Bonjour!!!
Oh man it has been an awesome week!! Plenty of ups and downs but I have had such a good time here!! So this week we had our first member TRC, which basically means we taught our first lesson in french to people who speak french and are members! And I was sooooooooo nervous and stressed about it. The language has not come easily for me and I haven't been able to catch on as well as some of the others in my district and because of that I was really struggling to understand anyone speaking in french! so basically I was extremely stressed because whenever someone speaks french I never know whats going on, so I had no idea how I was going to communicate, let alone teach a lesson!! But let me tell you, the Lord knows and loves each of us so very much and he knew exactly what i was feeling and what I was going through. Up until about 10 minutes before my lesson I was a big ball of anxiety, but i took a quick moment to say pray and I asked for help. I said I knew that on my own I couldn't do this but with him I knew I could. It was so hard to let go of all of my stress but as soon as i put my confidence in the Lord instead of myself i was filled with relief and I knew that somehow this was going to work. When we walked into our lesson and began talking to these people I was able to understand what they were saying and i was able to respond with my broken french and they understood me!! my companion began to teach and after a second she looked at me for help because she didn't know what else to say. In all of our practices she had always known what to say and she had always taken the lead and right then the only thing that came to my mind was "when in doubt, testify" so that's what I did! It was so simple and small but the spirit was so so strong and I started to cry. It was the most spiritual testimony i had ever said and it was by far the most simple. It was a miracle. I know that during that lesson as I opened my mouth and taught those people, i was not teaching alone. The Lord knows us and is ALWAYS with us.
Sorry for such a long story!! I'll keep the rest of my week brief! So after that lesson the french has actually been coming a lot easier, its definitely still hard but I've been catching on quicker!! Its been awesome! Anyways another story! so yesterday was the 4th of July! So happy 4th to all of you!! I hope you all enjoyed the fireworks and the time spent with family!! So we were lucky enough to be allowed to stay up until 11 to watch the stadium of fire fireworks from our classrooms. I got assigned to a smallish classroom so it was me and my companion and then 2 elders from our district watching it from this room and at first we were all a little sad because we were reminiscing on old memories and on our families but then we started singing songs and one of the elders sang a hymn during the finale and he's such a good singer so that was awesome to hear and we ended up having an awesome time together!! I love my district so much! It was so cool to be with them and to do that together!
This week has been so cool and I have seen so many miracles happen and I know without a doubt that we are never alone. i have learned so much and my relationship with my Heavenly Father has grown so so much and I know that it will grow even more in the coming months!
I love all of you so much! I hope you all have an AMAZING week!!
Love, Sister Uboldi
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