I love you SO MUCH!!!
You
would not BELIEVE what a crazy and awesome week it has been!!! 8D As
you know, I'm in a missionary-trio (my companions are Élder Seegmiller,
a blond from Mosco, Idaho who speaks with a British accent; and Élder
Wheat, a red-head from Sandy, Utah who is also an engineer [like Élder
Seegmiller]. We have so much fun!!) here in Sabadell (the heartland of
Catalunya). We're working as hard as we can, and we had a miracle that
was the fountain of so many miracles this week: we got another
missionary to work with us for the week!! Not just any missionary, but a
missionary who is FROM our ward (he is serving in Málaga, but he needed
to come back for some residency paper issues). His name is Élder Neira.
He is from Barberà, a pueblo that I'm familiar with, so we split up the
companionship that way, and WENT TO WORK!!!
Here's how I put it to my mission president:
Dear President Pace,
This
week has been a week of miracles!! Having Élder Neira with us has been
amazing--we've been able to help his family make a complete turn-around
(his mother is now determined to come to church every
week, and his "lost" brother now wants to serve on a mission), and we've
been meeting with his friends, many of whom are receptive! Thanks to
the miracles that've happened this week, we are now going to be able to
work much more with the members.
On this note, Élder Neira's brother Harry,
who wants to serve on a mission, is wondering about the possibility of
serving a mini-mission sometime soon. He was wondering if he could live
and work with us -- it would relieve the economic burden of his family,
and would provide him with an excellent opportunity to serve and
prepare. Is this a possibility?
I love my companions: Élder Seegmiller,
Élder Wheat, and Élder Neira. Élder Seegmiller is such a level-headed
and hardworking missionary: with the coordination of splits, and running
all over Sabadell, he has very aptly taken charge and made sure to use
the Lord's time as effectively as possible. Élder Wheat is such a loving
and sincere missionary: whenever we're in a lesson, the purity of his
testimony drives home in our friends' hearts. I know Élder Neira isn't in
our mission, but for this week, he has been my companion -- I highly
admire and respect this missionary. He has such a strong relationship
with the Spirit, and because of his testimony, he has become a powerful
instrument in the Lord's hands, especially in the saving of his family.
My companions are examples of excellence to us all.
By the way, I also love the Hermanas in
our district! I'm so grateful to have two of the most enthusiastic and
hard-working sister missionaries of the mission. We are seeing such
amazing miracles in our district!!
Our friends who are going to be baptized soon are: Marie this Saturday (the wife of Romuald, a recent convert -- she is so excited to be baptized by her husband!), Nancy on the 3rd of May
(she is one of the elect, found while helping her MA friend, and she
wants nothing more than to follow her Savior), Verónica on the 3rd of May
(also one of the elect, the cousin of a member, and is praying for
strength in this decision she's made, even though her family isn't
supportive), and Carlos and Fabiola (husband and daughter of a MA,
they're committed to do this as a family!).
I want to make sure we have companion
study this week. :) We've been having SO many lessons that it's
difficult to make the time, which is a wonderful challenge, but
companionship study can help us to meet the demands. It's good to be
anxiously engaged, but if we don't have time to be peacefully engaged in
our study, then our work will be engaged with anxiety. Our friends
deserve to have anxiety-free and spiritually-charged
missionaries -- companionship study will help us give them that!!
I love this place, these people, and this
work!! I love you, President!! Thank you so much for your prayers, your
faith, and all that you lovingly do!!
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia
Now I'm going to answer some questions from last week that were asked me:
How
was Conference? It was FANTASTIC -- didn't you see it?!?!?!?! All of our
investigators (we're calling them friends, because that makes more sense
anyway) I loved the emphasis on becoming more Christlike, the hastening
of the Work of Salvation, and defending our faith despite the direction
of the world.
Where am I? Who are my companions? Read above, I answered this.
What
are people like in Sabadell? They're very friendly; they just don't
seem to like people in suits that talk about God. X) As soon as we get
to talk with them, though, they see past the ties, and feel "positive
vibrations" (the Spirit of Happiness!!) from us.
Am I being fed? If only you knew. I don't even know
why I buy groceries. Today I don't think I will. Member and non-members
must really notice the blessings of feeding us, because they are always
trying to give us food!!
My turn!! Here's some questions (take into account
that I haven't read any of the emails yet -- but these are what I am
wondering about):
How is Millie? How are John and Rebeca?
How are Paige and Logan?
How was the play?! :)
How are my favorite siblings on the whole world?! :D
Well, I sure love you all, and I use your pictures in
just about every lesson that I meet new people!!! You would all turn
pink if you could here how often they tell me how beautiful and handsome
and happy you all look!!
I love you!!
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia
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