Week 39 -- July 6, 2020

A Really Good Week!

Hey hey hey everyone!! It was a really good week here!

I again am running out of time, we're really taking advantage of the opportunity we finally have to tour Barcelona! But I'll just share a cool story!

Yesterday we had a really cool videocall with a lady named Esperanza! We've had like 4 calls now, every Sunday. Two weeks ago, we talked about the difference between faith and hope, which is action! Faith requires action, we can't only proclaim we love God, we have to show Him! And so we invited her to do that more this week. The following Sunday, she was glowing as she explained the many blessings she'd seen during her week as a result of acting! It was amazing! But sadly, she still wasn't set on being baptized, cuz she's been to tons of churches in her life and just believes all churches are good, but she promised to pray about it and see if it's God's will! Well yesterday we had another call, and she just was crying and crying. She'd had a horrible week,  she might have Corona Virus, and so many things happened during her week that sucked. Well after comforting her and talking for a while,  she said to us, "I am absolutely sure that I need to get baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!!!!" It was seriously amazing! A big miracle!!!(:

In other less exciting news, it is blazing hot here, and I am not enjoying sleeping without AC, literally have to take a shower and soak my clothes just to be able to sleep😅😅

Love you all have a good week!

-Élder Boden







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