My
companion is the amazing Sister Garza and she is wonderful! We are very
different people so I was worried at first, but we compliment each other
very well! It was crazy because on the second day we were already
teaching, I was pretty nervous. But let me tell you, I've been getting a
lot of practice since then. Currently, Sister Garza and I are teaching
three people which is awesome! It is wonderful getting to study and plan
for specific people.
I have been learning so
much in the short time I've been here. We're doing some awesome things
with role playing and teaching each other. I think my favorite exercise
though was when our teacher had us give the first discussion in three
minutes. I thought she was crazy, but we did it. Then she told us our
limit was one minute, and we finished with a time limit of thirty
seconds! It seemed crazy, but we did it and it really made us focus on
the key points and the real purpose of our lesson. Which really, out
purpose in any lesson is to bring others unto Christ. I love teaching!
I
absolutely love all the conferences and devotionals! Sunday was
absolutely filled with wonderful things from sacrament meeting,
missionary conference, our temple walk, the devotional, and an amazing
talk we watched that evening called The Character of Christ. Favorite
message of the Mission conference: "The joy we experience in this life
will be in direct proportion to how well our lives are centered on the
teachings, example, and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ." That could
not be more true. I have never been happier than I am right now studying
and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. A huge theme of the Character
of Christ film was to turn towards others when our natural tendency
would be to turn in. That's really something we talk about every day
because all we really need to do is love selflessly and everything else
will fall into place. I realize I just said "all we need to do" but it's
hard and it's something I'm making a conscious effort to be better at
everyday.
I
know I keep saying how amazing everyhting is, but it is so hard. We are
exhausted all the time and don't know what the people we're teaching
need, and companions are hard sometimes. The past two day's were the
most stressful of my life. There were a lot of issues within our
district but through a lot of prayer we have worked through it and are
stronger for it. Sister Garza and I have definitely grown because of
it. The last lesson we had I knew without a doubt that for the first
time we were teaching by the spirit together! It was such an amazing
feeling!
Things
are great and I can't wait for more! I would like to leave you all with
one thought: "If a testimony is knowing something to be true,
conversion is being true to what you know." If you don't have a
testimony of your own I would encourage you to get one, if you have a
testimony remember that it's not worth anything unless you act on it.
All my love,
Sister Lynch
Sister Garza and I
My District: Elder Meservy, Elder Flores, Elder Burnett, Elder Wiest, Sister Garza, Sister Smith, Sister Holt, Sister Nielson, Sister Hansen, Me.
Our classroom (where we live)
Sister Hansen (who I met through facebook and filnally got to meet! And even better, we live together!) and I doing laundry
