Hi family! First week in Fresno
So I'm actually in Fresno right now. I'm in an all-Spanish ward. I'm one of the few that's actually in a companionship of both Spanish sisters. I think all the other sisters in my district are now in "zebra" companionships where one sister speaks English, one speaks Spanish. My companion is fluent in Spanish and she actually reported straight to the mission field without the MTC. She's from San Francisco, so not very far away at all.
I understand about half of what people say in Spanish. It's like trying to read through wax paper which is pretty frustrating. Both my companion and I came from companionships where our companions liked to make the decisions and sort of be the leader. That's really hard for me because I feel like I’m new and I don't know anything and my companion keeps asking me to make decisions but I don't know which decisions to make. It doesn't help that we got "doubled in" which means we're both new to the area on top of me being new to the mission field. Oh, and my companion doesn't have a license so guess who's the designated driver? This does not help me not to stress.
We do have an investigator who's getting baptized this next Saturday and we have 5 others that the last elders left who have baptismal dates.
We talked to a man on the street yesterday who turned out to be the 3rd cousin to Elder Christofferson, the apostle. He's not a member and was willing to hear the missionaries but we can't teach him because we're over the Spanish speakers of the area.
The Spanish ward has welcomed us warmly. I played the piano for relief society and we both got up in sacrament meeting and introduced ourselves. The mission president was there so he heard my Spanish. The sisters of the ward give us hugs when they say hello.
There is fog here. Most of the time it just looks like it's overcast.
They have a thing among the missionaries called "calling out miracles". We'll get voice messages every day from companionships who have witnessed miracles in their work. Most of the time it's when someone has accepted the invitation to be baptized. Every night our district leader calls and asks if we've had any miracles for that day. Our miracles have been finding our way around to the places that we've needed to get to.
Please just pray for me. I need all the help I can get. I didn't expect this to be easy. I have been very blessed and I know my Savior is here with me helping me along. The church is true!
Hermana Evans
So I'm actually in Fresno right now. I'm in an all-Spanish ward. I'm one of the few that's actually in a companionship of both Spanish sisters. I think all the other sisters in my district are now in "zebra" companionships where one sister speaks English, one speaks Spanish. My companion is fluent in Spanish and she actually reported straight to the mission field without the MTC. She's from San Francisco, so not very far away at all.
I understand about half of what people say in Spanish. It's like trying to read through wax paper which is pretty frustrating. Both my companion and I came from companionships where our companions liked to make the decisions and sort of be the leader. That's really hard for me because I feel like I’m new and I don't know anything and my companion keeps asking me to make decisions but I don't know which decisions to make. It doesn't help that we got "doubled in" which means we're both new to the area on top of me being new to the mission field. Oh, and my companion doesn't have a license so guess who's the designated driver? This does not help me not to stress.
We do have an investigator who's getting baptized this next Saturday and we have 5 others that the last elders left who have baptismal dates.
We talked to a man on the street yesterday who turned out to be the 3rd cousin to Elder Christofferson, the apostle. He's not a member and was willing to hear the missionaries but we can't teach him because we're over the Spanish speakers of the area.
The Spanish ward has welcomed us warmly. I played the piano for relief society and we both got up in sacrament meeting and introduced ourselves. The mission president was there so he heard my Spanish. The sisters of the ward give us hugs when they say hello.
There is fog here. Most of the time it just looks like it's overcast.
They have a thing among the missionaries called "calling out miracles". We'll get voice messages every day from companionships who have witnessed miracles in their work. Most of the time it's when someone has accepted the invitation to be baptized. Every night our district leader calls and asks if we've had any miracles for that day. Our miracles have been finding our way around to the places that we've needed to get to.
Please just pray for me. I need all the help I can get. I didn't expect this to be easy. I have been very blessed and I know my Savior is here with me helping me along. The church is true!
Hermana Evans
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