Sunday, December 31, 2017

#33 Companionship unity

The purpose for the subject line:
Hermana Boggess and I found ourselves at 4 o clock this morning having companionship study. Hahaha literally it was the funniest thing. We both have a severe problem talking in our sleep so we combined our efforts to have companion study. She was asking me what we were studying and I was telling her random pages of Preach My Gospel.  Which is so nice because mom, I can't tell you how many times I have taught Lesson 1 by myself at 3 in the morning to my wall. It's nice to finally have someone help me out 😉 my sleep talking and walking has only gotten worse on the mission... My poor companions. We woke up this morning just laughing so hard. Also juat while I'm at it, we both have light switches right at the head of our beds and each of us at least once accidently turns the light on during the night, it's actually kind of creepy but hey what can you do. 

Anywho enough of the goofy stuff. We finally taught some investigators this week. Alll of our investigators just like to meet with us out in the chilly air but it's okay, we're glad to be teaching anyone. The really really hard thing is that seriously all but one of our investigators works on Sundays. It's such a pena because the economy is pretty bad here I guess so work is just hard to find in general. We are praying a lot and are definitely needing some celestial help with that. But hope is something we do have. 

We had 4 eating citas this week and all the food was just so yummy. The members here are so very sweet. Our favorite lunch is always with Paco and Beatriz. They are gems sent from heaven. Seriously every time we go to their house they just treat us like queens. They just wait upon our every need. This week we had some yummy soup stuff and then we each got a plate full of huugggee shrimps and in Spain they just keep the bone and head and guts and everything. They serve it whole, I don't really know why, maybe just to show it's fresh or somwthing.  But we are these huge shrimps and then sucker on their heads with their beady little black eyes hahaha. Gross. But it was good! And they brought me back a whole bucket of green olives from Madrid. Kinds souls. Also just side note,  it's really funny cause they just call me Roots cause they cant say my name its humorous. But ANYWAY after the lunch we teach em a bit and we taught about faith and repentance and hermana Boggess and I were just ending with our testimonies and Beatriz chimed in and bore a beautiful testimony. And then Paco as well said something so so important. He said he has strengthened his relationship with God and since he has been coming to church and meeting with us and really praying, he has received so many answers and so much comfort and also that everyday he learns something new from God. It's is such an incredible thing to see investigators deepen their relationship with God for themselves because they want to . HE REALLY DOES ANSWER PRAYERS!

Also on Saturday we met with Celina. She's like 20 from Guinea Equatorial in Africa. She meets with us every week but she just kinds listens to us and doesn't really show much interest but this week she actually asked questions and gave input. We showed her one of the Easter videos to explain the Atonement a little bit and she loved it. She understood and she actually showed expression which is seriously a miracle. Prayers answered, sabes?

Also Saturday night we went contacting crazy and hermana Boggess and I were talking about how much we just want to teach a family so we talked to a bunch of families. We did find one who was interested. We just showed everybody the #lighttheworld video and it was so lovely because we were contacting next to this giant Christmas light tree and it just felt like Christmas. And they had this giant farmers market/fair thing so we decided to treat ourselves to some Gofres. I'll attach pictures of all of this. 

And the yesterday we got a new ward mission leader and we are really excited for that! This new bishop is just turning this ward around. He is just so precious I just love him haha. Also it was the primary program yesterday and if you think that's cute in America, it gets so much cuter in Spain with the the little children singing and speaking with their little voices in spanish it is just so dang cute. 

Hermana Boggess is doing so well she is so diligent and is always working to be better. She has inspired me a ton. She is from alpine Utah, she's 6 feet tall and she is ACTS JUST LIKE JACOB HAUVER HAHAHAH we get along so great. She's the companion I have always wanted. But let's be honest, all of my comps hab E been incredible. But we just have so much fun together and still work so hard together. It's the best of both worlds. She makes me go running in the morning and I hate it hahahaha. Also ahe has this crazy talent where she can say any word backwards like really fast. She barely hesitates and can seriously do it with any word and even small sentences it's the craziest thing haha I'm such a fan. This Thursday we get to go to Murcia with the whole other half of our mission for a Christmas conference. And we're having a talent show and she's gonna do that... And I'm expected to do something but I have no talent... so maybe I'll just pit my fist in my mouth and call it good. 


1. This is Ainoa, we were her biggest fans in the primary program. I dont know why my neck vains are so gross 



2.GOFRES. I guess a gofre is just a waffle but 12 times better.



3. Two of my favorite things 😉


4.my companion loves talking to old men and I don't. Hahaha 


5. I forgot to write about this last week, but last pday we were in city center and their were these people doing a flash mob to whoever would throw away trash to try to promote city cleanliness. So The elders knew about it and tricked us into throwing away a piece of paper and then out of no where all these men and women came with a bunch of brass instruments started playing When the Saints Come Marching In and the woman started dancing with us ans it was actually really fun haha I loved it. So this is the picture we took after it. 


                                                   6.giant Christmas tree. Featuring me 


              7.tree


8.ha


9. alll l bundled up

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