July 17, 2019
OKay, So Apparently I Can Understand Armenian Extremely
Well
გამარჯობა!
Okay, I have
little to report on, so I am going to write and try to think of things to
say. ძმა
მუირი
(Brother Muir / Dzma Muiri) came back a couple days ago. Ten days without one of my teachers was a
little weird, but we were glad to see his short ties again. და ფარსონი
(Sister Parsons / Da Parsoni) will be gone from Friday to Friday, so I'll be
with the Armenians a few times next week.
The Armenians had a language fast yesterday and I was able to translate
surprisingly well for them. The new Russians especially needed some
translations. It's crazy how well I can
understand Armenian. The Gift of Tongues
and the Gift of Interpretation of Tongues are real.
We hit our halfway
point on Saturday. We are now five weeks into our MTC stay. Next
week we will have been here longer than any of the English, Spanish,
Portuguese, Swedish, German, French, etc. speakers. It is so crazy. We are getting to the point where the
missionaries in our zone will be leaving us.
Soon we will be the most experienced missionaries. First the zone,
then the MTC. We of course will share
this honor with the Fins (from a different zone) that came in with us, and any
of the Asian languages that happened to come in our week.
These are some
notes I took from our devotional last night. Elder Walker (his first name
escapes me), an Emeritus member of the Seventy. He spoke on 10 ways to be
a happy and successful missionary. My
mother has informed me that these are applicable to probably everyone.
- Think
about The Lord
- Love
the Scriptures
- Love
the Church Leaders (their words are modern scripture)
- Forget
About Yourself
- Love
the People Love the food, culture, country, cities,
land Love your Companion
- Follow
& Love the Mission President
- Learn
the Language of the Spirit -- Alma 5:4
- Work
Hard
- Be
Obedient
- Be a
'Preach My Gospel' Missionary
- Prepare
Yourself To Go Home and Be A Faithful Member the Rest of Your Life
An update on the
translation of the Book of Mormon. They say that it will be printed in
December!! Every Georgian return
missionary I have talked to does not believe this timeline, so that is
unfortunate. Anyway...
I have very little
else to say, so I will say this. I love this work. I love this language. I love these missionaries. I love my
family and my teachers.
ნახვამდის!
--უხუცესი ფიშერი
Notes for a Church talk
Meme
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