BAPTISM!!!!!!!!! What a week. A rollercoaster of a week.
Monday we had 2 excellent lessons.
Tuesday 2 more great visits.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were full of fired visits and people
dropping us. It was a frustrating few days. Saturday we went to Barcelona to
listen to Elder Cook then we went to the baptism that evening.
Elder Jones baptized Vicent and Roque. They loved it. Then Sunday
the miracles just poured in. Noris (Who we had lost contact with since Monday)
was ready to go when we passed by her house of complete faith. Mayra (Yes
buckle up) came to church and acted like nothing had happened. She then said
that she would like to be baptized. Reyna (A reference from Hna. Manwill) came
with us to church for the afternoon ward and loved it. Lee (A Chinese contact
of Elder Jones (Elder Jones took a year of Chinese in high school so we try to
get by) and I. Yes I did scream ¨Come on Lee¨ from the movie “Rush Hour” when
we saw him. hahaha Full of miracles and the area is on fire!!!
I will start with Elder cook first. What a blessing to listen to an
apostle. His testimony was heart throbbing. He said a few things that I want
all to know. He said ¨If missionaries have more faith they will have more
success¨, nothing about testimony or work ethic or knowledge, all about faith,
the first principle of the gospel. He then told us how the church started in
Europe. It was because of a lack of work in England so Joseph Smith sent missionaries.
He said what a blessing to be in this situation in Spain with a hard economic
time. Last was his testimony. He said that with experiences too spiritual to
tell he knows the saviors voice. That is incredible.
One thing I learned this week was to not be a Nephite _____. In my
case it´s a Nephite missionary. When we are having lots of success sometimes we
get caught up that we don´t have to be as obedient or work as hard or that it
is because of our own strength. I´ve learned that, and I have a testimony of
that.
Latest news on
Menorca. The elders there came up to me in Barcelona and said that Manuel is
now the second counselor in the branch presidency and Stiven is the executive
secretary. I love that place!
Just so you know Elder Jones can rap. He is incredible. The other
night we were on the street and talked to a black man. He was saying how he liked
rap then began to rap a little then all of sudden Elder Jones throws down and
kind of puts it in his face. The friend of the man who rap battled was like
¨OHHHHHH!!!!!¨ then gave Elder Jones a hug. It was priceless.
Side note. For the afternoon ward we arrived about 10 minutes early
and instead of conversing or anything we decided it would be best if we sat
down and read the scriptures. Our friend (Reyna) joined us and then the meeting
started, they passed the sacrament and we read and prayed during that. Simple
acts but it turned a simple sacrament meeting into a spiritual witness to me
that the church was true. Isn´t that interesting.
What a blessing to be a missionary in this blessed mission.
Thank you for your support and prayers and love! Love all of you!
If you would please pray for:
Noris, Mayra, and Reyna.
Thank you and Love y´all!!!
Élder Smiley
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| That is a bunch of white, looks like everybody is in on this. Elder Alder is in the far right, companion from Menorca |
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| Look how tall Smiles looks! |
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| On the missionary caliber "sleeper car" on the train. Sisters in the window taking the photo. I'm sure there is no posing!! |
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