Well, yesterday we taught an "investigator" for the first time in Spanish. I didn't understand anything that my companion and he talked about. I was pretty disappointed, because I had been speaking really well in practice. The problem is when the investigator talks to us... ha ha. Today we taught him for the second time and this time I understood most of what we talked about, and I was able to communicate a lot of my thoughts to him. Whenever I get discouraged with my Spanish, I have to remind myself that I knew none before, and I've been here for 4 days. I know I can do it and I know the Lord has been and will continue to help me be the best Spanish speaking missionary I can be. My companion has been helping me a lot and I have been improving quite a bit. Every night my head hurts because of all the studying.
I know that serving a mission is what I should be doing and I know that I will receive much help from God. I mostly just need to be patient with myself. This is very hard, just like Dad said, and I'm really grateful for his letter. After tomorrow, I can only write letters/emails on P-Day, so I won't be able to write again until Friday. However, I can receive and read letters every day.
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