Que pasa chavales! 馃
'Twas a good semana here in Le贸n :) I don't
really wanna write too much today so we will see how this email turns
out!!
Everything is looking super good for our
investigator Iris (less active Jefferson's girlfriend) to be baptized the 11th
of June! She is a little scared but after having a few
lessons with her this week, she has realized that she needs to put her faith
into practice and trust in the Lord. We did a couple fun object lessons with
her this week about following the prophets and even one about faith and she
loved them! We have a few more lessons to teach this week then Saturday she
will be having her baptismal interview! After that she'll be in the
water 馃槈
Last week I wrote a bit about our new
Colombian friends Diego and Lina... well they are doing awesome, especially
Lina!! She is almost 22 years old one of, if not, the most prepared person I
have ever seen/found on my mission! Last Saturday we met her for the first
time, and 5 days later on Thursday, she had read 180 pages in the Book of
Mormon!! We went zoinkers!!! We are talking to her about baptism too and so
hopefully this week we get a date with her and then we can start teaching
according to that :) her brother Diego is a bit rougher around the edges but he
has a good heart and is a lot more spiritual than most 19 year old teenage boys
in Spain. We also met the mom of the kids this week and that was good, she
loves us and thanked us for helping get her kids on the right path. Hopefully
we can get back and teach her again soon!! AND, they promised to make us a
"Bandeja Paisa" which is a special Colombian plate that is literally
to die for 馃槱 I
love Colombians so much.
On Thursday of this week, we had zone
conference with the Pack's here in Le贸n! It's always good when they are in town
:) Hermana Pack focused a lot on stress in the mission and talked about
urgency. Too much stress is obviously not a good thing but just the right
amount helps us to recognize that we have things to improve on and keeps us
constantly moving. She gave a cool example that I found interesting... it was
something like
Me + More = Christ
when it really should be
Me + Christ = More
Lots of times we think that when we do more,
Christ comes. He asks us to all we can and then when we allow him to help us
and take the other half of the load, we end up doing way more. I really liked
that example that she did :) so yeah, Zone Conference was good! And I got my
temple recommendation renewed from President which was cool too 馃檭
Another quick thing I noticed... after talking
to some Spanish members yesterday, I realized how much they have gone through
to get the church to where it is today. I am so grateful for their
courageousness and desire to share the gospel even when their friends and
family have completely disagreed with their decisions. Spain is such a great
country. Literally the best in the whole world myyyyy goodnessssssss.
This week we have a couple of intercambios,
district meetings, and baptismal interviews scheduled so it should be a busy
but fun one! I am definitely being pushed right up until the end which is just
what I wanted :) as铆 que no complaints from me! Love you all, have a bacano
week :):):)
Con amor,
Elder braids