This past week was the third week of the transfer, all ready halfway
through! So crazy..feels like I just got to elche. (Well three weeks
isn't that long, but in missionary time it is!:)
Anyways, Monday I took the 8 hour bus ride back to Malaga! :)) I met a
senior couple at the station when I arrived, the Frosts (I LOVE
them!!) and they took me to a bakery and hooked me up:) then I took
the train and stayed the night at the mission home with other
missionaries from my MTC group and Tuesday morning we went and
finished our residency (until December when I go back to renew it.) It
was like a mini vacation, we got to talk to president Deere as a
group, which is always awesome...just listening to his insights and
sharing our experiences with him..ah so edifying!(: then since elche
is so far from Malaga, I didn't go back until Wednesday so I got to
stay Tuesday night with the Malaga SHE's :) ahhhh it felt so good to
be back in Malaga, I miss it! I almost got to see one of my recent
converts but he ended up having work :( which is a blessing though so
I'm happy! I at least got to talk to him on the phone and he was so
excited, so that was a super cool blessing :) I also got to play
futbol for the forreal last time with my Malaga missionary homies! We
are so dedicated we got up at 630am! (Which sounds lame to those who
serve in states because that's actually the time you wake up..haha)
anyways, gooood times:)
Then the lovely 8 hour bus ride for the 3rd time...I met some cool
Canadians and someone stole my pastry ! So you could say it was an
interesting trip:)?
This past week, my comp has been having health issues so the work days
have been anything but normal..but we have been working with one
sister, she's in her forties, and her baptism is this
Saturday! (The 20th) she is awesome, very sweet, and comes to
church every Sunday and clases de ingles every wed and fri. She is
quieter and I was a little worried about her having friends, but she
came to a baby shower on Friday and was smiling and laughing, and
having a really really really good time (for those in my fam who know
this song reference) and she said she wanted to stay even though we
were leaving :) yay! So yeah, we went to a baby shower, not the place
for missionaries haha no it was fun though and I was in the
skit this lady put together! Super funny haha.
Today my comp Hermana Rowley and I went to ward choir practice, and on
the walk there we smiled and said "hola" to everyone we passed like
always:), (I better master "hola" with a Spanish accent by the end of
my mission for how many times I say it in a day.....lol)
So anyways, we encountered this old man and after we said hola he kept
on talking so we stopped and listened thinking we'd be right back on
our way. But eventually he pulled out his wallet and started showing
us old pics of him in the military, of his kids, grandkids etc. I wish
I had more time to listen to him, he is 78 I think, so lots of
experience he has had in life, I wanted to hear his military stories
and stuff, but we were in a hurry...so we gave him our pass along card
and he called us guapa and was like "and a besito before you leave",
and he grabbed my arm and pulled me in as I tried to back away and
quickly spit out "noooo we're missionaries!" in Spanish... He gave me
a big fat kiss on my cheek and almost fell doing it, hahha he didn't
even realize I was trying to get away either, he was just so startled
and said "woah, I almost fell there" and then went after my comp. Poor
old man..my comp was thinking oh great, I'm next..but he was so old
and cute that I'm sure Heavenly Father won't be too upset he gave us
slobbery besitos, in fact I'm pretty sure He placed him in our path to
give us a good laugh :)
Overall it's been a roller coaster, some parts i just can't wait until
they're over and others are insanely fun and i wish would last
forever; in the end I never regret getting on. I know that the Lord
has a plan for each of us, and we just gotta trust in Him, it's hard
and the natural man in us doesn't want to, but I promise that when we
take that leap of faith into the dark, we discover something even
greater and we feel the presence of our Savior even more fully:) and
then we are just happier! Even during hard times, we still can't help
but smile, I've experienced it, and I know it is real and that this is
the true church of Jesus Christ. I love you all, keep "...pressing
forward with a perfect brightness of hope...", "...thine afflictions
will be but a small moment..."
Xoxoxoxoxox Hermana cooook(: 💁🏼 ¡besitos! 😙❤️
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