November 2, 2015

Hi Family!!

Wow I just can't believe it is already Monday again and it's NOVEMBER.

Where does the time go. I hope everyone had a happy Halloween! I

dressed up as a sister missionary it was pretty great. We had a roller

coaster week full of lots of ups and downs, but the highs were high

and I'm excited to tell you about them.

At the beginning of the week, I got to stay in Toledo and do an

intercambio with Hermana finch. It was so nice to be with her again!

I've met the most amazing people on my mission and I will forever be

so grateful for them. Not to mention I got to work in Toledo. That

place is beautiful!

The next day we got to go to the temple. Wow I can't even express how

great it was to go there this week. 7 months is a long time! I don't

know how people do it there whole missions. As the session progressed,

the spirit increased so much and I just didn't want to leave. I love

the temple, especially the Madrid temple. It is my place here in my

mission and I'm so thankful for the chance to go once a transfer.

Now on to our people :) we had the greatest miracle with an inactive

member named Nilo. He is the brother of one of my favorite members and

hasn't been to church in 15 years. We met him this week and shared 3

Nefi 18 about when Christ administered the sacrament to the nefites.

My testimony was strengthened about not only that the lord prepares

people, but about how great of a teacher the Book of Mormon is.

Because guess what? He came yesterday! And we are meeting with him

tonight to eat ceviche my favorite Peruvian food :) he's a miracle!

Our investigators are progressing along! We saw Calixto 4 times this

week haha bless his Heart! The members have been helping so much with

him and he has now come to church 2 times in a row :) we need to

change is fecha, but I have faith that he'll get baptized soon. The

members have also helped us so much with Martin and he loves them. We

taught about the sacrament this week and he normally works sundays,

but he promised he'd come next week. Praying hard for him! That guy

loves the Book of Mormon it's the best.

Lourdes is doing well, she is struggling a little bit though. Her

husband is Spaniard and he really doesn't like the idea of her meeting

with us or getting baptized. That makes things like seeing her or her

coming to church a little difficult, but she knows the church is true

so we'll keep hoping, praying, and doing our part. Elena and Ramber

are still doing great though :)

I have to tell you guys the worst thing that happened this week. You

need to understand first though that we talk to so many people every

day and it is really hard for me to remember everyone's faces. We had

set up an appointment with a future investigator named Jose in a park

and when we showed up he called us and said he would be 20 more

minutes so we went and contacted. We were talking with a guy and all

of the sudden this random guy comes up and is just creeping on us. We

finished our conversation, said hi to this creepy guy just staring at

us contacting, then ran back to the park thinking we were late. We got

to the park and called Jose to see where he was and he said, "You just

said hi to me then ran away!" The creepy guy was Jose!!!!! I feel

terrible. We were bad representatives of Jesus Christ right there we

totally forgot about him. Hopefully he will give us a second chance

haha! So terrible.

Happy note though- I don't know if you remember Roberto (investigator

from Alcorcon) but he got baptized this week!! He always had a

testimony and the desires, but he didn't have permission from his

parents. He turned 18 though and now is a member of the church! He's

planning on a mission and everything :) I love it!!

I think that's about it for this week. This is my last week with my

companion before she goes home and it breaks my heart!!! People ending

their missions is the worst. We are ready to give it our all though so

she can finish strong. I love you all and am so thankful for your

wonderful examples. The church is true! Have a great week!

xo,

Hermana Marsh

 Recent convert Smith. He's the best hahaha!