This week has been crazy and I have so many things to share, but I will try to do it as quickly as possible, seeing as I only have 20 minutes left.
As a district we have been speaking spanish quite a lot. We decided we need to start speaking more in spanish. So we have been fasting from english on certain days- we can't do it everyday or we will go insane... so we decided for the next two weeks we will do Monday, Thursday and saturday, speaking no english. It's actually pretty fun!!! The past two weeks, the temple has been closed, but today it's open!!!!!!! So I am so excited to be able to go to the House of the Lord :)
I have been called, along with my companions, as a sister training leader. So we are pretty much in charge of the well being of all the Hermanas in our district. We had 15 besides us until yesterday, when 5 left. But tomorrow we are getting 7 new hermanas and 3 new districts. So we get to welcome them all and give them a tour of the MTC and stuff. We also get to carry around a cell phone all day!! It's so great. Except that we can only call the front desk :) But still it's fun. But strange to have a phone again. I have it in my pocket now. We also have the responsibility of choosing people for relief society lessons, visiting hermanas at night, letting the elders know if anyone needs a blessing. It's not really hard, but a lot of fun so far. We have made a lot of great friends already, and saying goodbye to people yesterday was super sad.
Last Friday, I had the bright idea to do lunges for exercise. Our elders were playing frisbee outside in the grass and so i went around the circle like 3 times and did lunges the whole time. Then I did some other workouts. But the next day I woke up and could hardly walk....... I don't think I have ever been that sore in my entire life- and that's saying something because I ran a marathon last month.... And I am still sore.... It's ridiculous. But fortunately, I was able to go to the mtc store yesterday. And guess what i found?!?!?! A cardboard tube!!!!! So I am using it as a roller for my legs. I am not entirely sure the intended purpose, but it has been working well for a roller. Also it's nice for hitting elders on the head with.
We got to teach relief society and district meeting on sunday. We taught about baptism and the holy ghost for district meeting and about recognizing the spirit for rs. They went really well. It helped me to see that it's important to be able to teach in a way that the people will be able to be edified and grow. Also the talk called "Always retain a remission of your sins" by Elder Bednar or something is amazing, so you should definitley read it.
We taught a lesson with one of our investigators, (who is actually our teacher) yesterday.(He is acting as one of the investigators he taught on his mission) We went in with no lesson plan, planning to ask him if he went to church and to see if he had any questions. He asked about the priesthood. So we talked about the restoration of the priesthood which lead into baptism. We invited him to be baptized. He said he really wanted to but couldn't. We asked him why and he said he just couldn't. So we invited him to pray for forgiveness with us. After we prayed, he opened up to us about why he has been struggling. We testified of the power of the atonement and of repentance. But it was amazing because even though we didn't have a plan, we were able to help him so much because of the Spirit and the goodness of the gospel. I am so grateful for that and I pray for charity as I get ready to go to Kentucky and help others come to Christ. Love you all!!!!
-Hermana Gittins
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