We have
finally hit June! Wow! Summer is here … nice and blistering hot too! Haha, in
the heart of Barcelona it gets a little toasty, but I enjoy it!
My new
companion, Hermana Steinfeldt, is incredible and we have totally clicked from
day one. She is hilarious and works so hard. I know she and I are going to see
so many miracles together. I can´t wait!
Imilse is
doing well and is definitely progressing. We talked to her husband about
letting his daughters serve missions. All four of us hermanas bore powerful
testimony of how much the experience of a mission has meant to us and how it has
changed our lives forever … for the better and the brighter.
Oh, and her
food was amazing … Dominican food is the bomb, haha!
President
and Hermana Pace came to church this past Sunday in Hospitalet. They are just
the cutest! As we were going around before church talking to some of the
members, he just sat at the front and smiled and gave us a thumbs up. After the
meeting he came up to us and said, "I knew I got this companionship right!
And not that I am jealous of your companionship, because I have a great
companion here (looks at his wife and giggles) but you two are great together.
Everyone you talked to just lit up! They love you! You are like two
butterflies, scattering sunshine throughout this whole ward. Keep it up, and
you will fly!" We are so excited!
We have a
baptism coming up this weekend … woohoo! We are so excited! His name is Terry.
He is 27 years old and he is from Nigeria. He is a total sweetheart. Two weeks
ago we were walking through the street and we saw him sitting all by himself on
a bench. We felt like we needed to talk to him. He opened up to us right away
and said he had moved here to Spain about 2 months ago, that he doesn´t speak Spanish
and that he is looking for work. He said that things are a little hard right
now, but that he knows if he has faith and puts God first, that everything will
be okay. We testified of Jesus Christ and how we can receive comfort and
strength through His sacrifice and example. He loved talking with us and
actually came to church the past two Sundays! It´s all in Spanish and I had to
translate a lot for him. He had been to our church a few times in Nigeria and
said it was great. I asked if it bothered him that all of the meetings are in Spanish,
and he replied, "No, I don´t care. I just like how I feel here and every time
you both talk to me. I feel happy and that this is where I am supposed to be.
It just feels right. I feel God´s spirit and love. I want to be a member of
this church. I know I need to be baptized." He is just precious and the
members have been so loving towards him. It is so cute to see the members try
to whip out any English they know to try and talk to him and make him feel welcome.
I can truly see the love that God has for him and how the Lord placed him in
our path. It was truly a miracle. God is so perfect and there are no such things
as coincidences. His plan is PERFECT. We just have to trust Him. He allows us to
see little specks of Heaven all throughout our days. We are so blessed to
recognize and be witnesses of this great work.
Please
notice and realize that those little things that happen in your life … they happen
for a reason. God has a perfect plan for every single one of us. He know what
we need, and He knows what He is doing. We just need to submit our will to His,
so that we can find this happiness and see these heaven-on-earth miracles
daily!
You are ALL
miracles and miracle workers to me.
Forever,
Hna. Vance
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