HAPPY 2014 EVERYONE!!! I hope everyone had a great new years! the tradition here in Spain is to eat 12 grapes at midnight (1 grape a second).so the elders here and h. swenson and I after eating at a brazilian members home ate the twelve grapes outside our piso at like 10:50 pm because we had to be in psio by 11 pm that night. We are so spaniard now ;) But this family from Brazil is amazing! they seriously went all out and made a huge FEAST for us, i will send picutres next time because right now I am in Bilbao with the bilbao hermanas because my companion left yesterday morning!!! We had transfers this week and h. swenson is now in barcelona and my new companion is H. Gillete! I havent met her yet because her train gets in tonight at like 10. (its a six hour train ride from barcelona to up here) but i hear she is super sweet, blonde, super skinny and that she has the heaviest suitcases in the mission! She has been out for the same time as my last two comps but i am super excited to meet her. a bit nervous becuase well... its always a bit weird when you change comps becuause you get so used to your old one but I am hoping to see many miracles this next transfer with her.
Oh so yesterday was el dia de los reyes magos, Three kings day! and its huge here. almost bigger than christmas day. everyone in the family gets three presents, one from each king. they had a big parade in every city sunday night where the kings throw candies. So yesterday I was half the day in las arenas and half the day in Bilbao, Most of the day yesterday i was with the elders and the herreros (the senior couple) because hna swenson left at six in the morning my compa for the day was hna herrero. and really all that we did yesterday was eat! We went from member to member and they feed us all so much food. i really did not want to eat anything all day today. They have this specail cake thing called a roscon and every house gave it to us (a super spaniard desert for this holiday) and i feel really gross now. ha. but it was nice to spend the day with the missionaries and members.
We did see small miracles this past week, we found some great potential investigators.. but for some reason they are all busy till the end of january... ummm. yeah. but we are going to keep finding , keep working and I know that if we are obey with exactness and love that the lord blesses us and really uses us as instruments in his hands. Love you all so much! make this year wonderful! I will send my 8 months picture next time.
a small challange we have been given members is to find a scripture as a family and make it your theme for 2014. write it out and hang it somewhere you see it everyday. memorize it and live it and you will see that throughout this year it will help you in ways you never imagined. . I invite you all to try it as well. and i would love to hear about your scripture that you choose for your family.
Take care!! muchos besitos y abrazos de España
love, Hermana Hair
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