Dear Reader,
Once every couple of weeks, I have the opportunity to translate for Spanish-speaking missionaries at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT. Normally, they are Sunday meetings that I translate, like a sacrament meeting or fireside. One of the other meetings they have is called the "New Missionary Purpose Meeting." I love this meeting because it is 2 hours of missionaries learning what it is like to feel the spirit and connect to people they are not used to talking to.
Here's how it works. The meeting is split up into three different parts, during which the group of missionaries (usually about 60 elders and sisters) has the opportunity to meet a different person and teach them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During the first two parts of the meeting, there are two missionaries who start off the visit by knocking on the door and coming into the "house" that been set up. After a few minutes, a moderator excuses the other missionaries and the group of missionaries takes over the teaching. That is when the real experience begins.
The "investigators" are real. They come in and react almost normally as they would if the missionaries showed up on their actual doorstep.
What always impresses me about this meeting is that I always translate the same truths. They are worded differently, but I feel like I never have to think about how to word it in Spanish because it comes out to the same truth. I know that what those missionaries are doing is very important.
With that in mind, I just wanted to share with you this video about how these truths will go forth. Enjoy this rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Here's how it works. The meeting is split up into three different parts, during which the group of missionaries (usually about 60 elders and sisters) has the opportunity to meet a different person and teach them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During the first two parts of the meeting, there are two missionaries who start off the visit by knocking on the door and coming into the "house" that been set up. After a few minutes, a moderator excuses the other missionaries and the group of missionaries takes over the teaching. That is when the real experience begins.
The "investigators" are real. They come in and react almost normally as they would if the missionaries showed up on their actual doorstep.
What always impresses me about this meeting is that I always translate the same truths. They are worded differently, but I feel like I never have to think about how to word it in Spanish because it comes out to the same truth. I know that what those missionaries are doing is very important.
With that in mind, I just wanted to share with you this video about how these truths will go forth. Enjoy this rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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