This week
was really awesome! But also really hard but also really fun! So to
start out with the funny things. Okay so Hermana Levao and i were
teaching a lesson to our investigator (who is really our morning
teacher, Hermano Ortiz) and I wanted to say "Jesus Christ ordained his
apostles" how you say ordained in spanish is ordenar, well on accident i
said "ordeñar" instead which actually means to milk... I said "Jesus
Christ milked his apostles" my teacher was laughing so hard we didn't
even have time to finish our lesson.... he then told me what I said... i
definitely learned the difference of those two words and hopefully i
never get them mixed up again. haha Okay so like i was talking about my
teacher hermano ortiz, he is SO amazing. like one of my favorite people
ever! he has such a strong testimony and really cares about our
district. Every single day I will ask him to bring me a coke, because I
am definitely having withdrawals, but they aren't allowed to bring stuff
from "outside the walls" to any of the missionaries. Well on Saturday i
was kinda having a rough day, just frustrated with everything and with
life, and comes over and puts his bag next to mine, opens it, and THERE
IS A COKE INSIDE. so i carefully, and sneakily put it into my bag and I
was the happiest girl in the world. it was still a little cold too :)
Well after getting my coke Saturday just kept on getting better and
better. We had this thing called TRC and its when volunteers come to the
CCM and we have to teach them. I was really nervous, but it was the
best lesson we had ever taught. We used no notes and totally just taught
by the spirit. My mouth and ears were totally opened. I was able to
understand everything our investigator was saying to me, and i was able
to speak back. The spirit was so strong in that room it was hard to
think that was real life. It was such a great experience to have.
On Sunday we
watched a devo by elder bednar and it was awesome!! He talked about how
to be a preach my gospel missionary. sunday was a really good day to
just be able to feel the spirit. Elder Bednar´s talk was just the boost i
needed. Last night we watched a live devo from provo and it was elder
ballard. he also did amazing! He talked to us like one on one like he
would with his grandchildren. his talk really helped me out. he talked
about his struggles he had on his mission and what he did to over come
them. He also talked about our families and how they are so important
while we are on our missions... i may or may not have had a tiny
breakdown.... This week just has been amazing already. Tomorrow we have a
special morning devotional and i think its two people from the mission
office in salt lake, so that will be way cool! yesterday we learned
about teaching with the spirit. and how we can teach a lesson with the
spirit. it was such a cool experience. I am so thankful to be here and
to be on a mission. its incredible how much our Father in Heaven loves
us, and if we obey him and choose the right we can receive so many
blessings.
I am grateful to be here on my
mission and i am grateful to be able to represent my savior Jesus
Christ. I know that his is his church and that he lives. I know he died
for my sins, and for the sins of the world. and i know that joseph smith
saw God the Father and Jesus Christ and that the book of mormon is
true. I love the book of mormon. I can just feel the spirit every time i
read it. I love my family. You guys are the best and i don't know what i
would do with out yall. I am nervous but excited to go to tennessee in
12 days!! I know that is where i need to be and that is where i can
teach people the gospel! I love you soooo soooo much!
xoxo
Hermana Brown :)
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| my coke :) |
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| beautiful sunrise |
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| Hermana Hansen (Kalinee) She left for Peru today!! |
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