"Arcadia". Yep. Arcadia. That's all
that's goin down here. Just hitting up the town of Arcadians.
This last week not much has really happened. Like almost
literally nothing. We knocked for days. Literally everyday, basically
every hour. It's great. That's why I'm getting super tan and blonde
because we're constantly in the beating 100 degree sun! Sweating like
pigs as well. People open their doors and see two sweaty dudes asking to
share a message....eh we don't have the most success in the world. We
had one lesson with each of the investigators this past week which was
successful. They're all way cool and way nice. We have a
good time with them as we teach them. It's crazy how I can understand
basically everything now. 8 months ago I only knew hola!
Times have changed definitely. I dream in Spanish a lot of times now
too. And I think in Spanish a lot of the time, which is weird and kinda
creepy. I just start thinking things and then I realize...I'm
thinking in Spanish. WEIRD. I'll
definitely want to continue learning it and using it when I get home. It's a useful language to know. All the people we talk with freak out
when we say we've only been learning for a few months, and they've been
here for 15 years and don't know any english. THE CHURCH IS TRUE!
Oh!
I don't think I told you last week....BUT I, Elder Davies, totally did
the Spanish translation of the entire Sacrament meeting last fast Sunday!
Yep. This guy translated an entire meeting through a little microphone
thingy to the headphones that the Spanish people were wearing. Usually a
member guy does it, he served in Columbia and his wife is Columbian, so
he's basically fluent, but I told him I could try, just to give him a break
for a day, and I figured testimony meeting would be the easiest. It was SO HARD! But pretty awesome too. I had the biggest
headache after the meeting from thinking and listening and talking in
two different languages for a whole hour! I did everything from the
announcements, the prayers, testimonies, sacrament prayers, all that
jazz. It was way hard because you can't really think about what you're
saying in Spanish because you have to still be listening to everything
that's being said in English while you're translating the last sentence!
Crazy stuff. Pretty cool though. Fun opportunity.
So...That's about it. Still just livin the
Arcadian lifestyle. This week we got....more knocking!
Good luck this week!
Live Hard,
Love Hard,
Laugh Hard,
Elder Bryson Davies
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