Otra semana increíble aquí in Barcelona!!
SO many things happen every week that I never have no idea what to say. I seriously only tell you all about 1/10 of my week , which makes me feel really bad so today I will try and tell you more of week... well the greatest thing is that PEOPLE ARE COMING TO CHURCH!!! I have never seen such a constant and increasing number of investigators/less actives at church. This makes me so happy to see people make the effort to come and to feel the spirit! There is a family that is interested and has come the past TWO sundays but hasnt let us visit them yet because they are super busy, but this week we have a cita with them. we have only meet the mother, Elisabeth, who has 3 young daughters and her neice, Melissa. We contacted them two weeks ago, invited them to church and they came! and this sunday we called them to remind them and invite them again and they said that they were already planning on coming because the little 5 year old really wanted to come to church. One thing that is amazing that i have definetely seen here in barcelona is how the younger generation is really helping prepare their family. i know the little 5 year old wanting to come to church is small but we have another similiar case with a less active , Mayra , her 8 yr old daughter , dayanar, who isnt baptized because her father is not a member. Well they came to church this sunday too! and the 8 yr old is incredible in lessons, she really helps her parents get motivated. a couple visits ago we left them with the invitation to read and pray and ask if the b.o.m. is true and then the next lesson we had with them Dayanara brought us a picture of the chapel that she had drawn , at the top of the page she wrote "si confias y crees en dios ya tu sabrás" .("if you trust and believe in God, You will know") She said this was her answer. that she prayed and these words came to her head and that she knows the book of mormon is true. QUE INCREIBLE!! I know the lord has saved these young strong souls for these last days, to help the weak in spirit and to stand strong in this wavering world. to conquer the adversary and to be future missionaries! i know this with all my heart because we are seeing it here. The scripture asking us all to become as a little child , now, has so much more significance to me. I want to be like these little children, so pure that God can literally talk to them when they pray, that they feel the spirit whenever he is present and that they can recognize it and want more. I know the lord is preparing families because the children are preparing the parents. I am so excited! everyday i wake up so excited to see the new miracles that God has for us. There is not a day that goes by where we dont see miracles, and i know that that is because we strive to be obedient and to let the lord guide our every move. This gospel blesses familys! y ya esta :)
Alright let me see if I can sum this week up.. okay I cant sum this week up. ha sorry but I will give you as much as I can. Okay I really just want to talk about this next miracle that happened . So sunday afternoon we had a fireside about family history work that my compañera and I planned, turned out pretty well! and then after that we took a member, Erik -he is 17, with us to contact a bit. We talked to only four people because we had only a half hour till we were supposed to be at a members home. and in half an hour the only four people we talked to ALL wanted to hear about our message, ALL gave us their information and we are visitng with ALL of them this week. miracle???? claro que si!! the best one, okay they are all great, but the biggest miracle one was our last contact, her name is yolanda and she was was walking with her headphones in and walked right past us, my companion and I looked at eachother and both felt we needed to talk to her. So I turned around, caught up to her and gave her our card, we started to talk, at first it seemed like she wasnt interested but we just testified of our message and about families. you could see how her attitude changed as she asked about what we do at church and what other activities we have, - the great thing is this ward here has TONS of activities, basically every afternoon there are youth and single adults, and families playing volleyball or basketball in the gym. Yolanda loved it all! she said that she couldnt believe that we chose her to talk to out of everyone outside because she was just barely thinking how her life is missing something, that she only works and that she walks outside to get fresh air but that she feels lonely . we were actually standing a block away from the church so we invited her to come take a quick look, she did and she had a permanent smile on her face as she met members and saw the rooms, (we only showed her the first floor, our church has three floors) She kept saying, "this is what i need" We have a visit with her this tuesday and then she is staying for english classes. She is wonderful!!! she is young too .. maybe in her mid twenties. But the best part is that we were with Erik, I love taking youth out with us to contact and teach because their testimonies grow incredibly, He just witnessed this miracle with us and I know he felt that joy that we felt when her face was illuminated with her smile as she thanked us and walked away with a grateful heart.
Okay so this is what i mean, i only told about two miralces and now my time is up. There is no way i can tell you about my whole week, I wish i could. maybe that is why a mission is incredible, so much happens that you cant explain it but you are so grateful that you are living every minute of it. Thats why this is the best decision I have ever made :) I love being a missionary of the Lord in Barcelona. I am so grateful for this opportunity. I love my heavenly father and my brother, jesus christ. I love you all and I know families can be forever. Please share that good news with everyone. families can be and will be forever through this true gospel of Jesus Christ.
Till next week!
Love Hermana Hair
Not sure what is behind us but its a beautiful building and other people were taking pictures of it so we decided we needed one too ha :)
and yes the leather thing on the strap of my bag is kind of breaking , but its flipped in the picture, it usually doesnt look like that . oops:)
