Hola como
están? ¿Como va todo? Espero que su verano hace mucho calor como mío, porque de
verdad, aquí en España … hace muchísimo calor y es muy húmedo. Estamos muriendo!
Pero, es lo que hay. Jaja
Haha, okay,
don't worry, I will speak to you all in English. Oh how I just LOVE Hospitalet!
The people are amazing. The members, the ward, our friends, the other
missionaries … and, of course, my incredible companion, Hermana Steinfeldt. She
and I have become the best of friends over these past 3 months, and I have been
so blessed to be with her and learn from her every single day. We just have a
blast! We definitely find joy in the work and in the journey!
Lunes (20 de
Julio): Today for preparation day, we went to a place called Tibidabo! It is a
huge cathedral in the mountains that look over all of Barcelona and is breathtaking!
Tonight we also had a Family Home Evening with Kati, Kelvin and Joshua, our recent
convert. It was fun, and he is really starting to create great friendships! He
is just happy.
Miércoles
(22 de Julio): Once again this morning I was able to wake up at 5:15am, to
catch my flight to the Islands of Palma de Mallorca for intercambios (exchanges).
Woohoo! Palma intercambios, with Hermana Fenn and … Hermana Arauco! It was so
fun and nice to be able to work with her again. Both of these hermanas are just
machines! We did a lot of door knocking! It was quite the experience, haha, I
loved it!
Jueves (23
de Julio): We went to visit our friend Kennedy today. He is about 30 years old,
and is a fútbol player from Nigeria. He used to live in the Canary Islands and
was being taught by missionaries there. He has a lot of questions and is
awesome. One question he asked was why everyone knows about the Bible and not
as many know about The Book of Mormon. In my opinion, I think it is because the
Bible has been around a lot longer. Even though the Book of Mormon contains
records that start in the year 600 BC, these scriptures were not brought forth
and translated until the 1820´s. That is why we are here. As missionaries, we
tell people all about this great news, and give them the opportunity to learn
about how much God loves His children.
Remember Dary?
We had a lesson with her and Monica, a member in our ward, and she has a baptismal
date for the 15th of August! It’s a miracle; keep her in your
prayers … I love this lady so much!!
Viernes (24
de Julio): We went to visit Victor this morning. We talked a lot about the
Atonement, and Christ. He was so very touched, and then we asked if we could
sing a hymn for him. Halfway through the hymn, he was in tears. He said that he
felt the Spirit so powerfully and he couldn´t help but be emotional. He knows
he needs this, and we are excited for him!
Sábado (25
de Julio): On Saturday mornings we always play sports with our friends and
members. It is so fun and wonderful to see people have a great time and create
friendships! We also met a man named Luigi today. He said he had heard a lot about
the church and that he actually has a lot of family who are members, and he has
always had questions about it. We gave him a Book of Mormon, and he was so
grateful for it! We will see how that goes …
Domingo (26
de Julio): Jerry came to church! He has a baptismal date for the 8th
of August! Pray for him. He is such a sweetheart. We also visited incredible
members, Ana and Manuel. We thought they were return missionaries and have been
members their whole lives, but we found out that they are recent converts of
only a few years! They have amazing testimonies. Manuel shared one of his
favorite poems with us, "Footprints
in the Sand".
“One night I dreamed a dream.
I dreamed that I was walking
along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed
various different scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two
sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my
Lord.
After the last scene of my life
flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints
in the sand.
I noticed that at the very lowest
and saddest times, along the course of my life, there was only one set of
footprints.
This troubled me deeply, so I
asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I
decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me. All the time
and all the way.
But I noticed that during the
hardest, most painful and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of
footprints.
I don't understand why. Why, when
I needed You the most, You would leave me?"
He whispered, "My precious
child, I love you and will never leave you. I would
never, ever, abandon you during
your trials or sorrows.
When you saw only one set of
footprints,
It was THEN that I carried
you."
This is one
of my favorite poems as well … I really love it! The only reason we make it
through the trials or problems in our lives is because the Lord is with us and
carries us through those times. He is there always; after we have done all that
we possibly can, we ask for His help and He lifts us. He is always with us in
this crazy and amazing journey called life. He loves us. We are the ones who
have to be humble and pray to our Father in Heaven, asking Him to give us an extra
hand, and send some help.
Trust in the
Lord. Have faith and press on! He knows what He is doing.
With all my
heart,
Hermana
Vance
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