A week full of success

2/22  This week was truly amazing! We had so many amazing lessons and found a few really good new investigators, one of which is Julia. We found her in Milady's house. We were passing by to see if Milady was at home, and she wasn't, but her mother Julia was. She listened to us and was really kind and receptive. We taught her about the Book of Mormon, and she told us she would read and pray about it. We are really excited about her, and to help her progress. It was really nice to have a full week of success. All of our efforts on finding new people have finally paid off, and we are super excited for all the people we have to teach now.

Elder Cullimore and I are still doing great. I learn more from him every day. We really work great together, and because his Spanish is so good, we teach in unity as well. We have had countless experiences when he has received and followed spiritual promptings, and a miracle has always followed. It is so great to have a companion who is so in tune with the spirit. He helps me every day.

The district is doing very well as well. We taught a lot of lessons this week and found a decent amount as well. The one thing we are all focusing on this week is setting fechas. We truly have a lot of people we are teaching, but the most important step in helping them progress towards baptism is inviting them. We will all be working on that this week.

As I was reflecting over the things that went so well this week, I kept thinking about a saying that at first didn't seem to make sense: 'The grass is always greener on the other side'. Normally when we use that phrase, we mean to say that we always want what we don't have. That phrase gained a whole new meaning to me this week. I learned that the grass is always greener on the other side of our trials and challenges in life. Sometimes when we are passing through some of these challenges, we loose sight of the reason we pass through them. We pass through them to grow and progress, and always when we reach the other side, we are blessed beyond measure. It took a while for us to get things going here in Tarragona, but now I understand that it was necessary to pass through a few difficult weeks in order to fully appreciate the success that would come after. I am so thankful for the difficult times the Lord has given me on the mission because I know that they have helped me become the missionary I am today.