This week has had both extremes of really good and really bad. First with the Bad, So Juan Miguel is currently looking for an apartment which means he is technically homeless which means he can not be baptized this Saturday but he is still meeting with us and we are praying that he will be able to find a place soon. Also Tuesday was pretty hectic, I started my morningn out by rolling my ankle while jogging around the Castle, some crazy man was yelling at us (the whole disrtict because we had just gotton done with district meeting and went to get some kebobs - the closest thing to a burrito here) about how religion is ruining the world. and then when Hna Blanco and I were going to our hotel room we realized the keys were locked in the hotel room. when we went to the front desk to ask for a spare they said that they didnt have spare keys!! So we ended up having to wait for a locksmith to come and we were running short on time because i was supposed to be on a train to Zaragoza for an intercambio (exchange) while one of the sister training leaders came to lleida. So we ended up having to pay 40 euros for the locksmith which is a rip off because all he did was slide a credit card through the door. I could have done that and saved 40 euros. ha. but then we had to run and grab my stuff and run to the train station and then run to catch it and then relax for a half hour. the intercambio was fun because I got the opportunity to work with Hermana Bracken in Zaragoza!!! She is a classmate from middle school!! it was so crazy when we saw eachother who would have thought back when we were 12 that one day we would be serving together in Barcelona. It was really cool, and also really hard to not call her by her first name ha.
Well now for the good stuff, This week was actually pretty great!!! Wednesday, my compañera went to zaragoza while i returned to lleida and worked with the sister training leader, she is a machine and such a great missionary , i learned a lot from her. But anyways the most wonderful news is that we found 7 new investigators this week so we are now teaching 13 ivestigators!!! It really is such a blessing and such a miracle! This past sunday we had 5 investigators come to church , we even picked a couple up and walked with them to church, I was pretty excited because that was my first time ever walking an investigator to church! The best part was when we entered and the members started to come up to them and introduce themselves and immediatly start to fellowship them! I was very proud of the member for doing that , the Bishopric even came up to them and introduced themselves, I know that this is something the whole ward has been struggling with but it was so good to see them trying to reach out to the investigators. The members really make a huge difference when they help out like that. The sad part was that the woman, Juana and her daughter , Eli, who we walked to church are actually not in our area so we had to give them up to the Elders, but they were our street contact and they are golden. They loved church and I really do hope to see them next week there again!
Juse Miguel and Dani also went to church!! Dani told us this past week that she had a conflict with the bishop about a month ago and that is why she got discouraged, he said something that offended them and just came off wrong to them. but we talked to them and encouraged them to continue . After church Dani asked to talk to Hna Blanco and I so we stepped away into the hallway and she asked if we could start visiting her family more frequently!! that is a huge miracle and hopefully they will be more willing to progress because they are the ones that right now the problem is that they are not married.
Anyways those are only a few miracles of the many that we saw this week. We do walk everywhere and do not have bikes but i feel like lleida is small and it doesnt take long to walk everywhere. The Bishopric is fairly new so they are trying to improve on things but they are still very great people. I think the missionary work still needs lots of work here but that is why we are here. hopefully we can get the ward better organized and get to know everyone a bit more as well. The members all show lots of love to the missionaries, especially the sister missionaries.. haha because
they havent had sisters here for a very looooong time, I am loving it here. Its getting hotter and hotter every day ! I love everyone and hope everyone is doing well !
sending my love from Spain!
Hermana Hair
p.s.- we now have an apartment. its the elders old apartment.... ummm lets just say we did a lot of cleaning and organizing today. ha I will send pictures later. I forgot my camera today... I know im not doing a good job with keeping up with pictures. but hopefully next week I will do better. I will try my best. Love you all!
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