I first want to wish my sweet Nana a Happy Birthday! I love you and I hope you have an amazing day!
Well I've officially finished my first week here at the MTC. Its been a week of a lot of ups and downs but they've all been very powerful experiences. Last Saturday we taught our first investigator and it was terrifying. We didn't know anything and the questions we did know how to ask we didn't understand when he responded. When we came back to class he showed up later and he is our teacher! We have two Palangi (white) teachers and one Tongan teacher. His name is Brother Tautuaa. He is one of the most intimidating/spiritual guys I have ever met. We taught him again on Wednesday and this time we really prayed to know and understand what to teach him. It wasn't perfect and we still didn't know a lot but we were able to use the words we do know to get our point across to him and understand what he was saying. That same day he gave us a lesson in class that was SO powerful. We all left class crying that day, even Brother Tautuaa.
On Sunday I got called on to speak in church and thankfully I had my talk prepared. Tuesday we had a devotional and Elder Ballard came to speak to us. The spirit was incredible. He talked a lot about attitude and not waiting to be great. Since sister Egan is an international Sister we get to sit in the front section for every devotional! Even though she can speak English we sit up there anyways haha. Its pretty cool! We play volleyball as a Zone everyday for gym. There are a lot of Poly's in my zone so the games get really intense. Lets just say my volleyball skills have gotten a lot better since I've been here haha. I guess in Tonga they play Volleyball every P day so I'm just preparing myself for the field. :) This Sunday me and my companions and some other sisters in our Zone are singing a Tongan song in Church. I've learned to love a lot of things here that I never really did at home. For example singing in church. I would have never done that in our ward or any other ward!
I titled my email "You know enough" because Shaylor sent me a letter with a conference talk titled that and it has helped me a lot this week. We all have been feeling like we've hit a wall this week. A spiritual block. Within the first few days we all were feeling really good about the language, but as we've been studying and learning more this language seems to be a lot harder than we thought. There are so many words with multiple meanings and the sentence structure is so confusing. There have been so many times where we've just wanted to give up. After reading that talk from Shay and I had the opportunity to fast on Tuesday. I've noticed and learned that I do know enough. I may not know the language perfect (because its only been a week and thats not normal) but I know that my Heavenly Father loves me. I know that the blessings I will receive while I'm here will help me to progress and become a better missionary. It may not come when I want it to but this a learning experience and it has strengthened my testimony so much. I love being a missionary!! I don't think I can say it enough. Its definitely one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I've grown so much in just one week I can only imagine what it will be like in 18 months. Im praying for all of you every day! I miss you guys so much. Thanks for being so great!
Love,
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