Sunburn of December 5th

December 9, 2013

Hi all!!!

I am here to tell you that ALL IS OKAY. Weather is back to normal. I just feel bad for all you Utahns who are suffering.. or so I hear. Speaking of weather in Utah I heard that there were tornados or something? My J-dubb friend raymond was telling me that the other day. I don´t believe him, ha. But really I heard that it is cold in Utah. To be honest I really miss it! You miss what you don´t have! I miss the cold. We will see if that comes back to bite me if I get transferred back to cold Madrid. I am still completely blown away at the fact that I am still getting hot sun in DECEMBER. I literally am still getting tanto sol casi cada dia. It gets a little chilly at night though! I bought this cheap little sweatshirt for the nights.. and I am wearing it right now! It is goes great with proselyting clothes.. kinda, kinda not.

I am so happy to hear about CB who was baptized this past week! That is so cool!  This will for fact change his life and the life of soooo many others. Missionary work is so important! It really is a huge part of our purpose here on the earth! We have been blessed SO much and now it’s our turn to share it. And there are countless blessings awaiting those who embark in this service. This special Christmas time is such a great time and opportunity to share what we know about the LIGHT OF CHRIST. By example, by word, or by music. I have been studying and learning a lot about the light of Cristo lately. I am loving it. It is the coolest thing. You all HAVE to watch all 3 videos of David Bednar and the Light of Christ. That’s all. I am really excited to be able to be a missionary during this holiday season! It is really different and hard at times.. but I am excited. There is not a better season to be able to share the gospel and happiness that we have!

Speaking of the light of Christ. I had a cool little experience the other day on the bus!  We were catching a bus to go out to eat in Adeje with fun little Ana and Mario, the Italians, like we do every tuesday during medio dia. So we catch the bus and this random guy in front of us starts attempting to talk to us in English. (many people here by the way will randomly just come up to us and start spitting out the 4 english words they know. It’s hilarious.) So this Jose man starts to talk to us! Of course when we tell him we are from the United States, he says “hamburgers!” ha typical! But then I ask, "Usted es una persona que cree en dios?" Are you a person who believes in God? Then Jose goes on to tell us about how he doesn´t and all of the bad things in his life. It breaks my heart every time when I hear this! As he is talking to us this cute girl who was sitting by herself just turns around and says, "Yo creo en Dios!" “I believe it God!” with just the biggest smile and light in her eyes. Wow, it was such a cool experience for me! It just testified to me so strongly that there are people in this world that have this LIGHT! There are goooood people out there who have faith! We just need to help and share this light to all. I got her number and am excited to call her!

The work is going great! It kind of feels like we are whitewashing again because we are started from practically scratch again in a closer area.. but I am excited.

Spanish is coming! Poco a poco. Like everyone says! Little by little it is coming. I am speaking even more spanish with my new companion and feel like I am understanding even more every day.

I love you all! Have a good week. Find joy in the journey and remember who you are!

Hermana N

Foto… picture I snapped in Adeje after a week of rain storms!  So pretty!