What a week!
First, DELFIN!!!! He's an older man from Ecuador who has only been
living in Spain for a few months. We contacted him on the street and met
with him for the first time this week! He apparently had been meeting
with the missionaries while in Ecuador so he knew a lot of what we were
talking about already. But something we really emphasized was that
families can be together forever because he had lost his son and his
dad. So he loved that and we explained that we need to be baptized in
order to recieve the fullness of blessings that Heavenly Father has to
offer. SO HE'S GETTING BAPTIZED!! May 27
get ready!!!!! He's so great. He loves it all and just soaks it in.
Also it's kinda funny cause in Spanish, Delfin literally means dolphin.
So we're baptizing a dolphin hahaha. I love!!!!
Also
remember the Romanian family that we're teaching? THEY WANT TO COME TO
CHURCH THIS SUNDAY!!!! Which is a HUGE step for them and it means
they're starting to want to act on the things we're telling them which
means the spirit is working on them! So that's super great and we're so
excited about them. :)
Also
guess who's back and is wanting to get baptized?? ALEX! Not much to say
about him, but we'll see what's been holding him back from talking to
us and why all of a sudden he's interested again. Updates to come haha.
So
preparation day today was SUPER fun! We hiked in the 90 degree (it felt
like) weather to a cave! It was a beautiful hike and the cave was
amazing. It didn't go in super deep, but it was still fun to explore
down in there. Good times in Spain!
My
favorite thing this week though was yesterday. So every morning we have
a couple hours that we get to dedicate to studying the scriptures and
the gospel. I LOVE that time. An hour for personal study and then an
hour to study with our companion.
So yesterday I
was actually in a trio because H Sperry had to be in Barcelona for
meetings and we did our companionship study with one of the members who
is about to leave on her mission. And it was just SO GOOD! I learned so
much and I LOVED having that time with the four of us just discussing
things that we learned in personal study and having all these different
perspectives. I loved iit.
So one thing I learned
was from a conference talk by Elder Scott from the Oct 2001 conf called
"The Power of a Strong Testimony." It talks about how we can know if we
have a strong testimony, how we know what things we're weak in, and how
to strengthen our testimony. Super useful I loved it. He said that in
order for our testimonies to guide us to make correct decisions, we must
allow the truths of the gospel to become our character. YES SO GOOD!!!!
I totally believe that. I totally believe that as a direct result of
working hard to be obedient and growing our faith is having a
personality that naturally chooses the right. And since that's our goal,
why not do the things necessary to make that a part of who we are? I
love.
Such happy
times:))) The spanish is coming along amazingly fast. I love speaking
spanish and I love trying to understand people and have conversations.
It's like a game for me to try to see how much I can pick up. I just
love it. I can see so much improvement. Happy happy!
I love you all TONS and miss you!!!!
Love,
Hermana Johnson
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