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 So I had interviews with President yesterday and he was telling me what was going down with the mission. It was really sad when they announced it actually, we found out about 2 weeks ago but were told to keep it quiet. There will only be the Madrid and Barcelona missions in Spain now. So about 3 zones in the east side will become Barcelona and 4 zones in the West side will become Madrid. So the change takes place at the beginning of July when I will have two transfers left so wherever you are when the change happens that's what mission you will be apart of. Since I will only have a little bit left I will probably just stay in the area I will be in. The reason is because there used to be 88,000 missionaries and now there are only 68,000.  So right now there are 600 missionaries in Spain and they need to consolidate it until there are only 400. So in July like 27 elders go home and only 6 come in. This is why people need to go on missions!! But yeah. So when you come to pick me up you will either pick me up in Barcelona or Madrid. Haha and then we will have to travel South to visit my areas. By the way, I'm not sure what you have to do for picking me up but I know that everything has to be finalized about the entire trip in like may. When i finish one year in the mission I think they will tell me more. Just a heads up.

 So I still have about 2 weeks of training left and then I am probably off to get transferred! Not too sure yet. It is very normal for me to leave after this transfer. I got a huge Christmas package from the ward!! It was so nice I loved it! I also got the makeup package! That was the best present hahah I loved it so much thank you so much for the goodies. New makeup makes me so happy. And I loved the card as well. . I'm glad the fam has so much fun together. We better still do that when I get back to the states!

This week was a great one! Paco and Maria del Mar made us tortilla de patata. We had an awesome 2 lessons with Lourdes. The first lesson she was caught up with a lot of questions and it was just not a very productive lesson but then the next one all of her doubts just went away and she felt a lot calmer which was so good! We taught her the law of chastity and it actually was such a beautiful lesson. God's commandments make so much sense. 

Viviana and her daughter's finally read the Book of Mormon!! They want to be baptized! She just has to find a different job and she is working on it. Miracles

We taught a couple this week who are very very educated about the bible and they could not believe that Jesus went to the Americas. It came to the point where we couldn't try to give them anymore "proof" because really the Book of Mormon is the greatest evidence we have.  I am so grateful for the testimony I already have. Nothing, even as logical as it may seem, can shake my testimony of that book because I have read it and felt it change me.

We ate lunch with some lovely members this week. I love and love those members even more everyday. I adore them. Yesterday at church was one of the loveliest Sabbath days I have ever had. If you thought fast and testimony meetings were good in America, they are SO GOOD in Spain. I don't know if they do this in the states but here, the entire family will go up at the same time and they all stand there at the pulpit and gather there as each family member bears their testimony. And the same with the couples. I think it is the most tender thing in the world it's adorable. A lot of members bore testimonies about the mission work which is always music to my ears, it was such a power packed meeting and so calm and lovely. Yesterday morning was a bit stressful but as soon as I took the sacrament Matthew 11:28 ran through my mind. It's so real the rest He offers. I felt so much the rest I so desperately needed to feel. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK LOVE YOU  THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME