Wow... It has been incredibly hot here in Málaga. Apparantly there is a wind that comes from Africa and this one lasted for a really long time. Like 4 good days.. the wind was really hot and we were sweating. But... we still saw many miracles.
Monday after emailing, we went home and I was so tired so I took a nap. I was exhausted. Then that night we ended up running around. We had a noche de hogar with Lucy, Milagros, Miriam and their families. We taught the lesson and they brought out food, we had to take some and run because we had a lesson with the miracle that came to church on Sunday. We taught her a little bit about baptism and she said she would like to get baptized. The only sad thing is, she moved to Madrid. )= but we sent the information and I really hope they will find her really soon and teach her. After seeing her, we went to eat with Elenir. Her food is always so good. I could eat an entire giant bowl of salad if she made it just for me!! I love it so much. She is awesome! One of my favorite members in Spain. She is always doing things to help us.. and she does so much.
Tuesday we had our district meeting and it was super awesome. Our new district leader is Elder Larios. He is from California but has spanish-speaking parents. He is super awesome and I learned so much. Then after, we had intercambios. Hna. Hubbard, from my same mtc district came with me in our area. We came home and I made paella!!! haha it was just from a mix, but it turned out really good. I´m going to bring some home so that you can try it!! (: Also, I´ve learned how to make rice in a different way, Hna. Guerrero makes really good rice. That evening, we saw a granddaughter of a couple in our ward. Her name is Nayara. She is going to get baptized in 2 weeks. We taught her and she just wants to get baptized. She is super cute!!! After that, we saw Milagros and Mari. I love them both. We went over the word of wisdom and they remembered everything. They really are great. Then we went to go see a future investigator and we taught them a lesson. They are from Brazil, but the daughter is going back soon. ): The mom is pretty cool though.
Wednesday morning we saw a woman named Natalia. The other day we talked to her in the park. She said she had talked to missionaries before and when we talked on Wednesday it turns out she has known a LOT of missionaries. She said she has read the Book of Mormon, prayed and been to church and has not receieved an answer. We read 3 Nephi 11 and hopefully we can see her again and help her. The only thing is, she only lives in Málaga for the summers. She lives in a pueblo in the winter. After that, we had another lesson with Nayara. She is super shy and doesn´t really talk at all.. But she understands everything. That night we saw our Ghanan friend, Soloman. He doesn´t really talk much either. but he is really nice. In English class... we had a lady from Russia and a lady from Ukraine. They told each other straight up that they were in a war. It was crazy. We were a little scared. They were seriously mad at each other.
Thursday we had weekly planning then we went to eat with Milagros. We ate yummy things called, canelones. They are crepe batter with meat inside with a sauce over it. It was really good. That night we saw Jenni and she told us she really wants to be baptized. Then we saw Edith and shared ´´Because of Him´´ she really liked it. She is awesome and really does have a testimony. Then we saw Michael and taught him about temples. He told us he wants his family to grow up in the gospel. He still isn´t married, or even have a girlfriend or kids, but when he does get married, he said it will be in the temple. He is pretty cool. We´re going to bring him a picture of the temple to remind him. Then we taught his sister-in-law, Rosi. She told us that she wants to be baptized. She is going to pray to know and when she knows, she will tell us. I´m excited, because she is really awesome. Later, we saw this lady from Colombia named Sandra. She is super sad. She told us her whole story and man , she has had a hard life. She is so nice. I want to help her so much.
Friday we had plans, but not very fixed in the morning. We went up to this area with all of our investigators and the people failed us. We went to go knock on one of our futures houses. She let us in and when we got to the door.. a younger girl opened it and told us to come in. Then we saw a father, a little girl.. the mother, another teenage girl and then we asked if they had any more kids and then another teenage girl came out of her room. It was a family of 6 Nigerians. BLESSINGS. Before we went home, we taught a man named Andres. That night, we saw Jenni and her mom. We needed to ask her mom permission for Jenni to be baptized. She said, ´´absolutely not´´. She will not let her be baptized. She´ll let her come to church and listen to us, but not be baptized. It´s sad, because she really wants to be. Then we went up to Nayara's and taught the 10 commandments. It was good.
Saturday morning we taught Nayara again and got everything ready for the baptism. That evening we saw Lucy and talked about the tree of life. Then we were able to see José, and his wife Natalia. Jose is inactive and his wife isn´t a member. The reason they were seeing us is to help Natalia´s mom come back to Christ. She wants to be baptized into the Jehovah´s Witness and they are sad because she is forgetting about her family. It was a really good lesson, the spirit was strong. Jose told me that every time I speak that I just know how to say it and what to say. It definitely isn´t me talking that´s for sure. It´s the spirit. When they talk about how to help Charo ( the mother) The thing that is going ot help her is feeling the spirit. That is the strongest tool we have that the other churches don't. After seeing her, we went to our lesson with Miriam and Milagros. When we started the lesson, we asked how the reading in the Book of Mormon was. Miriam told us that she doesn´t want to change and she isn´t going to change. It was really hard to hear. It was sad. I was really really sad. We still shared what we were planning on, which was Alma 32 about faith. It turned out really good. For the second time in my mission, I cried during a lesson. The spirit was strong. I hope she felt it.
Sunday was a good day. Church was good and the afternoon, we saw the Nigerian family and Michael came with us. He bore his testimony and Hna. Guerrero invited them to be baptized. It´s all in English and Hna. Guerrero is doing such a good job!!! They said they will get baptized when they know the Book of Mormon is true. After, we went to see Rosi. She is awesome too!!! Then we were able to see Bianca, a less-active. It was another great lesson. All of the lessons we had last night were very spiritual guided.
I was really happy with this week and the way the spirit guided every step we took. Hard things happened, but it´s okay. We´re going to see miracles this week!! I know it!! Please pray for this Nigerian family. We need them to know....
I love you so much!!!!
Love,
Sara
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