Hello everyone!!!!
Greetings from Barcelona! Things are
just about to get pretty crazy here in the Spain Barcelona Mission. As
with me and Hermana Robinson, we are lagging a little bit because we are
having a very hard time finding new investigators. But the thing we are
not lacking in, is finding enough less-active members to visit. Our
list gets longer everyday and we can´t ever seem to find enough time to
go and visit them to bring them back. So...the great news is (even
though it means lots of craziness in the mission), we are receiving 18
new missionaries next week...which is the week before transfers...and 20
new missionaries the week after, which is the week of transfers. We are
going to be getting quite a lot of Sisters, and the rumor is is that
they are going to put 2 more Hermanas in our ward. We are not exactly
sure what that will mean...it could mean that we will both be training
or it could mean that we are getting another missionary in the mission
with a trainee. All we know is that things are about to get crazy here.
We have to find a new apartment this week that can fit 4 sisters...plus
keep up with all the work we have, so it is going to be crazy here for a
little while.
But all I can say is that prophesies are really being fulfilled
right now and it is amazing to watch. At our women´s conference last
week, we talked a lot about how God is really hastening his work here in
Europe, but especially in Spain. That has proved to be true by all the
inspired goals that each of the wards, stakes, and the mission have
made. For instance, one of the goals of our ward here in Barcelona this
year, is to be able to split the ward into two wards by the end of the
year. It is entirely possible because we have enough members to do
that...we just have to re-activate a lot of people. But that is the
goal...and then we find out that we are going to get two more Sisters in
our ward, which is exactly what we are going to need in order to go and
find all these people and bring them all back. This is just one example
of all the amazing things we are seeing that are being fulfilled before
our eyes, and I feel so privileged to be able to be a part of it for a
short time longer.
Well, as for us...I had the misfortune of getting food poisoning on
Saturday and I was up all Saturday night just vomiting...so it was a
pretty wretched night. Then we got up in the morning and went to play in
our Sacrament meeting. It went quite well and people seemed to love it.
I had to spend the rest of the day resting because I was so exhausted
that I could hardly breathe. But I got a good nights sleep last night
and I feel back to normal today. I would rather have food poisoning over
the flu because it goes away so much faster and you don´t feel the same
kind of sick as with the flu.
So...funny story for the week...On Saturday, we had our English
class that we teach at the church. We have been having a very good
turnout for the class every week which is nice...but anyways...After
English class, we rehearsed the musical number for Sacrament meeting
with our pianist. We had planned plenty of time to do it, but all of the
sudden, Hermana Robinson was like, we need to go. So we finished
rehearsing real fast and then took off to get to our next cita. When we
were leaving I asked her what time it was and she said that it was 8:15.
Our next appointment was set for 8:30. So we thought that we really
needed to hurry. So we basically ran to the appointment and got there in
about 25 minutes. The women was not there when we arrived. It was just
her daughter at home. So we thought we had missed her, but her daughter
assured us that she would probably be home soon. So after sitting there
talking to the daughter for a little while, Hermana Robinson looks back
down at her watch and realizes that it is only 7:50. When she had told
me the time at the church it was only 7:15. So we arrived for our
appointment about 45 minutes early. You could say that that is not that
funny...but the fact that this is about the 4th time that she has read
the time wrong, it is pretty funny. She learned that instead of just
reading the minutes on her watch, she needs to read the hour as well. So
that is our funny story of the week! Oh and if you want one about
me....maybe it is possible that the food poisoning threw off my depth
perception...but I totally got hit head on by a bike while we were
running this morning. I was running towards the bike and was going to go
to the right but then she changed and wanted to go that way and it just
went back and forth until we were trapped and ran into each other. We
were both hardly moving...but it was funny nonetheless.
That is all I have time to share with you today. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love,
Hermana Eyre
A really neat fountain in a gorgeous
park near the zoo (Hermana Robinson calls it the Atlantis fountain)
Me on a mammoth statue in the same
park by the zoo
All
the Hermanas that attended our zone enfoque (not the Hermanas Conference)
Alberto´s Baptism (President Pace,
Elder Rios, Alberto, Hermana Robinson, Me, Hermana Pace
Our district biking the
coast...minus one Elder that didn´t make it into the photo
My
yoga photo without the Elders
my yoga photo with the Elders
Us with Johnny (a member that always
helps us with appointments) before moving to Sweden
The
sunrise from our apartment the other day
Hermana Robinson & I with Elder
Schwartz before he left for a new area
Our
preparation day biking along the coast
Hermana
Robinson & I playing with Hermana Pace at the Mission Open House
The Hospitalet Hermanas reunited at
the Sister´s Conference
