Great Week!

Hey Guys

Sorry not a lot of time this week but this week went really well. Barc is the greatest place on earth! Better than Disneyland! haha 

So this week was a rough one but we saw some incredible miracles! We have been doing lots of pass bys looking for menos activos and more than anything people to teach! The greatst thing is that I am in Barcelona and leterally there are people everywhere! haha This week we found another incredible family!!! TOMA! The mom is a less active member that hasnt been to church in quite sometime, we set up a visit with her and we werent expecting much. We walked in and BOOM! 5 kids!!! Greatest thing in the world! Huge miracle! The oldest Melissa (16) is incredible! She needs to be a member! Evelyn (15) Is obsessed with Justin Beiber... I made a joke about him and lets just say I learned my lesson really fast! haha Moises (12) is a stud! and Angela(9) is a doll. We taught them about the Book of Mormon and she started to reading right away! It was super cute! Then their stepdad is also a nonmember but he wasnt home in the last visit to hopefully we will meet him soon! Well anyway, we invited them all to come to church this week, we went by Sunday morning and the mom didnt end up waking up, but all 5 kids walked down the stairs ready to go to church! It was awesome! haha We hope that their mom will support them and jump on board with them. The good news is that their greatgrandpa is a really active member and helps us out a lot! The bummer news is that we found out on Sunday that they live in the sisters area... LOVE IT! So we had to pass them... We will be blessed! haha

The good news is David is progressing well! We have been inviting him to lots of the activities here in the church and he always comes and he loves them! He brought a friend as well! We talked about baptism with him and he said that before he didnt really believe in God but that now things are makign more sense. We are going to invite him to be baptized again this week and try a little harder to put a date.

Other than that everything is going really well! Life couldnt be better! 

Love you all

Elder C

Barcelona!

Hey Guys!

First off, Thank you all so much for the Valentines Day hearts! I am glad I am still loved! haha They are all hung up on my wall! :) My companions make fun of me! 

This week was incredible! I cant start to describe how much I love Barcelona! haha It has been really fun seeing everyone here that I already know! We have been in and out of the church all week and I love walking in and someone from the 1st ward sees me and says, ELDER CARRIGAN!!!! haha Its the greatest thing in the world! I feel so loved! haha So anyway, its been a fun week! 

Its also been a little stressful just getting things going, but I I have just about everything organized how I want it and this week should be a great week. When I arrived there was lots of lists full of future investigators, less actives, and investigators. It was messy. Im not a messy guy. haha We have been out contacting and talking to everyone and when we are in piso for lunch or for the night, I have been trying to clean things up. It is just about there. To be honest though, this is what I love about Barcelona! There is so much to do! So much work that can be done. There is always someone to go, someone in the street, someone to talk to, someone to visit, someone to teach, and someone to baptize! :) I am living the life. 

Because of all the lists, I have been spending a lot of time on the phone trying to figure out who, out of all these people really wants to listen. So the miracle of this week, is that I found a lady named Mariella from one of our lists. We went and visited her last night and there with her were her two daughters Brenda (21) and Kriss (18) and her friend Rosa. They are all from Peru and they are great! They have a cousin who is on his mission in Madrid right now. It was fun because when I was in the 1st ward I went to visits with their cousin all the time. They had lots of questions about what he was actually doing and what our purpose is as missionaries. After answering lots of questions about us, we had a great lesson about the Book of Mormon. They commited to read and we are going to visit them this coming Thursday. They all were very interested in the message and I think they really have a desire to know. The only bummer part is that they live in the sisters area... haha Its alright though. We will help them progress! :)

We are also teaching the son of a recient convert. His name is David (16). he is a great kid! His mom was baptized a couple of weeks ago. Im still not really sure why he didnt get baptized with her... We visited them last week and I got to know them and they got to know me. Now its time to come down hard and talk baptism! haha I think he will start to progress fast. We took him to a party that was in the church this past weekend for all of the youth, and he absolutely loved it! He met a ton of youth and made friends really easily. It was funny because we left to another visit and came back later and we werent expecting to see him there anymore, but he was there dancing, laughing, and having a good time! After we talked to him and he said, Wow I wasnt expecting to stay so long, but I am glad I did! He will be baptized!

Not much more to say. We are talking to lots of people and finding new investigators! Its only a little bit of time before the area explodes! :)

Love you all lots! Have a great week! Its time to go kill it in Barcelona! You guys better hope I dont fall in love with this city too much because right now I could stay here forever!

Love

James