"Each of you need to ask for God’s help – his angels
will be with you. The greatest blessings
always come when you think you can't do anymore, but you do anyway. Forget yourself and help other people. Have the desire to serve other people: that will ensure your success."
Pres. Steimle
August 31, 2011
transcript of handwritten letter
Dear Mom and Dad,
I have 30 minutes until dinner
and the end of P-day! I don’t have a lot
to say. I just got back from the
temple. The sessions are always
good. It’s fun to be able to go with my
zone. I really love my district and the
other district in my zone.
I am
learning lots of good things here. I
feel like everyone in my district has a part to play. They’ve definitely had an influence on me. Only 3 weeks more here and then I’ll be
heading for Nicaragua.
I am
struggling with speaking Spanish. My
companion doesn’t want to speak Spanish ever.
So…she doesn’t like it when I speak Spanish. That’s pretty frustrating. But I can speak
Spanish.
I am
so grateful that I get to be in Guatemala and at the CCM. The CCM is fantastic. It’s so small and tight. We get to meet with the President once or
twice a week as a zone. He reads the
(short) letters we write to him and makes comments. Hna. Steimle and Hna Rogers know us all. We had a “½ way” meeting with him – our zone. He told us:
Speak Spanish! Be sin
verguenza! Be a parrot and repeat things
that your Latino friends say. Your last
day in the field, you should be studying some Spanish words. Master your mission language skills in every
way possible. There are 1,000’s of
people who have done this before. Give
it your all! Be focused! Each of you need to ask for God’s help – his angels
will be with you. The greatest blessings
always come when you think you can't do anymore, but you do anyway. Forget yourself and help other people. Have the desire to serve other people: that will ensure your success. It's time for you to decide what kind of
person you want to be. It doesn’t matter
if you’re the district leader or the one who comes to the door every once in a
while for chocolates. We love you all. :)
Hna
Murray and Hna. Hurst are both really sick.
I hope I don’t catch it.
Sometimes at the MTC, I feel like I’m in a prison – just because I’m
inside a lot. Whenever I walk to CRE or the
temple or church I feel so free. I want
to run around and dance. Most of the
time, I restrain myself.
I
don’t think I told you about Elder Falabella comeing to the CCM. We had a devotional. He was way good and I was able to understand
everything – or 85 to 90% if what he said.
He spoke slowly. He told us there
are 3 types of angels – according to the BD or GEE. There are Spirits, Resurrected Beings, and
Mortals. He told us that many people will
see us as angels, and we shouldn’t disappoint them –we should act like
angels. He told us a few small things
that would help us be more successful. D
& C 64:33. He told us this is a
beautiful opportunity to become a better person. Look for hard things to do so you can
grow. A good missionary overcomes all
obstacles.
-Get
the husband in the family involved in the lessons so the whole family can be
together.
-Keep
trying different methods until you succeed.
Like Alma – He tried a different route and was able to find a beautiful
companion—Amulek.
-Find
the right person/member in your barrio to go teach with you. Don’t have a lesson with a corpse
present. Have a lesson with a MEMBER
present.
-Don’t
have shame to speak in Spanish. You
might not speak well, but SPEAK! Do it
anyway.
-Use
the LDM. It has the power to convert people by the Spirit.
Every Sunday we watch church
movies or firesides. We also get taught
by Pres. Steimle or Pres. Rogers.
I Love You! Write me letters – but probably address them
to Nicaragua!
Thanks for all your letters and
emails, I love to read them!
Love, Marybeth
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