I have been teaching lessons in spanish since week 1 :P i have just kinda started to get better at it a couple weeks ago. I had a pretty rough day yesterday speaking in spanish, not sure why, its probably because i hardly know anything. I can listen and understand what they are saying but i still have difficulty with sharing a personal experience or story. I can teach the lessons easily, but that is not what i am called to do, i am called to teach people not lessons.
In my journal count i have been a missionary for 46 days, and been in the MTC for 43. I only have 2 and a half weeks left! It seems to fly by so fast. I constantly tell the younger elders and districts that we are all they same. I am hardly "experienced", maybe "experienced" in the MTC i guess now that i think about it. But in 2 and a half weeks i will be come the new elder, and feel like i have no clue what is going on. but all is well!!!
I have had some neat experiences with the new elders that have come in. Being in the position i am in, they come to me and my companion a lot. We had one elder that got really really homesick and couldnt/wouldnt/didnt feel like eating food. He met with us (this is where i believe in companionship, i have not been homesick at all, i love you all very much, but i don't miss you like crazy. My companion struggled the first few weeks with homesickness and i just loved him and made him feel like he was at home) anyways back to the story, My companion was able to empathize with the elder and i was able to love the elder, we gave some advice to his companions and then we also reminded him that he could always receive a blessing of comfort. He asked for one and we had the wonderful opportunity to exercise our priesthood responsibilities. We had a really neat experience.
I will review the week The rest of Thursday was a wonderful experience. Similar to the one i just explained, After writing home we had our personal study, and i could tell something was bothering my companion, so after about 30 min into our study i asked him if all was well. He mentioned that he was having some difficulty receiving an answer and knowing if the answer he had got was the right answer. He said that he kept getting different answers every day. We spent the rest of the time discussing our thoughts on the idea. (I think we have all been in that situation multiple times). He also asked for a blessing of comfort. We had a very special time together. I love the power of the priesthood, and the connection it brings us with our Heavenly Father. Throughout the week i can see how him and myself have learned how to find answers when in that situation. Friday was great! nothing too special.
I think i invited you to read the book of Mormon with a question in mind if not, i am about to. Take about 2 min before you read, think of any question you want to know, then say a specific prayer asking for help to receive an answer while reading the book of Mormon, then read. You WILL get an answer, i know it. Read with patience, diligence and intent and the answer will come.
On Saturday I had an interesting experience (David might be able to relate) We had a substitute teacher for one of our classes. He is from Mexico and he wanted to play the "i'll ask a question and you have to guess what i'm thinking game" it was rather annoying, and if you got it wrong he would flat out say no (he justified it by saying it was the "latin culture" to be completely honest) Needless to say, it was a long 4 hours. He kept saying things about the "latin culture" and how "we" dont like this or that. It seemed to go against with everything that dad had told me, He said they didnt like when we tried to mimic their accent or talk like they do. etc. But here is the lesson learned. My companion and i both felt the same way, so we both said multiple prayers during and after to have patience and charity for him. We had him again on Monday and we actually felt the spirit and we learned some important methods for teaching. So prayer works. I can understand how David didnt get along with all his native companions, i hope the Argentine people are different then his "definition".
Sunday was excellent, the fireside was by elder stephen b allen and i loved it (he spoke before and it was just as good). Tuesday was a regular day. I do have one thing i want to share. During my personal meditation time i dont know why (the weather must have been really nice, and the mountains were pretty that day) but i am grateful for Gods creations! So i give all of you permission to go somewhere where it is not hot, and go camping (i recommend going somewhere not hot, or it will not be enjoyable). The temple reopened this week so i got to go again this week. I was very grateful even though it has been 3-4 weeks, it feels like an eternity since i could go, i loved it! I will miss going every week. It truly is a blessing to have a temple so close. Wednesday was the rough day. I had a lot of difficulty speaking spanish i dont know why but i did. It also happened to be the day that we taught the most lessons! i was getting pretty down on myself, but later i remember the advice given and all the support i am receiving from my family!! Thank you family! Continue to encourage sherry to send me packages. i love them! I am grateful for all you do, i love you very much. Padre, yo sé que tengo un buen semana, llena con el espíritu y gozo. os quiero mucho. adios
Amor,
Elder Rowse
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