Dear Everyone,
Okay so in order to explain my subject line I
will write my email a little backwards and tell you about our preparation day
today first. So we went bike riding! It was GORGEOUS! Oh my goodness I have
missed bike riding so much! And of course it didn't compare at all with going
up Provo canyon with my dad or around the
neighborhood on a Sunday afternoon
with both of my parents but we covered a lot of the coast of Barcelona Barcelona
On Wednesday I left my companion for two days again (poor Hma.
Swenson) to go on intercambios to Zaragoza . It
was beautiful and really windy. It's known for its wind so when I was there no
one even noticed the "little gusts" every once in a while, but I did
and I loved it. The hermanas there are so sweet and are doing great work. I
learn so much on intercambios and I feel so privileged to have this calling.
I'm not sure how much longer I will have it since there are so many amazing
sisters in this mission and I am sure President wants to give others the chance
to have this amazing opportunity so I am really just trying to soak up every
minute of it.
We had a couple of setbacks this week. Harry
dropped us which was super hard for us especially Hermana Swenson because she
was so sure he would be her first baptism in the mission but we have a meeting
with him on Sunday and are really hopeful things will
turn around. And Josef pushed his date back again to this week because Kofi
wouldn't have been able to be there last Saturday and obviously that is
something that is very important to him. He promised us that this Saturday no matter what he will be baptized
though because, as he put it, he could die any day and he wants to be prepared.
The highlight of the week was Saturday. We did a tri ward activity
where we hiked a mountain called Monserrat. It was gorgeous!!!! I stayed in the
back to push and pull some of the older people and carry the backpacks of some
of the kids. Before long we were about a half hour behind the next group and I
remember thinking about how nice it would be to go at a faster speed with the
bigger group and all of the YSAs but about 15 minutes from the top a girl got
dizzy and fell down. We sat her down and gave her water but she couldn't keep
it down and started to get really sick. The elders carried her up a little ways
because we had to get her to the top to get medical attention but the mountain
was so steep that we eventually had to stop again and lay her down. She was
freezing cold but sweating, her eyelids were going dark, she felt super sick,
and she was trembling. I was so grateful that I was in that group so that I
could help with what little knowledge I still remember from my Exercise Science
classes at BYU but frustrated that after over a year of being out of school I
couldn't remember more than I did. Luckily where my knowledge fell short, the
power of the priesthood made up for it. As she laid there on the side of a
mountain covered in jackets and sweatshirts an Elder and our bishop gave her a
blessing. It was so loud but as they said the blessing everything went silent.
Then four guys carried her up the rest of the mountain. In total that last
little bit took about an hour but it was one of the most inspiring times of my
mission. The activity was such a blessing to so many people and yesterday (Sunday) we had 6 less actives in church
(of which were two kids who came to the activity who haven't come to church in
years) it was a great weekend.
I love you guys lots and I hope you have a
great week! Happy Valentine's Day
Hermana Tuttle
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