Well dangit, Im out of time but this week was great! I am grateful for this chance that I have to serve a mission, and to be able to bring others closer to Jesus Christ. I know that he Lives and this is His church. thanks everyone for your love and support! 

Until next week! 

Treats from Sister Debby Downs Wanlass in the Stake

It's been awhile since I've been back to Hawaii. I'm very excited to see some of my family but mainly to eat the yummy food I miss eating. Well I wont be blogging for the next 2 weeks but anyways, I gotta go cause it time to unwind and have some fun in the sun!! Bye!

As you know I've been called to be in the Young Women's presidency just a few weeks ago and I was told just last week that the Young Women has to design a room(s) for this years Trunk or Treat. We don't have that many girls in Young Women and a few of them don't attend Mutual, so the struggle the YW president had on her shoulders was pretty heavy. So I wanted to help out whatever she needed to get done. She didn't know how she was going to put together the Tea party and non of the girls who did show up to Church seem like they didn't care about it. And thats when I volunteer to be incharged of the Tea party and the room it will be in. I went to mutual just this week to see what is needed to get done...which is a lot. So I took it into my own hands and put whatever I had at home and bought a few things to make this Tea party room mystical and spontaneous. I set up the night before our event so that I can help out with any other decorations in the other room that our Young Women will be creating. The first part of the our 3 room Wonderland, starts with the mushroom forest (which the YW president was in charged of the decorations), then you enter into my Tea Party room and end off with the last room(one of the advisors was in charge of), which was decorated into the Red Queens garden. Everyone did a fantastic job and we stood out. Everyone enjoyed our decorations and I had many compliments about my 5 day quick put together decorations. I thank my mom for always inspiring me to be creative with what you have or can afford. And it sure paid off.

Thanks to the Birrell Sister for the Stuffed animals!

Red Queen Garden


The Entry way


Mushroom Forest
Southgate Ward Young Women
Me and my table set up
Getting decorations ready during Young Women's activity

Life here in the Philippines is so much different than America that's for sure

First thing I realized when I landed here at 6am Wednesday morning October 24th, 2018

Is the Humidity! ha I love it so much it's great!

and then when we got all of our luggage, the group of missionaries I went with rode on a bus to the Manila MTC which is in Quezon City, the mission I am assigned to, so thats Astig po! (Awesome)

Oh my gosh, the ride to the MTC was the craziest thing I have ever been on!!!! Literally, theres no laws of traffic here, its just come as you go, and the amazing part of it all is that everyone has like perfect timing, so even though all the cars, motorcycles, jeepneys, and tricyles, even just people walking in front of your car, everyone is just going normally, its the neatest thing to see!

Well, I have fallen in Love with the people already, and I've been here less than 4 days! Everyone pretty much speaks Tagalog and English, and Philippinos have the best food and personalities! ha I know the Lord wanted me to come here, I have already met people that I know I was needed to meet and help them in their lives. Also, my new companion (Oo Kasama) Elder Leavitt is awesome, we were actually in the same district in Utah, Provo, so it was so cool when we were assigned to each other!  

But the people here are truly humble, and they have taught  me that materialistic things don't matter! The people here truly need the Gospel, ask any Philippino no matter what it is, Family, even if they are going through rough times with their family, contentions, or whatever it may be, Family is one of the most important thing in the Philippines!! Jesus Christ is the only one who can offer that, Eternal Families!

Mahal Kita, I love you all!