Area: Provo MTC
Companion: Sister Kinder
Bonjour Tout le Monde!!
Things are good here at the MTC. It is really weird that I am half way through. It has been hard but it has been good for me to learn. It took me weeks to convince myself that the food here isn't bad, and then Sister Brown in my district found a grasshopper in her salad. Haha but other than that, the MTC is great. We all love the one day that we get to eat in the temple though. Thank goodness missions aren't about the food :)
A few days ago we had our lesson with Brian, our investigator. He wanted to know about the Plan of Salvation. So we taught him about the pre-earth life. I could tell that he was a little overwhelmed, so I stopped and asked him if he was okay and he said he wanted to continue. So my companion went on to tell him more. Looking back we should have stopped, but we didn't. And he got overwhelmed. He didn't even want to make another appointment. We were so sad.
But yesterday he came by our classroom and told us he had to meet with us again. He had thought lot about out lesson and knew he had to talk with us again because he has been so much more happy recently and knew it is because of what we taught him. I know that as missionaries, especially new missionaries, we are going to make so many mistakes. With the language, and with not wanting to listen to the Spirit because we are excited about teaching. But I was really able to learn that I am teaching people, not only doctrine. And that I really need to learn to really focus on their needs. But I was also able to learn that even when we mess up and our words aren't perfect, we have the Spirit with us to teach, and because of that- people will feel it anyways, and change.
I have a hard time with accepting that I am not perfect. But I keep learning that I am not going to be perfect. And I am starting to be okay with that.
But oh my goodness I bore my testimony in church on Sunday. It was so scary but it was so worth it. It is so weird to do that in another language. I really liked it though and it was nice to hear everyone say super simple things that they knew to be true. Just the simple doctrine. Because that is all that we can say. But the Spirit was still crazy strong.
Funny Moment: The language is way hard. But this week i said a prayer with our investigator and said: "nous te demandons a blesir Brian avec tous les choses dans sa vie." I wanted to say "Please bless Brian with all the things in his life." haha only in french, blesir means to hurt. so I asked to hurt Brian. Definitely am not going to make that mistake again. haha he forgave me though :) haha.
Anyways, I don't have a lot of time this week. Or any week. But I want you all to know that I love you and that i am doing well. I know that this gospel is so true and that it will bring us closer to Christ than anything else. I am so grateful for the opportunity i have to wear His name on my heart. literally. He makes me better every day. This whole mission is about something bigger than myself. I get to go to France, and eat lots of cool things and see lots of cool places, but better, i get to teach people that the end is not the end and that they have an eternal Best Friend in Christ. I literally have the best calling on earth.
a le prochain fois (until next time).
Me and sister johnson. we are on splits so much she is practically my companion, Haha she is the best. and her companion sister brown is in the back. Thats the one that found a bug in her food hahaha.
My Training Leader and I.
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