So to start off Holy cow that is a ton of tips. Yeah Juliane told me about the ward change. Changing the order though is crazy. Bro Welty told us once that an apostle said that by the time the people who were little kids then had kids of their own Moses Would be split not just once but twice. Or maybe it was 2 generations but still I can see thats definitely happening. That is amazing that noone wants to mow. Not gunna lie I look back at all those times I mowed the lawn and just think man what I wouldnt give to go back and do that again. Just kidding definitely dont miss that. Like at all. I feel like an immediate blessing of my mission is I dont have to mow that stupid lawn again.
Thats awesome that seminary is upping its game now. I know way to many kids that didnt take seminary seriously. I loved seminary and it has helped me so much in my mission already if I could I would go back and take seminary as a 5th grader on. Could learn so much and still not know it all. But my seminary teachers were awesome. I totally agree with you that people need to priortize. Yes sports are important but if you place sports before seminary you are a huge tonto. I love spanish insults. Anyway it goes straight to the 2nd commandment. You are placing an idol before God. Not cool. People need to get their heads on straight. Anyways yes I approve the new standards and I hope it helps people focus more.
Espanol is muy dificil. Pero el Espiritu ayuda me mas tiempos. That is a horribly broken sentence and is only correct on the vocab but hey it works.
Yes I got my package I loved it so much. Still have like 3/4 of it but its disapearing slowly.
Teaching is kinda weird. We teach our teachers most days they just like assume a false identity of an actual investigator and we try and teach. Its hard because 1 the language and 2 my comp like doesnt breathe between sentences so its hard for me to step in and help teach. And then we get done and we talk about how it went and he gets mad that I dont help more. But its going good. One agreed to baptism and the other we are going to ask tomorrow.
Being a DL is fun but hard. Its nice because I am a worrier so it gives me something to worry about other than myself. One of our hermanas has been super sick and is in the process of going home now. It really sucks but the spirit kind of prepared me for it and has been telling her she needs to go home and get better. So the other hermana will change districts then it will just be the elders. That will be fun.
So my week. So after we emailed last week I played a ton of volleyball then went and we taught our night investigator. It was horrible. Its hard to teach when you havent had the spirit with you and you have been goofing off all day. And to top it off literally my comp didnt let me say a single word. I introduced myself. I would try and say something and he would cut me off like halfway into my first word. It was horrible. Then thursday we studied more and taught our morning investigator. I actually got to talk this time, not as much as I would like but I still got to. We are working on it. So I am studying grammar rules half the time and then the other half I study vocab I have in a little notebook I carry with me. I am getting better. Its definitely the best way to learn vocab just because I carry it with me so when we are going somewhere I'll take it out and study, or have my comp quiz me. Waiting outside the bonia, at night after scripture study, really anytime there is a gap. Friday y sabado were the same thing really.
Sunday was awesome. I didnt have to talk so I will definitely have to in 2 weeks when there is talks again. Getting ready for that. Presidente Lindeman helped us memorize the bautismo prayer and how to say it and everything. Then Presidente Cardenas spoke. He used to be an area general presidency and a mission president and is an all around righteouss dude. Really nice guy. But he spoke about how as a mission president he often had to sacrifice great leaders who would have made great zone leaders or aps so they could be trainers. Really good lesson. Then he had Lindeman translate for him and told a story of how when he was travelling with President Eyring he was expecting a great lesson from him and all he did was work on a talk. About halfway through the flight he stopped typing and look at Cardenas and said I dont have time to tell you a lesson right now, there are more important things to be doing. Then started typing again. It all lead up to how we need to leaders by example not by lecture. Really good talk. Then our first devotional was by Presidente Pratt( who by the way is Parley P Pratts decendant.) about how we need to speak our language more. Then our 430 devotional was a video by Elder Scott of the quorum of the 12. I forgot my notebook at la casa so I cant relate everything but a few thing I really liked and remember. 1: your call is a divine call from God. 2: my personal favorite, God called you to succeed, not to fail. He will not let you fail. You might let you fail but if you rely on the Lord he will not let you fail. I loved that so much just because its been hard learning the language and I feel like I am failing in my mission sometimes. But that helped me so much because its so true. I am called to preach the gospel of Jesu Cristo and the Lord WILL NOT LET ME FAIL. He loves me and I can feel his love for me and I know I can not fail in any way with him by my side. 3: He called you. That simple statement was awesome. I mean there are so many people out there, so many missionaries but my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ called me to serve. He called other people yes, and he could have called anyone. But he didnt. He called me. And because of that I am going to do my absolute best to do everything I can to live up to his expectations. 4: He talked about prayer and how the Lord answers prayers. He said at times the Lord wishes us to know we are right so he gives us the stupor of thought to know what. When we are wrong he leaves us with an uneasy feeling. But sometimes we get no answer. Now why would our loving Heavenly Father wish to do that to us? It is because he wishes to test us. He wants to see what we will do without a direct hand from him. It is because he trusts us to make the correct decision. And if we dont make the right decision then he will let us know. He will not let us go down the wrong path for to long. This was awesome because I have prayed more these last weeks then I have in 18 years combined. And yet I dont always get answers. And I was wondering why but with those words from Elder Scott it gave me some major motivation and trust in God. I mean who doesnt want to know God trusts them? I wish I could remember more to it than that but it was so amazing I wish you could watch it. But its only available to mtcs. I can't even watch it again. So last thing about that. After he closed and the hymn he got up and before the prayer and said something along the lines of I bless you that you will learn the language and he reiterated that he called me, and the lord will not let you fail. Then the prayer happened and Elder Jones, one of the head type guys here at the mtc, said when an apostle of the lord interrupts the flow of a meeting to reiterate what he already said, you know it is doctrine and you can take that to the bank. I loved that so much it was inspirational to me. He called me.
Oh yeah so on sunday Elder Baum (said like the explosive) told the story of the footprints in the sand. If you dont know it here it is. So a man is walking along a beach and sees 2 pairs of footprints in the sand. And as he is walking he realizes it is his life. The footprints are his and the Lords. He notices at some points in his life though one of the tracks disapears and when it does the other prints get deeper and look like they are struggling to walk. And in several points it does this. Finally he stops at a point where the tracks are singular and asks Jesus "Why do you keep abandoning me in my times of need? I remember this time my mother passed away I needed you more than ever why did you abandon me?" At this point the Lord smiles and gives the man a big hug and says " Those arent your tracks. I didnt abandon you during the hard times, at those times I carried you." I love that story because it gives me comfort, the Lord doesnt abandon us ever. When life is rough we have to realize how much the Lord is there for us despite how hard it is for us to see. The atonement is so great I cant explain it sometimes.
So on Monday I decided I was going to memorize the first vision in spanish. The PME (predicad me Evangelio) has a great version so I spent most of language time monday doing that. Its really cool to be able to do that in Spanish. And then on tuesday in our lesson to Mayra we changed our plan to the restoration so I was able to share it to her without reading. I felt the spirit so strong and almost got choked up when I said "Este es me Hijo Amado, ¡Escuchalo! "(This is my beloved son, Hear Him!) Before my mission I guarantee that never would have happened but now its almost a common experience. The spirit is so great, it is really the teacher not me or my comp. I cant even imagine what it will be like teaching people in Chile. Cant wait for it though.
Tuesday at our devotional my branch sang La Luz de verdad, mixed with some I hope they call me on a mission. We sounded pretty awesome, Hermana Gill is an awesome music mixer person I dont know what they call it but she copied and pasted it all together. Very powerful. I was thinking about it, and really I think the Lord had me do that youth choir so I wouldnt completely fail at that. He was looking out for me. Again.
So a scripture that really helped me this week was the line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. It sounds cooler in spanish though. But it helped me realize that I am learning as fast as I can learn. The spirit will make sure I learn as fast as I can. I'm just a little slower than some.
So I got a haircut because apparently you can get it a lot shorter than we thought. BOOYA!
With all my love, your son
Elder Galbreath the 6th
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