October 7, 2013
FAMILIA!!!!
Hola:)
It sounds like your week has been awesome!
The part about Nate recieving the Aaronic Priesthood and you all going to do
temple baptisms made me sooooo happy! I teared up a little bit. I can't believe
my little Nater is already 12.... CRAZY. How does it feel to be 12, Nate? It
was so great to talk to you, Mom, Dad, Nate and Max. Mom, thanks for building
me up and making me feel so much happier and excited to be here! Your words
comforted me more than you'll ever know! I couldn't stop smiling afterwards! I
love my family so much and I cannot wait to talk to you at Christmas!!!
Oh and wasn't General Conference AWESOME??? We are
so blessed to have modern day prophets to help us stay on the path back to our
Heavenly Father!
This past week has been amazing! Really crazy and
different, but amazing. I have seen the Lord's hand in my life with every
experience I have had so far. He is really watching out for me.
First of all, you are not going to believe
it. Remember how I stalked that one girl Maria Chavarri on facebook after
she friend requested me because we were going to the same mission? And I read
her blog and even emailed her once to get tips on what to bring to AZ? Yeah,
well guess what? She's my companion! Hahahaha it was the funniest thing ever
because I told her that and she remembered that I had emailed her. Anyways, she
is the answer to our prayers. She was born in Ecuador and then moved to the US
when she was 12, so she is FLUENT in both SPANISH and ENGLISH! I think it is
amazing that Heavenly Father gave me exactly what we prayed for. She is such a
blessing to me. She is so patient with me and my Spanish, and she helps me
whenever I need help saying something. She also makes me talk in Spanish a lot
so that is really good. She is such a good missionary. She is extremely good at
listening to the Spirit and always seems to know exactly what she's doing. She
also has a firm testimony of this Gospel and a tight grasp on her purpose as a
missionary! We also have a lot of fun together... she accepts my awkwardness
and we have a great time.
So the first day here was crazy. So many
hysterical things happened. First, in the morning we tried to get our bikes on
our new bike rack... we struggled hard core. Then, when we finally did, we
drove for about five minutes and they popped off of the rack. Luckily we had
them fastened to the rack with our bike locks, but they were hanging
precariously low to the ground. Then, when we got out to check them, we brought
the phone out to ask the District leaders what we should do. Once we decided to
go back home, we accidentally left the phone on the back of the car and drove
away... luckily the phone was okay but that was quite a scare. Then throughout
the day we taught three lessons, all in Spanish. We are in a Spanish ward, so
another answer to our prayers, I will be speaking and teaching in Spanish ALOT
for the next few transfers (hopefully). Anyways, during the lessons, I had no
idea what was going on. I could pick out a few words of Spanish, but not to the
point where I could piece it together into coherent thoughts. It got to a point
where I could either cry or laugh. So at the end of every lesson, I would just
come out laughing and Hna Chavarri would just laugh with me and make me feel
better about myself by telling me that what I said in Spanish was really great.
It was pretty funny. Later that day we went to get a car wash and I gave it a
20 dollar bill and it gave me 13 dollars worth of quarters... haha and then we
were in the carwash and realized we didn't have the rearview mirrors folded in.
So we unrolled the windows while the carwash was going and folded them in....
we had soap all over us! It was pretty funny.
But another experience from this past weekend was
when we were giving a lesson about Joseph Smith to one of our investigators,
Francisco Garcia. His wife Teresa (who is amazing) and his son Francisco Jr.
were baptized about a month ago, and he has a baptismal date set for the 19th
of this month! He is awesome. Anyways, we were giving a lesson to make sure he
understood that Joseph Smith was (and is) a true prophet. And guess what? I
understood every thing everyone said! Even Francisco, who mumbles a lot! When
it came time for me to bear my testimony, I stumbled at first, but then, the
words just started rolling off my tongue. I WAS TESTIFYING IN SPANISH!!! The
gift of tongues is real. I testify to the power of the gifts of the Spirit, and
even though my testimony was simple, Heavenly Father gave me the words to
speak, He gave me the words that Francisco needed to hear. It was amazing. I
still have a looooong way to go with Spanish, but I know that the Lord is going
to help me out with what I need in order to accomplish His work out here in
Gilbert AZ.
Oh and here is my address!!
Hermana
Emma Lattin
19324
E. Cloud Rd.
Queen
Creek, AZ 85142
Anyways, I am almost out of time, but I love you
all so so so so soooooo much! Thank you for your prayers that have lifted me up
and kept me positive and comforted me. Thank you for inspiring me to do and be
my best everyday. I love being a missionary!
La Iglesia es verdadera!
Les quiero MUCHISIMO!
Hermana Lattin
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