Before I forget, I wanted to
share a little experience that I had last night. So when my companion
first got here, she really struggled with the change. She had been in
her other area for 5 months, and it was her first transfer, so it hit
pretty hard. But little by little, she has gotten used to the area. She
is so much happier now than she was before, it´s a huge change and a
great blessing. But I made a goal to tell her every day that I loved
her, even though we still didn´t know each other, to help her feel loved
even though she was far away from the people she had come to love so
much. It was kind of funny, because she really isn´t very expressive (I
feel like that's how people from Bolivia are...I don´t know, its not a
bad thing, but that´s just what I´ve noticed.), so when I told her I
loved her, she literally didn´t say anything. Every single night for
these 3 weeks that we´ve been together, I´ve told her that I love her,
but she doesn´t say anything. It´s almost awkward, a little bit funny,
but it also kind of bummed me out a little bit. She didn´t even laugh
awkwardly or anything...she just didn´t say anything. Hahah a little
uncomfortable, right? But anyway, last night, as we were going to bed,
she said "Goodnight" in English, and I was about to respond, but before I
could say anything she said "I love you" also in English! She was
already in her bed, and I was about to turn off the light, but when she
said that I literally almost jumped up and down out of excitement! It
made me feel so good, seriously I can´t even explain it.
WHY would that be so important? Well, for me, it´s
something that I like...part of my personality. I´m a little bit
over-expressive, so that´s just one of the 874 differences that we have
as companions. Seriously, we are so different. But, it´s okay. We are
taught that our success as missionaries starts in our companionship. If
we´re struggling or fighting as companions, the missionary work will be
98 times harder and it will be super difficult to have success. But if
the companionship works out their differences, and if they try to love
each other even when things are hard, they´ll be able to see the
blessings even in the hard moments, and they´ll have the "success" that
they´re looking for, because they´re working towards the same goals.
They always say missions prepare you for marriage,
and I used to think that was a little awkward and weird, but it´s really
true. I guess I´ll figure that out someday in the future...the far-off
future...
But anyway, that was a sweet little moment we had
this week. Also, we finally met our new mission president! He is SO
great, so sweet, and so excited to do the missionary work. He speaks Spanish too, so that´s super fun. We had a missionary-night activity
last night, and he spoke. His wife also spoke, and she doesn´t speak Spanish as well, but since I´m also a gringa I could understand. I think
the Latinos understood too, mas o menos :) All of the missionaries are
super excited about the new president, we all know that great changes
are going to be made and that we will see great miracles here in the
Peru Lima East Mission!
In these next few weeks, we´re going to have some
baptisms. It´s going to be super fun, I´ll make sure to take lots of
pictures. I´m sorry but I´m not going to be able to send pictures right
now, none of these computers have USB connector things. I don´t know how
that works, but I promise I will send pictures soon! When I finally
send them, there´s going to be a ton. That´ll be a good time. I´m sorry I
can´t today but SOON! I promise!
I was a little bummed on 4th of July, since it´s my
favorite holiday (besides Christmas and Halloween...and Thanksgiving.)
But the independence day of Peru is coming up so I´ll still get to
celebrate the independence of someone.
Well...all of the missionaries are getting feisty.
Fiesty. How do you spell fiesty? P day is going to be fun I think. This
week is going to be great! I hope you all have a great week, enjoy the
sun and all of the summer activities. I love you all so much! Have a
great week, and we´ll be talking soon!!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
con MUCHO amor,
Hermana Michelle Scott
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