Week 58-the one with the THREEE Mga Kaibigan!

Friends!

This week has been crazy but went by super fast. Lots of growing, surprises and miracles! You are probably wondering what, "Mga Kaigian" means...well its friends in tagolog. You're probably wondering why I know that. Well it's because I am in a trio for the a week and a half. Our new sister was reassigned from the Philippiens! Her name is Sister Yorgason and she is soooo cute. She was supposed to train but her trainee is delayed for 2 week so she is an honorary STL for now! It's my first time being in a trio and we are having a blast!

We had a great lesson with Tami and guess what...SHE IS KEEPING THE WORD OF WISDOM! Woot woot! We saw her once after the lesson we gave her on the word of wisdom and she is like a new person! It's the coolest to see how living God's commandments can change people for the better! I have learned the power of prayer, faith and effort. If we want our prayers to be answered we need to pray and then get on our feet and work and do the best I can!

Thursday was a crazy day, let me tell you! We had to be up in Newberg at 8:15am for the training meeting Sister Yorgason was supposed to attend even though she didn't get her trainee. While she was in the meeting we helped Sister Wilde make lunch, I felt like her assistant. New ASW (assistant to Sister Wilde) right here! ;)

MLC was amazing in every way. I love being able to sit in a room with so many spiritual giants, it's the best! I am so very grateful for my mission president and everything he does for this mission and for all the missionaries. He has been helping me a lot with some things I have been struggling with. Even though he has 260 missionaries he is so amazing at ministering to the one.

We have been meeting a lot of people and it's been fun teaching with three people! The apartment is small but we are making it work.

Some thing I have learned from Come Follow Me:

In Mormon 5:2, Mormon says, "I was without hope". The Nephites were looking to him as a leader but he was afraid because they couldn't see the wrong and repent. It was so wicked at the time and he felt like nothing he could do would change anything because the hardness of their hearts.

We were in our district church and I learned that I can't control the world but I can control my own world and my future so I can always have hope in my life. When we are humble and repent, that's a way we can always have hope. Jeffrey R. Holland's talk in April talked all about hope and how that's the last thing we can and should give up. So as long as we carry on and humble ourselves and turn towards God we can always have hope for the future, even if it's just our future.

Assume positive intent!

I love you all so much! Continue to talk with God. He is your Father and He loves you... so talk to him!

Love,

Sister Fillmore