Hey everyone!! It is sooooo christmas-y here in the Philippines! I was really feeling the Christmas spirit yesterday.. after our work was done it started raining pretty hard and this strong cool wind came across the ocean and cooled down all of Sipalay! We were actually COLD!!! We didn't use our electric fans! We just wrapped ourselves up in blankets and drank some hot chocolate my mom sent me. It was probably only like 70ish degrees but we were so cold. All the filipinos here were wearing big coats haha. It's really Christmas time!
Because of the "cold" weather a lot of people were in their homes this week so we got to teach a lot. Trisha is doing good as usual, she just turned 18 and we're going to celebrate with her later tonight. She really is the best and continues to fellowship all her friends. She progresses slowly but surely!
Mark is doing great. His wife is totally supportive of his baptism and we have committed him for this Saturday. He has such strong faith and after being an investigator for 10 years, we are really encouraging him so he can be prepared for this Saturday. It would be such a miracle!
Also in the Philippines like every store here is a guard that watches outside, including 7/11, and one of the guards there is like reeaallly progressing! We invited him to church and he went, he's been twice now! We extended baptism to him and he said "I think this is what I really need to change", he's so awesome! We're really excited to see how he continues to progress.
We also had another beautiful p-day at a place called sugar beach, we barbecued pork on the beach and played frisbee. I serve in literal paradise!!!
But I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and find a way to show Christ's love to someone this season. I love being a missionary and I'm so grateful I get to serve Him for another Christmas.
Thank you all for the love and support, you guys are the best!
Sister Pope
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