When you start a prayer of faith, you can be overcome and receive answers through the day. The day is like one continual prayer. If that is how you live it. Anytime we can receive these revelations even if it isnt right after or during your prayer. My favorit scripture he used was DandC 67:10. Tapos, we had the baptism of Luz and Samantha! Yay! We are so happy for them. It was a great turn out. Our other investigators came, and LA families. All of our speakers were there and the Bishop was even there to preside :) Samantha is 10 nd gave the cutest testimony, simple and pure. Luz cried in her testimony, She has problems with her husband but finds peace in the gospel and feels comfort. She feels the atonement working in her life. The spirit was beautiful. We sand teach me to walk in the light sa Tagalog. The ward loves when we sing in Tagalog, it brought a special spirit to the room. We celebrated and went to Mac Donalds to get sundays and fries. I think it was my first fries in 11 months! Lots of meeting this week, we went to San Pablo 2 times and will go back next week for transfers. Traveling makes you tired, but i feel the strength to keep going every day. Nagmamahal, Sister Reed