Happy 11 month anniversary as a
missionary to me! :)
American spaghetti!! Yum!
My dearest Sister Flores goes home
tomorrow. I can honestly say that this has been the best companionship of my
mission so far, probably just because of her never-ending happiness and our
openness with each other. :) We have been close since day one because we always
share what's on our minds with each other. We have been through some
interesting things this transfer as STLs and as companions, but one thing I've
never questioned is her love for me or for the work. :) I hope that someday I
can love the people as fully as she does and give my all to serving Heavenly
Father as I have seen her do. It's hard to see her go, but I like I told her
earlier, I know I will see her again in the Celestial Kingdom :) Thank you for
being one of my heroes, Sister Flores. You've taught me more with your unspoken
sermons than you will ever know. :)
This is a FHE we had at a
member's house. There's a tradition here in Villasis where you shower the
missionary going home with flour :) We were covered!
Bursio
Sister Lydia and Bro Rodolpho and
their baby, Bursio came to church yesterday. :) They are so committed to saving
for their marriage papers, working towards sister Lydia's baptism and
eventually, eternal marriage :) We taught the law of tithing on Saturday and
asked Sis Lydia how she felt about the commandment and she looked us in the eye
and said with a smile, "Gusto kong sundin ang kautusan niyan" "I
want to follow that commandment". Her faith is amazing! we love their
sweet family so much. It's so great to see them working together to achieve their
goals! :)
The Rabaras, brother and his 17
year old daughter came to church yesterday for the 5th Sunday in a row. We met
them 5 weeks ago and they've come together every week since. They are
incredibly ready for their baptism on the 30th! It was so sweet to see them
wiping away tears as Sis Flores gave her last talk as a missionary. It's sad
that Sis Rabara is not yet open to hearing the Gospel and leaves the house every
time we go over, but we know that someday her heart will be softened. We had a
great lesson with them this week about life after death. I am so happy whenever
we teach people who really are humble seekers of truth and they accept and
want to live the truths we teach! We love them so much!
We are also teaching Sister Lala
(maybe I've mentioned her before). She will be baptized on Aug 22 :) Her
husband is not yet interested in hearing our message either, but we know that
through our prayers and fasting, someday he will be baptized as well and they
will be sealed to their adorable two-year-old son, RJ, in the Urdaneta Temple
:)
I wish I also had time to tell you
about Bro Bryan, a single dad with two adorable hyper-active boys, who has a
sincere desire to know the truth and came to church yesterday. I also wish I
could talk about Bro Wilmer, who is an ex-con who feels misunderstood and just
wants to change. He's come to church the last 4 weeks and hopefully will be
accepting a baptismal date this week. It's amazing to see people's lives
changing along with my own because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ :)
I love this work so much and
couldn't be more happy!
I love you all,
Sister Gustafson
Our new investigator friend, Brother Carlos, we met last night.
Brother Carlos with a huge bunch of growing bananas.
Here is the Gallarin family. I LOVE this family!
The Gallarin's adorable grandchildren.
Still "True Blue!"
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