1. Cuenca got whitewashed. They´re bringing a trio of elders in. Thats better because there´s only 2 worthy priesthood holders in the branch, haha.
2. I´ll serve in Alcalá, a little bit out of madrid centro.
3. My companion will be Hermana Johns and I think this´ll be her second area. I talked to her on the phone and she sounds like an angel! I´m excited to be with her.
4. we´re whitewashing Alcalá
5. I´m STL, which means Sister Training Leader. Its not training a baby missionary...but I do exchanges with each hermana in my zone. Its like a district leader or zone leader. algo así.
6. My prayers were answered!! I will be working my tail off these next couple of weeks!!
So i´m waiting for my new compy and I¨m on splits with hermana fowers...again. hahahaa we see each other too much.
Another thought, I love how in your emails you always say, ´´oh dad or mom will probably tell you all about it so i wont say anything.´´. COMMUNICATION people! I don´t get anything from anyone! hahahaa!!!
My last wonderful week in Cuenca was good but we were not able to see Peter, our bulgarian miracle. He´s getting a divorce with his wife and he´s super sad. He hasn´t had any desire to leave the house or to meet with anyone. It was sad for us to leave but I know that the elders will do a wonderful job teaching him and his mom. He told us that he doesn´t want them to call him. I think and feel that with time things will go well. Plus Hermana Clay will be in contact with him through facebook and she told me she´s planning on preparing him and his mom that way too :) Haha.
We were able to see some progression in our investigators and we have some people who have a lot of potential! We have a friend from english class named Fernando and he loves coming to sacrament meeting and participating with us. The rama loves him and they can´t wait until he´s converted to the Gospel. Haha! They keep on talking about that. Honestly, its sad, but he does more service for us then any other member. Sometimes I think that some members feel like they don´t have to go out of their way to help people because we have perfect organizations for that in the church. Hermana Clay and I were talking about that and we both have set a goal to be like Fernando and to accept EVERYONE and to serve EVERYONE and to love EVERYONE and to go out of our way for EVERYONE. He definitely takes ´´Love thy neighbor as thyself´´ (or however it is) very seriously. He told us he´s going to italy in august to help an italian priest/father build buildings and paint and help the youth stay away from the Mafia. Haha. Oh Fernando.
We were able to see some progression in our investigators and we have some people who have a lot of potential! We have a friend from english class named Fernando and he loves coming to sacrament meeting and participating with us. The rama loves him and they can´t wait until he´s converted to the Gospel. Haha! They keep on talking about that. Honestly, its sad, but he does more service for us then any other member. Sometimes I think that some members feel like they don´t have to go out of their way to help people because we have perfect organizations for that in the church. Hermana Clay and I were talking about that and we both have set a goal to be like Fernando and to accept EVERYONE and to serve EVERYONE and to love EVERYONE and to go out of our way for EVERYONE. He definitely takes ´´Love thy neighbor as thyself´´ (or however it is) very seriously. He told us he´s going to italy in august to help an italian priest/father build buildings and paint and help the youth stay away from the Mafia. Haha. Oh Fernando.
It was a wonderful transfer in Cuenca and I will never forget it. I learned a lot about loving others and focusing on the Spirit with Hermana Clay. I´m very excited for her to help her family out at home. She´s going to see these miracles accure!
Mom, Dad, we definitely have quite a few people wanting to meet you in Cuenca!! Get ready for lots of love and hugs!
I love you family! I´ll find out my address today and i´ll let you know next week. Stay awesome and be good!
Hermana Smith
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