Happy February!

Hello Everyone! 

This week was so fast, and honestly I don't remember most of it. But it was good! So here's what I remember.

1. Still training! We have an hour and a half of companionship study, and we are learning out of a book called the 12 Weeks for New Missionaries and Trainers. I love it! We do a lot of studying and a lot of role playing, but we have a lot of fun with it and it's really cool to see both of us progress. I'm learning a lot more of the history this time around than I did when I was in training, so it's nice to have it as a refresher course too. We've been practicing our bridging, which is what we do to connect the random questions people ask us with the message of the Restoration, while still having a good balance of doctrine and history. It's really fun! It's a little of a challenge sometimes, but we are really enjoying our time to study together and then to go contact people on square.

2. West Gate! This is my new assignment, and it's very similar to Guest Services just a little more visible. We're in charge of making sure that if guests come to square and want a tour, we coordinate finding them Sisters to take them on a tour and making sure that every assignment is covered. We're the coordinators of Temple Square for the time that we're in there. It's really fun, we get to talk to a lot of guests too because they come to our desk and ask us questions and we are able to answer them and share the message of the restoration as well as history from our assignment. It's a lot of fun, and we are really enjoying it.

3. One of my favorite assignments to have is the Tabernacle. We get to share the history of the Tabernacle and then share the Restoration - it's awesome. Another favorite thing to do in there though is the acoustic demonstration! I love it, I practiced it with my companion a few times and then told her the next people to walk in she would do the demonstration for. So I think I offered the demonstration to like 8 or 9 different groups of people, and they all wanted to see it. My companion did an awesome job going up there every time and doing the demonstration, she's a lot more confident in it now and I was so proud in the back listening. She's doing a fantastic job.

4. I slowly learning more Kiribati. I still can't really say anything at all, but I can say hello and goodbye and thank you and goodnight. It was fun the other day at an assignment because we taught these three guys about temples, and realized that we were all from different nations. We had a Russian, Korean, and a man from China all listening to us teach about temples. Then a man from Guatemala joined us and I got to teach him in Spanish. It's amazing to see how many people come here from all over the world, I love getting to meet all of these people from these amazing places and learn of their stories and their lives and get to know them and share with them how the gospel has blessed my life and how it can bless theirs too.

I hope you all have an amazing week, tiabo! (Kiribati for goodbye)