Adoring the Spain Barcelona Mission

Wow, ok I have like .2 secs as usual...but, Wow! My heart is so confused...apparently this is my last week in the mish, but it still hasn't hit me yet. We will see if I will actually be able to pull my heart away from all of this.  My heart is so full of gratitude for the beautiful 18 months that the Lord has given me here in Spain. I don't know how to begin to express everything that I feel...in English or Spanish. I have so many priceless memories and will forever treasure these days of PURE GOLD in this beautiful country. The most important thing that I have come to understand is the infinite power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. Watching the lives and hearts of people change and heal, has in turn changed me. The power of Jesus Christ's love really is sufficient for every one of us. He is always willing to push for us if we are willing to let Him. He knows and loves us all perfectly. He is our Savior and Redeemer and descended below our lowest of lows so that He co...

Words of wisdom this week are brought to us by a random Spaniard man that we met one day when it was super cold and rainy, and he told us "Estais ganando los cielos"...(it means "You are earning heaven"). <--  He doesn't know it, but that made our day. :)   It's true, though.  The little things that we do every day to bring ourselves closer to God are little steps bringing us closer to los cielos.☆☆ Also, this week, we had the wife of our ward mission leader tell us that she needed to have a "private talk with us about a few things." ....Never a good sign....  She sat us down and very seriously told us that her mother would be coming for the holidays and we needed to behave ourselves because her mother would not be as submissive as she is....  She said that we needed to stop doing ridiculous things like taking our shoes off (which we are guilty of doing once because we were SOAKING) and also that when we sit down on the sofa we need to...