"I am glad to hear that my name will become a vain repetition in
Scotty's prayers. "
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Hola Familia!
I am at the MTC. Mom I think I
might have Cheryl's license and zoo thing in my camera case. I will look
today and send it to her if I do. Sorry Cheryl! Thank you for all
the good letters and emails. It took me four minutes to read the emails -
I sped read them - so I will have lots of time to respond. Hopefully I
can read them again before I get logged off the computer. My companions
are Hermana Murray and Hermana Neighbor. They are both great. I really
love them. I haven't been sick or homesick at all this week. So
don't worry about me. I mean I haven't been sick since getting to the
MTC. We have taught a "progressing investigator" three times
already in Spanish. We figured out that he is actually going to be our
other teacher - haha. He only speaks Spanish to us and doesn't understand
us if we say a word in English. so... that has been...fun :) We
started teaching him on Friday. CRAZY!!! We watched a video of him
explaining who he was and what questions he had about the church and then we
prepared a lesson for him based off of that. We memorized some phrases in
Spanish and taught him about the restoration. He asked us why the gospel
made us happy and we were all able to answer him even though we had only really
learned to pray, bear our testimony, and about three other sentences. I
felt the Spirit really strongly and I was so amazed at the things I was able to
say. I told him that the gospel brings me happiness because families can
be together forever. I asked him about his son, Shoney, (Lloni?) and told
him that they could be together as a family even after death. I could not
believe what I was able to say. I'm SURE it wasn't perfect, but he
understood me, and I think he felt the spirit, so that is good. His name
is Rigoberto, but we're all pretty sure that Rigoberto actually attends BYU and
is going to be teaching us in a few weeks. haha One of my
companions has been sick, so we weren't able to go to choir, but we plan on
going in the future. My district is really great. The elders in my
district are really sincere people who want to learn and study and be
awesome. However, we sometimes get distracted about other things and talk
too much. We eat together and have a good time. Before I forget -
Mom can you forward this to Mary Katherine? Look on my gmail and send it
to her gmail account. I love you Mary Katherine!!!! Thanks so much
for your letter. I have gotten a lot of mail since getting here and I
feel really blessed. I got a dear elder from Mom, a letter from Mom, a
letter from Cher and the kids, a letter from Doug, a letter from Sarah Cotton,
one from Rachelle Romney and all the emails. Sorry if I forgot
someone. I love hearing from you all. I loved the pictures
Mom. And I loved the scripture you wrote for me, Cheryl. Thank you
thank you thank you! If you can, send me snail mail or a dear
elder. I get them faster and throughout the week instead of just on
P-day. I am so grateful for the mail. It really makes my day.
I love you guys a lot.
The elders in my
district are going to Long Beach, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Hermana Murray
is going to Honduras, and Hermana Neighbor is going to Guatemala. Can you
tell Sue that Elder Garfield is in my district and he's awesome?! He's a
really good guy. He lived at the Clark's house for several months - one of
Ben's roommates :)
Oh happy birthday Doug! and
Paul and Dani pretty soon! I hope they are/were fantastic.
Doug- I am glad to hear that my name will become a vain repetition in
Scotty's prayers. I would feel privileged to be right up there with the
Christmas tree and presents. haha.
Last night
we had a devotional by an emeritus general authority Dennis Simmons and his
wife. He talked about how it doesn't matter what got you to the
mission. what matters is: what are you going to do about it
now. He talked about having patience - which is enduring faith. He
said that missions are the most wonderful, awesome thing, and that we should
take advantage of the opportunity to sanctify ourselves. He told us that
we can become something awesome if we work hard. I've already been here a
week - only two more! and I need to take advantage of this time to study
the gospel and the language.
They have a new curriculum
at the MTC that is focused on helping missionaries learn the things they need
for right now. In other words - not a lot of explicit grammar at
first. They have a little red book that has verb conjugations, a little
dictionary (mostly missionary vocab) and an awesome section at the front that
outlines every subpoint of every lesson with vocab lists too. So, there
is a page called The Gospel Blesses families. And under that it has four
sentences in English that explain that in more detail with Spanish
translations. They have a couple of optional endings for sentences so you
can form a few different sentences. Then they have a list of vocab.
I have been memorizing the sentences in English and Spanish. Hermana
Murray has been sick, so I have been doing a lot of studying at home. Yesterday
Hermana Neighbor and I were about to go crazy so we walked around our dorm and
talked about ourselves for a while and then quizzed each other on vocab.
I know a lot of the things they teach us. But I have learned how to pray and
bear my testimony, so that has been awesome. I have also been able to practice
a lot. I have learned a lot. I don't feel bored in class. It
is so nice to be able to go to the field to exercise. I've played frisbee
and volleyball and that has been so fun. I never see the sun at the MTC,
so it's nice to get out. REALLY NICE. Well, I have three minutes
and I'm going to try to re-read some emails. I love you all so much and I
am so grateful for all the letters and emails you send me! Hopefully
you got my snail mail letter already mom. Yo sé que José Smith es un
profeta verdadero y yo sé que Dios es Nuestro Padre Celestial.
Love, love, love!
Hermana Tew. (I love
being called Hermana)
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