What is UP :)
Well it's been like half an hour (or so it seems) since I last
wrote so this summary is gonna be kinda small!! But we had a lot of fun in the
short time that it has been :) and before I forget, I have to say happy
birthday to the craziest uncle on the planet JEBBERZZ :) hope you are having a
great day! Here is a little about how the week went!
We had kind of a funny experience the other day, we were
finishing up studies and someone rang our doorbell. So I went to answer it, and
when I got there I saw some Jehovah's Witnesses! Haha so I opened it and we
talked for a minute and he invited me to a big convention that they were having
in Madrid and gave me a pamphlet. Obviously I'm not gonna go but it was kinda
funny because it definitely caught him off guard to see 2 Mormon missionaries
answer the door! Later that day when we were going back to Piso at the end of
the day, I noticed a scratch by our timbre thing and asked Elder Baerwaldt if
he knew what happened. Then he told me that the JW's put X's by the doors of
people who aren't interested! I was so shocked! That's gotta be some sort of
property damage or something! Anyways I took a picture and put it at the
bottom. I got a good laugh out of it and now they won't bug us anymore thanks
to their little mark :) we have actually seen them around a lot down here and
they always stop us to talk and are really nice. So as long as we keep the good
vibes going, I think we should be in good shape :)
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to give a talk in church and I
decided to talk about Faith. President Nelson shares a story in his April 2014
GC address called "Let Your Faith Show". He says
"On a recent flight, our pilot announced that we would
encounter turbulence during our descent and that all passengers must fasten
their seat belts securely. Sure enough, turbulence came. It was really rough.
Across the aisle and a couple of rows behind me, a terrified woman panicked.
With each frightening drop and jarring bump, she screamed loudly. Her husband
tried to comfort her but to no avail. Her hysterical shouts persisted until we
passed through that zone of turbulence to a safe landing. During her period of
anxiety, I felt sorry for her. Because faith is the antidote for fear, I
silently wished that I could have strengthened her faith. Later, as passengers
were leaving the aircraft, this woman’s husband spoke to me. He said, “I’m
sorry my wife was so terrified. The only way I could comfort her was to tell
her that ‘Elder Nelson is on this flight, so you don’t need to worry.’”
Sometimes, to a certain extent, I feel like the lady on the
plane. Stressed outta my mind and wondering what the heck to do! I feel like
that's normal, we should be worried but not too much. I love that faith and
fear cannot coexist. Every time I think of faith, I think of my wonderful
parents. I would not be anything without them. They are 2 of the most faithful
people I know in all aspects of their lives. They always encouraged me to work
on my own testimony. Although we should have our own testimony, I have a little
part of theirs hooked in with mine because they always took time to share
theirs with me and were great examples to me. I hope my wife and I can be just
like those 2 someday :) JUST GOTTA HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT :)
I'm grateful for faith and the peace and comfort it brings into my life. None
of us would be able to live without it!
On a different note, today for P-Day, one of our English Class
friends, Raquel and her dad took us up to some caves close to Talavera! These
babies are stuffed full of stalagmites and stuff, the things that look like
giant icicles! It was honestly the coolest thing of all time! Down in this
cave, it's a constant 63 degrees with like 90% humidity!! Honestly the coolest
thing of all time. After that, they took us to a castle and a cool little spot
where we hiked up a mini waterfall that also was chuck full of natural pools! I
have never wanted to swim so bad in my whole life! This place was exactly how
the celestial kingdom is gonna be. I was in heaven. Oh, did I mention that the
Toledo Elders came down too?? :) so that was fun. Then Raquel and her dad took
us out to lunch. Honestly the nicest people on the planet. So today was
probably the greatest P-Day of the whole mission :) I took tons of pictures so
look out for all of those!
Well that's all I got. Hopefully more to report on next week,
but I'm still loving it here in Spain! I'm dreading coming home because I feel
like this is home now :) I hope you all had a great week and are enjoying a
little summer vacation :) we have transfers in 2 weeks so we will see what they
bring!! LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
Con Amor,
eLdeR sMiTH
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