Family!
This week was just a
little bit more exciting than last, but not much... Anyways, here we go:
So the 4th of July
ended up being really great! We had a special patriotic fireside before
the firework show, and it was super amazing. We got to watch the movie
"17 Miracles", and I've never felt the spirit of that movie as much
as when we watched it then. After that, we got to go out and watch the
Stadium of Fire fireworks. We had a pretty good view from the West Campus,
and it was a great time. We were allowed to stay up late to see
the finale also, so we ended up going to bed at 11:15! Crazy night
for sure... Oh, and thanks for the festive package and the one for this
week. That Chex mix was really good, and it was a huge hit around the
apartment!
Not a lot of huge
things happened this week, but I did have a few little experiences happen here
and there that are worth mentioning. We had a guest teacher come into our
classroom one day, and after class was over, she pulled me aside and told me
that she wanted to help me with my pronunciation. She said that she had
been listening to me speak during the lesson, and that I pronounced my T's like
a gringo. We then had a 10 minute mini lesson on how to pronounce the
letter "T" in Spanish... So yeah, I can't pronounce T's I
guess, though the way she had me start saying them was basically the same as
how I had been pronouncing them before...
I got the opportunity
to demonstrate how to begin teaching to a bunch of brand new missionaries
yesterday. We knocked on a door, introduced ourselves, and then got to
know the investigator in front of this big group of missionaries. It was
a pretty cool experience. One of the investigators was referred to us by
his friend, and when we asked the investigator why he thought his friend had
referred him, he proceeded to tell us this super long story about picking a
name for his new son. It was pretty strange, and basically what he wanted
was to have us help him pick a name for his son! It was one of the
weirdest things I've heard so far...
I recently got the
chance to start playing the part of investigator for some of the missionaries
in my district. My investigator name is Santiago, and it's pretty fun to
pretend like I don't know anything about the gospel and ask questions that make
the missionaries think.
I have a new favorite
hymn! I can't remember its name, but its hymn number 88 in the Spanish
hymnbook. It's the only hymn that is written in Spanish but not in
English; usually it's the other way around. But yeah, it's a good one,
you should look it up!
I had an absolutely
amazing lesson this week with my investigator T******. He was having
doubts about prayer, and so we shared the story of how Nephi prayed to know if
leaving Jerusalem was really from God or not. The scripture ended up
applying perfectly to T******, and the lesson went even better than we had
hoped. Talking about it after, both Elder Maughan and I could think of a
couple of things in the lesson that had come straight from the spirit and that we
hadn't even thought of before the lesson. It was a pretty big testimony
builder that the Spirit is the real teacher and that the Lord knows what we
should say much better than we do.
Ok, I saved the big
news for last. Elder Maughan and I got called to be the new Zone
Leaders! Right now we are the Zone Leaders in Training, but starting on
Sunday, we will be the new Zone Leaders! We'll be over about 6 districts,
and we'll be Zone Leaders for a week because we'll be leaving for the
field. We got to help orient the new missionaries in our zone last night
as part of our Pre- Zone Leader training. So yeah, that's exciting!
Well, that's about all
I've got. The days all blend together here, and time is flying by.
This time next week it'll be under a week before I leave for Cincinnati!
I love you all, and
thanks so much for the letters and packages!
Love,
Elder Foote