My companion is Sister Brush and I love her so much. We are complete opposites, but I think that's why we get along so well. She was a soccer player and a runner in high school. She hates make up, dressing up, and anything "girly." She's also sooooo quiet. However, she's also hilarious and it's the best because she'll say something funny, but nobody else will hear it except me and then I just crack up laughing and people are like, "what's wrong with her." Then I laugh even more. Sister Brush also has this amazing understanding of the doctrine. She's so smart and a fast learner. One of our teachers taught us the restoration and after teaching us she challenged us to say the whole thing in three minutes!!!!! WHAT?! I CANT DO THAT!!! IT'S SO HARD!!! It takes me so long to explain anything yet alone the restoration! So I've been practicing everyday with Sister Brush. She's got it down to a science. She seriously rocks and I'm learning so much from and because of her. She does, however, have a hard time opening up to people. She struggles talking with people and sharing her testimony. She really wants to bond with our district and she feels like she doesn't know how. That's where I come in, I love to talk and bond and stuff. I'm also not afraid to share my testimony. She is good at teaching and I can testify. She is a little nervous to talk to people she doesn't know and I will talk to strangers. We make a good pair.
Also, my district came from heaven above. I love them all sooooo much. All of the sisters in our district are going to the Columbus mission together!!! Isn't that so cool?!!! The Elders aren't though and that's really sad because they are some of the nicest/ funniest people I've ever met. They are all going to upstate New York somewhere, but I can't remember the mission. I'll send pictures of our district later. I also have pretty great teachers. My morning teacher is so freaking sarcastic I can't handle it, I just laugh. My afternoon teacher is very hard on us and really stresses me out because she pushes us but she knows we need it.
I've taught so much this past week it's insane! I've taught Paul, Julian, Paola, and Wan-Yu. Paul, Julian and Paola have been my teachers role playing as investigators, and it's been soooo cool. Julian was the first person Sister Brush and I taught, and our first lesson was TERRIBLE. It was so awful but kinda funny that our first lesson was so bad that we had nowhere else but up to go. It was our first time teaching the restoration. We butchered it so badly that even Joseph Smith would have been very upset (I'm starting to sound like a missionary in my head, oh no!). Hahaha! I walked out of the room and just laughed so hard because it was so bad! Sister Brush was like "What's so funny?? that was terrible!!!" I smiled and told her that now every time we teach we will be amazing in comparison to that lesson! Then we both paused for a moment and just laughed for a good 5 minutes straight because it was so bad. Our next lesson with Julian went sooooooooo much better. We taught by the spirit, just like Preach My Gospel explains. I felt inspired (like I was totally prompted to open my mouth) to share my testimony of Christ's love for him. It was crazy. It was like the spirit opened my mouth and guided me to share that thought, but I honestly don't remember what I said. Apparently, it was good because Julian (my teacher) got really emotional afterward, we were both crying and all that mush crap. We only got to teach Julian twice and we invited him to baptism and I think he would have committed at the next lesson if we could have taught him again. Now we are teaching Paola, so I hope it goes well. We're also teaching Paul right now and he was a very difficult question that I don't really know how to answer, so I need your help. His question is this, "I do believe in Christ but why would someone dying thousands of years ago have an imapact on my life today?" It just doesn't make sense to him that Christ Atoning and dying on the cross years and years ago could have an impact on him today . I've tried explaining it to him but he doesn't seem to understand what I am trying to explain so if any if you have an idea of what to say to him please let me know!! We're also teaching Wan-Yu. She is cool and she is a real life investigator from Taiwan. She's is here learning English,and she rocks. She is so cute. She has the same question as Paul. She wants to know how the Atonement applied to her now. I do not know how answer their question and I am getting a little frustrated. Theyre both very left brained people and I obviously am not So it just doesn't make sense. Help me!!!!
Other than than that I am feeling really good! I truly do know that this is where im supposed to be. I know that I am supposed to be serving a mission at this time and that the Lord has a plan for me. The MTC is hard, and I'm tired a lot, but its all very worth it. I miss you guys so much and I hope you are doing well. Remember that charity is the pure love of Christ! I'm challening you all (family and friends) to do something nice for someone else! Serve! Serving never fails to make me feel better! And I promie that if you serve with a pure heart and a smile, you'll feel better too! The gospel is true folks and I still love Michael Clifford!
Love you all,
--Hannah
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