The Laughs of Learning English
It's crazy to think
that this is my last transfer. I can hardly believe it. This past year and
almost a half have been the greatest time of my life.
Favorite Spiritual
Thought:
Alma 31:31 I think
it's so interesting that Alma asks for strength to bear the afflictions
"which shall come," not those that he was already facing. I thought
this was so interesting. He already knew it was going to be hard, and he also
already knew that he was going to do the Lord's work anyway. So he asked for
the strength he knew he would need to face what he knew would come.
Favorite miracle:
We were finally able
to get the Buss family on date for baptism this week! They agreed to set it as
a goal, because they wanted to get baptized but knew they wouldn't get around
to it until the made it official. I am so excited for them! It is such a huge
blessing to have been able to work with so many awesome families.
Favorite spiritual
moment:
We had a lesson with
Glori and her family this week, to talk about how God is our loving Heavenly
Father and to teach them how to pray. We started the lesson by singing "I
am a child of God," and it was amazing how strong the Spirit was. Glori
had probably only sung it in Spanish before, and her husband and kids had never
heard it, so the words were kind of a struggle, but even just listening filled
all of us with Heavenly Father's love. Afterwards Thomas, her husband,
commented on it, talking about how the words helped him to feel peace. I am so
grateful for music, and I'm even more grateful for our Heavenly Father's
love!
Favorite funny moment:
One of the Sisters
living with us is from Tonga, and is learning English. At one point this week,
I asked her what English letter is hardest for her to pronounce (in Russian,
it's the "th" sound, which is why I was curious). She responded with
"W." I was surprised because I thought that, at least in Hawaiian,
they have that letter, but she just said "W" again, and asked me how
I said it. I said "wuh," and she said it back, perfectly. I was so
confused. But then she said again. "W. How do you say it?" and I
realized that she meant the name of the letter, like "double-you." So
I said "double-you" and realized how weird it sounded to say it slow
since most people normally say it fast like "dubbayou." Then she said
it, "Tupple-you," and we both burst out laughing. Really hard, for a
really long time, because we just kept shouting "W" at each other. ;
)
Goodbye for now,
-Sister Garfield
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Us
with another mini missionary, Jordan. She did so great!
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Trying to get a decent
picture. ; )
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| Take Two |
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