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| Hermana Helton & Hermana Martindale |
SO many crazy things have happened in the last 10 days since
I've emailed you.
First of all, I am now officially Hermana Helton. Mi
companera es Hermana Martindale. She is from Utah and she is amazing.
I have
been just a tad bit stressed these past couple days since I literally do not
speak any Spanish and we are serving in a Spanish ward and almost all our
investigators speak Spanish.
But, I'm in love with San Diego and the people
here.
The Mormon Battalion is so great. All the sisters here are
so sweet and help me tons with my Spanish. We have a script that we memorize so
it's been a little bit of an adjustment from Temple Square.
Because the Mormon
Battalion is a historic site, we are required to talk about all the history. We
also kind of have to do a little bit of acting which was really weird to me at
first ... when you come to the Battalion you will understand. haha.
But I finally
memorized the script and took my first solo tour on Saturday!
Just a little rundown on what my schedule is like now:
I
have Pday on Tuesdays. We are at the Battalion everyday for 6 hours and then
the rest of our time, we are in our area!
I learned how to pray in Spanish
which is exciting.
On Sunday, I was trying my best to talk to members and so I
went up to one of the men at the end of church who had given a talk and I said,
"Gracias por su testimonio." Unfortunately I said it far too
confidently, so he thought I spoke Spanish and then he started talking super
fast. I was totally lost, so I just got dead silent and was like,
"Pardon, estoy apprendiendo espanol" and then I grabbed Hermana Martindale and she was our little mediato- translator. haha.
But, being in a
ward is the best and it's motivating me so much to try to learn Spanish as
quickly as possible so they can know I love them. Plus, it would be nice to be
able to understand sacrament meeting and Sunday school.
We are teaching some amazing people right now. The people in
our area are so humble. It's different trying to find people to teach here. I'm
really glad we don't knock on doors. It's also so different having Elders in a
mission.
Oh! We get to spend 6 hours a week at the San Diego Temple and talk to
visitors about what we do inside the temple and show them pictures.
We met
these really cool French people on Sunday and they took a Book of Mormon! It's
kind of different not being able to invite them to keep in touch with us (we
don't teach over the phone here) but it was still so sweet to be so close to
the temple again.
I ate my first Cali Burrito ... not as good as they make them
sound. On Thursday our ward mission leader said he will buy us the best Cali
Burrito in San Diego, so maybe next week I'll have a different opinion.
I
actually love my pioneer dress. It's super comfy and it's nice not having to
pick out clothes everyday. It's super warm here right now and the farmers tan
is coming in nice!
Love you all! Have the best week.
Hermana Helton
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| Sister Vasi and me in our Pioneer dresses |
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| The incredible San Diego Temple |
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