Here you can read all the experiences Heather shares with us from her LDS mission in Cusco, Peru. If you wish to contact her, look on the side for her address. Enjoy!!!
Ahh so good to hear from all of you! Clark, I understood most of your e-mail and I was very proud of myself. Aunt Phyl, thanks so much for e-mailing me! I was so grateful to have you help me pack! It was the best!
I got the suitcase thank you SO MUCH! I will be mailing mine back sometime later today so you should get my broken one soon. And I got your package last night mom so thanks so much again :) OH and I am not allowed to listen to any music whatsoever here, so I can't tell you if my speakers are working well or not. I know, it is a real bummer. But I think I will be able to in my mission.
Wow, it has been such a great week. Yesterday was fun because new missionaries arrived at the MTC and now I was the one saying "hi welcome to the MTC!" and in my head thinking you will probably take ibprofen tonight for your headache...but welcome ;) Oh and I saw Chantel Ouimette yesterday at dinner and also Elder Cook (andy?) it was way fun to see them. And I got two new roommates. And one of them was one of my counselors in my Relief Society Presidency up at BYU-I--which was AWESOME. So we're having a lot of fun catching up.
Oh and Mom, so far my travel plans are to leave the MTC on the 24th of August for Peru.
So we just finished teaching our first "investigator" yesterday. It was a great learning experience. I have learned so much about teaching, about myself, about the language, and about the Spirit this week it has been really great. Our lesson we taught two days ago was on the atonement, and we didn't prepare much for it--we just decided we would go in there and let the Spirit direct us. We had prepared a couple of questions and scriputres to share, but other than that--not much. I was worried about my Spanish. But let me tell you--it was the best lesson I have taught thus far. We taught another lesson yesterday and it didn't go as well because we didnt' rely as much on the Spirit. I learned a great lesson. I am still worried about Spanish, but not as much as a couple days ago. I still don't understand half of what our investigator says, cause he talks super fast. Usually I can catch a few words that put into context tell me what he is saying. Sometimes he will ask me a question and I will just pause and stare--because I have no idea what he just asked me! :) But if I ask him to repeat it, I can usually get it. It is so crazy! There was a point where the language was really frustrating me and I just wondered if I would ever get it. One day my teacher said he felt inspired to share a scripture with us--it was in D&C 105:35-37. It was perfect. I have been called and chosen for this, and I can be at peace and know as I follow the counsel I have received I will be given the power to accomplish the things I will need to. It was a powerful lesson to me.
OH and last night we practiced giving the invitation to baptize--it feels really cool to ask that question. The Spirit is so strong. We practiced it in English, but soon we will do it in Spanish. I have memorized the missionary purpose in spanish, but our president also wants us to memorize D&C 4 in spanish, so I am working on that. :)
I met my branch president for the first time this week. His wife is a native Spanish speaker from TEXAS :) She is super cute. They have been all over Peru, so they were really excited to hear that we were going there. They had a lot of stories to tell us. We have to prepare a talk in Spanish for Sunday, and we won't know who is speaking until they tell us that day. Ahh! :)The firesides here are awesome awesome AWESOME! It is super cool to hear 2,000 or so missionaries sing Called to Serve, or The Spirit of God. The speaker this last week was Elder Merril Bateman, and he gave an excellent talk on faith. It was really inspiring.
Well, I hate the little timer thing on the top of the screen. But I have 10 seconds left. Until next time
Ahh so good to hear from all of you! Clark, I understood most of your e-mail and I was very proud of myself. Aunt Phyl, thanks so much for e-mailing me! I was so grateful to have you help me pack! It was the best!
ReplyDeleteI got the suitcase thank you SO MUCH! I will be mailing mine back sometime later today so you should get my broken one soon. And I got your package last night mom so thanks so much again :) OH and I am not allowed to listen to any music whatsoever here, so I can't tell you if my speakers are working well or not. I know, it is a real bummer. But I think I will be able to in my mission.
Wow, it has been such a great week. Yesterday was fun because new missionaries arrived at the MTC and now I was the one saying "hi welcome to the MTC!" and in my head thinking you will probably take ibprofen tonight for your headache...but welcome ;) Oh and I saw Chantel Ouimette yesterday at dinner and also Elder Cook (andy?) it was way fun to see them. And I got two new roommates. And one of them was one of my counselors in my Relief Society Presidency up at BYU-I--which was AWESOME. So we're having a lot of fun catching up.
Oh and Mom, so far my travel plans are to leave the MTC on the 24th of August for Peru.
So we just finished teaching our first "investigator" yesterday. It was a great learning experience. I have learned so much about teaching, about myself, about the language, and about the Spirit this week it has been really great. Our lesson we taught two days ago was on the atonement, and we didn't prepare much for it--we just decided we would go in there and let the Spirit direct us. We had prepared a couple of questions and scriputres to share, but other than that--not much. I was worried about my Spanish. But let me tell you--it was the best lesson I have taught thus far. We taught another lesson yesterday and it didn't go as well because we didnt' rely as much on the Spirit. I learned a great lesson. I am still worried about Spanish, but not as much as a couple days ago. I still don't understand half of what our investigator says, cause he talks super fast. Usually I can catch a few words that put into context tell me what he is saying. Sometimes he will ask me a question and I will just pause and stare--because I have no idea what he just asked me! :) But if I ask him to repeat it, I can usually get it. It is so crazy!
There was a point where the language was really frustrating me and I just wondered if I would ever get it. One day my teacher said he felt inspired to share a scripture with us--it was in D&C 105:35-37. It was perfect. I have been called and chosen for this, and I can be at peace and know as I follow the counsel I have received I will be given the power to accomplish the things I will need to. It was a powerful lesson to me.
OH and last night we practiced giving the invitation to baptize--it feels really cool to ask that question. The Spirit is so strong. We practiced it in English, but soon we will do it in Spanish. I have memorized the missionary purpose in spanish, but our president also wants us to memorize D&C 4 in spanish, so I am working on that. :)
I met my branch president for the first time this week. His wife is a native Spanish speaker from TEXAS :) She is super cute. They have been all over Peru, so they were really excited to hear that we were going there. They had a lot of stories to tell us. We have to prepare a talk in Spanish for Sunday, and we won't know who is speaking until they tell us that day. Ahh! :)The firesides here are awesome awesome AWESOME! It is super cool to hear 2,000 or so missionaries sing Called to Serve, or The Spirit of God. The speaker this last week was Elder Merril Bateman, and he gave an excellent talk on faith. It was really inspiring.
Well, I hate the little timer thing on the top of the screen. But I have 10 seconds left. Until next time
Hermana Lindsey