A grand finale

Bulihan- week 17......God is great

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I really appreciate them! God is great! He's helping this work out a lot and miracles are happening! Lanie and Jr passed the interview! :) but we're still praying for them so that their baptism will go through this Saturday! Great stuff! Brother Eddie and Priscella are our progressing less-actives and it's great seeing the little changes in their life. Our other investigators are progressing and there's lots of potential. We've moved in and it's amazing how much more work can get done when you don't have to search for an apartment/house. :D.  It's probably my favorite one though... and also the shortest place I will have lived in, go figure... but oh well. I'm learning a lot every day and it's amazing seeing God's hand in His work when we exercise our faith. I know that this is the best thing a person can do and the most rewarding. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true church and it's been a humbling experience being a representative of Jesus Christ. I find it also great, that every person is under that obligation when we take the sacrament... and it's amazing seeing what happens in the lives of people when they learn to trust God and obey the commandments. God has been so merciful and I'm excited to see what happens in Bulihan in the future! I love this work. Thanks again for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 16.....turkey?

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I always, always appreciate it! Things are going well here! We've been living with the Forinash couple, a senior couple since August and it's been an interesting experience. They've been very nice and I appreciate everything they've done... I've never felt so spoiled in my whole entire life... they're a very neat couple with a very strong testimony and story... but we found an apartment, sa wakas! I'm so haaaapppppy about that!  It was a miracle, and we move in on Thursday! It's a big relief! It's been a great week! Lots of miracles and blessings. Funny story too.... this past Thursday, we were just wandering throughout our area trying to find an apartment and all of a sudden we ran across this turkey farm... and I saw the biggest, fattest, ugliest turkey I have ever seen... it even had a craggly, blue head thing... it was the first time I have ever seen a turkey here in the Philippines and it was funny because it was on Thanksgiving and we were discussing it and BAM it was there... it was pretty ironic. :)  we then celebrated the holiday by eating at Chow King... the Tofu is really delicious! :D The work is moving forwards here in Bulihan. Lony and Jr, (Brother Mario's wife and son) are progressing and they're excited for their baptism on the December 8th... we're still praying hard for them because there are a few hurdles left... but it's truly miraculous. Another investigator, Vilma is doing really well too. She has a strong testimony and it's so humbling to see her progression. We're trying to work with her husband too... and God is great. Lots of things are happening in Bulihan and I'm so excited for this. This past week, we also had mission tour. Elder Nielson of the seventy and his wife came and spoke to us and it was really powerful. President and Sister Stucki spoke too and it's always a revelatory experience. I love listening to them. Later on, we have a zone FHE... so that should be an interesting experience, my first and last one! :) haha.  It's been really sunny lately and so I've been getting a bit darker... I'm not sure what else to say.... :D Things are great! I love it here! Thanks again for everything!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan week 15..... great temple tour and great things up ahead...

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails. I always appreciate them :).  It was a great temple tour on Saturday, By the way, it's only for who the missionaries invite... not for active members because it's put on by us. Brother Mario, his wife and son went! They loved it and really want to go back.. and so we're continually praying for them. We're helping Lony (his wife) and Jr get ready for baptism, so hopefully they won't be sleeping when we visit them :S.  They're really good, and it's so humbling seeing their progression. They're excited about family history work too. God is great and He is helping us out a lot. I love it over here. Vilma, another one of our investigators, is also progressing! It's amazing, usually there are many neighborhood children who swarm at her house when we come... and it's kinda distracting. But we watched the Restoration and at the end she told the children off and sent them away saying that they bring an evil spirit into her house by being noisy and she didn't want the good feeling she got from the movie to leave... it was amazing in more ways than one. Also, that day happened to be the only day where they had a DVD player, so it was another tender mercy that she was able to watch the movie. We're trying to teach her husband now too... so we'll see how that goes. The branch is great, the area is great and I love it here.... Lots of miracles.... but alas... not enough time. :S. So hopefully, next week might be a little longer (guess what, this email is longer than last week's email :) I thought you all would like to know that. :D.  Thanks for everything!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 14.... temple, temple, temple... who loves the temple? I do!

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I really appreciate it! My preparation day is today not on Monday because it was our temple day/preparation day today... pretty neat. It's been a week full of miracles from missing wallets to Brother Mario attending District Conference. God is helping us out a lot and I love this work. I love it over here and it's rained a little bit too. Brother Mario is amazing and his family is amazing too.... however, their baptism date has been postponed a week...so we're praying for them. They're progressing well along with our other investigators and it's been humbling to see this change take place. We also have a temple tour on Saturday and they're planning on coming... so we're pretty excited. It's also pretty amazing seeing how God is quickening His work around the world too... especially with the recent election news. People are getting curious to know and it's an exciting time. Sorry I really don't have much to write right now.. my brain isn't working :S but on Monday, it will be a longer one for sure!  There's just been lots of stuff to focus on and it's great to experience these lessons! :) Thanks again for everything!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 13........ stay tuned next week for a more creative title.... :)

Kumusta!

 

Thanks for the emails! As always, it is appreciated greatly. It's been another great week full of miracles. Brother Mario's wife, Lony, is really amazing, keep her and the family in your prayers! :)  This past week, we've been visiting less-actives like crazy because it was the holidays and they would be at home.... and one of them came to church for the first time in a long time :) -Sister Aileen. It was really funny because she, sister Priscella (the one I told you about before) and Lony all fellowshipped each other. Two less-actives and one investigator. Sister Priscella tried to run away after Gospel essentials but Lony stopped her and said brightly, there's still relief society... and so she stayed :) It was pretty entertaining. We're praying for them and especially for Priscella and her husband... he's a work-in-progress. The branch is great and the work is slowly but surely moving forwards. Lots of miracles... but as always... lack of time :S, but I'll have more time next week, really I will, so it will be a longer one.. and hey, it will have a creative title :). I bet you're all enthused for that :) God is great and great things are happening here... it's a great area. Thanks again for everything! Salamat sa lahat!

 

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 12.... Happy Halloween or All Souls Day! :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! As always, I really appreciate it. It's been a great week. Brother Mario was baptized and it was very spiritual. There were problems leading up to it but it happened! He's amazing and has a rock-solid testimony! He was late getting to Sacrament Meeting so we were thinking that he'd have to wait until next week to get confirmed but they did it during Priesthood... so yeah! It's offical! We are so excited for him. We're now trying to help his wife, son and other members to progress and we're praying really hard for them! God is helping us out a lot and it's humbling seeing His hand in this work, truly. Brother and Sister Basbas came to church for the second time! so they're slowly on the road to reactivity. Sister Priscella is doing great and we're working with her and her husband...so that they're more firm in the gospel. Lots of things, lots of miracles and lots of excitement! It's transfer week now and the announcement is..... we're both staying together... this should be interesting :).  There's lots of work to be done here and I'm excited to serve this area and people. I love it! Sorry this is short but next week will be a longer one... I think I'll have a little extra time :D.  Thanks for everything!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 11......... tomorrow, tomorrow- I love ya tomorrow..actually Saturday :)

Kumusta!

 

Thanks for the emails. I really appreciate them. God is great and the work is moving forwards! It's been a great week! The interview went well and Brother Mario is all set for his baptism this Saturday! We're praying and working hard for him and his family. His wife and son came to church for the second time and it's been incrediable. We also had three less-active families come to church yesterday! The spirit is amazing... that's why they came to church!  There's a pretty neat story that I would like to share... Saturday night, we went and picked up one of the less-actives- Sister Pricella and took her to a computer shop to watch a few talks from General Conference (because she couldn't go). As we're sitting there at the computer.. it was a bad connection... the video wasn't working and paused and everything... but we were praying hard for this to work and amazingly, it became a good connection and she was able to watch President Monson's opening address, a song by MOTAB and two talks and then it stopped... but it's pretty neat because when I was first watching conference a while ago, impressions came into my mind for her and her husband during two of the talks.... so we were planning on just giving her a Liahona and having her read it but we then decided to have her watch a session... and so we did. And the two talks that worked were the talks that impressions came to me about them... they were truly for her! She was taking notes and things were clicking in her head. For the longest time, she's been desperately wanting to feel the spirit and wondered why she can't feel the spirit even though she has been coming to church for 4 times now and reading the Book of Mormon at times.. and she got her answer. Afterwards, she opened up about all of her concerns and you can see the spirit truly touch her and it was very humbling to see.... we're still working on her and particulary her husband because he has a WoW problem... but we're excited! They have also given us a few names of friends and family to teach and we're working hard to help them. God is great and He is truly in control. There's lots of work to be done here and I'm excited because things are being done His way and we're striving to be and do better. Thanks again for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 10.... great conference :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I always appreciate them! Thanks for the package too! It was great! It was a great week full of many lessons! Brother Mario was excited to go to General Conference but then his son got into an accident about a day or two before so he was unable to attend :S.  On the bright side, some of the elders came to our area and gave him a blessing while sharing a bit about the priesthood. It was very powerful. We're excited for his baptismal interview this Saturday! :)  We're praying for him and his family, especially his wife! They're an amazing family and God is helping us a lot. Things are great and I love it here! Conference was amazing! I love it and I learned a lot! The work is moving forwards and we're working harder than ever! Sorry this is short, but my computer was being weird.... Thanks again! 

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 9..... miracles after miracles :D..... but apparently another short email...

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I really do appreciate them! I'm glad things are going well for you all..... I really appreciate how some of you didn't tell me much about conference because I like the surprise, :)  but for the others.... I'm happy for you and that you guys got quite the bit of inspiration from it! I'm looking forward to it! :) Things have been great, God is really helping us out a lot. Brother Mario is doing well and we keep praying for him! He's really excited for his baptism. He came to church yesterday and his wife came for the first time and also one son and a few others! It was a miracle. The first time since we've been here in Bulihan that we were able to get quite a few at church and that is truly only because of God! It's amazing. The temple was great, I love it. I loved the General Relief Society meeting! The work is moving forwards and I'm excited for this week, not to mention that I get to listen to conference on Saturday and Sunday :D.  It's been rather sunny lately....so hopefully the rain will come... haha  but it's all good. I love the sun too. Our work with the less-actives is moving forwards, slowly but surely. There's this couple, Brother Eddie and Precilla, who've come to church for four times, but Eddie has a major WoW problem and so we're praying and working to help them out. Life is good. I love it here and I'm so grateful for the lessons I'm learning every day... God really does have a way with teaching us lessons in the way that will enable us to internalize it deeper... so it's a lasting change. I love everything here! Sorry this is short, but next week will be longer.... maybe. Anyhow, it will improve! Thanks for the emails again! Salamat sa lahat!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 8.... elections? VOTE, VOTE, VOTE daw :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails. I appreciate them. Things are going well and I'm learning a lot. God is great and I love it here in the Philippines. The work is moving forwards and will move forwards faster this week. :) Brother Mario is great and we're still praying for him and his family. The branch had an activity this past Saturday, but he hurt his foot so then he didn't come to church yesterday :S but he's still progressing and is excited for his baptism. We're making headway with the less-actives, slowly but surely. The weather is great. We're still working on developing stronger relationships with the branch so that's a work-in-progress but God is helping us and it's been great. :D We're still house hunting... I think everyone from the President, to the couple missionary are getting anxious.... join the club... but on the bright side, we get to enjoy the hospitality and kindness of a senior couple. :) But no worries, things happen in God's time.. I just find the situation a bit humorous on the ironic side so that's why I've shared it. :) I'm pretty excited. On Wednesday, I get to go to the temple :) and then on Saturday is the broadcast for the Relief Society meeting here... I'm pretty excited... I have to admit... it will be the first one I've ever seen... and it will be here in the Philippines... great first time :).  (before I would just read some of the talks but not now)... well thanks again! Oh yeah... it's pretty neat. President and Sister Stucki are giving extra time to us American missionaries to vote... Grabe, I thought I wasn't going to but now I get to. :) I hear it's pretty intense! It's amazing what a blessing it is to vote... some people don't have that chance... so I'm thankful that I'm exercising my right to vote (even the First Presidency has encouraged us). Hope all is well! Enjoy voting!

Mahal ko Kayo,
Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 7....... work is moving forwards! :D

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I always appreciate them!  God is great and it's been a great week..... what a coincidence, :)  I'm learning so much every day and I appreciate these lessons I'm learning. God is also teaching me a lot in this companionship.... and seeing the lessons He wants me to learn and apply. I'm determined and excited to do this.  Brother Mario came to church yesterday and his youngest child, a 21 year old, came with him! It's amazing because they're also excited for this branch's activity this coming Saturday and really want to come. He's on fire! He's reading the Book of Mormon every day (for long periods of time, too) and is eagerly sharing the gospel with his friends and neighbors! He's also funny. During the lessons, he also wants to jump in and teach his family too, but he's not baptized yet and we're still teaching him... it's been funny and miraculous. He also tells his family to read the Book of Mormon every day... and it's amazing seeing what the spirit does to a person. We've also had a Less-Active and his wife, Brother Eddie and Priscella come to church for the second Sunday in a row! The weather has been great... although, it could rain a bit more... but it's still been great. :)  I love it here and I'm learning so much every day. Yeah.... we're still trying to find an apartment... but oh well, whatever happens- it's in His hands. We're just still being spoiled :).  In fact, I had Macaroni and Cheese yesterday for the first time in my whole entire mission because they made it for us.... I'm excited... tomorrow we're going to be washing clothes for a less-active family that the branch is focusing on and it's amazing how they're slowly progressing back to the church. We also have another less-active family who has a lot of potential but it depends on their faith. The Aguilar's are amazing but they need to strengthen their faith because they also have a housing situation they need to take care of :) we're always praying for them... I feel it's close for them. We're excited and this week will be better than all of the other weeks! God is great! This mission is the best! Thanks for everything again!

Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 6........back to the drawing board.......:)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails, I really appreciate them. It's been a great
week full of many lessons for me. God is helping us out a lot. Our
investigators are progressing and we're excited for the future. One of
our investigators is progressing really well. He is Brother Mario and
he came to church yesterday... and so we're praying for him and his
family a lot. We're also finding and establishing relationships with
the less-active here and I love them to death. They're amazing. With
God's help, things are progressing. It's just a step-by-step process
and I'm so grateful for these lessons I'm learning. Sorry this is
short and really rather uninformative... but next week will hopefully
be longer. :) haha.  Oh yeah, we're back to finding a new apartment
(back to the 'ol drawing board, eh). It was kind of funny how it
happened, kind of. We cleaned the walls of the apartment because we've
been able to move in because of a few things but we figured we'd help
out and clean the walls so they could be painted.... and so after we
cleaned them... within a few days, the lady breaks the contract and
sells it to other people and have them move in without us knowing
until it was finished :S.... on the bright side, we were able to do an
unintentional service project. :)  and so we're back to searching. I
love this missionary couple. They're so nice and they spoil us rotten!
 I love this area and I love everything about this place. My companion
is amazing and I'm learning a lot. I'm grateful and humble that we get
the opportunity to be companions. Thanks again!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 5........ next week will be a creative title.. for now it's just this.... so enjoy :D

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I always appreciate them! Things are going great and I love it here. God is helping us every day and it's amazing seeing His hand in this every day. It was a pretty interesting experience yesterday....  We had an investigator, Sister Rhea at church yesterday and that was pretty neat. She really enjoyed Sacrament and Gospel Principles and everyone had been so nice to her and she really liked it. Then it was time for Relief Society... and to put it short... she was put on the spotlight and she became kinda defensive... I don't think she was scared away, but we're still praying..  :)  This branch is great. It's been a while since they've had investigators from missionaries at church and so they're really eager to befriend and I love it here. God is great. We were able to find many new investigators and potential investigators and on Sunday, was another miracle! We went over to some members' houses and we received many referrals and finally we have members who are willing to work with us during the week! It's amazing! They also led us to some less-active homes that We were also fed a lot of food on Saturday and Sunday... it was delicious but it was a lot but it was really funny seeing my companion's reaction when she found out what she was eating and it was great. :)  I love it here. I love the food and I really think I must have been a Filipina in a past life or something.  It's been raining some and I always love the rain. We have a lot of plans and appointments for this week and we're so excited to do them! God is truly great and this work is the best there is! I'm learning so much every day and I appreciate all the lessons God is teaching me! Thanks again for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan (technically GMA area, though)- week 4....... a longer email this week...kind of :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! As always, I appreciate them. I'm not sure why you thought I was sick... but I'm good. All is well and things are great. I love it here in the Philippines. God is teaching me a lot of lessons and I really appreciate them. This area is slowly becoming better and I'm excited. We've made contact with some of the less-actives and have established relationships with them! I love them! They amazing! There's this one couple, Warren and Jean and they've started to read the Book of Mormon every day and they're more happy when we visit! Progress! It's really humbling seeing the change that is slowly coming upon them and it's powerful what the Spirit does to people and what happens when people read the Book of Mormon every day. God has also blessed us with many new investigators and it's really, really good. I really love the weather, as you all already know, the rain is fantastic. It makes me happy every time it rains. So I suppose...I'm happy every day :)  haha.  I love it here. We've finally started to make headway this week and it's great. My companion is really good. She's a very prepared missionary and I'm learning a lot every day. She also is really great at the piano and has an incredible voice. She's also quite humble about everything but you should see her with the people!  I love it here! Thanks again for the emails... 

Mahal ko Kayo, 

Sister Mohrman

computer malfunction :)

Due to the computer malfunctioning... I needed to rewrite my email to the president and it was long and so I have no time for a weekly email... But thanks for the emails and for your patience.... just so you don't think I'm not purposely avoiding writing to you...Next week, it will be an extra long email and personal emails too! Thanks for everything and love ya! Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 2............spoiled....great investigators and apartments?

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I appreciate them! Things are going great! I love challenges and then there are always blessings at the same time.. so two in one! :D pretty astig!  My companion is so spoiled right now (me too, but she's still new). We don't have an apartment so we've been living with this amazing senior couple who's kind of close by to our area... so we get hot water and they let us use their washer and dryer... and they give us food, etc.... the first time it has ever happened to me here and so my companion has yet to experience the complete thrill of being here. :)  But it's a great tender mercy because of what we're trying to do.... I love everything about the Philippines, it's a great place! :D It's pretty neat that as we're trying to find our way through our large area... we've been getting lost but then we find these amazing investigators on the way... pretty neat tradeoff, don't ya think? :) One of them is Sister Veronica... she is soooo golden and it's amazing. She's agreed to a baptismal date and she has been reading the Book of Mormon daily. In fact, when we gave her the Restoration pamphlet, she read it and marked it up... she filled out the answers to all of the questions in the back and read the whole pamphlet again... pretty cool. She's also married, so that's really nice. She said that she hasn't really talked with the different churches before so this was a new experience for her but she's prayed about Joseph Smith and knows he is a true prophet.... she's amazing. I love this lady and her family. Her husband works in Mandaluyong... in my old area! Go figure... right?  But then again, this has always happened to me in all of my areas... pretty interesting. We haven't met him yet, but we're praying for her and her family and for our other investigators too. Another neat thing is that... literally, we took time out every day to go find a new apartment, which is a challenge because of the new area and the different factors we have to consider.. and so we've looked at so many apartments and there was always something wrong with them.... but then on Saturday, when we were meeting with Veronica, she found out that we've been searching and said that there was a place near by her! Earlier today we went over there, and then we called the senior couple (they're the ones who decide if it's good or not) and they came... and wow... there wasn't anything seriously wrong with it and so we have a new apartment now! Great blessing from God. We were led to this investigator who's really ready and she led us to that apartment... But we probably won't move in until in a few weeks... so until then, we still will be spoiled. :)  My companion is great, she's an amazing missionary (especially as she deals with my diyabloness) :)  Apparently, she has a blog too... but anyways. Everything is going great! I love it here, as always. I'm learning so many lessons every day and I'm so very appreciative of these lessons. God is great! Time is up! Thanks again!

Mahal ko Kayo,

Sister Mohrman

Bulihan- week 1..... goodbye Mandaluyong, hello to new, exciting challenges

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails, I really appreciate them! :)  It was really hard for me to leave Mandaluyong... I love it there... especially, when the storm hit. The storm hit metro manila but the very worst part hit was where I was at. So, we were confined to the apartment, Monday night through forever..... grabe... the flood was big. The first floor of the apartment building was flooded and there were rescue rafts outside the windows and a lot of other things... pretty intense. On the other hand, it was great because it gave me plenty of time to update the area book for the missionaries who are shotgunning it. I'm jealous of that area book... oh well, this new area book in Bulihan will be even better. It's our goal. :)  We weren't sure if we could even make it to the transfer meeting on Wednesday, but thanks to a lot of prayers from our mission president and the missionaries... on Wednesday morning, there was a little bit of the flood left but cars could now travel through it... and so our zone leaders came and picked us up with the taxi... intense, because it started to rain really hard right after we were pulling out of the apartment garage thing... so the flood was starting to come back but we were able to make it to the meeting...........  Now, I'm in Bulihan part of the San Gabrial zone... and it's really ironic. All of my areas I've had a precious connection too and this is no different. I'm officially in the "province" (I've been in the city zones for my mission so far) but Bulihan looks like my first area but I'm excited. It's a branch, not a ward. It's not a stake, but it's a district. There's lots of challenges and problems to solve, but for some reason, I'm really happy about that. I've always liked challenges and figuring out puzzles.. maybe that's why I'm here... I don't know.. whatever God wants, I'm happy to do it and do my best, My companion is Sister Moreno... from West Jordan, UT, yeah, an American and she's not a Filipina. Before I was hoping that since He wanted me to train, for some reason unknown to me, it would be a Filipina because that would help me out with my language but when I was looking at the back of the heads of the new missionaries (only one sister was a Filipina), I felt that a particular one would be my companion and VOILA, it was so... She's great and I'm learning a lot. Funny thing is, that all of her family (except one brother) can speak Spanish (her brother went to a different mission) but she became different when she got called to speak in Tagalog. I'm excited for this area. I love it already. I love and miss Mandaluyong but I'm happy that it's now in good hands (really great elders now) and I'm excited to help this area out. Plus, we're the first sisters who have ever been over here.. it's kind of weird but oh well. God is great and so very merciful to me. I love the lessons I'm learning and for the future. It's white!
Mahal ko Kayo!
Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 30.... miracles, surprises, rain, where? what? huh?

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails. I always appreciate them and love reading them. :). It's been a good week full of many lessons for me and I appreciate them so much. Our investigators are progressing and it's great seeing the change that has taken place on them. Last transfer, they really didn't know any members very well, but we have been working this transfer on getting them to know each other... and it's worked!  All of our progressing investigators have friends now in the church and the ward is really stepping up to help them. We had less-actives who came to church and the ward really just embraced them. An example is the Camingawan family. I first met them in February and have been working with them ever since. Yesterday, the grandfather, one of his daughters and his grandson (who is our investigator) came to church for the first time. The ward saw them and some of the older members went up to the Tatay and put their arm around him and was with him for the classes and the same went with the daughter and the grandson... it was an amazing tender mercy of God. Then during the combined RS and Priesthood class, the bishopric and other auxilary leaders talked about home teaching and visiting teaching and challenged them to take up the call. Then we found out the relief society presidency and elder's quorum presidencies have made plans to set the example and visit the less-actives, particularly the ones that we've been working with. They really are taking over and it's amazing. I love this area so very much. It's so fruitful. It's amazing... God is so very great and merciful to me. I'm really going to miss this area but I know that whoever the missionaries are next that this area will become even more fruitful. I bet you all want to know what's going on, right?  I do too... just kidding. God has blessed me with more rain and I really needed it and it was so very great! I already knew that I would be transferred after this transfer is over... just some strong suspicions. But I was called on Wednesday night and was given some pretty surprising news... apparently I needed to go to a meeting on Friday... for new trainers... huh? Yeah, pretty surprising. I was thinking, are you sure you called the right person. But then they also said that I'm shotgunning a new area too. It's been closed for about two transfers and so now it's being reopened by us... grabe. mahirap. Shotgun training... never ever done any of those things before and especially not combined but I will continue to just strive to do my best. If I make mistakes... well, it's their fault that I was called, :) but no, I will do everything I can to do what God wants me to do... I'm excited for the lessons ahead of me. Hopefully, I'll figure out what to do quickly :S, but whatever happens, it's in His hands and I'm here to do His will... so come what may and of course, I'll love it. Our transfer day is on Thursday, so until then, I'm here in Mandaluyong. I'm learning so much and I'm so very grateful for the lessons that I'm learning everyday from God. Thanks again for the emails... Love ya all!

Mahal ko Kayo

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 29.....transfers are next week

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! This will be a short email because I miscalculated the time.... hehe :S  (sheepish smile and laugh). This has been a week full of many lessons for me and I really appreciate them! God is great and I love this work. Our work is continuing and this week is going to be very busy and so I'm excited. :) There's exciting news. Some of the less-active families (especially the part-member ones) we've been working with are now finally ready to come back to church and I'm soooooooo happy for that. One family is the Camingawan family and I love this family with everything. I've been working with them since February and now they're going to come to church and they've been reading the Book of Mormon. It's such a beautiful change that is happening to that family. They're more peaceful with each other and you can really see the spirit becoming stronger in that family. Our investigator in that family is also progressing, Vincent. It's amazing! It was pretty funny, at first they said no, they wouldn't come to church but then two or three weeks ago, they said they couldn't because (the females) they didn't have skirts... and so I solved that problem... I bought them skirts and now they didn't have any excuse :).  I'll write more next week for sure and next week are transfers and so it should be interesting to see what happens....  Thanks again for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 28..... a week full of interviews, rain and just emails to everyone :)

(mixture of family emails with news)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the two packages! I received them and it made me happy! I also just decided I would write an email to everyone

Thanks for the emails every week, I really appreciate them and thank you so much for everything you all do!
I really am enjoying my dream. Every day is a new part of my adventure in the Philippines. God is so very merciful and I really love and appreciate the lessons I'm learning every day. It's so incredible because I'm just like... okay, I now know what could be better in the future and it's so great. Honestly, I really have loved every single day of my mission so far, even the hard days because there are always things that happen on that day that just raises my spirit. I don't know how some people don't like learning lessons, though. It's so merciful of God to let us know what we need to improve and it's so humbling that He is doing that with me every day. I am so appreciative of it. For the first time I've been here in the Philippines. It rained for six straight days... (Before, it would rain one day and then skip a few and rain again- that type of thing), it was such a tender mercy from Heavenly Father to me because I know it was for me and it was great!  
By the way, what are your plans for coming here? The mission office is asking me questions and would like answers next week.... Are we going to be spending Sunday here? The Christmas lights on the temple should be open from the 16th and onwards.... What are the airports we're flying too and everything? I guess, Salt Lake is pressuring our mission for the missionaries in December because it's so busy here at Christmas. They also told me to tell you (but I'm sure you already know... but I'm just following orders) to coordinate with Salt Lake or something like that... yeah yeah, boring stuff. Sorry. Yeah, you wouldn't like driving here, it's ranked as one of the craziest places in the world to drive....and I can attest to that,  but I love it :)  I love it here, it rained for 6 straight days and it was the first time I've ever seen it happen here! It was great! :) Because of that rain, it's been a good week! :) I love the lessons God is teaching me every day. Who was the sister who owned the blog? My transfers are in August.. I think two weeks from now... pretty interesting. I think I might be transferring because of some things... but who knows... Oh yeah, yesterday was my interview with President and that's always interesting!  By the way.. I guess this next part is my insight... because you always ask :)  I just copied and pasted what I wrote to President Stucki.... 
There's always two sides to everything and so often the one side never gets explained. But I was reading in Mosiah 24:12 and it was amazing. It was about how the Alma and his people poured out their hearts to God because they couldn't do it vocally and He heard their prayers and their thought. So it's amazing that God knows everything, every thought, every story, every intention and every desire. How merciful He is. This applies to many things as I was thinking about this. Our less-actives, investigators, ward members, recent converts, our area, our companionship (basically everything in life)- each have stories. It's merciful gift from God to have His Spirit helping us to see the whole picture and not just a limited section especially amongst the less-actives we've been working with. This chapter really helped me out so much and I learned so much. I also received some insight in what should be done with the less-active families we've been visiting. Because we're now trying to get the less-actives up to the next level of their progression.   It's a great chapter. I learned so much from it.
Thanks for everything!  Love ya!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Mahal Kita
Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 27....... ups and downs and a dog bite... huh?

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I really appreciate them! This has been an amazing week, which I guess you're not surprised. But it's been great. God is teaching me so many lessons and I'm so very appreciative of these lessons. I'm learning a lot in this companionship and with the two other sisters that share the apartment with us. I love the lessons. God is blessing us with quite a lot of miracles. One of our less-active/part member families- Camingawan, is an amazing family. For the first time on Saturday, they said that they would come to church. The spirit was so strong. Also, on Saturday, quite a few of our appointments got cancelled but then we were able to visit the Morosa family and Brother Rick said that he would come to church on Sunday. It was the first time. Quite a few miracles and many tender mercies. Sister Michelle came to church again, and I'm so happy about that. I'm praying so hard for her so that her heart will become softer and she'll see baptism as a positive word and not a bad word... I'm excited for this week because we're teaching that family again. :)  I know that this is God's work and I love it so very much. I love all these lessons I'm learning and thanks again for everything! Sorry this is short, next week my preparation day is on Tuesday because of our interviews with the President on Monday.... Thanks again!

Mahal ko Kayo

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 26.... sprains and miracles... huh?

Kumusta!

By the way, Happy late Birthday Dad! I figured it would be better to wish it to you late rather than early... :) Thanks for the emails! I appreciate them as always! :)  This week has been kinda crazy but it's been great. God is blessing us with so many miracles. Yesterday, we visited Brother Morosa, who's a long-term less-active and his family, who are not members. We had planned on watching the Restoration with them and so they were setting things up but then they said that their speakers were completely destroyed (and they were)... and so they said that they were unable to watch the movie. But Brother Morosa was a bit stubborn and just kept plugging the speakers in and out, over and over (it wasn't doing anything, though), while his family was telling him that the speakers hadn't worked in a really long, long time. During this time, I was praying so hard that just for this one visit that they would work and God heard! Miraculously, the sounds from the movie were starting to come out and they all were so surprised! So we were able to watch the movie. It was neat and the spirit was so strong. It was an amazing experience. We're also praying really hard for Michelle and her family, the Soleno family. It was great, she came to church again yesterday but we keep praying that her heart gets a bit softer... it's great and God is really helping us out a lot. Our families that we're visiting are progressing and it's amazing seeing the spirit that is taking root in their lives. There's lots of other miracles but not enough time to list them all, though...  I guess you want to know about the sprains... right? :S hehe, (sheepish smile/laugh). You know how I've never broken a bone and have never had a sprain or any type of that nonsense.... well last Monday, during the late afternoon, my foot/ankle became sprained. My first ever and hopefully my last one. I was so surprised. I'm like... Hala! Ano ang nangyari sa akin! oh no! what happened! but it's all good. I just wasn't very wise because then I worked on that sprain on Tuesday (half of the day) but it's now getting better and it's all good. I really don't like missing work but I guess God really wanted me to rest my ankle/foot because then my companion became sick again... and we needed to stay at the apartment... It's funny how God works. He's great! Things are good and I love life. I love the lessons that I'm learning every day and this experience in this companionship... I can see the lessons that God wants me to learn and I appreciate it. It seems that as trials become harder, the blessings come more abundantly as I strive to do my best and He gives me so much help and it's great. And I'm so very appreciative of these experiences. I'm learning so much! Life is good! :D  :D  Sorry my time is up but thanks again for the emails!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 25.... I think... I'm losing what number of week I'm on.... Happy Birthday America!

Kumusta!

Due to some computer malfunctions, my email will be rather short... sorry about that. =S  Anyways, thanks for the emails, I really appreciate it! It's great to hear from all of you! :) This past week has been great. We have so much progression going on in our area and God is blessing and helping us so much! Also, starting this week, we're going to have to balance out time in our area and what was the Elder's area before. But I know God is really leading and guiding us and it's amazing! :).  On Sunday, Brother Robert's wife, Michelle, came to church! This is the first time in like 7 weeks or so! It's a miracle! We're praying so hard for this family! God is really helping us out so much! Our other investigators are progressing too! Some of our less-active families have been calling their other family members to join in (referrals) and it's great. We get to teach new investigators and the less-active at the same time! It's amazing seeing how God is helping us. I know without a doubt, it's all because of Him. It's a humbling experience to be able to witness these miracles and seeing the change that is slowly coming into their lives! Thanks again for everything! Maraming Salamat!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 24..........

Stefi just wrote personal emails to each family member so for example, this is what she wrote to her father and mother:

It's crazy! There's lots of changes! There's lots to write and report so I don't have enough time to write everyone. Thanks for everything you do for me! Love ya. I'll write Grandma a nice 'ole long email next week...but tell her thanks for the email and I love her and next week will be a longer type email..  sorry, I literally have a few minutes left!  Love ya!

Mahal Kita!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 23..........transfers are next week

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I really appreciate them. God is really blessing us and helping us a lot over here. Not to mention that it's incredible weather right now :).  hehe  I love the lessons I'm learning every day and it's amazing seeing what God does to have His work move forward. Things have been great and we were able to meet a lot of new people. We found this young couple, Jason and Gretchen and they're really ready! It's amazing. We also found a 15 year old who comes from a less-active family and he's all set for his baptism (that we haven't even extended yet) and to learn more. He was so excited when we gave him the Book of Mormon and he said that he feels lighter and much better. Many, many miracles but alas.. I don't have the time :).  Needless to say that every day there are many miracles and the work is moving forwards! I love this work and it's a great opportunity to be doing His work every day! :)  Thanks for the emails!  

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 22..... a week of miracles :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I appreciate them! This week has been interesting. It didn't start off very well (for lots of different reasons, but one of them was our area). We had investigators (some who had baptismal dates) drop us and bluntly stated they have no desire.... and then less-active families we've been working with were refusing to see us (they still are). It just seemed everything was going against us. We kept asking and trying to earn referrals but we didn't receive any from anyone. On Thursday, things were still not good, but it started to pick up that night a little bit. God blessed us and helped us out so much. Then things just escalated for the good. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday were were able to find new investigators. All of a sudden, people just randomly gave us referrals and we didn't ask them! It was truly a miracle. Also... we finally found people who want to hear the gospel through finding and it's an amazing blessing from God. There's this one family, the Gonzaga family, who reads the Book of Mormon every day and the mom has the children read too as well. It's amazing. It will take a bit of time but God is helping us and I'm so very grateful of the lessons I'm learning every day and the blessings that God is blessing us with. On Sunday, Brother Brion became a returned member! I love him and his family! Before, he didn't come to church because he worked on Sunday and they had problems with tithing... but then Sister George and I started to visit that family and we just continued. They're actively preparing for the temple and they're (the parents) are fully-active in the gospel and church! It's amazing. God is great! We decided as a zone to fast for our priesthood (amongst the recent converts) because it's really low because they're less-active so then we were also blessed to find one of our recent converts (he was baptized last year but became less-active instantly) that is always not there. We'd always go over there, but he would be gone and "always" at work so it's an amazing thing. It truly has been an amazing week! I love it here in the Philippines! There's lots of work to do in this area! It's an incredible work. The scripture in Mosiah 16:9 is a great verse. Of course, Christ is the light and no matter how dark or bleak a situation appears to be or however low a person thinks they've gone, He is always there... then as a person continually relies on Him, things will never be dark. I've seen that as I've been working with these less-actives.. there's this joy on their face that just makes me so very happy inside. It's miraculous. God is great! Thanks for the emails! Maraming Salamat!

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman

Mandaluyong- week 21...... too bad I'm still not 21 years old or else this would be a cool email.... 21 and 21 :)

Kumusta!

Thanks for the emails! I appreciate them :).  The weather is fantastic! I love it. It's kind of been raining off and on and it's amazing! I love the rain and I love walking and working in it too! :)  Anyways.... hehe... the work continues over here. God is blessing us out a lot and I'm so grateful for that. I'm so grateful for the many lessons I'm learning every day and I really love the Philippines. Every day is a great learning experience for me and I'm happy and so grateful to learn these lessons. Thanks again for everything that everyone does :). We had zone conference this past week and it was amazing. President and Sister Stuki are truly inspired to lead over here and I love them! I learned a lot and it's exciting! Also, this past week, one of the less-active families that we've visited is the Brions... and I love that family. The wife and many of her children are active but the brother (dad) wasn't because he always worked on Sunday... anyways, Last transfer, we started to visit them and this transfer we're continuing :) During the visit this past week, I asked them how their temple preparation is coming along and they said it wasn't because of their tithing problem. We shared about tithing and it was a really good lesson, the spirit was there very strong and they both committed to live the law of tithing... and on Sunday, the brother came to church again and he's almost fully reactivated. Their goal is to go to the temple and I'm so happy for them. They're working for it! I'm praying for them! Also... it's a part-member family too.... so sometime in the future other members of that family will be receptive as the parents set the example :D  God is great and I love His work. This work is divinely inspired and it's amazing! Salamat para sa lahat! Next week, I'll tell more stories... :)

Mahal ko Kayo!

Sister Mohrman