On Tuesday we had our tri-zone conference in Alicante. It was a
really good conference and fun to see old companions like Hermana Lighten and Hermana Encarnación there. But one of the best parts was definitely getting THREE MONTHS OF MAIL! They forgot the mail from our zone at the last conference so they had a little packet
just for me full of letters (such as birthday cards from back in February haha). So thanks to everyone who sent me a letter! I also really liked what one of the missionaries said in the conference, that if we want to find a lot (like, 100 for example) new people
to teach then we have to talk to at least 100 people on the street! Sometimes I wonder why we don't have a lot of people to teach but really I need to be doing my part and talking to EVERYONE.
On Wednesday we did weekly planning in the morning, then walked
over to the sister training leaders' piso on the other side of Murcia for intercambios! Intercambios are always so fun and we get to learn so much! On Wednesday night I was with Hermana Rust, who's hilarious. We had a good time and got to teach a few lessons
too. On Thursday morning I was with Hermana Dos Santos, and we got to teach a lesson in a bar. Then the two of us went to eat lunch with a member in their ward. The food was good and included a giant plate of rice. Afterwards we went to the church for interviews
with President Andersen! The tricky thing about interviews is that you always need to be on time, but a lot of the time he's running late (which is understandable, he talks to a lot of people!), so then you just end up waiting at the church for a while, which
means you get the chance to hang out with Hermana Andersen. Well we got to hang out with her for more than an hour while we waited and it was so fun, there were a few of us Hermanas there and Hermana Andersen was telling us all sorts of fun stories hahaha.
We are going to miss the Andersens so much when they leave in July! Then I had my interview with President, which was good too.
After interviews Hermana Phillips and I went to the park to teach
a lesson to Eva! We were going over some of the points they had taught her before and she still remembers and understands everything really well. MAQUINA! Then we went to visit Sharon and Luis, we talked about the Atonement with them and then they gave us some
food to eat which included a giant plate of rice.
On Friday we were supposed to have 3 citas, but in the end we had
none, which is always a little frustrating. One guy did show up for our cita in a park, but apparently he couldn't find us and left. We're going to try that one again this week, with a more specific meeting point haha. We did go to eat mediodía with Sharon
and her daughter, who's a member of the church but hasn't been coming for a long time. The food included a giant plate of rice. THREE GIANT PLATES OF RICE IN 24 HOURS IS TOO MANY GIANT PLATES OF RICE. It's okay though, I just hope I never have to eat rice again.
Anyway, Friday turned out to be more of a finding day, we were contacting and looking through the teaching records of people who used to be taught by the missionaries and calling people.
On Saturday we visited David and Fatiha in the morning. They really
don't know Spanish, and the Arabic book of Mormon they have is apparently a different kind of Arabic than the kind spoken in their country. But they are still MAQUINAS. They read and pray together every day as a family and are so excited for their oldest son
to turn 8 this summer so he can get baptized!
Sunday we were basically in the church all day. Oh also EVA CAME
AGAIN! She's the best. And she brought food for the three of us to eat together after church! Then we had correlación with the elders and Nery, our ward mission leader who's 18, and then finally went back to our piso around 6. We did some studies and then did
a video call with Conchi to read the Book of Mormon with her. Except, she's kind of old and not awesome with technology, so it was a little chaotic. In the end it was good though haha.
Anywayyy that's been our week. I was reading this morning in Moroni
chapter 7 and I don't know, I'd always thought about it just being about faith, hope, and charity, but it has SO MUCH MORE GOODNESS!! I studied it for an entire half hour this morning and still feel like I need to go back and read it again! It's directed towards
people who are already living good lives, and just is some kind of extra wisdom for them to maybe give them ideas on how they can be a little bit better. Anyway, would definitely recommend reading it. It's completely true what they say, that every time you
read the Book of Mormon you learn something new. Start your study of it every day with a prayer and I promise that you will be taught so many new things every time you read it!
Love, Hermana Walker
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