Hola
hola hola!!
First off, about the
announcement that I'm sure a lot of you have heard about--on July 1st 2018, all
3 missions in Spain were supposed to get new mission presidents. But about 2
weeks ago, President and Hermana Andersen told us all that we actually aren't
going to get a new mission president in December, but that part of the Málaga
mission is going to consolidate into the Barcelona mission and part into the Madrid
mission come July 1st, so there will only be 2 missions in Spain. When we first
found out about it I was actually really sad--the mission is kind of like a big
family, and when July 1st comes I suddenly won't see part of the mission ever
again! And we have things like a mission hymn and other things that I'm not
sure what will happen to. But the more I have thought about it the more I have
realized that it's really the Lord's way of hastening His work and we are so
blessed to be a part of that. We still don't know the new mission boundaries in
Spain, but basically there's a transfer on June 27th and wherever you are
placed during that transfer will determine whether you go to the Madrid mission
or the Barcelona mission. So that's kind of crazy--we won't know which mission
we're going to be a part of until 4 days before the changes! But it's also kind
of cool to think that I could serve anywhere in Spain--it's like the BYU thing,
"the world is our campus," except it's "Spain is our mission!"
This week was a good
week. Wish I remembered more of it! We had a good second cita with an
investigator and hopefully are going to meet with him again later this week. We
also had a first cita with someone who used to be taking the lessons but
stopped taking them. She was really friendly and invited us to come over
tonight so we'll see how that goes.
On Tuesday we had
district meeting, then afterwards we ate cake and chicken (hermana Moncayo made
the chicken and it tasted just like KFC, we were all amazed) for Elder Clark's
birthday. On Tuesday night, we taught Manuel B again! He is so funny and old.
He gave us a mini cheesecake and was so happy when I told him that cheesecake
is one of my favorite desserts.
On Wednesday we
messaged Jazmín to ask if she had been able to read in the Book of Mormon. We
couldn't meet with her this week and she couldn't come to church either since
she was out of town, but she messaged us back and said that yes, she had read a
little. How much? Half the book!!! So yeah, she's still the best. Also, we met
with Andrés. I learned the right way to peel an orange (apparently I've been
doing it wrong).
On Thursday, February
came. That's bizarre; I feel like December was 2 days ago.
On Thursday we started
off the day with weekly planning for week 5 of the transfer. That was super
weird! Luckily Hermana Moncayo and I are going to be together for two
transfers, so we've still got week 6 of this transfer and then another 6 weeks
of the next transfer. In the afternoon we got to meet with the girl who used to
be taking the lessons but stopped taking them, and she was really sweet and we
are excited to visit her again. Then on Thursday night, claro, we had English
class and noche de hogar. Manuel B came and brought like 8 of the mini cheesecakes
that we had eaten on Tuesday so that we could all enjoy them. He also sent us
home with 3. He is so funny.
On Friday we went to
Jerez for intercambios! Intercambios are so fun. I was with Hermana Johnson for
the night which of course was a pachanga. We got to teach the restoration to a
new investigator! Then at night we all ate strawberries with melted chocolate
because Hermana Moncayo and I had a lot of strawberries and we were worried
they were going to go bad.
On Saturday morning I
was with Hermana Villegas, and we taught the plan of salvation to this guy in a
bar (that was kind of interesting). Don't worry, we drank cola Cao (hot
chocolate). Saturday afternoon we went back to Puerto and on Saturday
night we went to play fútbol, but problem, because the ball which is
normally in the closet wasn't there. Luckily we found a set of 2 ping pong
rackets (rackets? I don't know what they're called. I'm saying rackets) and a
bunch of ping pong balls so we put some tables together and some hymn books in
the middle and played ping pong.
On Sunday we went to
church (CLARO). I love the first Sunday of the month because we get to hear so
many different people from the congregation go up and share their testimony.
Lots of people had good things to share. Joselito came to church too! So that
was fun. The second hour lesson was good too, it was on the creation but the
teacher (she's an old lady) got a little off track and suddenly everyone was
talking about where cotton comes from. Then they were talking about where honey
comes from, and they kept saying abejas (bees) but I was hearing ovejas (sheep)
and so that was really confusing for a minute. But the moral of the lesson was
that the world is really cool. We were the music crew for primary 3rd hour. On Sunday
afternoon we went to visit a recent convert (Manuel, but not Manuel B, another
Manuel) and his wife. We had never really talked to them before but we had a
really fun time and also got to read President Monson's last general conference
talk about the power of the Book of Mormon with them. It is so important to
read the Book of Mormon every day! And also, if you haven't read that talk
(from the April 2017 general conference) for awhile I definitely recommend it,
it's really short but really good, and I think there's some significance to the
fact that it was President Monson's very last talk. The Book of Mormon is so
important and so true! Every time I read it I learn something new, and the more
I read it the more I love it!
Love, Hermana Walker
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