Sant Jordi in Catalunya

4/27  So the 23 of April here in Catalunya is a holiday called Sant Jordi. There is a pretty cool myth behind the whole thing, but in the interest of saving time, I will let you look it up if you are interested. But there is a really cool tradition that all of the women give the men books, and the men give women roses. Every year the center of town here in Vilafranca fills up with tons of stands selling books and roses. One of the members of the bishopric in our ward figured what better opportunity to set up a few tables and give out Books of Mormon? So that's exactly what we did. We put up a couple of tables, draped a few Catalunya flags over them, and gave out Books of Mormon.

We planned to have at least one companionship of missionaries at the stand, and we got a lot of members to come and help as well. We came with two boxes full of books (more than 40) and a huge pile of pamphlets and pass along cards. We put a pamphlet in each book and a card with our number on it marking Moroni 10:3-5. We stood out in front of the stand contacting anybody that looked interested, and it worked! We got so many solid contacts! We saw a ton of the kids we play basketball with and gave them all a book. We had several people tell us they would love to learn more, and a few told us they might even come to church. By the end of the day, we had given out every single book we brought. Not just given out, but we did our best to teach each person a little about what we were doing, and what the book was. It turned out to be a super successful activity, and I feel like it will bless many lives!

Other than Sant Jordi, not much happened this week. Our investigators Lana and Monika are doing very well, and we saw them both at church yesterday. Monika's little kids love going to primary, and we were told after church that Esteban, her son, was answering all of the questions about the restoration. That made me really happy!

La Diada de Sant Jordi in Vilafranca