He hablado mas espanol en esta semana que todo en mi mision! Y he tenido mas nuevos investigadores tambien!
Newport News. Spanish Branch.
Population: about 30
English speakers: 3 families
Branch Mission Leader: Incredible
Potential: Limitless
I
am so excited to be e-mailing you from Newport News! It has been quite
the week. The work here is incredible. There are an average of 2 new
investigators a week. There are very few progressing, but we will get
there soon! It's amazing. Spanish work is so very very different from
English work. The people are so open and willing to allow you into their
homes. You can actually talk to people! (Pues, not if this is your
first Spanish area and you can't really speak Spanish, but in a very
general sense ;D)
My first day in the
area, of course I was nervous because I haven't spoken much Spanish at
all since the CCM, and even there I wasn't extremely good at it. Pues,
in my first two lessons here I understood almost everything that my
companions and the investigators were saying. Which is a huge deal
because I never have understood Spanish. But I did. Fast forward a few days, and at church I didn't understand hardly anything again.
Wait,
did the gift of tongues leave me? Am I not being righteous enough? Do I
need to pray more? No. What I learned was that God grants us power
according to our needs. I knew nothing first coming here. I needed to
understand. I needed that tender mercy. But if God just gives me that
power, what have I learned? Nothing, of course. I need to be able to
learn and grow and stretch and reach for that strength. I need to rely
on him, but I also need to learn to walk (or in this case, talk).
And
that is what a mission is. That is what life is. It's learning to Walk.
It is learning to Talk. It is learning to Be all those things that God
needs us to be.
And I guess that is what I am excited for most.
Anyway,
I have two companeras otra vez. Hermana Johnson and Hermana Phillipy.
Hna Johnson just finished training and Hna Phillipy has 6 months left
but due to some special circumstances has been out for almost 16 months
(if not more). I am a very fortunate lady. Hna Phillipy is stunning. She
is humble and sweet and so dedicated to the work. I know that if I am
like her by the end of my mission, I can call it a success.
I
don't have much to report on the work here, because, I'll be honest, I
don't know what a lot of people are saying. But I'm getting ready for
it. And I'm learning Spanish as fast as able. Give me a couple of months
and I'll probably feel comfortable having a chat with Uncle Michael and
Danielle! Jaja.
Con Amor,
Hermana Fletcher
PS- The three pictures are my district.
Hnas Fletcher, Phillipy y Johnson
Elderes Smith and Kelly
Hnas Reed and Camps
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