This week was really neat because my companion and I have been able to teach 2 really great investigators! The lady from Peru I mentioned last week and a lady from El Salvador! I love them both so much! It has been fun to listen to the different dialects of Spanish and to converse with them. They are both so patient with us new missionaries learning Spanish. They laugh with us when we mess up, help us conjugate words correctly and listen carefully to us as we testify of the love our Savior has for them.
My new teacher is from Peru and she is such an angel! She is learning English at BYU right now so classes are really cool! She is learning English as we are learning Spanish and it works really well! She knows that it is hard to learn another language as she is currently learning English so that she can teach us Spanish. I admire her for that.
New update on the elevator adventures. Not only does jumping break the elevators (as our zone figured out last week), but so does sticking your hand out to keep the doors open. We got an email saying that if you try to stop the elevator doors from closing, they won't open back up at the bottom of the shaft! I'm not sure if someone got their hand stuck figuring that one out but I think I'll stick with the stairs from now on haha.
So Hombre Araña means spider man and the spider men here are superheros that wash the windows! My favorite thing to do outside is watch the window washers repel as they clean the already spotless windows. From far away they look like spider men because you can't see their harnesses and they look like they're free climbing. I realized that they are the same 3 men working everyday who are so diligent in their work, even if it seems like what they are doing is not making much of a difference at times. They teach me to be diligent in the work and to make that diligence a habit. I know there will be hard days ahead and diligence is going to help me through those hard days when it seems like what I am doing is not making much of a difference. Every little thing makes that much of a difference as small things build to make great things happen.
Miracles:
This week I have really felt my purpose as a missionary and to put all of my trust into the hands of Christ. It is really interesting to see how Satan works here. So many missionaries have been getting injured, reassigned, becoming ill and dealing with other various things to sway their faith of serving at this time in their lives. It is amazing to me to see how these missionaries around me push trough their trials and keep going to work everyday because they love their Savior and they are here to serve him no matter what the adversary throws at them.
I know that I am supposed to be here at this time. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve and to see this work progress each and everyday.
I love you all!
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