Helllloooo Everybody!
Well, this week was exhausting. You know in 1 Nephi 1 when Lehi gets home from preaching and just crashes into bed? That's pretty much an everyday occurrence here on the mission. But it's all good! We wake up in the morning and work out and get energy and make it through the day! It's great how it all works out :)
Well, the fun thing to explain this week was that Sis. Behr is not going to learn Spanish. That's not what she was called to do. She's still an English missionary, and of course she'll pick up Spanish, but it's totally up to her to learn whatever she wants. I had to explain that to a couple of the Spanish speaking people, because they were telling her about all these ways to learn, and that she'll pick it up in no time, and that she needs to do this and this and this. So I really had to tell them that it's just going to me teaching for a while. That was a little hard. And kinda a realization for me. Sis Behr is great, and is supporting me in any way I can, but in most of the Spanish lessons, she just has to sit there, not knowing what's going on, and feeding of the spirit, instead of actually understanding what people are saying. She says that doesn't frustrate her, but I'd be a little frustrated.
Our date set, Victoria, is being very flaky, and it's not so fun. But I need to keep reminding myself that as long as I'm doing what I'm suppose to, she'll have her chance to choose, I can't choose for her. We set a date with an English investigator, Jade. But! Later that day she texted us saying she talked to her grandma, who thinks she should wait. She was SOOO excited when we told her she could be baptized in 2 weeks, so we need to help her remember that. Another investigator, Michael, that we didn't really think would progress too quickly came to church yesterday! But we went to the Spanish ward, so we didn't get to talk to him about it. I'm excited to see him and see what he thinks about it
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Everyone else is just trucking along, not progressing too quickly. Rosa and Jose need to understand that baptism is just the beginning, not the end goal. Emilio doesn't have desires to do much right now, and the Moreno's know it's true, but haven't done much to show it. This transfer has for sure been humbling, and slow, but I know that I have a lot to learn still. I know that I'm just an instrument in His hands, and whatever He needs me to do, I can do. It's easy to lose track of the big picture, and we have to remind ourselves of it all the time. I use to have a hard time believing that I'm a missionary, that I represent Jesus Christ. It's still hard to believe sometimes, but this transfer has helped a lot with that. I know that the only reason I am here and doing all this crazy stuff is because I am a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I represent Jesus Christ. This is the best job in the world, and also maybe the hardest. But I'm forever grateful to be here, and to see how it affects the rest of my life :)
Vayan con Dios!
Les quiero :)
Hermana Despain
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