Adoring the Spain Barcelona Mission

Spain is just full of surprises! I love this country, haha.  On  Saturday night my comp and I were walking around part of our area and across the street we see this big parade of high school band kids and people wearing big giant costumes. It was kind of really terrifying. Most of the costumes were just kings or queens, but knowing Spain they didn't just stop there.  There were also giant dragons and these terrifying half bear-half person things. Wow, this probs doesn't make any sense, but I will try to send a vid so that you can all get the visual. Apparently it is a thing they do here to initiate the "start of Christmas" haha, (we don't know). Spain is such a funny mix of ancient traditions and a bunch of other random holidays because there are so many extranjeros (<--  I cannot remember this word in English). Basically everyday is festivo here, I love it! Life is so good, why not celebrate everyday! Also, this week we had ...

Wow, so many things happen  in one week  I don't even know where to begin. The Lord truly blesses us everyday with miracles. It is amazing to see the hand of God not only in our personal lives, but the lives of all the people we love. I know that God truly knows all of us and has an individual plan for every one of his children.  The heartbreak of this week is our adorable, little friend Nerea. She was planning on getting baptized this  coming  Saturday, but in the end we are going to have to postpone it. Nerea is truly amazing, she is 13 and lives with her single mom and 6 year old sister. She has already been through so much heartbreak and pain in her life, but she is so strong. She has a lot of pressure from her grandparents and her mom to do the Catholic communion and is so worried about offending them and has started having doubts about what to do. She needs some special prayers! I just love her so much and want so badly for her to have the blessing of ...

Ok, well surprise!  On  Friday, we woke up and there it was snowing! Um, what?! So not prepared for this, hahahaha. My "6-8 missionary outfits" that I was instructed to bring defs did not include any snow gear, hahaha. My comp was stoked out of her mind because she had never seen snow before, so really it was a blessing in disguise. I just love the mission and all of the crazy things that happen!  Wow Pamplona is the best! (Other than the fact that it is cold;)) The ward members are so loving and I am so excited to get to know them all better!  On Saturday  we had a baptism of an investigator that has been investigating for about 3 months and has had a crazy life. He is from the Dominican Republic and has an accent that is super raro but luckily my nativa comp is always here to save the day! It was so wonderful to watch him make the covenant of baptism with the Lord and have the opportunity to be washed clean and start a new life as a disciple...