Hello to everyone back home! This week, to be honest, was probably the most bland and abnormal week ever, ha-ha-ha. Of course we had some great visits and we saw some great things happen....but there wasn't really anything that was incredibly out of the ordinary. The only big thing was that one of the Elders who is here with us got transferred to Zaragoza on Tuesday even though transfers aren't until the 24th. My companion had to go to Madrid for his residency stuff so I was with the other companionship for Monday night and Tuesday. We were planning Monday night for the next day when President called us and said that he had a new assignment for the other elders. He said that Elder Galán was leaving the next day and that the next Elder was coming the next day as well. So we had to find out when the new Elder came in and work around our schedule to pick up Elder Watkins, my companion, from the train station that same night and we were also going to a Zone meeting in another city so it was just a mess, ha-ha. Elder Galán packed his bags that night and didn't even get to say goodbye to anyone which was a bit sad because he's been here for almost six months and then he just got transferred like that. We lost a whole day of work on Tuesday because we had to come back for the meeting and then pick up the new Elder and then pick up Elder Watkins as well. So Tuesday was a pretty boring day minus the Zone meeting, ha-ha. But the new Elder came from the mission office and is doing great. He's from Utah, go figure, and is really helping his companion to do better. So let's hope that things shape up there :).
The rest of this week was cold and normal. We found out yesterday that the girl who was going to get baptized here in our area is moving to Barcelona so she won't be getting baptized anymore which is sad. But she said we could pass her info on to the other missionaries in Barcelona. So there's a set of missionaries who are just about to inherit a very prepared person.:) It was a little frustrating because we had four people who were looking great to be baptized on their scheduled dates and one by one they've been falling through. It's been tough because we've been doing all we can to make sure that things go well, we've been working hard, and been doing what we feel we should be doing to continue the success here. But sometimes the Lord puts a little trial in our path to help us realize that He's the one in charge and to help us realize that He knows how we can help even more of His children come unto Him. I'm not sure why our investigators just stopped progressing all of a sudden. But I do know that the Lord wants us to learn and to do something with it all. Things overall are still going well though. I love being a missionary and I could probably be one forever....with a two week break every two years maybe, ha-ha-ha. But I know that what we do out here is the best thing that anyone can do. Yes it's somewhat of a sacrifice. But as I've been out here, it honestly doesn't feel like it's that much. It's the best :)
I love you all and miss you lots. But I'll see you all soon!!!
