11:41 AM 4-22-13
Ésta semana fue super genial. No
había mucho, pero me siento bien todavía.
Elder S----s y yo encontramos una
investigadora que ya tiene un testimonio del Libro de Mormon, y los profetas.
Cuando era niña, - ahora tiene mas o menos 20 años - ella tocaba el piano en la
primaria, pero su familia se mudó antes de ella podía bautizarse. Su mamá
es miembro, pero es ciega, entonces ella escucha al Libro de Mormon y
discoursos de Conferencia General. Les enseñamos la primera lección y invitamos
a asistir a Domingo. Queremos poner una fecha éste miercoles cuando les
visitamos de nuevo.
Por fin, enseñamos una mujer – P-----ia
- que va a la universidad mucho, entonces era difícil a visitarle porque no
estaba y cuando ella no pudo recibirnos por una cita, nos avisó. Pero nos
encantó eso.
Cuando nos recibió, nosotros
enseñamos del Libro de Mormón. Ella escuchó a todo, y después, nos preguntó de
José Smith. Ella quiere recibirnos por la proxima lección, pero todavía
es difícil encontrarle a su casa.
y yo
pensé en una pregunta por ayuda: ¿Hay algo que puedo estudiar y practicar para
mejorar las preguntas que yo hago? -En adición a de Predicad Mi Evangelio. O
tal vez, ¿Cómo son las preguntas inspiradas? Yo estaba pensando en esa
pregunta durante partes de la semana.
Here’s
the translation from the internet for the previous paragraphs:
This week was super great. Not
much, but I feel good yet.
Elder S----s and I found a
researcher who already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon, and the prophets.
As a child, - now has more or less 20 years - she played piano in elementary
school, but his family moved before she could be baptized. His mother is a
member, but is blind, so she listens to the Book of Mormon and [talks at] General
Conference. We teach the first lesson and invite you to attend on Sunday. We
want to put a date this Wednesday when we visited them again.
Finally, we teach a woman – P-----ia
- who goes to college a lot, so it was hard to see him because he was and when
she failed to meet us for an appointment, we were told. But we loved it.
When we received, we teach the Book
of Mormon. She listened to everything, and then asked Joseph Smith. She wants
to meet us for the next lesson, but it is still difficult to find a home.
And I
thought of a question for help: Is there
anything that I can study and practice to improve the questions I do--In
addition to Preach My Gospel? Or maybe,
how are the questions inspired? I was thinking about that question during parts
of the week.
Blog readers, that question goes to anyone who
can answer it. I´m looking for any improvement I can. Inspired questions...
gotta improve em.
Oh wow! Aw jeah! Pres.
Clark is awesome. He´s been working super hard, so I´m sure he´s getting a lot
of blessings. :o)
"TALL
in Spirituality." They say you reach the greatest heights when
praying on your knees.
Question from Mom: "Do you all have microwaves in your apartments? I just started thinking
about that today and I am curious." Yes we have
microhondas. [microwave ovens]. They're
super chunky and old if you're in an old apartment. The typical view of non
members is that missionaries are spoiled, and that is false. We're super poor in material things, but happy
as can be. That is a physical testimony that lasting happiness doesn't come
from things you buy--Other than Ice Cream. What we want here in
Chile is a blender. We have so many fruits here they're falling out of our
pockets.
So my friend is going to The Arizona Phoenix
Mission… ah que genial [oh that’s great.] Send him with some sunblock for
me and let him know... well... just tell him he's a ginger and I think he'll
understand. I haven't contacted many friends. I'm not really trunky--I love it here. If the work starts getting
boring, I'll let you know.
Yeah. Got the box
justo despues [just after] email time last week. {Mom sent a box to Chile
that took about 6-7 weeks to reach him!}
My companion is
awesome. We laugh about dumb stuff. We both speak English and love the Work.
Looking for those Nuevos Investigadores to teach. Currently we are an
all North American missionary district. If we wanted we could do them entirely in
English.
Fun Chilean Fact:
A lot of people add -ITO to the end of a lot of nouns, making it
"Just a little" one of whatever they're saying. Un vasITO de agua.
Just a little glass. Un Pedazito de una bebidita.... it often gets so
ridiculously small that you can't even understand what they're talking about
when you smash all the words together and take out all the little “itos” and “itas.”
Oh, and the
conjugation thing here is pretty funny too. The vosotros (talking to a
group of friends/family) form of a verb ends in -ais or -eis. Like
"Cómo estáis?" as in "How ya'll doin'?" instead of
"How are you all" when you're being formal. As missionaries, we're
always being formal, but the Chilenos use the Vosotros form of -ais, but just
chop off the letter S, which makes "¿Hola, Cómo estái?". You would
think they are talking to a group of familiar friends, but no, they're talking
specifically to one person. I often get the feeling I'm supposed to look
behind me for the group of friends they supposedly have, hand ready for a bunch
of shaking, but nope. Just me. Did I mention that this applies to every verb?
They often ask "¿Entendí?" which literally translated is
"Did I understand? " [get it?] but really they're speaking Chilean and asking
"Did you understand?". But it's alright. Eventually I'll get
used to it and stop laughing every time that it's so confusing.
Honestly stated, I
love these people, and it's been so easy since the start. Heavenly Father
really knows what He's doing, because this place is perfect for me. Even the fleas have started to leave me alone.
I think it's because I've started using bug spray and the stuff you sent.
Flea collars around the bedposts too. Oh and I killed one flea with the soap and
water in a dinner plate with light on top of it method. Super satisfied after that.
Okay, Now I'm going to write something about those
pictures I sent last week.
