7/3/15
Hey everyone!! I can’t believe it has been a week and a
half! It hasn't felt like that long. But
some days feel like they
take forever! This one day literally felt like it took a week. But
all in all
time is flying.
I’m becoming much better at
Spanish. Es muy deficil pero me encanto mucho mucho mucho. It’s
hard but I love it. So last Friday we had our first lesson and it went so
bad I thought about making a break for it as we went back to the dorm
room. It was so bad. We couldn't understand a lick of what he was
saying and we couldn't say anything to him. He eventually pulled out his
phone on us and was just like playing a game or something. It was
rough. We felt so discouraged. But the next day our lesson with him went
better, not great but better. After teaching him for a week we invited
him to be baptized and he accepted. He only accepted our invitation and
one other companionship invitation. Then yesterday in the afternoon we
were told we would have a new teacher and guess who it was.....It was our
investigator. We knew he was already a member but we didn't think he
would be our teacher! So yesterday he talked a lot about things we need
to work on but also a lot about how thankful he was for us because he was
basing the role of investigator off of his friend who he wasn't to share the
gospel with. He said we gave him some good ideas on what could actually
help his friend. He thanked us so much for the time we put in to learn
the language so that we could help him. He said it meant a lot and that
to a real investigator it would mean a lot too. He then taught us about
our purpose as a missionary and it helped me a lot!! As an investigator
he was hard but it helped me to learn and grow.
We are also teaching another man named
Marco. He is from Peru and is awesome!! I don’t know if he is a
member or not but I really enjoy talking to him. Yesterday we went into a
lesson with him planning on teaching about the restoration but the spirit had
other plans for the lesson. It was hard but my companion and I listened
to the spirit and asked the questions that he needed to think about. We
ended up extending an invitation to be baptized and he said that if he comes to
know that this is true he will be. We then asked him to read the intro,
and witness of José Smith and to pray about our message to him. I think
our next lesson will be on el Libro de Mormon, but we will see where the spirit
takes it.
The food here is killing
me haha. They feed us so much and then we just sit. We study for more
time than we sleep at this point. It’s hard to stay focused for so
long. We literally have blocks of 4 to 5 hours of nothing but classes and
studying. But we need the time to learn and grow. I have already
felt my testimony grow. I always had a hard time recognizing the spirit
before now but I’m becoming much more sensitive to its promptings. It is
still hard to recognize at times but it’s much easier now. I’m trying to
upload pictures but I’m having a hard time doing it at the current
moment.
It is so pretty here. I can’t
get over the view of the mountains!! I want to go to school
here!!!!!! It just feels like the right place. I have so much more
to tell but the time flies. I love you all so much! I know that the
Lord is my savior. I know that with the Lords help this next two years won’t
be easy, but it will be worth it.
Elder Pachner III
Chase couldn't download a picture but Madison saw him again. Her is her picture of him.
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