Called to Madrid South

The majority of the photos this week came from a blitz we did in Puerto de Santa Maria. It's a ton of fun to unite as a district and work together to find people. We even found a family from Parla! This branch in Sanlúcar is not large, but it makes any impact even greater. It was a super cool to see that 25% of the people in church on Sunday were actually our friends. They bring promising growth in the future.  Our bold endeavor to conquer the language of English is going strong. We spent lots of time learning together which is a little exhausting, but we are progressing little by little.  This week we were invited to read "Beware of Pride" and think on its message. Reading it reminded me of this quote by CS Lewis as well.  " Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will thin...

This week after a few weeks of waiting, we had the baptism of Cesar! It was a special moment to watch the branch united and enjoy the special moment together.  On Tuesday we made some peruvian food with our friend Nayeli in the chapel. I'm grateful for culture and food that invites us to share and learn from one another.  We had a family home evening in the house of Aurora with a few members and we spoke about charity. There may not be another attribute so important in our eternal process of becoming.  I went to Jerez and did exchanges with Elder Miller! We were together a day about a month ago and he has already become such a great missionary. It is incredible to see the rapid growth of missionaries in such little time. I may have shared this verse a few months ago, so forgive me if it was so. This verse is found in the reading of Isaiah from last week. (btw reading those chapters this last week I realized I had shared in my email a messianic prophecy from Isaiah as some...

Not much to report on this week. We held some english classes this week and spent lots of time outside trying to talk to people. Thank goodness the weather has cooled down a bit. There is a young member that is studying here during the week although she lives in another pueblo far away. I'm impressed by her dedication and her desires to fulfill her dreams. She can't go to church on Sunday where she lives and so we have enjoyed teaching her the missionary lessons to help her prepare for her own mission in the future. Also we're gonna make Arroz Chaufa this next Tuesday! This Friday we did a blitz in our area which means a bunch of missionaries from the district come and help us find people in the street!  This Sunday our friend Nizza came to church. She had been inactive for 10 years because of a hard situation and then a difficult work schedule. She had been found by the missionaries at her work and had been invited to church almost 6 months ago. We wrote to her a couple we...

I'm so sorry. I'm afraid I am incapable of taking photos of important things, just food and, in this case, medieval torture gear. I don't even have to ask it to smile and it never blinks in the photo. That said, I promise we're doing real missionary work.  On Tuesday we actually went to our friend Jose's house. He was shocked to hear that more people don't feed us haha and gave us some nice Spanish food. Always appreciate some unexpected kindness. He even featured us in his WhatsApp stories (a place filled with his quite questionable tik tok dances) In this part of Spain they wear everything on their sleeves- both the good and the bad. Strangers are sometimes extremely kind and also are not afraid to say not nice things! This last Tuesday we met with a member who been inactive for about 7 years. In such a small branch, one willing member can make a huge difference in the work. He will be a great benefit to our little Sanlucar family.  More than a teacher of the ...