I hope everyone had a great 3 kings day! haha I dont know if you guys remember but here in Spain on the 6th of Januray the 3 kings come and bring all the toys to the kids! It is bigger than Christmas! The Reyes come on the night of the 5th and here in Lleida they arrived in Train! They then have a huge Parade! It is pretty nuts. It is my second time that I have passed Reyes and I have really come to love the tradition. The kids all write there letters to the Reyes and then at the verry start of the parade people come around and colect all the letters. They put them into huge bags and by the end of the parade it is nuts to see how many they have! Then night of the 5th the Reyes pass by the houses give all the kids their gifts. I think it is pretty cool! So for the parade basically the whole city shuts down so my companion and I made a ton of cards and headed down to the parade route! haha We got to see a little of the parade and talked to a ton of people. I thought it was really great because there were a ton of families in the street. We also saw a ton of members there with all their kids. It was a really fun moment! The 5th was a great day! The 6th.... Thats another stroy. all our visits cancelled us and there was absolutely no one in the street who wanted to stop and talk to us! But hey, we made it fun
The good news is that this week we have been blessed and we have found some potential families to work with! We found a family of 4 from Bolivia. We had a visit with the father this past week. They are 7th day adventisits, but we taught him about the Book of Mormon and his eyes really opened. He was really interested. Lots of potential there! We will see what happens this next week!
We also were knocking some doors this past week and a lady opened the door. She was a Catalan lady who was super nice! We began talking to her and she told us that she listened to the missionaries 13 years ago and that she still has the Book of Mormon. She likes to read it every once in awhile. We asked if we could enter and share a message with her, but she said she was busy with her kids at the moment and asked us if we could come back next week. Potential there!
We also found another Catalan lady knocking doors who lived in the states for some time and she too told us we could come back after the Holidays. Although we did not see any kids at the door. There was lots of screaming coming from behind the door! haha Potential!
THEN we were passing by some old investigator teaching records this week and we found a family of 8 from Venezuela! haha We were pumped! They invited us in and told us that the missionaries had taught them in the past. The father explained some doubts he had and to be honest the spirit really guided us! we resolved some of his doubts and then he kinda just stopped and thoght for a second.. He then said, well alright, how about you guys come back next week and we can talk a little more.
To be honest I feel really blessed! It is interesting how just last week I was talking to Dad about how I felt a family is out there somewhere ready to hear the gospel. This week I have been praying to find this family and we have been trying hard to focus on finding this family and the Lord has blessed us much more. Im not sure if one of these familes is the one we have been looking for, but there is one thing I have reallized! You find what you ask and work for! I think many people in this world often read in the scriptures, Ask and you shall recieve, and they expect exactly what it says, but I think what the Lord was trying to say was Ask, GO TO WORK and then receive the blessing. Many times that blessing is going to be what we asked for but many times what we receive is going to be something else the Lord wants us to learn. All I know is I am going to continue focusing on finding as many families as I can. I have got to find that family that is ready!
Well thats about it for the week! We have a lot of potential going into the week, and we are hoping we come out next week with some big smiles on our faces! Its an important week here in Lleida! We would be grateful for your prayers! I love you all and thank you all so much for your support!
Loves
James
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