Well, how are things going. So my new trainee is...Hermana Ruiz. She is from Peru. This change there were 4 hermanas that arrived, 3 were from Peru and 1 from Nicoragua. I was kind of a little disappointed just because I haven´t really had the best luck with Latina compañeras during my mission. I think I must have just a very strong Gringa culture, so anyways it is definitely going to be a challenge trying to train poor Hermana Ruiz. I´m still working on trying to overcome the little things that don´t really matter but that kind of drive me crazy, for example she has a tendency to pet my tummy, especially right after meals and when we are taking photos. It kind of drives me crazy super fast, but anyways, just the little things that don´t really matter.
So Hermana Ruiz is super super shy, so that has been a struggle, even though she already speaks the language I think that Hermana Ruiz will be 10 times more difficult than Hermana Wilcock. Poor Hermana Ruiz pretty much breaks out in tears every time I give her suggestions to improve. Bah! Well, no one said that things were going to be easy, right? I am sure that in the end, with muchisimo pacience, love, and help she will be a great missionary. But one thing that is super funny when we do street contacts if the person doesn´t stop instead of walking calmly beside them she kind of hops along sideways. It is really funny to watch and every time I just give thanks that at least she had the nerve to talk to someone.
So Funny story, we had just finished the meeting for all the trainers and the new missionaries where we had just met our new companions and then everyone went down to the subway with all of the suitcases and everything to go to our individual sectors. So we got on and so did some other elders, well the door started to close and one of the brand new missionaries got stuck outside without his trainer. The elders tried prying open the door, but in the end the brand new missionary was left behind and the subway took off. It was so sad, the new missionary was pretty much in tears. There were other elders that didn´t make it on the train either and so they all just met back up in the next station, but it was super sad. His trainer didn´t even have his companion for 10 minutes and already lost him.
Last week I was in intercambios while I was waiting for my companion to arrive and I taught a lesson with one of the other trainers in her sector. The investigators were kids and in the middle of the lesson they started to lose attention a little bit, so immediately I pulled out my nursery leader skills and had them put their hands on their head, on their shoulders, and then fold their arms. The other trainer was in shock, she was amazed at how well it worked and said she was definitely going to use that trick again. It was kind of funny to see how much I had learned in the nursery and how it helps me in my mission in funny ways.
Well, that´s all for this week!
Love you all!
Hermana Evans
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