Another great week at the MTC!

Hello Alll!!!! How is everyone doing!!!!  Well, I am doing great over at the MTC :)  I will dive right into my week. Things are going so good!!  It has definitely become hard!!! I was giong through a rough week... well... a really rough week.  I thought I was doing well in Spanish.  I was understanding what people said to me and I was talking and everything was going strong.... or so I thought..  Then it took a turn for the worse.  For about 3 lessons I went blank. Meaning, I couldn't speak a lick of Spanish. Just a basic testimony not even my usual one.  It was really rough.  I was doing fine before, but during the lesson, I would go blank.  I couldn't speak.  It was so weird!! I would practice and practice but no matter what, I couln't speak or understand.  I got really frustrated. I was praying harder and longer for help, but nothing came.  After our 3rd lesson of me blanking and not being able to do anything, I prayed, really hard and long.  It was a very low moment of my week.  I just didn't know what to do at the time.  I only knew how to pray for help.  So, I did, and the Lord blessed me.  Our next lesson, words came to me.  I didn't know what I was saying, but Renato seemed to understand what I was saying.  We asked if he had questions, but he said no each time.  I really needed that moment.  That was a blessing from the Lord to help me a long the way.  Right after the lesson, I prayed and thanked the Lord for that great experience and for that blessing.  It was a great moment :)  Like Hermano Patino said to me, we all have peaks and valleys.  I can tell I will have a lot of those, but they make us stronger.  I am actually grateful for the expierence.  I learned a lot from it :) 

Well things are good our here!!!  It is a little more than 3 weeks till we leave!! Crazy huh?!?!  I'll probably go somewhere else for a little bit, but I don't care! I am still doing the Lord's work!

Another moment at TRC I wanted to tell you about is that we taught a lady that went to Spain on her mission! After our lesson, I asked her if we could ask her some questions about Spain and some tips we should know about going there.  She told us a lot about the people and the food and the little things Elder Bagley and I should know.  She was so nice and she was just so excited for us to go and to have a lot of fun.  She said her visa took a long time.  She went to Washington D.C. South for 4 months then to Spain.  She said that's really rare, but it can happen.  Well that is about it over here.  Thank you all for the letters and I can't wait to hear from you all!  I love hearing from everyone :)  I know I was horrible at writing you Mitch, Mandy and Jana... but I really like to hear from you.  I just miss you all so much, but I am doing the Lord's work. 

 

I love you all and I hope you all do well over this next week!! 

 

Love,

 

Elder Alex Laubaugh :)