Hola!!!!
Where do I even start? Well, I am SOOO happy here in the CCM. Flying here was so surreal, and it all went really well. The CCM ...MTC... is really small and also really nice. I LOVE IT!
When I got here I was greeted by Hermana Jesse Thompson! She lived in Stover at BYU! It was soooo comforting to see someone I knew. Honestly though, everyone is SO nice here. At least we think that they are since we don't speak the same language.
My companion is Hermana Naeata. She is half tongan and half samoan. She is from Dallas Texas and is HILARIOUS. She plays the Uke and she is teaching me tongan. She sings pretty songs to me!! I laugh SO hard everyday with her. We are the only two girls who are from America in our CCM group. All the other girls speak spanish. So you could say that we have a lot of fun trying to figure what people are saying every day. Mostly people just laugh at us. We love it.
So me and Hermana M. are teaching a man named Pedro Morales. He is a super nice guy and we have had the opportunity of teaching him 4 times, in spanish!!! The first lesson was okay but we left our second lesson feeling a little discouraged. We wanted to say so many things but we have such limited spanish. So we decided we had to work harder and we prayed and prayed it would go better the next time. The next day we had a lesson with him and we went in with faith that it would be better. IT DID! We really felt the Spirit guiding the lesson and he even teared up a little. We were so happy that he could feel the Spirit and he agreed to come to church!!!! It was so awesome. We knew that God had answered our prayers and we are so excited to teach him again.
Some other fun things that happened this week:
The Latina Hermanas taught us how to sing I see the Light from Tangled...in spanish!!!
I was giddy.
I spoke in church!!! EN ESPANOL the WHOLE time. WOOO!
Today we got to go to the Guatemala City Temple. It is such a wonderful place to be.
We also got to go outside and walk to a store. It was the first time I actually felt like I was in another country. It is really gorgeous here. Nice people!!!!
I love Spanish! It is challenging at times, but it is SO worth it when you get to testify of this gospel. I know I will learn it. I really love this gospel and I know that God hears and answers our prayers. You matter to Him.
Well, I do not have much time...But I hope you know I love you and I am praying for you daily.
Thank you for being in my life.
Love you!!!
Hermana Cornelison
If you want to reach her, her email is: rachel.cornelison@myldsmail.net.
Her address at the mtc is:
Sister Rachel Jean Cornelison
Guatemala Guatemala City Central Mission
Guatemala Missionary Training Center
Bulevar Vista Hermosa 23-71
Vista Hermosa I, Zona 15
Guatemala City 01015
GUATEMALA
I know that she would love to hear from you all !
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