10.2.17: Karma

Well... probs the most exciting thing that happened this week is someone spit on me off their balcony, hahahaa. Obviously it was disgusting! But I also totally deserved it because I definitely almost got kicked out of the Boardwalk when I was like 10 for trying to spit on people off the Skyride, haha. It was a real full-circle moment, jajajaa! 

Also, this week we took good old Paco (our recent convert) to a "family home evening" at the mission home in Barcelona. I think he loved it so much that he almost died! He started crying tears of joy when we left (not because we were leaving, because he was so happy, jajaja). His genuine appreciation for all things gospel related is truly inspiring! On the way home, he was trying to get us to sing hymns with him on the metro,  haha.  He is the BESTTT!

And, of course, Conference was marvelous! Because of the time difference, we end up watching Saturday morning session on Saturday night, and then Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning sessions on Sunday. I love that we have the chance to hear from true apostles of God and I know that every one of their talks is inspired by the Spirit. One of the things that I noticed was a lot of the talks were about the importance of reading the Book of Mormon. It is so simple, but it's so true--the Book of Mormon is truly a gift from God! I know that it is the word of God and that we have it in these last days to help us in our search for salvation. It is easy to take it for granted because we have such easy access to it, but I promise that God blesses us in every part of our life when we prioritize and put Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon at the center. (Wow I sound like such a missionary...sry.)

I love and adore you all!

-maddy barton

Pics 1 y 2- biggest indoor market in Spain!
Pic 3- my Catalan chapa (even though I defs don't speak Catalan!)




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