Last week in USA

 

Monday

I was really looking forward to pday but it ended up not being relaxing at all. We played chair soccer again but missed the ball and I kicked my chair superrrrr hard. It was sister Wilson's birthday so we went to Chipotle and the got Bahama bucks again like. My card WOULD NOT WORK at Ross but luckily I had cash to get the stuff I needed. We then had to go to the library because Elder Ong needed to do FAFSA paper work and Elder Onton needed to download ukulele music haha. Later that night we gave Luis a blessing and he kept saying "tene fe" over and over again haha which just means have faith. 

Tuesday 

We got to teach English class for a couple hours tonight and it was super fun. Even tho I don't know Spanish at all. 

Wednesday 

We helped this family move for like 2 hours and they bought us pizza. Later that night we talked to Rosalba and even tho I didn't know what was being said I could still feel so much love for her and genuinely cared about her which was cool to experience. 

Thursday 

Thursday was a super good day. We visited brother Calmey and he's been struggling with his testimony and his relationship with the savior and just figuring out who he is as a person which is cool because thats stuff that I struggle with but I'm a little farther ahead of him if that makes sense and I felt like I was able to help him. Some members gave us five guys gift cards so we got five guys before the service project and it was sooooo good. The service project was a bunch of gravel in wheel barrels and it felt super nice to lift heavy stuff. Not just calethenics. Later that night we met with Edith and John who have started to be more interested in the church. They are super amazing people and have recognized so many blessings in their life when they try to make and effort to live the gospel. Even tho they are tight on money and she just lost her job they are such happy people and they just told us about all their blessings and how as they try to keep the sabbath day holy they are blessed like how right after she lost her job he got a raise at work and her mom was able to let her take her job for a little because the mom had to stop working for some reason. I felt so good talking to them and they definitely had the light of christ around them and in their home. 

Friday 

Elder Onton and I gave the training on how to invite people to church and help them have a desire to go to church. I've gotten so much better at talking to people and in front of people. I've gotten so much better at spring my testimony and I've gotten a little better at putting my thoughts into words. I'm not good at it at all yet but I'm getting better. 

Saturday 

I've grown such a huge love for personal study. I wish personal study was for 3 hours. We taught this guy named Jason about the book of Mormon. He thinks that no matter what you go to hell if you don't believe in christ even if you never even had the chance to hear about christ then you still go to hell. Even if you were a super good person your whole life you still go to hell for not believing in christ. 

Which is stupid

But he was a very nice guy it was just said that people believe that and I wanted to help him and it was frustrating because I have these feelings of what to share with him but my knowledge is lacking and I couldn't say anything. But we shared our testimonies and it was very powerful and he's going to read the book of Mormon and we fasted for him. 

Oh we got to clean the church and for some reason cleaning the church as a missionary is super fun. Especially when you are In a trio. 

Sunday

I love going to the Spanish ward they are so nice and hilarious. 

I have also loved taking the sacrament. I really encourage you to ponder about the things you can do better while taking the sacrament and truly ponder what your testimony is. 

We helped these people clean their restaurant and the spray they use to get grease off of everything is super strong and it accidentally got on my arm and it totally burnt my arm. 

I don't say like a single thing when we talk to them because they only speak Spanish and after a few times of meeting with them and not saying almost anything he just turned to me and told me to shut up lol. It was pretty funny. Next time he talks to me in English I'm going to say" no hablo ingles."

Anyway super good week. Bye.