September 7, 2010

My PERFECT Family,

Well, this week has been great and new and interesting! I am training....and the Lord has blessed me to train a native spanish speaker!!!! She is initially from Chile, but she is fluent in English too because she and her fam have lived in Utah for like 5 years, and then she went to BYU. Her name is Hermana Becca Lopez. (Hermana Lopez to me). She is fun and I am loving training her....but this is of course a little bit different than a regular training situation....because I am NOT FLUENT. There have been a couple of really interesting things that have happened as a result of my new training experience....

The first day of training her I was shocked into the realization of the situation that I am now in when during the lesson. She went off in the conversation...and I lost it for a second not being able to catch every word, because I was with 2 natives, and when I got back into the conversation I realized that she was describing the translation of the Bof M and how Oliver Cowdry was the scribe and among other things... AHHHHHHHH!!!!

This week we had a member of the 70 come and give us a WONDERFUL training! The AP's asked me to give a talk at this and I was nervous since there was a member of the 70 there.....but I did it and I felt really good about it....and then he referred to my talk (which was on obedience) several times throughout his training. This was also good for my greenie because several times throughout his training he said things that I had said to her (exactly the same way) in my attempts to train her this week. She commented about that and that I really did know my stuff out here....so I think that it will work out well for us.

I am loving the mission!!!!! I really am. I am used to the life out here now, and although it is true that the Lord never lets us "Stay comfortable" I am super happy with the new responsibilities that I am having to take on. I am loving it. I love working harder and harder....it makes everything better. I also know that with my new and wonderful comp I am going to be learning alot more spanish! (even though it is frustrating at times!) I am utlizing her fluency a lot and she is great! I am learning a lot and I have the goal to become fluent, and I have prayed for that a lot and I know that is why the Lord gave me hermana Lopez.

I love you all so much! You are all everything to me and I love you! Write me!

Love Forever, Hermana McDonald