Hi All,
My Spanish is ok. Mexicans talk funny. People say I have a Puerto Rican accent. haha. I can usually understand most the things they're saying. But usually it's hard to tell in what context they're talking about you know? I don't know all those past tense/participle/blah blah --ia aba, iaba idk--all that stuff I'm learning. I gotta remember though that I'm super new. Most missionaries have said it's taken them 4 to 5 transfers to be able to be involved and stuff in lessons. I help teach and bare testimony and stuff. But there are just words I don't know.
Baring testimony is the most powerful thing though. Especially for me, cause it has to be super simple and plain. But that's how the gospel is. Like what Nephi says "my soul delights in plainness" And in plainness is how God works, and how the Holy Ghost works in us. When my companion stops talking and it's my turn to say something..hah... sometimes I do this: most of the time I have no idea at all what I'm going to say. So I just wait. Everyone is staring at me, and I’m not saying anything. haha--if you can picture this it's really awkward and feels like forever. But it's not. It's really not that long--if we can just be patient and really wait and listen to what the Spirit wants us to say--and not necessarily what our minds and our reasoning wants to say, then, we'll say exactly what they need to hear. So that's something I'm trying to do and work on. It feels so weird to just sit and be silent for a bit. It feels like hours! but it's probably only 3-5 seconds. In those few seconds, we're receptive to the Spirit. And it's happened. I'll say something I never would've thought I'd say. And it'll be very simple and plain. But later on my companion will tell me I said everything PERFECTLY.
I'm very thankful for the Holy Ghost is my life. It had been missing in my life a ways back. It's hard to explain how it feels exactly. But I can say that I feel more complete and optimistic. Estoy muy agradecido por toda mi familia. Gracias mama por tu ejemplo en mi vida. Eres la mujer mas fuerte que conozco. Tengo gracias por todas mis experiencias, malo y bueno. Por que con los, soy lo que soy hoy dia. Estoy agradecido por mis maestros en colegio y mis entrenadores tambien. Pienso de mis entrenadores muchisimo. Gracias por todas sus oraciones.
Hasta Luego bye,
--Elder Lewis
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