Si Se Puede

I have made it through 3.5 days at the MTC! I still can't believe I'm here but I know that I am right where the Lord wants me. The first day was incredible! My companion is Hermana WEBSTER! She is from Washington State and I actually knew her before the mission! I had the opportunity of meeting Hermana Webster through one of my old roommates so it has been a huge blessing having her by my side. We get along great, we have a lot of things in common. We both love exercising and peanut butter. So we are a perfect match. Her and I are both called to serve in Washington DC South Spanish speaking so I have a feeling we will be serving again together when we can actually understand spanish. :) 

The language has been hard but el don de lengues (the gift of tongues) is a real thing! I feel like Elder Calhoun in Best Two Years, when he heard dutch for the first time--I have that same blank stare pretty much all the time in class. But, its only the first week, and my spanish can only get better! :) My teacher is Hermana Imbler and she is awesome. She only speaks spanish to us, which is hard, but I have seriously learned so much that way. I feel like all I hear and think is spanish. At night, when I'm trying to fall asleep all I can think about is my teacher speaking spanish.  Its so cool, whenever I write I find myself writing words in spanish. I know the Lord is helping me. 

"Si se puede" is my companion and I's motto! It means "We can do it." This week we had the opportunity to teach our first lesson to an investigador....en espanol!!! His name is Leo. He is an 18 year old from California, his family means a lot to him and he is interested in learning more about the gospel. So Hermana and I prepared a lesson on families We began with a prayer and went right into the lesson. It was so hard understanding him but he was very patient with us. We asked him more about his family and if he believed in God. It was very obvious that he cared a lot about his family. I asked Leo if he believed in God, and he said kind of. I began tesifying to Leo that he was a child of God and how the gospel blesses families. The spirit in the room was so strong! Hahaha and yes of course I started crying while testifying to Leo. Hermana Webster and I could barely understand anything Leo was saying, but the Lord made it possible for Leo to understand our broken spanish. The gift of tongues is so so real! We shared Alma 26:37 with him and he said he loved that scripture. We taught Leo how to pray and we challenged him to Pray to God to feel his love for him. He prayed right then and there and said he felt the spirit so strong. AND that he felt God's love! It was beautiful.  

I have definitely been humbled this week. I have never prayed so much in one day, but I know I can only do this with the Lord' help. I don't have much time, but a scripture that really helped me this week is D&C 50:13-20. I know the Spirit is the only way I will be able to teach people. This is the Lord's work and I am just his pencil. 

I love you all, have a great week! 

Hermana Harley