Well dear family and friends.
Another week, and another month! Man, they are going by quick now! Well, this
past week was a big one. The first half of the week was a lot of farewells for
Elder Wiley. On Wednesday morning I sent him off to Washington. I sure miss
WileyCal he is one of my best friends!
Wednesday was a big day. Since this
is a central point for a lot of traveling missionaries, we devoted the whole
day split between the bus and train station directing missionaries to their
destinations. It was a busy day, but gratefully everyone arrived without
problem. I had a huge headache to say the least... haha. At 6 30 my new
companion Elder Quispe arrived.
Elder Quispe is 23 and from
Bolivia. He has lived here in Spain the last 12 years, and has such an
incredible story. He is a recent convert of less than two years (he was
baptized in May of 2013 right before I began my mission). He is the only member
in his family, and has a heart of gold. He truly has such a strong testimony of
the restoration of the gospel. I am really excited to be with him, and to learn
a lot from him.
The last half of the week was
pretty full and busy with missionary work. Right now our number ones continue
to be the siblings. They really are progressing well, and if things continue
asÃ, they have fechas for the 21 of this month. Please keep them in your
prayers.
Yesterday was such a special day,
[our family] - they were confirmed members of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. The spirit was so so strong, and their blessings were
beautiful. The Lord truly knows His children. The sweetest experience of
yesterday was when I was passing the sacrament. As I neared their row, I
watched her partake of the sacrament for the first time as a member. She just
looked at me with a great big smile. She is so happy, I am so happy for her.
Bless her. Yesterday, right after the services she asked if I could help her
with her tithing. She told us that she had set this money aside all week, and
was not going to touch it for anything else. She mentioned that various
expenses kept coming up, but the Lord blessed her in incredible ways. My
testimony of paying a full tithe has grown so much on my mission by the
miracles I continue to see. On Saturday we passed by her home to find a new
cat. I asked her what they named it. Their response, "Elder". It will
be nice to have 3 Elders in the home.
That is it for here folks. I love
you so so much.
Until next week.
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