I have arrived!
My heart is full! I can't even explain how strong the spirit is here! My favorite part of the day is in the morning and night when you see ALL the missionaries walking to their classes or back home!
Last week we had our first investigator and we had to preach in ESPANOL!!My companion and I sort of freaked out, but we knew everything would work out. We wrote everything down on a piece of paper so that we knew what we were saying and once we started teaching the lesson she asked questions and everything we wrote down was basically useless. ha ha
BUT we understood about 90 percent of what she was saying and the spirit prompted me so strong to say all these things, and I kept holding back because I couldn't say it in Spanish, but eventually I HAD TO LET IT OUT! I shared as much as I could in Spanish and spoke the rest in English and even though she didn't understand one word I said the spirit was SO strong (like legit unreal) and we were all in tears!
THE SPIRIT SPEAKS IN ALL LANGUAGES! IT WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE!!!
She later wrote to our teacher that we were amazing missionaries! My companion and I jumped for joy! FYI this investigator is fake . . . but she didn't know any English. ha ha
My companion is VERY DIFFERENT from me. Still love her though! She tends to be very sassy to the Elders, she isn't girly and doesn't like pictures. OR HUGS! WHO DOESNT LIKE HUGS?!?!?! ha ha Hugs must be a Rogers thing. Although we are different, I know that the Lord placed us together for a reason because we are great companions and build each other up so much!
I have learned so much here and its only been a week!! We study ALL DAY!! It's very different.
The spirit is so strong here and we are all striving to meet the same goals and become the best missionaries we can!
One of my favorite scriptures is 1 nephi 17:50-51
And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do all things I could do them. If he should command me that I should say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if I should say it, it would be done.
51 And now, if the Lord has such great power, and has wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannot instruct me, that I should build a ship?
I love this because it is difficult learning the Spanish here. You get frustrated with yourself A LOT. But a guy in my district shared this message with me: "I have been called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Lord has such great power and has wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannot bless us with the gift of tongues?" - Elder Trent
YOU GUYS!! THE BOOK OF MORMON IS SO TRUE! READ IT! LOVE IT AND DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am out of time and I wish I could say so much more!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!
Hermana Rogers