I am going to Madrid next week! We have the Sant Jordi holiday Monday (you
can look up the history of it if you want.)
So we have preparation day on Tuesday again (like today) instead of
Monday. Except that on Tuesday I have to
go back to Madrid and get my DNI (my Spain identification card) and I think I
will get to go to the temple!! I HOPE
SO! And actually I have no idea when I
will be able to e-mail...guess I will find out.
SO THE BIG NEWS:
Transfers are today. I didn´t think I would
be leaving Sabadell because I just got there!
I thought for sure I would stay and finish my 12 week training and then
as soon as I was done being trained, I would become the trainer. But it´s God´s will and not my will. I got the phone call late Saturday night that
I have been reassigned to Zaragoza.
Sunday I said bye to my Ward and to the investigators. Monday I packed and did some last minute
things and missed the train to Zaragoza and then had to catch a later one. I got here at Zaragoza an hour and a half
later around 10:00pm.
I was so sad to leave Sabadell. It´s so beautiful and I was just getting
comfortable. I guess that is how it
always happens. I also miss my sweet
companion Hermana Rejon. She is now
training someone new (who is just getting here today!). My new companion is Hermana Stephensen. Hermana Stephensen I met through Facebook
before my Mission because her mom´s best friend is the Relief Society President
in Dawn´s Ward. I met her last summer. She and I started our Missions at the same
time and she got reassigned to Salt Lake City the same time, but then she got
her Visa a month before me and got to Madrid the end of January (where as I got
here the end of February). SO, it is an
interesting situation because we are both newbies. She has been here in Zaragoza for 2
months. She thinks I will train next
transfer here in Zaragoza and stay here for a long time --- no idea. I guess we will find out what happens.
One thing I am so grateful for is that
Heavenly Father knows us personally and knows our doubts and the desires of our
hearts. He loves us so much and knows
our potential and everything happens for a reason so that we can reach our
potential. He watches over us and always
listens to our prayers and wants to give us even more blessings but it depends
on our obedience. One of the keys to
Missionary work is obedience. When I am
obedient, I receive the help I need to be successful and protected. I can´t focus on my will but rather the
Lord´s will because I am his servant.
Even if I wasn´t a missionary it´s the same. When we are obedient, blessings come. When we do the right things, we can receive
the help and guidance that we need to live from day to day. There´s a reason for everything. Through the
hard times we should be counting our blessings and live the gospel the best we
can and give it our 100%. We can beat
our challenges because nothing is impossible with help from above. Help that He is willing to give and that He
wants to give. It´s our choice and our
privilege to exercise our agency.
Here’s a little bit of what I sent in my
letter to the President:
In the midst of packing and moving, I thought
to give a Book of Mormon to the man who owns the fruit and vegetable shop that
we often go to and who we always wave and say hi to every time we walk by
(which is quite often). I quickly said a
prayer and wrote my testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and
promised him blessings in his life and for his family, as the Spirit guided
me. We were leaving the piso and pulling
my suitcases behind me when I realized that the store was still closed from
mediodia. I felt sad because I really
wanted to give him the book with my testimony inside. As we walked past the store, I saw a man
talking to a woman outside of a store nearby.
I wasn´t sure if it was him or not.
I kept walking until Hermana Rejon stopped me and informed me that it
was him! She said, "It´s a miracle
and you have to give it to him now."
I thought "She´s right because what are the chances of him being
right there, right now." I walked
up to him and greeted him and gave him the book and bore my testimony and said
it was a gift for him and wished him luck with everything and then went on my
way. Then I walked away with a good feeling.
I loved being with Hermana Rejon and I do
admire her. I learned a lot from her and
miss her already. I feel blessed that I
had the opportunity to be with her and she helped me a ton with my Spanish. Something I really admire about her is her
prayers. She is very sincere in her prayers and they are simple and
heartfelt. I think maybe it´s because
Spanish is her native language and she is able to do that. I can feel that she
has great love for Heavenly Father. I
need to work on my prayers so they will be more like hers.
One of our recent converts, Jose Maria is
doing well. We stopped by to teach him
and originally planned to talk about the priesthood. But he mentioned some problems that he was
having and we ended up talking about the Atonement. His faith is incredible and though he's
having problems, he still feels and knows that he is blessed to have the gospel
in his life. He bore his testimony to us
that he knows Heavenly Father is up there watching over him and that He loves
him. He also said that these things will
pass and that whenever he gets the chance he says prayers of gratitude in his
mind throughout the day at work. What an
incredible example for Hermana Rejon and I.
I love you all so much. Keep on keeping on by reading your scriptures
every day and please pray. The power of prayer is incredible.
Have a good week.Love,
Hermana Johnson
When you send a package to me (a box) put pictures of Virgin
Mary on it that way they won´t open the box look at the contents and charge me a
ton of money. That´s what some of the other
missionaries have advised me to tell you.
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