¡Nueva compañera! My new companion is Hermana Chamorro, a Colombiana, but she's been living in Spain. She was a certified English
teacher and so we talk a lot in English to help her practice. It's a
good thing, because I need to practice. I love listening to her
talk because she studied different accents and so her English is a mix
of Australian, French and African. We work a lot on standardizing her
accent. She is a convert of 3 years and the only member is her family.
And she works. I LOVE having a companion who talks to people before I
do!
Unfortunately, neither of us have cameras today so I won't be able to show you how lovely she is, but we will send pictures next week
I wish I had known before my mission that
it's a lot harder to help people feel the Spirit if you are testifying
of something you don't have a personal experience with. It makes such a
difference to be able to teach someone a commandment or a principle and
testify of it as I'm thinking of how it's affected me in my own life.
It's a very different feeling. I wish I had been storing up experiences
with each of the principles I am teaching-- to be looking for
experiences of spiritual confirmation. It would be a good idea to go through each invitation in Preach My Gospel and ask yourself: Have I deliberately done that? Do I know why it's important to do that? How does doing that contribute to my personal conversion?
Que tengan buena semana! (Have a great week!)
Amor,
Hermana Ludlam
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