7.9.18: Professional Pro

Boom! Another beautiful week in Valenci-yaaaaaa! I just adore being a missionary (Can I say that enough times? Jajaja, I say that every week, but it's because it's true.) 

So many beautiful sights and souls here and I just cannot get enough! This week we visited with an older African woman who got baptized a few years ago and she is classic! Everything she says is just pure gold! Next time we go I will try to get a vid for a full visual, but wow this woman is a gem! She was trying to ask me what I was going to do after the mission (she called it "my course of life").  And since I have literally no idea, I naturally asked her for some elderly wisdom...she paused for a good second and then received the inspiration that I "must go to university and study to become a professional."  Jajaja, wow! Thanks! I will do that! She then treated us to some Nigerian gospel rock songs and some lengthy instruction on how to pick a husband who is a "good man of God" and sent us on our merry way with some boxed milk, jajaja! What more can you ask for? Thank you, Georgeline! (Her name fits her perfectly.)

Also yesterday, we met with a woman from Israel who met with the elders last year when she was living in Spain and is back for a few months to study Spanish! She is raddddd! She speaks Hebrew, Arabic, English, and casi [almost] Spanish tambien [also]! She works in Israel giving tours of biblical sights and already told us she would hook us up if we are ever in the area ( ....vamos!!).  She is an incredible woman! Her mother is Christian and her father is Muslim and she just has such an interesting life! We taught her about the Book of Mormon and gave her one in Arabic because that is her first language!  Ahhh, being a missionary is just the best! I can't wait to keep teaching her!

Anyway, I love you all and hope that you are all soaking up the summer! 

Stay GOLD 



<3 maddy


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