Oh my goodness. This week went by SO FAST! Some things that happened included:
1.
teaching a lesson in Fijian to people we didn't really know. I was
super nervous about not being able to understand what they were saying
and it was a rough day, but we went in and shared a message and although
I didn't recognize any of the vocab they used, through the Spirit, I
was able to feel what they were saying. If that makes sense. haha it was
awesome! and gave me hope.
2. Sister Linda K. Burton came and
spoke at our devotional! Super awesome! We have had quite the streak of
awesome devotionals! I heard it is just going to keep getting better
because the mission president conference is in the beginning of July. I
am going to miss it by a week or so which is sad.
3. My
companion and I set the goal of sharing our testimony in Fijian at least
once everyday. So, one time we went around looking for people to share
it with and I concluded that I wanted to share it with one of the many
senior couples here at the MTC. So we found one, they eagerly accepted
to listen, and I start sharing. By the time I was done, the sister was
in tears. It was really sweet and also gave me hope that even if the
people of Fiji can't understand me, they can still feel the Spirit that I
bring. It was awesome.
4. I got to host some of the 600+
missionaries that came in this last wednesday! It was fun but also sad.
It was fun to be apart of all the excitement but super hard to see quite
a few people crying super hard. I watched a sister get dropped off by
an older lady, they both teared up a little but then she walked off and
as the older lady proceeded to pull out we heard her break down into
sobs through her rolled down window. It made us almost start crying.
haha
5. I also got sick. My temperature reached 102.3. It
turns out I had some sort of bacterial infection in my throat.. I went
to the doctor and got an antibiotic and now I am all better! YAy! haha
6.
My low light of this week would have to be when I let my super
sensitive self get discouraged. Circumstances provided the means and I
soon found myself being pounded by the Advisory saying that I would
never become good at the language and that people would make fun of how I
spoke. It was awful. I was able to come out of it though! With a little
love from one of my teachers, an Almond Joy, and a pep talk from my
Heavenly Father. I came to the conclusion that, even if it may take me a
while to learn all the grammar rules, and even if my Fijian comes out
imperfectly, I am not going to give up. God called me to learn Fijian
and that is what I am trying so very hard to learn. I believe in God. I
believe that I can do all things through Christ. With this knowledge, I
am going to not give up on myself and I WILL learn this language even if
it takes until the last day of my mission. What would you do with this
knowledge?
Overall, it has been an amazing week! Full of the Spirit and progress! I can do this!
Au lomani Kemudou!
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