Hello family and friends!
I am here in San Sebastian and it is finally a somewhat cooler day
than it has been all week. Even though it keeps looking like it is going
to rain and relieve us of the heat, it never does and even with the
clouds, it has been just ridiculously hot and humid. But from what I
have heard from the missionaries down in Barcelona, this doesn´t even
touch what they are experiencing right now.
Things here this week have been busy and interesting. We spent a
whole day basically for our district meeting in Pamplona because the bus
system was all screwed up for Semana Grande. Which reminds me....we
rode on a couple of the amusement park rides that they set up for Semana
Grande last Monday for Preparation Day. It was absolutely fantastic! I
love things like that. Hermana Farrell got a little bit motion
sick...but nothing that lasted long. We heard and saw many fantastic
firework shows this week. They make quite the ruckess and are quite
terrifying when we can´t see them. We found out from the members
that it was actually a competition that they have here for their Semana
Grande. They invite a bunch of different countries to come do a firework
show and then they judge it. They night that won was Valencia. This is
an area here in Spain that is well known for what is called Las Fayas.
It was for sure the most incredible firework show I have ever seen.
We had an incredible conference on Saturday for our whole zone with
a area 70 (his name is Elder Richards) and with someone from the
Europe Presidency. It was really great and we learned a lot. That also
took a whole day in going to Vitoria. So we traveled a lot this week,
but we learned some really great things and felt the spirit a lot. We
found 3 great new investigators this week. 2 of them are thanks to the
work of our great ward mission leader, Juan Carlos. We just love him and
he is doing such a great job with his calling. He is a convert of only 1
year and has really learned how to magnify his calling. The people that
are thanks to him are brother and sister. Their names are Juan and
Lucrecia. Juan has been coming to church for a while but for some reason
never wanted to meet with the missionaries. But now he and his sister
are meeting with us. It is great and we are seeing miracles for
sure. The other great investigator was a reference from the Sisters in
Pamplona. She has come to church with us the past 2 Sundays and the ward
is really doing a good job at trying to fellowship her into the ward.
We spent some time this past Sunday with our recent convert
Dalleli. She turned 18 on Sunday. My little sister also turned 22 on
Sunday! So we were just celebrating on the other side of the world.
We had our preparation day today because transfers are this
week...as you must have guessed, I am not leaving San Sebastian yet. I
am glad because I love it here and don´t have any desire to go back to
where it is any hotter. We definitely have the best climate in the
mission right now. This morning while we were running, we took some
buckets with us and went berry picking. We spotted them yesterday while
running. It was great fun. I don´t understand why the people here don´t
go and pick them. They have blackberries everywhere...so we spent a
little while doing that and got two full pints of them. They are just
delicious. It is a relief to have them because they do not sell berries
here...at all. I have missed it a lot. Well...that is about all the
update I have for right now. Hope you all are having the time of your
life!
I miss you all!
Love,
Hermana Eyre
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