Everyday miracles

1/4  We had an incredible day last Monday! We decided to go work with a few investigators and members we had in a pueblo called Torredembarra for the afternoon after preparation day. We went to pass by a less active family that we have never met before, but they weren't home. On our way back from their house, we decided to go back a different way than we came and as we were walking down that road, the family we had just passed by walked around the corner! We stopped and talked to them for a few minutes and set an appointment with them. A few minutes later, we were looking at a map to figure out where to go, and we decided to go straight down the street instead of turning right. It didn't make a whole lot of sense because the person we wanted to pass by lived a little more to the right of where we were going, but we went straight anyways. Mostly because there was a really cool looking old street in front of us, and we felt like walking down it. A few hundred meters down the street we hear someone behind us say "Hola Elderes!". From my experience, when someone calls you Elders, it's usually a good thing. We turned around to talk to him, and it turns out that he was a member from Colombia. He told us he had been less active for a while but that he was just thinking a few days ago that he really wanted to go to church. He has lived here for 3 years, but didn't know where to find the chapel. We gave him the address, exchanged numbers and set a visit with him as well. Those were such cool miracles all within such a small period of time!

Elder Cook and I are doing well. We still get along well and almost never disagree on anything. Our investigators are doing well. We were finally able to get ahold of Ferran and set a visit with his family. We are happy about that. We are really trying to increase our finding efforts to have a larger pool, and we hope that will help us see more baptisms.

The one thing my experiences this week have strengthened is my testimony that this is God's work, and He is at the head of it. I have seen that as long as we (missionaries or members) are being obedient and doing what we are suppose to, He will send us blessings and miracles. He knows His sheep and knows those who are prepared, and He will guide us as tools in His hands to those who are ready to hear the gospel. We just have to be ready to open our mouths and share it with them. It is such a wonderful experience to be a part of His work here in Spain, and see how quickly it has progressed and continues to grow.

¡Un abrazo querido amigo!

Roman coliseum ruins right next to the beach in Tarragona

 

Same area in the daylight