Hahaha the funniest thing ever was everyone in Catarroja's reactions when I told them where I was getting transferred to. Hospitalet is right next to Barcelona, the heart of Catalunya. And Catalunya is doing this weird thing where they want to separate from Spain. But they're the only ones who are a fan of the idea. The rest of Spain thinks they're just so silly. But anyways everyone was like "ahh you're going to need your passport! You're going to a different country!" And then they gave me good advice and made sure I knew that "no matter what those Catallans say, Spain is Spain and Catalunya is part of Spain". So. Good to know haha.
But ah man this has been the saddest past couple days of my life. I just went from house to house saying goodbye to everyone and just crying my eyes out. Angela (my cute pink haired friend who got baptized a couples months ago) started crying saying bye to me and then got mad at me because I'm the second person in 35 years that's made her cry haha. Broke my heart but aah man I love her so much. I've never been in a place where I just felt so much LOVE for and by so many people. My heart's going to explode.
Oh also fun thing that happened this week is the Día de los Reyes! It's a Spaniard holiday that's basically their version of Christmas. But they also celebrate Christmas so really it's just twice the gifts. But they have a fun cake tradition where there's hidden wise men in the cake and if you get the peace with the Wiseman you're the king! The members gave us cute gifts too. Super happy.
Also this week we did another intercambio (a companion switch for a day) and I was in Valencia with Hermana Harris! We met a man from Nigeria who gave me a Nigerian name. It means "God is good." So that's fun.
But anyways here I am in Hospitalet. My companion's super cute-her name's Hermana Dow and she's from Canada! I had actually already met her before so it was nice to not have to feel so nervous about getting assigned to someone I know nothing about. She's great.
Something that's fun with transfers is you start seeing miracles of people showing up after months of not seeing them or finding a lot of new people that you know God has been preparing for the new companion. It's so interesting. I know we're sent where we're sent for the people that live there and God puts us in their paths and them in ours for a reason. I love it!
So there ya have it! More details to come as I start to get to know this new place! Exciting!
So much love!
Hermana Johnson
Saying goodbye
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