This last week was full of adventures and blessings that I am enthused to share with you! The Lord has continued to bless me with opportunities to learn for which I will never forget.
This last week, Elder Olsen and I were blessed to travel to Lagawe (one of the most beautiful and secluded areas in the mission (pictures below) and work with the missionaries there. It was an absolute privilege to enjoy the natural beauty and to help the missionaries in that area in the fulfillment of their calling. I not only feel it a privilege to be a missionary, but also to be one in the position of helping others. It truly is a wonderful feeling to help other missionaries in their efforts to serve the Lord.
Aside from that, and for the sake of time, there is one more experience I would like to share with you. Over eight months ago, when I was first assigned in Cauayan, I was companions with Elder Posadas as housing elders. On our first day together as companions, I distinctly remember going to one of our recent convert's homes for the first time. This recent convert's name is Evangeline and she is about 17 years old. As we sat down together those eight months together and as we discussed her progression in the gospel, she expressed some desires to me that I won't forget. On that day, she told me of her great wish that her mother could also experience the blessings and the happiness that she was as a member of the church, but that she would not.
After hearing her concerns and her heartfelt, righteous desires, I made her a promise. I told Evangeline that if she would pray with all her heart and that if she would do her best to be a living example to her mother of righteous living, that her mother would eventually join the church. Right before I left that area six months ago, her mother went through some very humbling experiences in her life and began to take lessons from us. I only taught her about two times though before I left.
Last Friday however, Elder Ambaliza (now serving in my previous area) called me and asked me if I could go to their area and conduct a baptismal interview. When I inquired as to who was going to be interviewed, he responded that it was Evangeline's mother. So, last Saturday, I sat down with Jovelyn (the woman who will be baptized) and had one of the most spiritual baptismal interviews I have ever had. Just in the short six months I had not seen this woman, her demeanor and perspective had totally changed, and the Spirit of the Lord was with us in great abundance as we spoke together. It was evident how ready she is to be baptized.
What a privilege it really is to see my promise, inspired by the Holy Ghost, fulfilled within just six short months. Truly, the Lord does perform miracles in our day.
I love being a missionary!
Love,
Elder Pulley
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