OCTOBER 9, 2016

Soaking Wet. . . . .AGAIN! 

 

 

This has been such an amazing week! We watched general conference and it was so inspired and I loved it so much!

We had lots of rain earlier in the week and we were teaching a lesson when all of a sudden we had a rain attack and out of nowhere it was raining like crazy and we only had 1 tiny umbrella! so we ran through the rain to find a tricycle but my companion was holding the umbrella and I am so much taller than her and we were running and I was standing behind her when her umbrella hit a plastic tarp and all the water on the tarp came pouring down on ME! haha it was so funny and I was soaking WET!!!

One night was quite the scary night my companion and I were planning and the other sisters were in their room asleep they came home early cause one of the sisters wasn't feeling well then all of a sudden during our planning the sister that wasn't feeling well came bursting in our room crying! She couldn't breathe and was having a panic attack! We realized she was having a allergy attack and so I called our mission presidents wife and she said to take her straight to the ER so that's what we did we were all in shock and found a taxi and went straight to the ER and they were able to calm her down and then our mission president showed up and we ended up staying in the ER until midnight! but we ended up going home that night and all was well and she is fine now it was just quite the panic and scary moment we had! 

We had some great lessons this week and have 4 new investigators one is a family! There lessons were so spiritual and it was such a miracle we had this week in our area! 

Also Today during my personal study I finished the Book of Mormon for the 2nd time here in my mission! I love the Book of Mormon and I know it is true with all my heart!!! 

Thanks for all the love support and prayers!!!

Have a great week!!

-Sister Thayn

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OCTOBER 2, 2016

Sorry not much time to write today but it was a great week! We are so so so busy trying to find everyone we have met and find and teach families! The members are also being so loving and supportive so it is so great!

We were able to watch the women's broadcast this Saturday and it was so awesome. I cant wait to watch general conference this coming week! it is broadcasted 1 week after it is done in America! 

We have had lots of rain and it has flooded a lot but all is good and we are safe! 

I was reading previous GC talks and loved these quotes:

Jeffery R Holland: Hold fast to what you already know and stay strong until additional knowledge comes!

Answers to sincere questions come when we earnestly seek and when we live the commandments. Faith can reach beyond the limits of current reason. 

Love you all and thanks for all the prayers!

-Sister Thayn

Sorry no pictures this week i will try next week! 

SEPTEMBER 25,2016

It has been another good week!

We have some really progressing investigators Joel and Johnrel and they should be getting baptized in the next few weeks if they continue to go to church! 

This week we were trying to find a referral and we were walking and walking and asking all these people to find our referral and we finally found her!!! When we walked up to the house they were all sitting outside and before they knew who we were they invited us in and then we realized they already knew who we were and they wanted us to teach them right away!!! so we taught them about the restoration and it was a great lesson and we have a return appointment with them this week! They are a family and we are so excited to have another family to teach! 

We also had the opportunity to teach a less active family we had set a specific time and date to visit then and when we showed up at their house that night they were cleaning the house in preparation for us! The family all sat down and we taught the restoration and showed them the video of joseph smiths first visit. While we were teaching we could see the change in the fathers eyes! it was such a spiritual lesson! Right as we were about to leave they asked when we could come back and we have another appointment with them this week!! Also yesterday at church 2 of their children came! we wish that the whole family came but I

remembered by small and simple things GREAT things will come to pass! I know that one day this family will be active again in the church! 

Also it rained a lot this week! 

That was my week!!! thanks for all the letters and love!!!

New batch of Missionaries

-Sister Thayn 

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CRUZ

Dear Mr. /Mrs. Thayn,

 

It has been a delight for me and my wife, Sister Cruz, to serve in the Philippines Iloilo Mission alongside your daughter, Sister Kiera Thayn. During our first few months here in the mission, we have had the privilege to meet each missionary and to talk with them about the work we are engaged in. We know that there have been several wonderful educational and/or occupational opportunities that had to be sacrificed, yet your daughter chose to set these aside in order to serve our Master. Witnessing her desire and conviction to assist in this work has brought such joy and inspiration to us and to this mission.

 

Attached is a photo we have with your daughter, taken when last August, during our regular zone visits.

 

Thank you for raising such an excellent missionary. We know and promise that many will receive her words, and will be converted unto the Lord (see Mosiah 28:6-7). The Lord had promised that He will be with her and protect her wherever she may be (Joshua 1:5).

 

Please feel free to write to us. Sister Cruz and I are more happy to know how are you and how could we better assist you with your daughter.

 

Warmest Regards,

 

President Hermenegildo I. Cruz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Week Full of Miracles

This has been such an amazing week!!! First I 
 
 
 
found out that my 1st convert Tatay Eduardo from my first area now has the Melchizedek priesthood!!! I almost cried when i found that out I am so happy for him!!! 

Also I am a trainer!!! my Trainee's name is Sister Cobing from Bacolod she is so sweet! We also now have housemates who is also being trained so we are having so much fun!!! 

This week we did our first street display here in our area and it was absolutely incredible!!! Member's came and helped and did such amazing missionary work and we had so much fun! our trust was built so much with the ward and priesthood leaders!! it was so successful! also a miracle that happened was before we left our house to go do the display we prayed that it would not rain on our stand and..... well it down poured, but.... Nothing on our stand got wet! i think it rained everywhere else except where we were standing and where the display was! WHAT A MIRACLE!!! 

Also yesterday we had an amazing lesson with our investigator sister Harlyn and her sister Dharlyn they asked so many questions and because it was the first time we taught her sister we talked a lot about different things to answer her questions. Also sister Harlyn testified that she knew what we were saying is true! She told her sister that when we first taught her about the 3 kingdoms she didn't know it was true but know she knows it is true and she wants her sister to know! Lots of miracles happened this week!!!!

Thanks for all the love and prayers!!!

-Sister Thayn

 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Week Full of Miracles

This has been such an amazing week!!! First I 
 
 
 
found out that my 1st convert Tatay Eduardo from my first area now has the Melchizedek priesthood!!! I almost cried when i found that out I am so happy for him!!! 

Also I am a trainer!!! my Trainee's name is Sister Cobing from Bacolod she is so sweet! We also now have housemates who is also being trained so we are having so much fun!!! 

This week we did our first street display here in our area and it was absolutely incredible!!! Member's came and helped and did such amazing missionary work and we had so much fun! our trust was built so much with the ward and priesthood leaders!! it was so successful! also a miracle that happened was before we left our house to go do the display we prayed that it would not rain on our stand and..... well it down poured, but.... Nothing on our stand got wet! i think it rained everywhere else except where we were standing and where the display was! WHAT A MIRACLE!!! 

Also yesterday we had an amazing lesson with our investigator sister Harlyn and her sister Dharlyn they asked so many questions and because it was the first time we taught her sister we talked a lot about different things to answer her questions. Also sister Harlyn testified that she knew what we were saying is true! She told her sister that when we first taught her about the 3 kingdoms she didn't know it was true but know she knows it is true and she wants her sister to know! Lots of miracles happened this week!!!!

Thanks for all the love and prayers!!!

-Sister Thayn

 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Great Week!

Sorry I don't have much time to write today but this week has been such a great week! I am doing good and my companion and are a great!!! She is preparing to go home next week so that will be a sad day but her 18 months are up and its time for her to go home!

Well a funny story this week was we were running low on food at the house so we made some weird concoction and I was pouring flour into the mixture when the mixture started to foam up and I was so confused when I realized I put in baking powder not flour!!! HAHA they have the same bag and look very similar!! WHOOPS!!! well we still made it and tried the food and YES IT WAS TERRIBLE!!!! haha well I wont ever make that mistake again!!! 

Our work in our area is very slow right now we are doing our best to make it progressing and i know it will be one day we are just striving our best to do our part! 

We had a fun p-day today and as a district went indoor rock climbing! that was so fun! 

well that was my week! hope all you are well!!!

-Sister Thayn 

AUGUST 29, 2016

Sister Missionaries=RAT CATCHERS 

 
It was a good week this week but a little slow. My companion was sick for a few days this week so we just stayed home but other than that it was good.

On Saturday we had quite the adventure!!! I was asleep when i woke up to my companion yelling I SAW IT I SAW THE RAT!!!!  Well we have been having rat problems in our apartment! they seem to only come out when we are not home and eat our food... But this time i came out when we were home!!! We spent the next 2 hours trying to get it out of our room and out of the apartment!!! Well the hard thing is, is that we were both so terrified of the rat so it took FOREVER!!! We found it behind our dressers so we stood on our beds or on chairs and got long poles and started poking the dresser so the rat would run out... well that didnt work so we finally got the courage to pull the dresser away from the wall and well there it was!!!! It ran across the floor on to the bars on our windows and squeezed through a crack between the screen of the window and ran outside!!! Oh man after a lot of Screaming, jumping up and down and laughing it was finally OUT!!! we then immediately closed the windows and haven't opened it since!!! 

While i have been in this area we have been trying to visit this Less active family and every time we go there we get rejected or they dont want us there but 2 weeks ago we were able to teach them and it was a great experience and this past week we went to them again and the mother was so excited to see us she went and bought us snacks and drinks and sat us down to talk to us!!! wow that was quite the change we experienced!!! We are so excited to continue to teach them and have the return to the church!!! 

Hope you all had a great week!!! I would love to hear from you all this next week!!!

-Sister Thayn