But oh my goodness I'm PUMPED to be with Hermana
Turner (from Utah!). And I LOVE love love my area. Honestly I couldn't
be in a better situation. And I'm excited to work and use every SECOND
that I have left. Such a blessing to be a missionary.
This week was amazing! And crazy! We saw the baptism of Shirley which was such a miracle. Her story:
She's
a lil 10 yr old who we've been teaching ever since I got here. Months
ago, she was ready to be baptized but the week of her baptism, her
parents didn't give her permission. So the elders started teaching her
parents and we kept meeting with her and Rita (her grandma) who will
also be baptized very soon. She's so smart and so mature. She read the
Book of Mormon every single day. Came to church alone most weeks. She
was so prepared. So finally a couple weeks ago my companion and I
decided to go over the baptism interview questions with her to show her
that she's ready. She knew EVERYTHING and shared her sweet testimony.
The spirit was so strong. And it was perfect because she was able to
show her parents that she met the qualifications set by God for baptism.
And they gave her permission! She was baptized on Saturday June 23 with
6 other people who had been preparing and were ready to enter into the
waters of baptism. Such a blessing.
Also
this week I said goodbye to a lot of people in preparation to leave
Hospitalet.:( it's the worst. We get "the call" telling us if we leave
or not and who our companion will be on Saturday night and then on the
following Sunday and Monday we set things up with people back to back to
say goodbye. I have so much love for these people.
Also
this weekend was San Juan! Basically it's where everyone in Spain goes
crazy and goes to the beach and does a lantern thing and fireworks and
just has a great time. So that was fun. There's also little popper
firework things that kids throw at the ground. They pop really really
really loudly when they hit. It's like a gunshot. The worst. So I'm glad
that's over haha
So
yeah life is soooo good. The mission is the greatest thing EVER! I love
sharing the gospel. It just makes so much sense and it gives me so much
joy seeing other people learn and recognize the truths of the restored
church. Such a blessing.
I love you all!
Love,
Hermana Johnson
1. Bautismo!
2. Shirley and Rita
3. Last lunch with the district!
4. I love my companion I'm going to miss her!
Some interesting details
So
this transfer is crazy because we officially have 2 new zones from the
Malaga mission, but no one moves around and they don't start to mix us
until August 7.
Except for 2 zone leaders who trade places and one hermana from Malaga
is coming to be hermana Read's companion! So she's very excited about
that.
WE SAW SHIRLEY GET
BAPTIZED! On Saturday 7 people got baptized. Night of white! So
beautiful. And she was so cute and after she got baptized she had so
much energy and was running around and being so lovey dovey and holding
our hands and hugging us and it was just so cute. It was obvious that
she felt the spirit and she was feeling the love. I loved seeing it.
She's the cutest lil bby. And she wants to serve a mission! It's still 9
years away but she's very mature and very smart. And strong. She'll do
it!
My new district is so
fun. It's us 4 missionaries serving in Vilafranca and then a
companionship of elders serving in Martorell. They just closed the
hermana area in Martorell so we're the only hermanas. We've got an elder
from Colombia, one from Ecuador, and one from Austria. And then the
other one's from California. And my companion's from Utah! Super fun
I
had my exit interview with president! It wasn't quite what I thought it
would be. It was still amazing, but I imagined a discussion type thing
where we talk about plans and set goals. He didn't do that (which now
that I think about it it could be because I still have so much time
left) and instead just kind of gave me an hour long lecture thing with a
lot of advice. About half of it was spent on marriage and finding a
husband. He went through a list of 13 things that my husband has to be
or have otherwise i cant marry him. Very good haha. But yeah i enjoyed
it. Everyone was worried I'd leave trunky but I didn't so that's good!
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