Dear
everyone,
Another week...are you
serious? Time is just flying. So many miracles to see here in Spain, so little
time! Alright three main topics here: News, Hma. Ward, Concilio....not in that
order.
Hermana Ward- My new
companion. She is as sweet as can be (all of my companions have been the
sweetest girls ever...I think President is trying to tell me something), she is
from Virginia, is several inches taller than me and we get along great. I have
been so spoiled with companions, I have gotten along so well with all of them.
Concilio- Yesterday we
had leadership council (hence the picture with Elder Thorpe who is now a Zone
Leader). It was super powerful. We had some really good discussions going. I always
learn so much from these meetings not just from President and Hermana Pace but
from the other missionaries. There's something absolutely priceless about being
in a room of 30 kids around 20 years old from all around the world who have
given up everything for two years and dedicated themselves to the Lord.
Something that we talked a lot about is "hastening the work."
President Pace asked us for examples of when people in the scriptures despite
opposition acted with purpose....that might not make a ton of sense to you but
I don't know how else to describe it in english. It was cool to see how many
times in the scriptures we could find instances that someone was hurrying or
moving swiftly to do the work of the Lord. I talked about Paul in Acts a little
bit but some of my favorite examples that other missionaries shared were Abish
and how she ran from house to house to gather people in Alma, and Ammon who
after saving the king's sheep (which had to have been exhausting) went directly
out to feed the horses and despite exhaustion and all that he had already done
that morning he kept serving. I also like President's example of Joseph Smith
and how the night Moroni appeared to him 3 times he collapsed he was so
exhausted and yet with Moroni's command he ran to tell his father and then as
his father directed he followed Moroni's instruction and climbed a hill to un-bury the plates.
News- okay this was
the miracle of the week. This week, in part due to transfers and a few other
things that limited our time we struggled at finding new investigators. We
usually shoot for 6 but by friday night we hadn't found a single one and with the goal of the
mission each companionship had to find 6. I prayed so much! I know that other
areas have a really hard time even finding one new but in our area it's not as
hard and I just prayed so much that we would be able to find the six that the
mission was praying each companionship could find and by an absolute miracle we
found 4 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday to end the week with 8! It was incredible. Our zone had an
average of 6.21 per companionship which, considering we usually have 4 or lower
as an average it was beautiful. I know the Lord is putting in our paths that
are ready to hear this message and I am so grateful to be a part of His
wonderful work.
Lots of love,
Hermana Tuttle
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