A Missionary's Work: I'm a Translator

1/2/2017

Catch The Rainbow

Hey everyone!

Taste The Rainbow

This week was great and filled with joyous work! I will have to say, having to teach in two languages is hard, mainly because of the transition from English to Tagalog. So what happened was at one appointment that we had, the husband of the sister is visiting and he's Indian. So because he doesn't know Tagalog, and is pretty fluent in English, I taught the lesson in English then Tagalog. And when Sister Vanessa commented and gave a life experience, where prayer was important, I would translate to English. Now, I'm not fluent, not even close, but somehow it worked out amazingly! Plus, I'm sure he feels lonely since everyone he's surrounded by is ok in English but not fluent one bit, so he's my new friend.

Other than that, we've been working, working, working and finding people who want to listen to a message about Christ, family and that there is plan for us from God. I love to teach and every time I smile and feel so great because it's amazing to answer questions and serve others. I love these people so much. I want to do so much for them an so whenever I can, I cook for them (yes, I know that sounds funny, Chef Elder Peterson), but food is such a big deal here. So now I'm a leche flan chef haha.

Anyway, the new year was great. It's very different here because it's all your neighbors with super illegal fireworks and really close to you. I was almost afraid of leaving the house ha.

Having Fun

Having Fun

Anyway, this week I have loved learning about a balance between obedience and loving and humility and not being so serious. For me, through wrestling, I have realized that sometimes I don't know how to relax and have fun, and I'll be super serious and like a robot (you can ask my wrestling coaches). So I really want to learn the balance where you have diligence and work hard, but have fun. So what I do now, is every now and then, I smile and think of something funny, maybe even do something funny just to lighten up the mood. It's hard, but I love to learn and grow and what I say is to think of something you want to work on, like my example, and try to see what you want to be and become personally, then constantly think about it and do what you can and slowly it'll happen.

Love you all!
Happy New Year!!