Hello friends!
It's been another wonderful week serving the Lord here in Spain!
Hermana Encarnación and I have lots of investigators and less active
members we are working with and it's fun trying to focus on all of
their needs all at once. The work is moving right along and it's a big
blessing for me to see how the gospel of Jesus Christ changes the
lives of people. As you've figured out from my emails, a day in the
life of a missionary is full of studying, praying, talking to new
people and teaching people the basics of the gospel.
We are currently working with several people who are quitting smoking.
The church has an awesome addiction recovery program and we've been
helping a few people use the smoking program and Christ's teaching to
help them change their lives!
Michael is a 21 year old guy who we've been teaching for a while. A
few weeks ago he told us he didn't want us to teach him anymore. We
stopped meeting with him but the gospel is really something he needs.
A week ago we got a call from the other set of hermanas and they said
they had run into Michael in the street. Michael said he wanted to
meet with us so we went and met. We had the most powerful lesson with
him that was completely guided by the Spirit!! We met with him again a
few days later and he came to church yesterday! There are a couple of
doubts he needs to let go of, but I'm really excited to keep teaching
him!
Alberto and Jahoska: they are a young couple who were baptized a while
ago in Nicaragua. When they moved to Spain, they were active in the
church for a year and then stopped going gradually. We got in contact
with them a month ago and we've been meeting with them since. They now
have goals to get active again and go to the temple! They don't
remember a lot so we've been teaching them all the lessons and
strengthening their testimonies. They make me happy because they know
that they need the gospel in their home for their four little kids.
In Friday night we had a ward activity that we've been planning for a
while. The missionaries have been working to get the ward more
involved in activities so the people we teach and invite feel more
welcome. We organized a movie night and assigned people to bring food
and drinks. It was supposed to start at 7 pm and not a single soul
besides Ruben and his family showed up (he's the ward mission leader).
We were pretty discouraged and Elder Layton says, "Wow. I feel like a
terrible party planner!" At 7:45, in true Spaniard fashion, 15 ward
members show up, a less active member and 2 investigators! So we started
the night almost an hour late, but it went well after that. We ate
bread, sandwiches, popcorn and the fudge Hermana Encarnación and I
brought. Progress!
It's going to be a good week coming up. We have interviews with
President Andersen on Thursday and a tri-zone conference on Friday.
Have a wonderful week!
Here's a few pictures from the week!
Jorge (a member), Hermana Encarnación and I waiting for Antonio to come.
I love this book!
We have so many members who feed us here!
Hey look! It's short sleeve weather! It's been a while since my arms have seen the sun... Here we are sitting in a park writing before we head off to the mall.
Love, Hermana Moore
It's been another wonderful week serving the Lord here in Spain!
Hermana Encarnación and I have lots of investigators and less active
members we are working with and it's fun trying to focus on all of
their needs all at once. The work is moving right along and it's a big
blessing for me to see how the gospel of Jesus Christ changes the
lives of people. As you've figured out from my emails, a day in the
life of a missionary is full of studying, praying, talking to new
people and teaching people the basics of the gospel.
We are currently working with several people who are quitting smoking.
The church has an awesome addiction recovery program and we've been
helping a few people use the smoking program and Christ's teaching to
help them change their lives!
Michael is a 21 year old guy who we've been teaching for a while. A
few weeks ago he told us he didn't want us to teach him anymore. We
stopped meeting with him but the gospel is really something he needs.
A week ago we got a call from the other set of hermanas and they said
they had run into Michael in the street. Michael said he wanted to
meet with us so we went and met. We had the most powerful lesson with
him that was completely guided by the Spirit!! We met with him again a
few days later and he came to church yesterday! There are a couple of
doubts he needs to let go of, but I'm really excited to keep teaching
him!
Alberto and Jahoska: they are a young couple who were baptized a while
ago in Nicaragua. When they moved to Spain, they were active in the
church for a year and then stopped going gradually. We got in contact
with them a month ago and we've been meeting with them since. They now
have goals to get active again and go to the temple! They don't
remember a lot so we've been teaching them all the lessons and
strengthening their testimonies. They make me happy because they know
that they need the gospel in their home for their four little kids.
In Friday night we had a ward activity that we've been planning for a
while. The missionaries have been working to get the ward more
involved in activities so the people we teach and invite feel more
welcome. We organized a movie night and assigned people to bring food
and drinks. It was supposed to start at 7 pm and not a single soul
besides Ruben and his family showed up (he's the ward mission leader).
We were pretty discouraged and Elder Layton says, "Wow. I feel like a
terrible party planner!" At 7:45, in true Spaniard fashion, 15 ward
members show up, a less active member and 2 investigators! So we started
the night almost an hour late, but it went well after that. We ate
bread, sandwiches, popcorn and the fudge Hermana Encarnación and I
brought. Progress!
It's going to be a good week coming up. We have interviews with
President Andersen on Thursday and a tri-zone conference on Friday.
Have a wonderful week!
Here's a few pictures from the week!
Jorge (a member), Hermana Encarnación and I waiting for Antonio to come.
I love this book!We have so many members who feed us here!
Hey look! It's short sleeve weather! It's been a while since my arms have seen the sun... Here we are sitting in a park writing before we head off to the mall.
Love, Hermana Moore
No comments:
Post a Comment