Hola!
How are you all? I was wondering, how is Grandma doing? And how is Beu Hobson doing?
Thanks for the letters and packages. I really needed them. This week has been really tough. Every day my companions spoke in more and more Korean and it got to a point where there was no English spoken when it was just the 3 of us. For the first time, on Wednesday night I lost it. I was like "companionship inventory now!" So I told them my opinion: we have zero unity among the three of us because it is just like a two-some. Well their response about killed me. They said that they were speaking in Korean because I didn't care about them. Seriously? Where in the world did that come from? Well I'll tell you where it came from. I declined to eat seaweed when we first got here. Because I don't like seaweed I don't love Korea and since I don't love Korea I don't love them and if I don't love them there is no use for unity. Weird, I know. I was not happy but hid it. So after this big conversation I read your letter mom. It was exactly what I needed to hear and I needed to read that talk. The next day I was trying to figure out what to do to help our unit. That night one of the wives from our branch presidency came. My companions were visiting their friend at the time so she and I had a really good talk. I just told her how I was feeling. It was so nice to be able to talk someone. I came to a conclusion, I needed to serve. So now every night I review how much service and compliments I did that day and make goals for the next day. I make the goals hard to reach, they really push me. I decided that if doing this didn't bless my companionship it would at least bless me. So yeah, things are now going a lot lot better. Our unity is much better. Everything I do now is for the companionship. I don't have time to worry about me.
So Spanish is a real struggle. I'm a slow learner. But I testify that the Lord's promise of filling our mouths with words is true. Every time we have to teach I just open my mouth not knowing what will come out. And every time my mouth is full and I can teach. I never know what I said afterwords but the investigators always say that they are touched. Lately I've been thinking that it would be really great if I dreamed in Spanish because it would help me learn it. Well, last night I put it to the test. The following may sound really lame, you may not want to put it on the blog. So I have this book I carry everywhere with me. It's my Spanish book. Well last night I put it under my pillow open on a specific page. I prayed with faith knowing that it was possible to learn Spanish while sleeping. And guess what, I learned some Spanish while sleeping. Its amazing. And really really odd. It reminds me of the Brother of Jared. His best idea was to have the Lord touch rocks for their light. Well, my best idea was to put my book under my pillow. Lame idea, but I asked in faith and it happened. Also, it reminds me of Moroni 7. It talks about how we still have miracles and the ministering of angels today. The only catch is that you have to have faith for it. Well, I testify that they still exist. I see both of those things in my life everyday. It is amazing. Faith is the key. While being here I've learned a lot about prayer. Prayer is amazing. Everyday my prayers are answered. I think that it is sad that people don't believe in God and communicating with Him. That is one of the reasons I'm serving a mission. I'm confidant that I can do whatever the Lord asks me to do. There is no doubt in my mind about Spanish. I know that one day I will be fluent. With the Lord all things are possible. Also, I know that there is a reason that my companions are from Korea. There is so much I have learned from them and still need to learn from them. My branch president always reminds me of this and that the Lord has great things in store for me. I just need to prepare for them. Also, I know that the temple is SO important. It is such a peaceful place and a place where we can learn so much. The church is SO true. Can you forward this to Dad? I always forget to get his email. I love you all and hope that you have a great week. Thanks for all of your prayers, I really need them.
Love, Hermana Anderson
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