My Week of Being Trilingual!

Good morning everyone!                            3/7/16

I just had the most fantastic week!!

I taught my first English class this week, and gave my first lesson in

Spanish this week! Sister Vaea and I try to hold a weekly English

class for Either Hispanic or Chinese people to learn English. So far

it has just been their recent converts Jackie and her husband Roberto.

They are so funny! I don't know English that well and Sister Vaea has

only been learning English for 7 months but I became the designated

teacher. It went really well and they went away with phrases to use in

their work!

So the first lesson I taught in Spanish this week is actually an

interesting story. We ran into this guy named Francisco who was

raking leaves, and we asked if he needed help and started having a

conversation with him. Then Oscar, his friend who was mowing the lawn

came by. So I started talking with Oscar and Sister Vaea was talking

to Fransisco. Turns out that Oscar knew no English at all. So I was

able to say some of what I know in Spanish and tell him about an

English class that we have and then showed him a video about Jesus

Christ in Spanish (thank goodness for technology!). He loved it and

kept saying "Amen!" throughout the whole video. It was awesome that we

were able to teach two lessons right then and there at the same time!

We taught the Liu family! The Liu’s are in a word, AMAZING. Shawn and

Ping are the parents and they have a son, David. They live on the same

street as the church and they said that they wanted to know more about

Christian faiths. So we invited them to church and they came and

really enjoyed it! Also we gave David a Book of Mormon stories to read

and he is already reading about Alma the younger! They are all so

smart. Shawn and Ping are studying to become doctors. If you couldn't

have guessed they are from China and they have been in America for a

year and a half. Ping’s English is very good and David's is very good

as well, but Shawn has trouble pronouncing words. So we also had an

English class with them, and were able to follow up on their reading.

We committed them to read the Book of Mormon out loud as a family, and

if they did so, they wouldn't have a problem with the language.

I think it's amazing that even though we may not be able to speak the

same language as those we are around we are all able to feel of God’s

love and the spirit which testify a of truth.

Thank you all for your emails and letters of support! It is exhausting

to be a missionary but that's how we know it's been a good week, when

we have worked our hardest and given all we could and continue to do

so. I love being a missionary and I love being a member of this

church. Sharing what I know with others has brought on added

confidence and assurance to what I know to be true. I challenge you

all to share a principle of the gospel with someone you know or don't

know this week and see how it changes your week.

Love y'all :)

Sister Plumb