I love you all, and MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! 8D
Dear President,
Today is my best day so far! I'm so grateful to be able to serve these phenomenal people as a representative of the Lord with my dear companion Élder Dean!! The Elves are relentless, and they never cease to surprise -- they made my companion pancakes this morning. What nerve! Our companionship is doing well and improving all the time!
This week has been completely filled with miracles and tender mercies!! This week my companion and I set out to love, serve, and fulfill our purpose, and to simultaneously attempt to reach the Standards of Excellence (3 investigators with a baptismal date, 6 investigators in Sacrament Meeting, 12 member-present lessons, and 6 new investigators).
The week started out strong, but then my companion and I fell ill, and my companion was (and still is) especially sick. Even still, we saw miracles; work was able to be done in our area, and, through the tender mercies of Heavenly Father, two of our investigators attended church!! I know that Heavenly Father will bless us if we strive to always be humble and obedient. We´re going to continue doing our best to preach the gospel by the Spirit, to be worthy of His companionship at all times, and to work with the members and local leaders in our joint-family-missionary work this week.
Our investigators that came to church (Fani and Roberto), are so receptive and sensitive to the Spirit; if it weren't for the fact that they're also leaving soon for Ecuador on vacation, they (along with their daughter) would be baptized in the coming weeks. Our investigator Ionel will be baptized the following week, since he wasn't able to make it to church either (it seems that we're all getting sick!). There are so many people who will be baptized here in Ibiza in the next month or so, when our old investigator families come back from their vacations. I'm so excited to welcome them back, and to help them truly come home to the Savior through baptism!!
I want to work on improving my relationship with my Savior. I need to be more humble and more open to Him. I need to trust more in Him, even trusting that He trusts in us. Obedience was never meant to be easy, but it's all that He asks of us, and I know that we, and these people we serve and love, are always blessed for it!!
Thank you so much for all that you and Sister Pace do for us!! I hope that you have a Happy New Year, President!! We're praying for you!!
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia
This week has been full of Christmas Spirit!! I love our job as missionaries!!! Spending Christmas with families, and sharing Christmas Spirit with everybody, is the BEST job in the world -- and we get to do it ALL THE TIME!!!!
This Christmas was a sacred day. The call home was very sacred for me. Family, thank you so much for your love, for your support. I love you all so very much. It might go without saying, but I will never go without saying it. :)
Christmas was also a wet and windy day, and it was so much fun to fill the puddly streets with English and Spanish Christmas Carols/Villancicos. Haha, I don't think my companion will let me sing any more Christmas songs in his presence ever again, though. X)
I love you all so much, and I wish you all the best New Years ever!! Here's an idea--set aside some personal time on your knees, with a pad of paper and a pen nearby, and talk to Heavenly Father for a while. Think of what you think you can do for Him this year, and write it down. Promise Him that you will do it, and ask for His help. If you do this with a sincere heart and real intent, having faith in Christ, I know that you will feel the Spirit guide you (the scriptures even agree, Moroni 10:3-6). Heavenly Father will strengthen and bless you as you do your best to become more like Him and to do something for Him in partial and loving return. Moroni 7:33
I know that Heavenly Father loves us, that He always has and He always will. I know that He truly did conquer death, because I know that He visited the Americas just like it is described in the Book of Mormon. I know this because I have read it, testified of it, and have felt the Spirit of God (Galatians 5:22-23) confirm it inside me. I know that this church is the restored Church of our Redeemer, and I´m grateful to be called by Him to share His restored good news!!
Love,
Élder Zubeldia
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