I
understand it so well now, which is fantastic. I can understand almost
everything someone says to me, but if I'm in a lesson I freeze up a
little and have no idea how to phrase anything. I'm so glad that the
Spirit is the main teacher and that as long as I keep bearing my
testimony in Spanish, it'll all work out. I'd be struggling if I had to
rely only on myself to teach these awesome people. My companion and I
committed someone to baptism this week! I mean, he wasn't a real
investigator. He was actually our teacher. But he was our first real
investigator and looking back we did kind of horribly but we brought the
Spirit and he said he'd be baptized :) It was definitely the best
experience so far on my mission. It wasn't entirely real, but our
teacher was pretending to be a real person from when he went on his
mission. It was awesome, and it gave me so much love and motivation. I
can't wait to help someone who is actually searching for the gospel the
opportunity to see the beauty in the atonement and the plan of
salvation. It just gives me so much peace to know that I will be that
person for someone. I'm so excited :)
But
I'm definitely going to treasure every moment here in the MTC, because
it's honestly been one of the best experiences of my entire life. It
took me a while, but I'm now so close with my district, and we got a new
district in our zone just before the old district left. I miss everyone
in the old district, because they were amazing, but I know they'll all
be amazing out in the field :) Our new district has two new sisters and
six new elders. So now there's eight of both ;) We're actually getting
another district this week, with six elders. I'm excited to meet them
and wow them with my two weeks of knowledge of el CCM. I'm practically
an expert. Just kidding. But my district is the oldest district in our
zone now. Pretty crazy. And my companion is Sister Training Leader,
which has honestly been the best blessing. Just her. She's been the best
blessing in my life since being here. We had companionship inventory
last night, and literally it was just us gushing about all the things we
love about each other. Neither of us actually had any problems with
each other, and we just had the Spirit with us the whole time and it was
amazing. Yesterday was really hard for a lot of people. A couple people
in our zone are struggling hardcore, and Hna Walborn really had a hard
day yesterday. But everything just ended up working so well, and our
companionship inventory was the icing on the cake. She was the perfect
companion for me to have as I got used to being here. But both of us
just get along so well, and I literally cannot even get over how perfect
she is. She brings the spirit to our lessons, and she's so caring and
loving and a perfect sister training leader. I could honestly talk about
her all day. I'll probably have more to say next week, but I'll stop
now ;)
This week was definitely very spiritual. Sunday
devotional was incredible. Absolutely incredible. It was President and
Sister Tanner this week. President Tanner is about to be the new
President of BYU-H, and Sister Tanner is the one who wrote Daughters in
His Kingdom. The talks were incredible, and I'm so glad I was there. And
on Tuesday
we had Elder Christofferson come and speak, and he talked about
questions missionaries had, such as their worries and their struggles
and things. I really needed to hear it. And on Friday,
we had the incredible experience of viewing Elder L. Tom Perry's
funeral, which no one thought we'd be able to do. But it was incredible
and I'm so glad I was able to view it. I have such a testimony of the
plan of salvation, and something that Elder Hendrix said after the
funeral last week really stuck with me. "I hate goodbyes, but it never
really is goodbye. No matter what. It's always just 'See you later.'"
I'm so grateful that I know it's true. I can't handle goodbyes either.
But I'm definitely okay with see you later.
So
yeah. This week was a success. My foot's healing, and everything is fun
and awesome. I have had hard days and days where I feel discouraged and
unmotivated. But the good days far outweigh the struggles. Our Sunday
theme this week was about enduring to the end, and I wrote a talk on it
in Spanish, and it definitely helped me out a lot. My favorite
scripture this week regarding that is 2 Nephi 31: 13, 19-20. But I mean,
just read all of 2 Nephi 31-32. Please. It's my favorite chapter and so
incredible.
I
love you guys so much. Thank you for all the emails this week. I know
I'm supposed to be here and I love every second. Yo sé que la iglesia de
Jesucristo es verdadera. Yo sé que el Evangelio y la Expiación del
Salvador es para nosotros, y yo sé que Dios es nuestro amoroso Padre
Celestial. Si nosotros perseveramos hasta el fin, tendremos la vida
eterna. Él ha me dio muchas bendiciones, y soy muy agradecido. Soy muy
animada de cuando iré al campo de misión. Hay muchas personas que les ya
encanto :) ¡Gracias por todas! En el nombre de Jesucristo, amén :)
I
apologize for my poor Spanish. I didn't use google translate for this
;) I hope you all have an awesome week! ¡Les hablé luego!
(Note from Mom-- I put her testimony into Google Translate and this is what it said:
"I know that the Church of Jesus Christ is true. I know that the Gospel and the Atonement of the Savior is for us,and I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father. I know if we persevere to the end, we will gain eternal life. He has given me many blessings, and I am so grateful. I am so excited to go to the mission field. There are many people that already charm. [She may have meant many people to encounter or meet.] Thank you for everything. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.")
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