Its been a bit of a rainyer week (Is rainyer a word? it doesn't look right but it sounds right...) but work is going muy bien. hermana Young and I get along super well and she is very fun. Even though I'm with another Yankee companion, my Spanish is getting a lot better. I now understand everything people yell to us in the streets, all the crazy things people say to us, and rants people say in lessons. One thing about Argentines is that they are TALKERS. They love love love to talk. I have learned to love to listen. a lot.
Yesterday at church, we had 3 random people came in (this story is an example how my Spanish is still a little shaky). I asked who they were (wondering if they were members because they were dressed very nicely) and I heard them say they were studying something from Santa Fe. That didn't really answer my question, but I took them in to Sunday School class with us. They were asking very good questions and I started to think 2 of them weren't members but the other was, because he recognized I was a missionary and kinda understood what I did. Then in sacrament meeting, they were asking more and more questions, ones that I knew a member would already know so I knew they weren't members. As they were leaving, I quickly asked Hermana Young who exactly they were. Turns out they were studying to be priests for another faith so they came to our church to take a look at what we practice more. I was glad I didn't know that because I would've been WAY more scared answering their questions, but I really appreciated that they came to the meeting to see what we actually do. They then asked us if we could come to their school and talk to more of their priests. yaaa....ill let you know if that happens. I hope they don't call us to actually do it. I would be scared out of my mind.
I don't really know what to talk about. We taught awesome lessons this week, we contacted a lot and are getting a lot better at learning how to teach people right away and invite them to read and be baptized right away too. I realized I constantly think about my investigators. I dream about them every night, during the day we talk about what we can do for them, we make up situations like "what if so and so got baptized and then they started dating so and so who also got baptized and then they got married in the temple..." haha ohh life is fun being in the middle of a Spanish soap opera.
Maybe I'll just share this one quick last story. This week we had to drop one investigator which I was very sad to drop. We taught her this lesson called "OLA" and talked about the importance of reading the scriptures, praying, and going to church (Orar, Leer, y Asistir). After we taught it she said "that is just way too much for me to do. Life is just easier when I don't have to worry about those things and just do what I want." I was getting frustrated and we asked her "Well, are you happy right now in life?" she said no, but she still didn't want to make the effort to start praying and reading and going to church. After I left, it really made me think a lot. Yes, she is right. It isn't easy to do the things for this church. Its a huge sacrifice. Even though those things sound easy, how many times have we opted out of saying a prayer because we are too comfortable in our beds? how many times did we miss scripture reading because we were too busy or tired? how often has coming to church been too inconvenient? way more than we realize. But I KNOW the blessings we get from showing God our faith and working to strengthen our testimony in Him will bless us. We will live lives more happier than we could even possibly comprehend. God never said this life would be easy, or that the Gospel is easy to live; but He did say it would be worth it. I hope someday Zulma can realize that. I feel so sad she made that decision. She was an awesome investigator and I know she knows its true.
Well I love you all. I hope you can take that message to heart and know that sometimes what God asks us to do isn't easy, but it is always worth it.
Chau Chau
Hermana Collins
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