From: Philippine CebuMission <cebumission08@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Week
To: Annika Bruno <annika.bruno@myldsmail.net>
A missionary that not only experiences blessings, but also recognizes these blessings as to their source are always blessed with the spirit of their calling. Continue to work and pray for those recent converts................truly, the ward should be doing the bulk of the shepherding now that they are baptized...........perhaps this can be brought to the attention of the bishop through your WML. Have a great week.. Pres.Hansen
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Annika Bruno <annika.bruno@myldsmail.net> wrote:
This week has been really great. I am enjoying the work, and love my investigators. We have been trying to teach a recent converts son Jassen Velez. He is really one of those people you know will be strong when they convert. He wasn't home when we went to teach him on Saturday, but he went to church. We were all really excited, but again when we went to teach him on Tuesday he wasn't there. I wasn't so much frustrated as sad that we couldn't teach him.
Our recent converts are 50/50 some are strong going to church and some are back to old habits. We are working with them all and I hope that they can stay strong. I hear that the first year of a converts life into the church is the hardest for them. I only hope that we are strengthening them to withstand the adversity they face!
One of our recent converts when we went to visit him he was smoking and drunk! When we taught him the next day his prayer was a powerful plea for help to resist drinking and smoking. We pray for him and continue to encourage him to remain strong!
I feel the love that God has for His children when I teach especially the little children. The children in the Tintay area love when we come over to teach, and ask when we are coming back. There is a whole group of kids that attend church with our recent convert Sister Judith. She is a strong woman and she has helped her neighbor Rose Flores to have a greater desire to be baptized. I love her she is such a special spirit.
Sister Caluyo is an amazing teacher and I hope that one day I can have her gift of teaching. She is a great companion she always makes me smile. I could not have asked for a better companion.
Living with the four of us in the house in really fun we talk about our investigators, and Sister Tumala and Sister Williams has given us really good ideas for our lessons to help our investigators. Sister Williams is a great trainer I can see her love for Sister Tumala.
The language is progressing, and my goal for no english except on P-days has really helped the progression go a lot faster!
This week has been filled with many blessings from Heavenly Father.
Thank You President Hansen!
Sister Bruno
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