Wow seeing you guys was the best thing in the whole entire world! You all look and sound amazing. I am so glad everything worked out and I was able to talk to everyone. I love you all so much thank you for making it the best Christmas :) I´m excited to tell you all about the holidays here in Spain!
First off, David Archuletta came and had a concert for the missionaries and their investigators. We brought Rolando and Charly and loved it! They are still singing campanas de belen every time we see them :) He is so talented and it was such an awesome experience to hear his voice and his testimony. The spirit was strong and it was so great to have our investigators there. Thank you David!
The next day we had a christmas devotional for the missionaries here in Madrid and it was absolutely incredible. The topic was Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. One perk of having a surgeon as a mission president is we got to watch the same surgery that Joseph Smith had when he was 7 on one of his patients WITH anesthesia. Wow that was really cool to see! It made me very grateful for the life that Joseph Smith lived he really was incredible.
Then we had a special visitor- David was there! He sung for us and talked to every missionary it was seriously so nice. Plus he gave me a package from home :) Thank you so much family you are the best!! I absolutely loved the devotional it really was awesome.
Christmas Eve- This day was so fun!! We spent the morning making cookies, then we delivered them to potential and current investigadors. We sung some carols and had a really great day :) In the night we ate dinner at Rosa and Omars with their family and all the missionaries and oh my gosh it was so delicious!!! So much food but it really was so great.
Christmas- We started the day off opening our packages- my goodness you guys are incredible!!! Thank you so so much I feel so blessed. I most definitely cried when I opened the jewelry it makes me so happy :) Then we had breakfast at a members home and I made some cinnamon rolls that were sooo good. We got to watch a movie, play some games, then I got to talk to my family!!! sorry I cried the whole time I swear I really was happy to see you guys :) Then we had dinner and a gift exchange- It was a very different, but amazing Christmas! It was a nice break, but I was ready to get back to work!
Because of the holidays, we weren´t able to meet with a ton of investigators this week, but we made a lot of progress with Rolando and Charly. They have a fecha for the 17 of january!!! I am so excited for them they are so ready. The elders had a baptism this week and they came and I wish you could see their faces. They make my heart so happy! I also got to play the piano at the baptism so that was really fun for me I missed it a lot.
I think that is about it for this week! Sorry it is a novel I´ll try to be a little more brief in the next week. I sure do love you guys! Thank you for all of the love and support. Have a great week :)
xoxo,
Hermana Marsh
pics from christmas eve with one of the cutest boys in the world!
more pictures from the christmas festivities!
And this is why i´m gaining weight... dang it spain why is your bread and chocolate so dang great.
Probably one of my favorite girls in the world. I braided her hair and then she did mine :)
Ward Christmas Party :)
I have a cute companion!!! :)
After the David Archuletta concert with Rolando and Charly :)
Marjorie's friend, Kendra, plays the keyboard for David and took these pictures. She sent them to Marjorie and then Marj sent them to me!
David had this picture taken and sent it to Allie
Our Christmas eve feast!
We coordinated on Christmas Eve :)
Pictures from our family Google Hangout! So GREAT!
I found this picture on lds.org. Madie asked me to find out about her new mission president coming in July. His name is Kevin Pack and is from Mississippi. He is on the left in this pictures and was in the church news in 2013 for helping with the cleanup efforts after a tornado while serving as stake president. More to come on him. For now, she has 6 more months with The Jacksons. She LOVES them!
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