Dear Everyone,
I can't believe it is
already another p day! I didn't believe it,
but it actually flies by. This week has been pretty good! Sunday was
rough because it was a Fast Sunday. That means we don't get breakfast or
lunch, so in the time we would be eating we actually have Sunday
meetings. I was in meetings from 8 in the morning till 9 at night, with a
one hour dinner. I was starving the whole day, but I fasted for help on
Spanish so that made it easier. It was kind of rough doing a 24 hour
fast. I think that was the first time I have ever done one so that is
something new I guess.
So this week we started our first TRC's in Spanish. Elder
Grant and I are teaching this woman named Heidi. Let me just tell you now, our
first one was a complete disaster! We tried to teach the Plan of
Salvation which was a mistake because that is like the hardest lesson
there is and trying to do that in Spanish was very difficult. We didn't
know the material and it was just awkward. There are reviews at the end
and she said that she was bored and confused and all the bad things. I
don't think a lesson could get worse!
However, the second time we taught her was 100× better! We taught
her the 3rd lesson which is the gospel of Jesus Christ which is a way
easier lesson. Also we actually knew vocabulary and phrases for that
lesson! We asked her questions, she asked us questions and we could
answer and talk about it! At the end of our lesson I testified of the
truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and the importance of faith. Then we
challenged her to read Alma chapter 32 which is a chapter on faith and
she accepted! I was so happy after because we actually taught the gospel
to someone in a different language! It felt great to testify about
something that is so true and get to help someone know that great
feeling as well. I love TRC's; they are so much fun!
All the other days were about the same, just lots of
Spanish classes, exercise time, and eating. Exercise time is fun cause I
play basketball all the time so yeah, it's awesome!
Friday was President Nelson's birthday. I can't believe
he is 95! All the missionaries watched the broadcast and it was awesome!
It was so cool to learn more about our prophet's life and celebrate his
birthday! I loved all the music and sang along to a lot of it! I'm so
glad I am able to be a missionary when we celebrated the prophet's
birthday!
So some of the missionaries who are leaving this week
that are going to Peru haven't gotten their visas yet, so they have been
reassigned to other places in the states. So I am guessing the same
will happen to me. I will update about it when I hear more!
Thanks everyone and sorry about the pictures. I have a lot more this week so hopefully that's better!
-Elder Bushman
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