I´M SO SORRY I'M LATE GETTING ON! CRAZY DAY

This week we have been knocking doors a lot. Our main investigator, Maria, got baptized and most of our others dropped us or we dropped them. I felt bad for Hna Roan coming into an area like that, but she was ready to go to work and we jumped right in. We´ve been working our way through the ward list and knocking doors in the less active´s buildings, talking to people on the street, anything we can think of we do. It´s been good, we´ve learned how to be braver. And seen so many miracles. The Lord is really blessing us for our diligence and efforts to share the gospel. 

We were walking through this area that Hna Brown and I didn´t work very much when we passed an apt building with an open door. We went in and picked a random floor and started knocking. In this building we found three people who might be interested, meeting our goal for that day! One of them, a british man named George, seemed very promising. 

We´ve seen so many other miracles besides this, it´s been amazing. Carmela, a recent member that we have been teaching how to read read in sunday school and did an AMAZING job. I was so proud of her, her skills have grown so much. I know its because she has a righteous desire so she can read the Book of Mormon. 

And I´ve been forced to learn the area really quick. We always have the map out, but I´ve been blessed to learn really fast and understand the map. It´s not a skill I normally have, so its been a huge blessing. Hna Roan have a really good system worked out where I lead us around everywhere and try to initate conversations and she does most of the talking since she knows more spanish. I´m working really hard to speak a lot and practice a lot. My spanish is already jumping which is so awesome. Like I said, blessings. 

All week a phrase from Elder Bednars Our Search for Happiness  has been running through my head. I don´t know it exactly, but it´s talking about missionary´s to people who aren´t memebers and it says the missionary´s feel just as awkward on your doorstep as you feel having them there. It´s so true! It´s really hard to knock on the door, and to have people be annoyed at you over and over. I would never do this for anything else but the gospel of Christ. I know this is true. My testimony has grown so much stronger, even in just this one week. I´ve become more aware of how much I love this church and know its true, because nothing else would make me talk to people like this. I´m so grateful to have the gospel and the knowledge that I do. 

This weekend we finally had Kepbap! My first time. It´s kind of like a burrito, it´s Arab I believe. so yummy! And hna Roan and I got Chinese takeout to celebrate having our first night together. As a missionary I celebrate with food a lot. Food makes everything better. And I´m here in Spain, so I might as well try something new, right?

I´ve started a miracle journal where I write down 3 miracles every day. It´s kind of a tender mercy journal too, but those are miracles often too because they come at just the right moment to keep me going. I still can´t get over the fact that Lindsay is pregnant. And tanya! The world is crazy. STEVEN!!! he just keeps almost dying. So glad he´s okay. karla must freak out. 

Sorry i was so late getting on today. The Zone Leaders forgot to tell us that another Hermana from the city over was coming for the night because her companion needed to go to the mission home. so we had to go meet the ZL´s who were very kind and brought her to our area from the bus stop (i think it was an apology of sorts) and I had to try and give them directions to where we were waiting. It was a bit crazy since none of the people involved know this area very well. I´m learning my way around, but not quite that well yet. 

We´re still working with maria and teaching her the new member lessons. besides that... not really anyone. we´ve got a couple people who we´re trying to hold on to but it´s not working that well. tonight we´re visiting a member that we practice reading with. Her names carmela, we meet with her every week. And we´ll visit Maria guzman, a member who is house bound most of the time as she takes care of her mom. we eat with her once a week. last night we visited Rosario, another house bound member of the ward with the elders. they give her the sacramement and we swap who teaches the thought ever week and then we talk with her for an hour or so. those are all members though, not investigators. but i love them all a lot, they´re all great people. 

Hna Roan is part samoan, her mom is sammoan. She speaks pretty good spanish, she is super sweet. she loves to cook and loves to eat and wants to explore every part of spain and loves granada. she wants to work hard and has lots of faith. She was about to get married when she came on her mission, but she felt like it was what she needed to do. I´m really impressed by her in that. She dressed like BreAnne, she´s very into soft pinks and maroon and whites, all those delicate colors. Princessy too.

Hna Roan and I get along really well. She´s super sweet and loves Granada. It´s like seeing everything over again to see her react to everything. So much fun, it reminds me how beautiful my area is. Hard because of the tourists, but so beautiful. I¨m so blessed to work here! Love you all! 

Hermana Woolley