This week has been really good! Lots of fun times with my district, lots of Spanish, and lots more Spanish!
Me and my companion are teaching this woman named Yaisa!
She is so nice and kind and helps us with our Spanish. We have taught
her three times now and they all have been so good! The first time we
asked her if she would read the Book of Mormon and she said yes, and
then we taught her how to pray and she prayed for the closing prayer!
The next time we asked her if she read, and she read 1 Nephi 1-4! It was
so awesome! She liked how obedient Nephi was and I testified that if we
are obedient and follow God then we will be blessed. We talked a little
bit about the commandments and how if you obey them you will be blessed
as well!
This last time she read all the way to chapter 9! She
had a question about the tree of life and the fruit so we explained
that. Her other question is kind of a story about my first experience
with the gift of tongues!
She asked the question why did Nephi kill Laban if the
commandments say not to kill? We actually talked about this in English
like our second week into the MTC so my companion pulls out the
scriptures and we read a couple verses. He explains why and then I
explain why as well. As I was explaining I had to use past tense. I am
not very good at that yet but when I was talking I used the right
conjugation of a verb that I hadn't studied very well. It just came to
my mind when I needed to say it to get my point across!
I am so grateful for the Lord helping me and blessing me
with the gift of tongues! I know that as I continue to obey and do his
work he will bless me and help me in the language I struggle with! This
is like the first time I have seen the gift of tongues on my mission and
I can testify it is real!
So this has kind of been a normal week - just Spanish
classes, some TRC'S and some devotionals which all have been great! My
friend William Curzon came into the MTC this past Wednesday so it has
been great talking with him!
The great thing is that I got my travel plans yesterday!
I leave on the 29th, so in about a week, at 6 in the morning! I'll be
flying to Georgia and then to Peru! I am the travel leader person for my
group so I have to make sure everyone is together and everyone gets to Peru
safely, so that should be fun!
I have one more pday before I leave! It's crazy to think
that 6 weeks is almost up! But I'm grateful! I am excited to get into
the mission field and teach the people of Peru!
-Elder Bushman
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