FAMILIA QUE TAL!!!! (haha I love Spanish and think that it is hilarious)
A year ago from 2 days ago I opened my mission call! WHO knew then that I would be where I am now a year ago!
This week was a crazy one! Full of hard and rewarding work. I am continually amazed at how much I feel like I am learning here on the Lord´s time. Sometimes I wonder if I even had a testimony before the mission because I feel like I have just become really different. Wow am I so grateful for the mission. Sometimes when I am having a hard time and just feeling pretty down I say a quick prayer in my heart and I feel the sweet confirmation that I am doing what I need to be doing! Often times I forget how cool it is that I am even on a mission as just a 19 year old girl! I will never forget how great it is to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord! I am learning what true joy and happiness is and how we have to share with others what we hold so close to our hearts.
This week I went on an intercambio with Hermana Mather! It just so happened to be pouring rain that day but we had fun. It felt weird for the both of us! We couldn´t believe how we left the MTC 7 MONTHS ago. 7 months ago... really? Is this real life? I ask myself that all of the time! She is one incredible missionary. I feel like I learn so much! She is just so good at loving the people. Sharing what she knows and being personable to people she just barely met! I hope to be able to have that same love! I feel like one of the main reasons I came on a mission was to love the people. And it can be hard to have that same connection in a different language. But it’s there and they can feel it when it comes from the spirit. I am amazed at how you just learn to love people in a different way. And it’s because it is a spiritual love. I swear you become so close to people on your mission. It’s hard now thinking about Tenerife and the people who I love so much there! But I am hopeful and faithful that I will get those same relationships with the people here. And I already am. Every day I am finding myself loving the people more and more.
As we were trying to find the address to a referral that I had from the other day and as we were standing in this tiny Madrid street... just SOAKING in freezing rain... in the old street light surrounded by redbrick buildings.. I realized how I felt happy. How I love my life. Where I have come from, where I am, and where I will go. I felt overcome with many emotions. We were standing in this tiny road just LAUGHING so hard.. when we realized that it was exactly a year ago that we opened our calls. WHO knew and who could have pictured us a year from then put together on a cold Spain night soaking wet standing in the street light. Speaking Spanish! Trying to share with as many as would receive this beautiful message we carry through Jesus Christ. I know I say this in about every email but I truly love being an instrument in the hands of the Lord! I want to learn even more. The more I learn about this gospel the more I love it and want to share it and the more I learn I understand how firmly we need to be attached to Christ.
This week has been great. We are working so hard. We are exhausted! But we are loving it! It has been the coolest blessing being able to train because I get to see the great faith and testimony of a brand new missionary. I get to see how we both get the same spiritual promptings in lessons whether we are on the same page of Spanish or not! It is cool. I love Sister Carroll. She is one great missionary. I just hope that I can be a good trainer for her as much as Hermana Phillips was a great trainer for me. I feel so much for her now that I get a taste of what it was like from her side!
We saw miracles this week! The one that I would love to share with ya´ll is about probably the coolest person named B.
B. is a cute lady from Bolivia. She has a daughter named A. and a dog named Kiwi. We met them off of the street about a few weeks ago and FINALLY were able to meet with them last night! I don´t even know how to describe it, but you guys, this girl is PREPARED! We had such an awesome lesson last night about so many random things! But over all we talked about the Book of Mormon. She is catholic but has been searching for the truth. She told me last night that she is searching for something that will fill her heart. How sweet is that? She told us that a few years ago she realized that she has hambre espiritual. SPIRITUAL HUNGER! How sweet is that? This darling and cutest lady is prepared. Sister Carroll and I really felt GUIDED by the spirit last night. it was the coolest thing. We walked home just smiling the whole way through. I am so excited for her! She is really busy but I just pray that she will find time to meet with us again soon. B.had such a good and warm spirit that I could feel strong in her piso. You know what? I felt like I was at home! It was crazy. Last night, I finally felt like I was at home here in Torrejón.
I KNOW with all of my heart the Lord hears and answers our prayers! Usually in ways that we wouldn´t think of. But He does and He loves us so much. He knows us better than we know ourselves! And because He created us he knows what makes us truly happy. And He will give it to us when we let Him into our hearts.
The members here feed us every day. It’s rough, haha. I am gaining weight by the second. Let’s just hope that people don´t have to roll me to my next area. I am scared. Hermana Phillips told me that this is the area that she gained the most. So yeah...
I love you all so much! Joe glad you finally got your permit. It’s about time. There is a girl here who is 14 and wants to marry you by the way.... haha so add that to your list of options.
I LOVE YOU ALL
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ps foto... this is the very center of el sol aka the heart of madrid! the heart of the world according to them spaniards ha.
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