I attached some pictures from our
trip into Madrid the other day (last Thursday P-day) I have a lot more but
these are actually from another Sisters camera.
My camera is with my companion who is at the store right now! I have better pictures that I'll send later.
We took the Metro from here in
Pavones to La Puerta del Sol and visited La Plaza Mayor, the Cathedral, El
Palacio Real, the gardens and went to some stores. I did some shopping and got some shirts and
post cards.
It was a great day. We have been taking the Metro to the park
almost every day to contact people. I
have had really neat experiences at the park every time we have gone. The other day (Monday) we went to the
park. Hermana Eyre and I were talking to
a man named David who did not believe in God and it was so sad to see someone
who was so hardhearted and lost. I
wanted to cry for him and I told him that too.
Anyway, while we were talking to
him another man stopped and asked us a question which I really didn't
understand. He said something
like," Is the Church of Jesus Christ here in this park?" (…in fast
Spanish) Hermana Eyre looked at me to translate and (haha) I couldn't tell her
what he said. Anyway, David answered for
us and told him we didn´t know. Then the
man left. I got a strong impression that
we needed to talk to that man. I kept my
eyes on him as he walked away. I waited
for Hermana Eyre to finish bearing her testimony (or trying to...) to David
even though he was so hardhearted and seemed not to be listening.
As soon as she was done I said
"Bye" to David and told him good luck. Then he and his wife walked
away. I waited for him to stop looking
at us and then I started SPRINTING.
Hermana Eyre was so confused and started running after me yelling,
"Where are you going? What did he
say? What are we doing? Stop!" …haha
I kept running and yelled back to
her that we HAD to find that man. While
we were running, Hermana Eyre recognized his backpack from far away. People were giving us such funny looks, but I
didn´t care!! We ran up towards him and
slowed down before we approached him so we could catch our breath. I said "Excuse me I am so sorry we
didn´t understand your question before but here we are now ready to help
you." He told us that he just moved
here not too long ago from Colombia and he is looking for the church of Jesus
Christ because he wants to come closer to Him.
It was incredible. My lips were
just moving and something was coming out.
The next thing I know we are sitting in the grass and almost an hour
goes by and we have his information, he has a Book of Mormon, he knows where
the church is located, and I asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he said
yes! Hahaha It was great! That was one of the wonderful experiences in
the park. All of my roommates had
INCREDIBLE experiences that day and it worked out perfectly for practically
everyone.
This week was a very spiritual
week and my testimony is stronger and I am so grateful for my MTC experience
here in Madrid. It has been so
great. I have really great pictures of
my district and me and the MTC president and his wife outside the temple. I will send them next week.
My ears are unplugged! I am packed and we are leaving on the train
tomorrow morning at 7:30 A.M. for Barcelona.
I can´t wait to get there.
We went to the temple and did
initiatories and an endowment session in Spanish! ... Looove Spanish!
So sad to say bye to Hermana
Marshall and all the great friends I made here; but this is it!! I am finally headed off to my actual Mission. Barcelona here I come!!
Love,
Hermana Johnson
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