One in the Work

Hello Pamilya!

This week was a little interesting. We had our Zone interviews on Thursday and, because of a "brown out" (a scheduled black out for electric repairs), we went to Tarlac for them. So, instead of a five hour meeting of spiritual workshops and interviews in the morning here in Camiling, we spent an hour traveling on a bus, as a Zone, to Tarlac to make it to the mission office, and then didn't make it back to our area until about five and then we weren't able to go out until about 5:30. For us Sisters, that's a bit of a bummer since we're supposed to be back in our apartment no later than 8pm, but we did manage to find couple of people to teach so we didn't feel quite as guilty when we reported to the District Leader that night. Then Saturday was the opening of a bigger supper market in Camiling....let's just say it was hard to find people to teach that morning and early afternoon. 

I was very grateful for zone interviews though. Our missions Theme for the year is "We are One In the Work of Salvation" (referring to members, missionaries and leaders) and the subject that we are focusing on for February is Being Covenant Keepers. One of our workshops was about "To do the WILL of our Father" and the first thing the ZLs pointed out that we needed to do in order to do the will of our Heavenly Father was to get to Know Him. I can testify that that is so true. Why would we do something a certain way for someone if we know nothing about them, would we really be willing to do it? The same is with our Heavenly Father. How do we get to truly know Him? Prayer, diligent study in the scriptures, and willfully becoming obedient. Prayer because when you talk to someone one-on-one you tend to learn something from them and about them. Diligent study because the way a person acts in the past is a indicator of the way they act now and in the future. Willfully becoming obedient (not causally, but completely) because He manifests himself to us when we obey His commandments. I hope and pray that we all remember the covenants (a two way promise between God and man where god sets the terms) that we have made are not just a one time thing. They are lifelong and essential for our happiness now and in the eternities.

We had another Zone Acitvity: a scavenger hunt in the area around the chapel that ended in an unintentional water balloon fight, but it was so much fun.

My team

Sister Montemayor's team

Keep smiling and looking for the missionary opportunities around you!

Sister Jones