Elder Boden

Una Semana Muy Tranquila Hey everyone!!! Don't have like any time at all to write this week, I'll just testify that the power of the Holy Ghost is so true and so powerful!!! I was reminded about the importance of asking God continually to bless us with the Holy Ghost! If you're living worthy of the Holy Ghost, God is just waiting for you to ask so He can rain blessings upon  you!!! Love you all, have a great week!!! -Élder Boden

ELENA GOT BAPTIZED                               Heyyy!!! It was a super good week!!! This past Saturday, our amiga Elena got baptized this week!!!!!   She's seriously incredible, she is from my last area, and the Sunday before I left, she just walked in the church and asked to learn more! We didnt have time to meet in person,  so we seriously only taught her through technology!!! Seeing her progression has been truly amazing! She has so much love for the gospel and I have seen a real change in her heart that can only be brought on by the pure love of Jesus Christ! Of course I wish we could have been there,  but it was still amazing to see it over zoom! This is why I am here, I love it! Something she said, really impacted me! She bore her testimony to us and said something like, "If it weren't for the Virus, I don't know if I would have followed this pathway. I would've been too busy...

Freedom!  I am SO EXCITED!!!!! In other really exciting news, our amiga, Elena, who is someone we have been teaching through videocall,  because she lives in Benidorm, my last area that currently has no missionaries,  her baptism is this Saturday!! We are so so excited!!! Nothing can stop the hand of The Lord!!!! Today was our first Preperation Day that we were able to go outside!!! It was a blast!! We went over to the mission home and said hi to the office Elders, and then went to central Barcelona and toured a little bit, and saw the famous "La Sagrada Familia" pictures could truly never do it justice, it is incredible! I love you all, hope you have an amazing week!!(: -Élder Boden Pictures (hope they actually send this week) 1-4. BARCA 5. Apparently these Prawns are usually 20 times as expensive,  but because of covid-19 and no one going to fancy restaurants, they're super cheap right now!!

I Shaved My Head Hey hey everyone!!!  Wow, this week has gone by SUPER fast, I feel like just two days ago, I was writing my last group email!! Quarantine is starting to be pretty repetitive and each day just merges with another, and before you know it, you've been inside for 86 days without having talked to another person face to face!  This really is such a crazy crazy time we are living in right now! I truly hope you are all writing in your journals. Something interesting I have found through my study of the Book of Mormon while on my mission is just how many times the importance of keeping a record of what is happening is! There are so many mentions of that throughout it. As well as most of the information we know about the early saints and pioneers is because of the well-written journals they've kept!! Clearly it is something that has real, true importance! So yeah, I'd invite you, if you haven't already, get out your journal and favorite pen, and just write!!! Wri...

Is the World Getting Better or Worse? Hey everyone, it's been a great week!! It went by so fast!!! Speaking of going too fast, tomorrow marks 8 months in the mission,  literally cannot believe that I have already completed 1/3rd of my mission!! That is insane!!! (And 80 days of that has been stuck inside in quarantine ) We had a mission conference this week and President Galli told us some exciting news!! We got some exciting news, We can start doing baptisms.  Only allowed in private pools or the beach with police permission. Only 4 people allowed, the confirmation is done there,  and you can videocall it! And in some sad news, we probably won't get any new missionaries until October 6th. We have 122 right now, by then we'll have 96 and supposedly that transfer, receive 75 new missionaries!!!!!! Which is INSANE!!! Basically every single person will be training! We'll have to open 28 areas! I have no idea how that will work! I was listening to a BYU devotional from T...