More Fun Photos

 Sister Falco & Elder Stones

 With President Erickson and His Wife

 With Sister Lugunzi's Grandkids

 Those who came to support Enoch on his baptism day.

 Sister Lugunzi's Family @ her Baptism

Sister Lugunzi's Family

EASILY THE BEST DISTRICT EVER!! Every single one of these kids are focused on their mission and I love learning and growing from them. I love being with a group of people who are in love with missionary work who support us when we fall short; who love us through when no investigators come to church haha :) 

GREAT PEOPLE RIGHT HERE! 

Random Photos

 Sisters Falco & Ntuli

 Sister Ntuli's last Zone Conference

 Helping w/Operation Smile

 Zebras!! (w/Sister Orr)

Village Children

September 15, 2014

Hello Everyone!

Well all our investigators got baptized!! Woot woot!! And Sister Ntuli and my area is finally progressing! It's the best!! I am so grateful to be on a and mission serving in Lilongwe!! S0 Happy!

After the baptisms, it was sweet to hear their testimonies...
Little Enoch: "I used to run away from missionaries and then one day I felt the spirit and I decided I want to come to church. I told my brothers and sisters, 'I want to come and then I came'.And then I told them, 'I want to be baptized' Then the sister missionaries taught me. " He is so cute!--such a precious child!! And guess what!! HIS DAD  CAME TO CHURCH! He's the one who is a Jehovah Witness and always refused to come even though his children were members. It's a miracle!! He tells us that he will come every week and NEVER does and he finally came!! He's been taught many many times by missionaries, but not by us. We will start teaching him soon!

Anita: Super prepared by the Lord. Her testimony: "I was looking for the true church. I went to many different churches but didn't find it. I met the missionaries and at the beginning thought nothing about it, but then i prayed and I know that this Church is true. "

Sis Lunguzi: "It took me four years to join the church, but one day I just couldn't leave my house to go to the my church because I could feel the spirit so strong at your church. and I want to share this gospel with my family so bad. One day we will go to the temple. " 

I look at all my investigators and I realize that it's the Lord who prepares them. We literally are just his tools to find the people. The Lord is hastening His work. I hope that I will be able to be sensitive enough to the spirit and be able to find those people who are ready to be taught!

Well I love you!

Sister Falco 

Anita, Sister Lugunzi, Enoch's Baptism Day

Malawi Lilongwe Zone

Crazy Zone Photo

A visit from the office senior couple, the Ericksons

September 8, 2014

Family and Friends! Mule Bonji! (How are you In Chichewa)!

Lots of exciting news here.  Lilongwe, where I am serving, is applying to be a District and Zambia Lusaka is applying to be a Stake. SUPER SWEET!! There will be a Stake in my mission!!  Elder Cook is coming to our mission for sure this year! However, I’ll probably still be serving in Malawi and if so, I don’t know if he’ll make it here! Anita, Sis Lunguzi, and Enoch all passed their baptismal interview with plans to be baptized this coming weekend. So excited!! One of our Branch missionaries is finishing his papers and is going on a mission!

Well Church was a miracle in and of itself! We came to church and were expecting Anita, Sis Lunguzi, Enoch, and Peter and this guy named Gray. And BAM! We had 11 investigators at church! One was our branch missionary’s (who is going on a mission) mom. She is in our area and we always tell her to come and she finally did! It was Fast and Testimony Meeting and it was the sweetest moment ever when the branch missionary got up and bore his testimony! He ended it with, "Mom I just want to encourage you to come to know this is the true church". Sis Lunguzi brought her granddaughter, which was so great! One came with Silverbanda!! One of our members brought a guy named Morris and he’s a good guy!! Another visitor came with this less active member named Spencer! CHURCH WAS PACKED ON SUNDAY!!!! It was so awesome!

Another exciting thing that’s happening here in Malawi is that there are groups of people who are ready and waiting to be baptized but the area they live in hasn’t been opened to missionaries yet.   There are two groups with 70+ people with one person who has been waiting 10 years!! There’s another group of 30 in an area called Caderbay.  Right now, the Church needs to build “areas of strength” so there will be leaders available and then the missionaries will be sent to those who are waiting and ready and build there. People being prepared for Gospel. It’s exciting to think about the future of the Church here in Malawi. I know one day there will be a temple here to bless the members.

I’ll finish up with my testimony. I know the Church is true. Living the Gospel and keeping the commandments is a lot easier when you do so because you love Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. I know that remembering our purpose here on earth makes doing the right things easier. We need to keep an eternal perspective. If I didn't, I know I would go crazy and get frustrated here. I love being a missionary. It’s the BEST decision I have ever made. I hope that we can all try a little harder to be a little better this week. I sustain and support the prophets and apostles 100%. I see false prophets here almost everyday and it makes me appreciate the blessing of having a prophet and apostles to lead us. Their purpose is to spread the Gospel to all God’s children. It’s so sweet. I LOVE THEM! And my mission president is super righteous and super kind. I look up to him for his faith A TON and am so grateful for everything he does for our mission! The atonement is real! It really can wash away the pain of making mistakes. It’s a simple phrase but if you really understand the significance of the atonement it really is so amazing and so cool!

Love you all!

Sister Falco

Our Zone @ Lake Malawi

 Zebras & Sisters

Hey Family and Friends!!

How are you guys doing? Mission is sweet! I am so grateful for my mission. I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the importance of considering what our motive is for doing things. We can follow the commandments because 1) we want the blessings or recognition, 2) we are afraid of the punishment or what others think, or 3) because we love our Heavenly Father. I hope to be able to do everything for the right reason. I know I may fall short at times but my goal is to follow the Lord and do what he expects 100% of the time and do it because I love Him--not because of fear or because I want the blessings and not because I want others to think I’m a good person. I want to follow Him and serve Him because I love Him. That’s my goal.

Well, here’s an update from last Pday. First off, sorry I didn't write many people back last week. Our Zone went to Lake Malawi and a wildlife reserve park! (See photos) It was sweet! We were literally five feet away from zebras! We also saw giraffes. And, Lake Malawi is beautiful!! It was fun to get out and see more of this beautiful country.

Update on our investigators…

Anita is progressing. She is preparing herself to be baptized on the 14th!! I’m pretty excited. She has been to church many times and is ready. Pray for the adversary to stay away from her! haha:) She is the girl who went to a couple of churches and kept having dreams that they weren't real pastors. And then we came and she’s been coming to church ever since! She’s awesome!!

Enoch is also progressing! He is 12 years old! He is our branch missionary’s younger brother! Super sweet guy!! We need to teach their parents!! The mom is willing but the father is a Jehovah Witness and not interested. They are willing to let their children be baptized so its super sweet!

Sis Lungzi!! She is also preparing herself to be baptized! She’s from Area 47 and lives right behind the church! She’s a great lady. She decided to attend our Church because when she walked past our building, she felt such a strong spirit! She was prepared and is so ready to receive the blessings of the Gospel! SO HAPPY! Her baptism is scheduled for the 14^th.

Peter still needs to talk to his wife but he wasn’t paid at work because it’s a nonprofit company and they didn’t get sponsors so he can’t afford to travel to where his wife lives. He is super prepared as well and he loves the church. And he always participates in Sunday school. It’s awesome!

One thing I feel like I have learned a lot about lately is agency, our ability to choose. We have a lot more control over our life than we realize. We choose how we react to circumstances. We may choose to compare our "bad life" to someone’s "good life" but really, it’s our decision whether our life will be good or bad. We choose to follow the commandments because we love God. We get to decide how our relationships will be with our families and others. Agency is a powerful thing that our Heavenly Father has given us, and Satan is trying to convince us that we don't have it. Our Heavenly Father gave us the gift of agency and I’m so grateful for it!

That’s all for this week.

With Love,

Sister Falco