Barcelona Mission: (Zaragoza) Week-13 2012

This was a good week, though a little wild just because of having five girls in one piso. We also did a few intercambios this weekend, taking advantage of the opportunity to learn from each other and to work together with one another. We had many little miracle stories this week between the five of us.

One of the miracles was when I sat down on the bus next to this man.  We had been contacting hard and walking around all day in the heat. I was a little tired to say the least. But it was neat because this man said hello to me and smiled. He then told me that he was a member but not active. He started telling me about his situation and how he has been not active for 10 years!  He told me that he lives here by himself and that two weeks ago, he just started to read his Principios del Evangelio book every night to prepare to come back to church. His main reason for not coming this last Sunday, even though we invited him was that he didn´t know anyone there anymore. It was just really neat that he contacted me!  That never happens so it was great. We bore testimony to him of God´s love and he was so grateful to hear our testimonies. It was a really neat experience-one of the many little miracles that happened this last week.

I love my companion Hermana Reeder SO much. She is wonderful and has such a strong testimony and sincerely cares about the people around her. She likes to laugh things off which helps me a TON. When we are struggling and things aren´t going well, we just laugh for no reason but rather just to relieve the stress. It´s fun and it really helps us move on from the trial we are facing. I really enjoy being with her.

We also have a new companion, Hermana Yabeta. She is wonderful and we are so blessed to have her with us. She does really well at contacting and has energy and animo which helps motivate us and she´s a great example in many aspects. She is often found studying the Libro de Mormon in her down time. So happy she is with us!

Our fechas are:
-Jorge de Colombia. He has some family in Ecuador and some family here. His baptismal date is for this Saturday and he has asked our amazing Ward Mission Leader, Sergio, to baptize him. He is around 45 years old.

-Manuel de Nicaragua. He doesn´t have family here and his pareja and hijos live in Nicaragua. .His fecha is for this Sunday because he needs to go to church twice. He has a big heart and loves learning. He is also around 45 years old.

-Engracia de Angola, Africa. She is amazing and we love her so much. We often go visit her because she lives alone and lost a daughter five or so years ago. She has enormous faith.  She is around 40 years old and her fecha is for the 4th of August.

Our most recent convert is Pius de Nigeria, Africa. His wife and children are living in a pueblo near Pamplona. One of his children is sick so I know that he is very worried about this so because of that we haven´t been able to get in contact with him all week and he didn´t come to church. :(

We are trying our hardest here. There are a lot of things we can do better and that we need to repent of. But overall, we are doing well and loving having our mini Missionary. I love being here and my hand is practically back to normal-coloring and all. The skin is slowly growing back. It doesn´t hurt anymore and I just make sure to put a lot of sunscreen on it and drink a lot of water! I always have a water bottle with me. It has been great to have the help of all of these other Hermanas for our area.

It is VERY HOT here and we try to keep cool.  I love being here and we have lots of baptisms coming up. Still love and appreciate the mail from everyone and the e-mails...thanks Uncle Bruce.

I'm still always praying for you and hoping you are doing well.

Love,
Hermana Johnson

Sister Missionaries, Sis Church (Sr. Missionary)
At church with Engracia from Africa who is getting baptized in August and a member,
Laura from Agentina

Sister Missionaries on P-Day