Hola!
Holy cow, it's been busy around here like always. We're getting a new district of 12 elders here tomorrow that we get to welcome as zone leaders and get them situated and everything. We're actually already training new zone leaders even though we've got a couple weeks left but they're both super cool and we're going to teach them everything we know. It was cool- last night we picked up an elder from New Zealand, so that was sweet. He has an awesome accent! And yeah we should be getting travel plans Friday or Saturday, and we're super excited for those!! As of now, we should be leaving on schedule on the 10th of August. there have been a lot of missionaries here with visa issues so thank goodness we don't have to worry about that!
This morning was awesome because we were finally able to go to the temple again. It's been closed since our first week here. We had an AMAZING session with an absolutely AMAZING breakfast afterwards. It was a super good morning.
Oh, and some of my exciting news is that last Thursday, I tried out to do a musical number with an elder in my district, Elder Mitchell. Elder Jones, our new district leader, accomopanied us and it went really well. We're doing a duet of "I need thee every hour". We made it! so hopefully we'll be performing it soon, either at a devotional or fireside. We're really excited so that should be a cool experience. They've talked about the power of music lately, at firesides and things, about how it is a language of heaven. It can convey things that words can't. I want to be able to use that in teaching appointments any time I can. Even some of the simple songs have the best Spirit. We heard a story of an investigator who knew that the church was true, because of the music he heard in the church. It has amazing power, and it's so enjoyable!
Elder Twitchell and I taught a pretty good lesson on tithing this week to our classs, and we had a sweet object lesson. We used a bunch of Lucky Charms from the cafeteria for it, and showed how it works with paying and getting blessed. We thought it was a good way to teach and have snack time at the same time ( dos parejas con una roca). We enjoy coming up with analogies and object lessons that help convey the importance of various things.
We were humbled a little bit with last week's lesson in the TRC - we felt that we could have done a better job, and that there are things we could change that could help invite the Spirit a little more and help us be more receptive to the Spirit. We're now doing an English fast almost every single day for a few hours, and we only speak Spanish during class. We're trying to step everything up since we only have a couple more weeks, and we want to hit the ground running! I'm learning so much, and I'm trying to use it a whole lot so I don't forget it!
We had a really awesome experience the other night with a challenge we were issued. There is a quote from Pres. Hinckley on pg. 94 in PMG that says missionaries should start out every day on their knees, and be in the spirit of revelation. We found a quiet room and offered a sincere prayer that we could find someone who needs us and that we can say what we need to say. We felt we should go by a certain tree in front of the cafeteria, so we went there and although no one was there at first,we saw someone walking toward us. We talked to him and introduced ourselves. It turns out he was an international missionary who had just come from Taiwan, and he was feeling overwhelmed. We helped him find places and talked to him about how much the Lord helps us here. we promised he would be comforted and that he would be able to learn the language. He felt uncomfortable with his English and he's going to Paris, France - learning French in English, when his native language is Mandarin! He wrote down our names to put them in his journal, and I knew we had been inspired to talk to him that night. I love that amazing feeling when you know you're following the Spirit!
Well, I'm doing great and learning tons!! Hasta proxima semana!!
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