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Sugar cane... my dentist might be upset. But it was good!

Fernando has officially been to church 3 times! Also he is living all the commandments necessary for baptism so his baptism will be on September 28! We're so excited and he's so excited. He loves church and he always shows up like an hour early before anyone else and just waits outside the gate. He's so pure.  

Heavenly Father led us to the biggest miracle family ever this last week. Well it's been a few weeks in the making but they're incredible. In full: We went to follow up with a young mom we had taught once but she really wasn't feeling it and it was in our "punted days" when we were first opening the area and struggling with our teaching pool foundation and stuffs.. So like three days before that we walked by this huge group of teenage girls and talked to them for a second and they all said Sister Dansie is Taylor Swift (literally everyone everyday says that)  anyways back to the punted day we decided to keep working on the road where the young mom was and one of the girls  (Mary Jane) we had talked to was standing outside so we talked to her again and asked if we could teach and she said yes but there's lots of us is that okay and we were like yeah that's great! Then we taught her grandma, aunt, and tons of cousins and they were all SUPER receptive. Her aunt left and went back to her real house in another area.  We kept coming back for her cousin Adona (The one with the cool experiences about prayers)  and she was super receptive but eventually she left too so our plan was just to come back for her grandma and then ALLEN came home! She had been in Iloilo visiting her husband because he works there right now. Anyways we taught her a quick lesson about faith and why it's important to have a specific religion and she really got it. Then we came back and taught the restoration and she CRIED and said she's been searching for the truth her whole life and she knows this is it. 

Then she told us her life story and we all cried together. The next lesson we taught we followed up and asked if she believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet and if Russell M Nelson is a prophet today and she was like yeah of course God always has a prophet how could we know what God's word or the gospel is for the world without the prophet. Also after every lesson she thanks us like 10 times and hugs us and says we're a blessing from the Lord for her family. She's the most elect person I've met in my life. Also she LOVES the Book of Mormon she said it brings her so much peace and she always reads before bed because it helps her sleep so peacefully and she has no worries before sleep. OH my goodness our hearts are just full of gratitude we're so excited for them. This Sunday all 7 of them that live at that house came to church. And Allen found out that her best zumba buddy is a member haha! The Lord is with us. 

Anyways it's transfer day again. Sister Dansie and I are staying together. We're super excited for the harvest this transfer. April and her son, Fernando, and the Flores family (Allen's family) are all progressing towards baptism this transfer and we're so EXCITED! 

Something funny this week and also kind of extreme. We have this family in our farthest area who have been taught by the missionaries on and off for like 2 years now. They have so much potential and they love the lessons and they read and pray and stuff and believe what we teach is true they just can't get themselves to church on Sunday. So this week we taught a really bold lesson about the importance of keeping the sabbath day holy. So I got two cotton balls and soaked one in rubbing alcohol and said the alcohol was church attendance. The other one we left dry. Then we lit them both on fire and said it was the adversary, sin, and temptation. The soaked cotton ball stays clean and white but the dry one burns and turns black so fast. We asked Vince (the dad) what happened and he said "nasunog siya sa impiyerno" which means "he burnt in hell." Yikes hahah. I think we got the point across though. But they still didn't come to church so we're going to try something different this week hahahah. Maybe we'll pick them up next Sunday. Missionary work is so fun. Don't worry we're like really good friends with Vince. When the people know you love them there's no such thing as 'too bold' :) 

Sister Nanlabi and Sister Zollinger

Sister Nanlabi went home today! I cried like a baby like 6 times. She's a legend and a personal hero. I'm so grateful everyday for all the disciples of Christ I'm surrounded with. Also it's officially the start of my last transfer. That's all I have to say about that though. ANYWHO. I love this work and I know it's an eternal work and a wonder! 

I love you all and I love the Lord. God bless you this week. 

Sister Zollinger 

P.S Volcano and the Garden of Eden

Sister Dansie and I decided to find the last house in one of our areas and we did and the guy was super receptive and this was our view on the way there! 

Sugar cane harvest

Garden of Eden

Volcano