Week 3: Mi primero robo (My First Robbery)

HOLA

Wow this week so hard. Super stressed out trying to learn Spanish. 

Brynn with her District

Me and Hermana Banks got 2 new investigators this week!! It has been good to teach by the spirit and not using a script that I wrote before ahaha! I love when I have plans to teach one lesson, but then we get in there and we listen to the needs of the individual and the lesson plan totally goes out the window!! It is the best because we know we are teaching something that the person will benefit from! 

So much studying Spanish

Me and Hermana Banks have been doing "English fasts" every couple of days. We refuse to speak English to each other all day and if we need something in English we have to use a dictionary and figure it out!! It made the days really hard but it has been benefiting our Spanish! 

Temple Grounds

This week we got to go street contacting WITH REAL PEOPLE!!!! It was the coolest experience because we got to talk to the people of Guatemala and teach them the restoration on the fly!! We got to contact 6 people and teach them about what we believe in!! It was the first time I did not have to translate English to Spanish in my head!! The words just came and I said what I needed to say! We also had our first rejection!! We introduced ourselves and all she would say to us is "Satanás" hahahah (that is Satan in español) 

Brynn with the MTC Mission President

On Sunday I got to share my testimony to my branch! It was such a good to practice español! It went something like "Hola! Mi nombre es Hermana Salisbury. Soy de California, y mi mision es Retalhuleu Guatemala. Yo se que Padre Celestial y jesucristo es amoroso. Yo se que jesucristo es mi salavador y nuestros salvador. Yo se que José Smith es un profeta de Dios. Yo se que el don de lingues es verdadero y yo se que español es muy dificil para mi pero yo se que jesucristo ayudarme todas los días. En el nombre de Jesucristo Amen."

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Anyways on Sunday night my camera got stolen out of my room. We know that someone went in there but we cannot identify who. What we do know is it was a Latina and they left this morning for their mission, so I hope she enjoys my camera on the mission!!! I am surprisingly handling it super well, and at this point I just feel bad that a missionary would be willing to steal for a camera. 

Even though this was a rough week for me I know that all this hard work will pay off. It is time to forget my personal problems and get to work. I feel so blessed to be taking part in such a sacred work. I cannot wait for the weeks ahead and all the other trials ahead that will help me grow into the person Heavenly Father knows I can be. Love you all! 

Con amor, 

Hermana Salisbury