Visiting Teaching's fun experience

I just have to tell you about my evening!  At 3 pm I drove to the Aurora chapel to meet with Sister Nido to go visiting teaching. When we got there I found we were also going with the Missionary Sisters from the ward. Four of us jumped in Sister Nido's SUV and picked Sister Villanueva and drove to see Sister Daylinda. I gave her a picture of all of us in the rain and a good one of her on the back and told her not to forget me when I leave next month. I found out she is leaving the first of next month to live with her mother-in-law to make a better life for her son.

Nida Nido, I, Sister Sofele (from Murray, UT), Sister Reyes (from the Philippines) and Daylinda

Sister Nido, the Missionary sisters, Sister Villanueva, and Daylinda

Then we drove over to visit some new members and investigators for a Relief Society visit. We walked down colourful, busy streets with every kind of merchandise and business. Barber shops, vulcanising (nearest thing to a auto repair), fans over fish, bananas and fruit, snacks and sweets, Halo-halo being put together on the street, shop after shop, some in carts on the road and some in storefronts all tied together with strings of electrical wire overhead.

I'm not sure what was being sold here, but auto parts are on one side and a fish vendor is on the other - maybe it's a spa or something like that

Snacks, treats, candy, soup,  and water

This road was wide enough for a car, some were only big enough for a tricycle

Color and merchandise everywhere

Walking along taking pictures I hear, "Sister Adams, Sister Adams! Hello Sister Adams!" A girl from Primary picked me out of a crowd and came to give me a hug. I hugged her back and said hello to all of the children running around her in the street.

Elsa is the girl in blue with her friends

Elsa's dad and his food cart with Elsa and I

She lives down this street and to the left

What are the odds? It felt good being recognised in a foreign neighbourhood.

This was the last street big enough for cars - and wouldn't you know it - my camera battery ran out!  Just when I was having an adventure.


Sister Nido and I don't walk as fast as the young girls and we came up to them talking with two older ladies sitting in chairs on the sidewalk. The sisters were giving them pamphlets about Jesus Christ and there was a good feeling with lots of chatter. At one point when we were shaking hands one of the ladies stood up and gave me a hug. Someone translated that she said she dreamed of us coming. The sisters didn't react except to write down their information to visit them again, so I'm thinking my idea of the translation was off.

The sisters talked to another lady at her door - down a dark alley, too small to walk two together. I simply waved at that door being at the back of five.  Then back into the sunlight and down a few more narrow streets until we came up to the sisters talking to some moms and kids, when I recognised two more boys from Primary! Lots of chatter and talking, smiling and the sisters handed out more pamphlets of Jesus Christ. I reminded the boys to come on Friday at 5 pm to Activity Day.

Walking back the sisters talked to a man in a wheel chair while I watched children playing games, a handicap boy being fed by a man, two men setting up a chess game and a woman frying up fish. The sisters gave out another pamphlet and we all shook hands again.

We took a bike pedal trike back to the SUV and when I got out the sisters weren't with us as they had walked to another investigator's home. We arrived at Sister Q's house where I gave her a picture and told her not to forget me when I left next month. After some socialising and talk about the Book of Mormon we agreed to meet next month after she got her hair dyed and take another picture.

I had so much fun! I enjoy the adventures and the love I share with the sisters in this ward.  I came home to hear about Jeffrey's macro mission experience in the Senate Staff today. The Lord is so good to us!!!