Monday, February 8, 2016

First Week in Nicaragua



Wow. I have little time to write. Nicaragua is wonderful. I have a wonderful trainer. It still has not clicked in my mind that people do not speak English here. It is not as hard of an adjustment as I thought it would be though.

The people are wonderful. Everyone is willing to listen, but people say that of course they will come to church when they have no intent of ever doing it.

We had two baptisms scheduled for this week when I got here. Last week we found someone, I invited him to be baptized, he is really serious and is just golden. We rarely find people like him though. I am really excited. 

Nicaragua is great. My companion is amazing. I just need to be brave and open my mouth and talk to people in Spanish. I feel like my Spanish is a lot worse than it probably is. There are some members that try to talk to me and I have no idea what they are saying because I do not know how to talk about normal things like shoes or leather. But that is okay. I more or less understand things. Eventually the words will develop more meaning. 

This is a wonderful but hard experience. My area is gigantic, we walk all day. We have some recent converts that live about a 45 minute walk away. But I am really happy and I love it here, and am excited for all the good we are going to do. 

The Church is true, it is a huge blessing and changes lives. The Book of Mormon is incredible.



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