Rona Week

HEYO!! Another week down! This one was a little bit faster! My entire district got super sick this last week. Don't tell but we definitely had the Rona. We had classes but some got cut pretty short because everyone was hecka sickie! We spent much more time laying around and chillin but everyone is doing better now! 


Our classes are only in Spanish now so that makes it hard. But I have been surprised with how much I understand. I am just timid to talk. I gotta just drop my pride and start speaking! 


One super cool experience I had this week was on fast Sunday. Our branch is LEGIT! We have all the missionaries from foreign countries and then my district is like the only white kids lol. It is crazy. Anyway we actually have 16 different native languages! Samoan, Tongan, Hungarian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Mongolian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, German, French, Portuguese, and of course English. During sacrament there are translators in the back for each of those languages. It can get hard to focus with so many voices going on at once. In the past I have found it hard to even focus on what's being said with so much talking.


So I expected Sunday to be a flop. Boy was I wrong. When the testimonies started the translators all stopped. So everyone is speaking in their native language and nobody could understand each other. Although I can not tell you one thing that was said I can tell you it was TRUTH! The spirit testified to each of us. It was so strong. 


This gave me so much peace knowing although my Spanish may not be perfect and there may be a language barrier but if I testify the best I can, the spirit will take care of the rest. He is the ultimate teacher. 


This is the truth for each of us. We can all teach by the spirit. It is not always a language barrier that holds us back. We may feel inadequate, like we don't know enough or don't know what will bless those around us. But I promise as you each open your mouth and teach what simple little bit you know the spirit will do the rest. 


I hope you all are doing good! I love and miss you so much! Look for Christ this week he is everywhere! Until next week! 


LOVE LIKE JESUS


Love, Hermana Peterson 



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