Sunday, December 18, 2016

District Date - hahaha!  Ice Cream!

First smore in 17 months!

Pasig Palengke!!!

"I asked Santa for baptisms this year." :)

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Hello everyone,


I am such a failure! :/ ive been in pasig for the last 5 weeks and this is my first weekly email since ive been here. im SO sorry everyone! forgive me? :)

Pasig is great! theres so much work to be done here and thats probably why i havent had any time to write about all of it. i have had and still do have my work cut out for me for my last 7 weeks. can you believe it guys?! i go home in 7 weeks! :( i guess im a little excited to go home. im definitely excited to share everything ive learned with my little brothers and family :) but leaving my "family" here is by far going to be the hardest good-bye of my life. good thing ive still got 7 weeks, huh? ;)

Speaking of going home and all that, our office secretary, sister judd, emailed me my flight itinerary today. haha! for all of you who are interested : Manila to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to LAX, and LAX to good ol' SLC :) im scheduled to get in around 6:40pm on Feb. 8 :)

After 4 months, we were finally able to get back to our regular mission "temple day" schedule earlier today. the manila temple is sooo beautiful! i love temple day! and i LOVE temples! im so grateful for them and the blessings they have brought to my life. when i think about going home, really, the only thing that ever comes to mind is the day when i will kneel at the altar with my husband, in the house of the Lord, make covenants with him and my heavenly father, and start our journey to the eternities :) i love this gospel and testify that the plan of happiness is real and is available for all of God's children.

I love you all soooo much and hope you all have a great week!

Hugs and kisses from the pines! :)


Sis. Leausa

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Exchanges with Sister Villegas from Canada.

MTC Exchanges with Sister Swainston from Idaho assigned to the Baguio Mission.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

"Saw this cutie last week, Sister Mendez. I missss her!!!"

"Two of my favorite Sisters, Peralta (anak ko) and Sarto."

Sister Leausa and Sister Ramirez

Exchanges with Sister Petallar...love her!

Family Home Evening with the Esguera Family

"My favorite investigators at the moment."

Monday, November 15, 2016

Heeeyyyy everyone :)


It's traaaansfer week! aaand im not excited. haha! i didnt think i would be transferring..i was actually really hoping i wouldnt transfer so that i could spend christmas with sister collins and our antipolo 2nd ward. BUT the lord has different plans...and of course, we all know his plans are better than any plans we ever have for ourselves, right?? RIGHT! :)

I will be transferring to Pasig Zone; still as an STL. cool thing about Pasig, my old mission president and his family are in the ward ill be serving in. it will be cool to see them. my new companion is sister Ramirez. don't know too much about her so that will have to wait till next weeks email. all i know is that she dies (goes home) at the end of this transfer so ill kill her then get a new companion for my last transfer. 12 weeks left :) 

We had 2 baptisms this last Saturday; one of them being, by far, being one of our favorites :) brother jhon rick emberga. the first day we met him we knew he was a "golden investigator" and Saturday just so happened to prove that :) I am definitely gonna miss that knuckle head kid! Sunday was even better! kuya jhon rick showed up to church in slacks, a white shirt, and a tie that bishop gave him. he looked so cute :) he looked juuuust like a missionary! elder emberga, it fits him perfectly! sister shiela mae rodriguez was our other baptism. such a cute girl with such a strong, strong testimony.

ne thing i love about missionary work is watching peoples conversion stories unfold. jhon ricks conversion story has been one of my favorites. it has helped me to strengthen my own testimony :) I am so extremely grateful that our heavenly father continues to prepare hearts and minds like jhon ricks and sheila maes. 

I am  so extremely grateful that he has allowed me to be a part of their lives. i testify that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and only by living its principles and following the commandments of God will we be able to return to our heavenly father. i love missionary work! :) 

I hope and pray you all have a good week. add me and my new area to your prayers, okay? haha! 

Love from the pines!

Sis Leausa

Sunday, November 6, 2016

"Araw Ng Mga Patay, (day of the dead). People here light candles in memory of their loved ones who have died."

"Sunday we killed rat #4 in our house! (gag!) The rats are huuge!"

Exchanges with Sister Torio.

"Love me some Province."

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Hello!

I havent sent pics for awhile so i figured my pics can highligh this week :)

Saturday, brother romulo sumalas and his cute son, adrian were baptized. whoohoo! the following day, they were confirmed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. such a sweet experience for this family. sister collins and i have been teaching this man and his 3 boys for a couple months now and to finally see them make sacred covenants with our heavenly father brought us sooo much joy :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! the philippines doesnt really celebrate halloween, but its one of my favorite holidays, so we just had to "dress up." [Maori]

Trunky letter number 2 :( this one is a ton more detailed and mentions my "last night in Manila." such a heart breaker..going home is becoming sooo real. boooo!

Heavenly father continues to shower his blessing on me and sister collins :) he never forgets about his children in our are. i love this work sooo sooo much and am so blessed to be apart of it! i love you all tons and hope you have the best week ever! :) hugs and kisses from the pines!


Sis. Leausa

Bittersweet day on Friday..."trunky letter" number 2.

Sister Leausa and Sister Collins

Filming at the MTC.

Exchanges with Sister Manfoste. She is so cute. She is from good ol' Cottonwood Heights.
 She is a Brighton High graduate....boooo!

These emoji pillows pretty much sum up me and Sister Collin's companionship. LOL!!

"Free KFC because our apartment was "celestial" (suuuuuper clean!)

Mendoza grandkids :) my favorite!

Brother Romulo Sumalas and his cute son Adrian