anyway this week was good!
We have been working with a family where the grandparents are both members and raising two of their grandkids who are both heathens for now (they are 10 and 8) anyway the kids are soooo cute and super smart and way more solid than a lot of members i know but! they have no money so they can never go to church and therefore have not yet been baptized. so this last week we made a budget with them so that on Sunday they would have money to go to church and they would pay their tithing!
it was so cute. we were like ok. you need 8 pesos for the next 4 days to be able to go to church on sunday. all of you. is that a lot? and they were like no! can you do that?? yes!! then the dad reached in his pocket and put everything in there in our little church money box and there was exactly 8 pesos! and the lil girl clapped and giggled and said we're gonna go to church!!! except in tagalog so obviously this whole interaction was 7 times cuter.
Anyway Sunday came and there they were!! (except only the mom and the two kids cuz i don't think they had enough money.) but they walked to the highway and sat on laps so they could afford the fare. they were so proud and excited it was amazing. then the lil 10 year old boy got up and bore his testimony. i was sooo precious. he started out with this is my first time, im super shy, i didn't want to come up here but my lil sister made me lolz then he said they can never go to church because they never have money (he's crying btw) but this week they saved and walked and they had just enough! but they missed the stop on the jeepney!! so they had to turn around and ride again! he said satan really doesn't want them to go to church and that is why it is so hard. but that's also how he knows its so important. it was so great. he's not even a member yet!
we also took those kids to temple tour the other week and it was awesome. they're the cutest and most well behaved kids around. hands down.
Sister abanggan's time left on the mission is down to days!!! which is crazy. i think she has two more p-days! aka we're gonna be super busy trying to get everything finished for her before she peaces out. she's a champ. working hard all day erry day.
We're stoked for conference this weekend, thanks for all the "not spoilers" apparently :P
love, sister jones
This was short, but oh so touching. Thanks loads, Mom and Dad
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