The Lone Spanish Sister

So this week was a strange one... Hna B had leadership training for 2 days. For those 2 days I was paired with Sister Cook, an English speaking sister. She has only been out in the field for 2 weeks and her companion was at the leadership meeting as well. I was nerves and super stressed out those two days because I normally lean on HnaB when I comes to Spanish, probable a little more than what I should. The first day we met with mostly Sis Cooks English speaking investigators. All of the appointment went well. By the end of the day we still had some time left so we went tracking. We did not have much success when we tracked but it was really good practice for the two of us. However on the second day we had several Spanish appointments. I called a member that speaks both English and Spanish to come out with us so that day we could have member present lessons and have someone there that could help out with Spanish. Unfortunately, they canceled. When she canceled I got super stressed because I know that my Spanish is not up to par. She gave me a suggestion of another person that I could call. I then started thinking that this might be Heavenly Father telling me that I need to rely on Him more when it comes to my Spanish. So I decided that I would try and call the other member and if she couldn’t come that I knew this was a challenge that God was giving me. I called her and it went straight to her voice mail without even ringing. After that I was like ok let’s do this. I studied so hard that day during my language study. When we pulled up to our investigator that doesn't speak any English I was still a little apprehensive. I didn’t have a clue  how the lesson was going to go. To my surprise she had made us lunch. At first the conversation was a little slow but then I got her talking about her ESL class and she showed us her presentation for her class to about Juarez. Before we left we went over the importance of the BOM and went over a little bit of the reading After we left I was surprised how well it went and felt more confident in my Spanish. I knew it was a challenge Heavenly Father wanted me to do.

                                                             

Later that day Hna B called and said they were running late and that we needed to go ahead and go to our dinner appointment. Once again it was with a family that doesn’t speak much English. Going into their house I had more confidence and knew it wasn’t going to be too bad. I did feel bad for Sis Cook because she did not understand anything at all. I did teach her a few phrases in Spanish because she really wanted to talk to the little girl that we were having dinner with. Those two days when our companions were at leadership training were great growing experiences.