Elder Hirst week 59
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Monday- we had a fun p- day, we
went to the plaza de toros (the bullfighting rink) to take a tour of the museum
and see the whole stadium, it was way Cool. That evening we taught a Nigerian
couple and they were good, but they are having a rough financial
situation.
Tuesday- we had a good district
meeting in the morning. That evening we taught Gustavo, the less active and
he's progressing really well. Later that evening, we had to help a bunch of
missionaries arriving to Sevilla get to their areas with all their bags and
stuff.
Wednesday- it was transfer day
so we were in charge of helping with that. Sevilla is one of the big train hubs
in southern Spain, so we were just helping missionaries in and out of Sevilla between
the train and bus station (which are quite far from each other) carrying tons
of suitcases here and there. That Evening we just searched for some people and
not too much happened
Thursday- we had weekly planning
in the morning, and then made a super good lunch because we have a BBQ. Also
one of the sets of hermanas here in Sevilla2 didn't have any food because of
the transfers so we made them lunch and gave it to them. We spent the whole
evening working hard and I honestly don't remember too much of what happen, but
I think we just kind of got rejected by people and plans canceled and stuff so
nothing too great.
Friday- that morning we taught
the recent convert Gabriela and she's doing well, we just talked about the
temple. That morning we had passed by some others and set appointments for next
week which appears like it'll be a great and busy week. That evening we taught
finally a really good investigator!!! (My whole time in Sevilla, we really
haven't had progressing investigators). She's from Nicaragua and her name is
Marta. She was taught by missionaries before I arrived but kind of just
disappeared. We found out she had gone to a pueblo for her work for a month and
we had actually written her number down wrong by one digit. She's back now and
she had read the pamphlets she was given and also had watched a little bit of
conference! We met with her briefly and she is excited to learn and wants to
really know the truth. She also said she'd come to church so that'll be great.
Later, we ran into our friend from Granada, Manuel, who we contacted a while
ago. He's an ex military paratrooper and he had found the Book of Mormon 3
years ago on the ground. He had picked it up, brought it home, and read it a
little bit. He forgot about it, but when we met him about a month ago it
sparked his interest again. We talked about the story of the Book of Mormon and
taught a small restoration and he seemed quite interested.
Saturday- we had a lot of
appointments set in the morning and they all failed us. Hard. But oh well. We
talked to a nice man who had actually been to salt lake and seen temple square
and wanted us to come over one day so he could show us the tabernacle choir
video he has. That evening we had correlation with our ward mission leader,
then we had a baptism for one of the hermanas investigators who my companion
and I had met when he just randomly walked into the church one month ago. It
was wonderful.
Sunday- church was a good but it
was a bummer, no investigator showed up in the end. We tried so so hard to get
someone there but no one came. But after we had a good lunch with some
Ecuadorian members. That evening was way funny, we contacted some Nigerians on
the bus and they were coming back from their Nigerian church and they basically
ended up contacting us! They asked for our number and invited us to their
church and gave us all these pamphlets and everything, it was way awesome. We
gave them some stuff as well. But Then I get a call 5 minutes later from them
asking when we plan on going to their church and the truth is, we probably
would go if it wasn't at the same time as our church, but it was a funny
experience nonetheless. I love the Nigerian people a lot.
Sorry if my letter is kind of
lame this week, but I just want to share my testimony about how important the
Book of Mormon is and how grateful I am for it. With it, the Bible, and other
scriptures I can see what I need to do In my life to find joy and peace. The
Book of Mormon is the key stone to my testimony of the savior and of god and I
know that it can always strengthen our testimonies. Just think of the
sacrifices that have been given on this earth to have the scriptures in our
hands today. We truly are so privileged.
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