December 30, 2013
Merry Christmas to All!!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful
Christmas this past week! I know I did! (: Everyone is right, Christmas on the
mission is great.. and who can say that they´ve spent a Christmas in Spain
right?!
Monday was busy. We had to buy a
few last minute things for Christmas, and we got a little hair cut. I really
needed it, the water here is really bad and it´s ruining my hair. So L (a
recent convert) cut it for me for free (: So nice! Then we went and taught M
and L a message about Christmas. It actually went really well, no fighting or
arguing this time. They had a cute little nativity with a light that was right
on baby Jesus! So cute! Then we had family home evening at the R´s. G came
again (: The lady who was supposed to teach the lesson didn´t come, so we
taught about humility.. and can you believe it... I studied that this morning!
Crazy, it was great!! Tuesday was Christmas EVE!!! (Noche Buena) and that
morning we had District Meeting. We did a white elephant exchange with the
whole zone. It was a lot of fun. I got a book about La Mancha, and I was
actually really excited to get it! Better than a silly toy right?! After that
we came home, then had pretty good lesson with M (our last one with him) ):
he´s a recent convert, so we just finished all the new member lessons. It was
about Enduring to the End. Even though we taught the lesson in the portal of a
piso (like the staircase) the spirit was still there. After...... we went to
the R´s to SKYPE!!! Whoooo so fun! The time flew by, but it was super great to
see everyone so happy! I loved talking to you Mom and Dad. I´m glad it was just
you two so I could talk and not have the house so CRAZY!! I wish I could have
talked all night, but I´m grateful that you all help me in my decision to be
obedient. I was thinking about that after, I wonder if some parents are like
´´no just stay on a little longer, it´s probably fine.´´ but you guys weren´t
that way, and I really appreciate that!
After I skyped, I was a little
sad.. then the Elders came and we played card games and had a good time! We ate
(and I must say, I miss the food at home) It´s nice, but I really miss Mom and
Dad´s cooking!
We woke up and played some
Christmas music and went in to look what Papa Noel brought us. Hermana P
started crying when she saw what I had done for her. Then we opened our
stockings! I loved the scriptures that came with it! It felt like a REAL
missionary Christmas! (: After that... we opened a few of our presents! I loved
LOVED LOVED the book with the paintings! Ahh I love it!
After opening presents, we got ready and went to the church. We made an AMERICAN breakfast. With pancakes,
bacon, eggs, toast and sweet chili sauce!! (: it was really fun! We watched Mr.
Krougers Christmas and it made me think of Dad. I don´t know why, probably
because Mr. Krouger is such a happy and optimistic guy! I realized what an
amazing father I have! After that, we came back home and later that evening
went to T´s house. She is 17 and really sweet, she wants to serve a mission! It
was pretty relaxed, even though it was a TWISTER outside!! Good Christmas!
Thursday was back to work! We had a lesson with A about goals, it went really
well. She said she is going to do her part so Heavenly Father can help her
overcome her fear. Then we saw E (our atheist investigator) and her sister M
(who is religious). We had a lesson about goals, and E is changing... little by
little. Today she told us that she believes that God might exist. And her
sister M said that she feels like her life is better and everything is fine
since we came into it! Really pretty cool! (: Then we ate with G and M and it
was a feast!! Really good stuff! (: After, we went to give C her
Christmas present. She was really appreciative, and super thirsty too. She
asked if she could drink some of the fanta right there... she must have really
needed liquid. It was nice! I´m glad she could be happy with it. She is the one
I used the money from Bown’s to buy something for Christmas! She wanted to tell
us something, she said there was a pigeon that was really cold so she took it
and put it in her jacket, when we went back later that night to help her bring
her things to her house, the bird was still in there. Super gross. After
we saw her in the afternoon, we went to correlation and English class. G told
us she used to fight, in Brasil!!! I was not expecting cute little G to do
that! Then we went to M ´s house and had a lesson about goals with them. Then
we went and helped Cl.
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| Cute onsie pajamas from the McCarneys!! |
Friday was a good day. We had a
lesson with the future we found last week. J. She´s originally from D.R. but
lived in America for a while, and now is in Spain with her daughter. She said
she was going to come to Church, but she didn´t end up coming, she´s actually
not in our area - we had to give her to the Zone Leaders. We were really sad.
): but it´s alright. We went and got Hna F (one of the SHE’s) and knocked doors
in our building. While we were knocking, one grandma opened the door without
any clothes on. I didn´t see much, but Hna F did! Naked Grandma?? never thought
I would see it on a mission. Then we then went to eat at G´s AGAIN! And then we
went to have a lesson with M. She gave us some chocolate and shrimp for Hna P..
super nice! Then We asked G if she wanted to come contact with us. As we were
waiting for her, we were sitting on a bench, and who walked up... J. She said
she is looking for a piso in this neighborhood, (which is our area, so if she
moves there we would be able to teach her). I guess if we´re supposedd to teach
her, she´ll find a piso! We knocked on her building and one woman from Columbia
let us in. (speaking of that... what part did Ben serve in?) We taught her
about the Book of Mormon and G bore her
testimony. It was powerful. IT was a super cool lesson. Then we went and
contacted in a park, one guy came up to us and said in English , ´´hey i know
you guys´´ we were surprised, and got his information. He too is in the zone
leaders´area. We did lots of work for them this week!! We had a lesson about
the Book of Mormon in the park with a lady named R. She is really sweet, but
works a lot. Her grandpa is a member of the church, hopefully we´ll be able to
teach her more. She actually is in our area. Saturday was pretty cool... We
played sports and it was a lot of fun! I scored my FIRST goal in SPAIN!!!!!
whooooo! Later that day was the cool part. We went to MdR’s and her brother and
his wife were there. We talked to them and then asked them if they were
religous. We taught the book of Mormon and after, I bore a small TINY testimony
and honestly I don´t even remember what I said - but the brother , his name is
L, said ´´you have a really sweet voice. I can tell when you talk you speak
from your heart.´´ he apologized to Hna P and then told me that I (fall well
with him) meaning, He has a good feeling about me. It made me so so so so happy
to hear. Usually people hear me talk and immediately judge my accent. It was
nice to hear, that he actually was listening to what I was saying rather than
how I speak. Super cool experience. He wants the missionaries to visit him. He
lives in the Madrid mission. It was super cool experience!!
I love you all so much!! I hope you
had happy holidays!
Love,
Hermana Brown
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