I love you!!! :D Happy Valentine's Day!!! :)
Transfers
info: I get to stay here in Sabadell for a second transfer with Élder
Vosters. It's his last transfer -- and IT'S GOING TO BE HIS BEST!!!!! 8D
Today has been crazy, and since I don't have much more time to e-mail, I'll just try and go over some of the best stories:
The Ecuadorian Family -- Sunday
night Heavenly Father gave me another chance to show Him just how much I
really love Him and His children, and how much I actually want to
baptize. I've had a decent cold these past few days, and it's made me
grateful for when I'm healthy. We had set a visit for 10:00 pm
with an Ecuadorian man named Vicente that we had contacted earlier that
week; he was leaving on a trip in the morning, and it was the only time
that he had available. My companion left me the decision as to whether
or not we would go to the visit, which was a fair walk away into the
rainy, cold, night. I called Vicente, and he didn't answer his phone. As
I was groggily weighing the decision, the thought came into my
head -- "Look, if you really want to baptize as much as you say you do,
you've got to show it to Heavenly Father." We went, taught their
receptive and humble family, and we're going again. He, his wife, and
three of their five children live there. I know that "Él nos ayudará en
nuestros esfuerzos sí actuamos con fé para llevar a cabo Su obra".
Family baptism? I THINK YES!!!
The Excentric Spanish woman -- We contacted her on the
street, and were very surprised that she gave us her number and address.
In our visit, she told us that she was impressed that "two handsome
young English Executives would stop me on the street and ask me about
the happiness in my family life, and then talked about God". She tried
to be contentious in the beginning (she must have practiced with
Catholics and Testigos de Jehova), but then she began to feel the
Spirit. She outright cried when we gave her a Book of Mormon for free.
Her son was in the other room, and I'm not so sure that he wasn't
listening. Family baptism? I THINK SO!!!!
The Valentine's Sunday
Talk -- members here probably have heard over and over about the Work of
Salvation, and they're probably tired of being reminded that they're not
doing it. The Ward Mission leader told me to give them "caña" in my
talk. I prayed about it, and was guided another way. I talked mostly
about love, using the scriptures. Very basically, it wrapped around John 15:9-14 and President Monson's quote from Conference: "Now
is the time for members and missionaries to come together, to work
together, to labor in the Lord's vineyard to bring souls unto Him. He
has prepared the means for us to share the gospel in a multitude of
ways, and He will assist us in our labors if we will act in faith to
fulfill His work." It seemed to go well.
The way to know if something has really touched out heart is if it steps from something that we know into something that we do.
I've been listening to "The First and Greatest Commandment" from Elder
Holland and "More Diligent and Concerned at Home" from Elder Bednar this
week.
I
know that the Council of the Twelve are Heavenly Father's chosen Apostles today. I know this from personal witnesses of the Holy Ghost.
This knowledge is priceless to me, because it means that God exists,
that this really is Heavenly Father's church on the earth, and
that my call to serve here in Barcelona, Spain came straight from Him.
It means that continuing revelation, being able to get answers from God,
is real today, and it is available to us all. It means that there is life
after death, and that my family is going to be together forever. It
means that there is a way for me to return to live forever with my
Heavenly Father and my Savior, and that I (and my family, and whoever
else we can help to come with us) can progress and be happy forever.
This is true, and it is a blessing for me today.
If
you don't know for yourself of the truth of these things, please find
out for yourself. Read the Book of Mormon, all the way through, if you
never have. Read it every day, even if it is just a little every day.
Read it again, if you've already read it. Start today. Pay attention to
what you're reading, and pray about it. Think about what it says in Moroni 10:3-5. Learn it, and then DO IT!!.
I love you all so much!!! Sorry that I didn't have time to write personal e-mails!!!
I love you!!
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia
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