Madie in Madrid: December 8, 2014

Hola Familia!

I made it through transfer #1 wahoo! We received news that Hermana Costagliola and I will both be staying in Alcorcon and I could not be happier :) I absolutely love my companion and we get to be together for Christmas!! We work really well together and I am excited to see what we can do this transfer now that I know a little bit more about how to be a missionary.

This week was nuts! I look back on it and feel a little on the exhausted side, which is a great sign. We worked hard :) First off, we had an intercambio and Hermana Clements came to Alcorcon. I was terrified!! I was so scared that we would get lost because alcorcon is a little confusing, but I am happy to report all went well. We didn´t get lost and we made a lot of progress. Not to mention Hermana Clements is darling, we seriously had so much fun together!

We had a huge milagro this week I still have chills when I talk about it and it happened 5 days ago. There is this family in our rama that was baptized a little less than a year ago. They are the ones that feed us every week and they are literally the greatest people. Anyway, they received news that Edison was going to be deported to Ecuador and had 24 hours to leave. We went over to their house as soon as we heard and it was so heartbreaking to see their family saying goodbye to their daddy for who knows how long. The Elders have her a blessing and we prayed harder than we ever have. The next day we were eating lunch at a members and they called and told us that he got cleared and was staying!! WHAT!! The Lord is the best!!!!! It was so amazing to see his hand when we are faithful and doing our very best. They are going to get sealed in february :)

We are still spending the majority of our time finding, but I do have a few investigators that I want to tell you about. The first is an update on Reni. We taught her the plan of salvation this week and at the end she said, I love talking with you guys, I feel something inside when I´m with you. We then just started grinning and said that´s the spirit!!! We invited her to be baptized and she has a fecha wahoo :) She has a hard time coming to church though, so we´ll need to work on that. We are excited to see her progress though, she really is so darling.

The next people I want to tell you about are Rolando and Charly. They are sons of a member here in Alcorcon and are 17 and 13. They just moved from Bolivia and are so awesome!! They are so open to reading and listening to the Spirit it really is such a great experience to be teaching them. They both came to church yesterday, and I am so excited to see their progression over the next couple weeks.

Now I want to tell you about Edwin. This man is so ready for the gospel!! He is from Colombia and we received his information from a member. We have had a few lessons with him and he has been so engaged in every lesson and has kept all of the commitments we ask him to do. His only problem is he works on Sundays, but he said he would pray this week and see if he could have some other options for work. Our fingers are crossed! We also have had members present in every lesson with him so far and the support he receives from the rama is so great. If you can, go out and help the missionaries in lessons! Having a member present really makes a lesson it´s awesome.

The last person I want to tell you about is Frederico. He is 69 years old, and makes me laugh harder than anyone has in Alcorcon so far haha!! He is super in shape and this last time we went over he taught of self defense... you guys I was literally on the floor laughing the whole time he really is so great. He wasn´t able to come to church this week because he went on an anniversary trip with his girlfriend (I know, girlfriend dang it), but he is very anxious to have us come back and teach him more so I am excited to see his progress.

I think that is about it for this week! It was a really great one and I am excited to see what this next transfer has in store. We are working hard and are ready to bring others unto Christ! I am a happy missionary :) Thank you for all of the love and support- it means the world. Have an amazing week!

xoxo,

hermana marsh

Here is my zone!

We ate like queens this week! We had a meal appointment every day... and have appointments every day again this week ah! People are very generous the month of december. Here is one of the meals we had this week, they are from ecuador :)