Week 71

hola paco.

so, this weekend had enough happen to fill a novel.

But, I'll start with Dia de Diamante. Remember how I told you it is our mission's all out attack at finding and working until we drop? Well, it was a blast! We did splits with some of the women in the ward....some of them were braver than others...haha but they are champions for going out to the street with us. And I seriously had soooo much fun going out with them. But I'm not going to lie, I was DOG tired when we got home at night. It was a good kind of dog tired. The "giving everything to the Lord" type tired. The type when I finally got into bed, I had a smile on my face. It's good to be a missionary in Spain.

The incredible part about Dia de Diamante is always what happens afterwards. Saturday morning, the next day, our zone leaders called to tell us that a bolivian girl that had a baptismal date for the next week just moved here on friday. She had been living in a different city and was meeting with the missionaries. On the phone elder shaver said, "She can meet with you in a half hour and wants to get baptized. Are you busy?" uhhh....for that I'm not busy! haha

Since then, we feel like miracles have been falling from heaven. All for one day of pushing ourselves to the limit.

The Lord is incredible.

One of our other huge miracles from this weekend is Vicente. We met Vicente about a month ago on the street. He struggles with depression....but he loves the Book of Mormon and has come to church every sunday since we met him. But for the past couple weeks he's beeen struggling with something much bigger. Like, scary kind of bigger. But on saturday, we met with him in the church right after teaching the bolivian girl :) and by the hand of the Lord, the elders happened to be there too. So, they gave Vicente a priesthood blessing. In the blessing, he was promised proteccion from evil and a million other good blessings that he needs. Then when we saw him yesterday in the capilla, he looked like a different person! For real. His face changed. He had light in his eyes...and he was smiling a lot :) The members even noticed it without knowing about what was going on. On of the sisters in the ward asked us about him. She was like, that boy you are teaching...he looked different today. Of course he looked different! The gospel and the power of the priesthood is changing and saving his life! It's incredible. He is getting baptized this weekend, When I get home I explain more of this story.

But, I feel like I have seen a lot of miracles in my mission from priesthood blessings. I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood and for the men who hold and exercise it. 

All weekend we have had miracles and blessings. I feel like ever since friday the smile has hardly left my face.

I love you family!

Have a good batman marathon! haha that's probably not the thing I'll be up to when I get home...but frozen yogurt with my nephews does sound fun :)

Sorry, I always tell you that so much happens and then it is my shortest email.

it's fine.

LOVE YOU!!!

hna ross