Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Transfers


Whats up! Whats Up!
 
I recieved some great updates from the family this week! Sounds like everyone is doing great! I love hearing from all of you so thank you for the emails!
 
So yes this week we had transfers and yes, Elder Sutton was transfered... He is headed to Vitoria! haha The exact area where I served! He will also be trainning a new missionary. He is doing what I did in Tarragona. A couple of transfers after I left Vitoria, President, due to lack of missionaries, took two missionaries out of Vitoria. Now he is putting them back. So Elder Sutton will be reopening my area and trainning! I am super stoked for him, and he will do great things there! we did have a really good time together, but I am actually realy excited for my new companion. His name is Elder Arce, and he is Chile! He has been in the mission longer than I have and is a super good missionary! I met him when I was serving in Vitoria. We were in the same zone he was a great example to me! The funny thing is, his parents and his family live in Tarragona! Just 2 months ago, I was sitting in his living room sharing messages with his family! haha I will be pickign him up tomorrow and then we get to work! The nice thing too, is we will be able to work together. I no longer have 2 companions. Just me and him,
 
As far as the work goes... Its been a little frustrating this week. It seems like this whole transfer Elder Sutton and I have been working hard, but our investigators just refuse to progress! It is killing me! haha We had some fetchas lined up for this week, but unfortuanately the didnt come to church so we will have to move the baptism... We also have been knocking a ton of doors and contacting a crazy amount of people, but with little reward. I will be honest, its been on my mind a lot. The Lord definately wants me to learn something from this, I am just looking for what it is. Going back to the basics and turning back to Preach My Gospel to find the answer. To be honest, I think the Lord is trying my faith and diligence. Those two subjects have come up more in my studies this past week like a million times. I just need to keep on going until we find the elect! I know there out there! For this reson I am also really excited Elder Arce is coming. Hopefully he will have some new ideas as well that we can put into practice.
 
We did experience a couple miracles this week though. It was actually pretty incredible! So last week Elder Cuevas and Elder Rupa contacted a girl and gave us the reference, well we called her up and she hung up on us... Normal haha. So we thought nothing of it. Last week we also had a bunch of people we didnt know show up to church, well we set up a visit with a lady that came to church and went to there house! It turns out that the girl that hung up on me, is actually her daughter! AND she didnt really hang up on me, her phone just died in the middle of the phone call! (Not too sure I believe her, but hey we will go with it! haha) So anyway, they are a great family from Honduras that havent come to church for quite sometime! Well we changed that real quick! haha We had a quick lesson with them and boom they came to church this week AND the mom brought a friend! I love working with the Menos Activos!
 
We also had stake conference this week, on the metro ride from Barcelona back to Badalona, a lady came up to me and asked me if I had just attended the conference. I responded yes and asked her the same question. She said she had gone to the conference and had loved it! She loved it so much that she wanted to come to the church in Badalona! I told her I was the the new missionary in Badalona and still really didnt know too many of the members there and asked her name. She responded that she actually wasnt a member of the church, he friend just invited her to the conference. Long story short, we exchanged information and we have a visit set up for this week! Boom! The Lord works miracles! Like I was saying earlier about Faith and Diligence. If we work hard using faith, knowing that the Lord will bless us! We will always work miracles!
 
Well thats about it from Barcelona this week! I love you guys tons and I will be sure to send you guys some`photos of me and Elder Arce next week! Love you guys! Do work! haha
 
Much Love!
Elder Carrigan