Sept 2 - Back in Blue!

Aloooooha! 

My dearest family, hello! So... I'm back in Laie! Back in my muumuu, back to the garden of Eden! (But really, this place IS the garden of Eden). I was kind of sad leaving my humans of Newtown, but I could not be sad about coming back here! I forgot how strong the Spirit is all the time, and full-field I feel like I had to work a lot harder to feel the Spirit so often. So I'm happy. :)

My new companion is Sister Gementiza (it's a spanish name, so the G makes an H sound, for all you gringos out there... aka dad that's for you;)). She is from the Phillipines and is the cutest 4'11" missionary out there! We are covering 10 YSA wards and 2 married student wards. It's madness! I'm so grateful to come back into a busy area though, because if we didn't I think I'd go crazy. And let me tell you, miracles abound here in the BYU-HI wards! There are quite a few non-members on campus, and so many return missionaries who want to help us out. On Sunday, we went to four sacrament meetings back to back, and gave talks in two of them. It was actually super fun! I feel like I should have been exhausted, but (thanks to blessings from heaven!) we were both still full of energy. Aaaaaand! We have an wonderful investigator named Daniela! She's on the soccer team here, and her team invited her to take missionary lessons. So on my first night in the area, we had a lesson with her, and she said she wants to be baptized! She is seriously the sweetest person. And the whole boys and girls soccer team are supporting her so much.... we always have at least 4 members at all of her lessons. It is genuinely ideal! 

Okay cool story:

One morning for personal study I was reading in PMG ch 4, and one of the study ideas was to "write down an unusual opportunity you had to meet someone with whom you could share a message." And I was just thinking.... I don't really feel like those happen a lot, I mean, people walk into the VC, and we meet them, share a message, and sometimes they want to learn more. Not too unusual. But! We had really been praying for a miracle. So we had morning shift and it was sooo slow. Afterwards, we went home and were finishing our studies, when the VC called us. They told us that someone (a member) was there who wanted to meet S. Gementiza, because they're from the same island from the Phillipines. So we go over to the VC and they meet and start talking in Cebuano. Whilst they conversed, I had nothing to do, since I couldn't contribute to the conversion. I noticed a girl sitting in one of the chairs in the corner, so I went to go talk to her. She was actually just looking to talk to some of the sisters, but everyone was super busy because it was tram time. So it was a huge blessing that we could be there and talk to her! We had a good 30 minute talk, and we learned that she is really searching for truth right now, and she wants to learn more about the church. We were able to share some scriptures from the Book of Mormon with her and she really felt the Spirit. And then we found out that she's in one of our YSA ward boundaries, so we are actually the missionaries who are supposed to teach her!! Her name is Tia by the way. She is so eager to learn more. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father puts us in the right place at the right time. He really is in control and orchestrating His work here. 

Well, I gotta go, but I love you all soooo very much!!! Read the Book of Mormon every single day, because it really does make a difference!

<3, sister sabey

PS. I have Tuesday p-day for this transfer, just so you know :)

Happy Labor Day!

Pictures:

This is Daniela! In the yellow skirt. :) And (some of) the humans who come to her lessons! 

Some renovations at the Visitors Center.....They're redoing the tile and fountain, and it's supposed to be done in January. It will be beautiful when it's finished! 

TBT (dad that means throw back tuesday:)) This is me and Jonah!!!!