Week 70 -- February 17, 2021

 If You Want to Share God's Love, Serve!



Hey hey hey


Sorry (again) for being so inconsistent with my emails! I will get better I promise! I am still alive, no worries!

It's been a crazy crazy few weeks here! Transfers was INSANE!!!!! I have been here in the office for four transfers and my companion had only been here for two, so I thought I might be leaving, but he'd for sure stay! Wellll President called us with surprising news! My companion was leaving and I was getting two new companions! The new Secretary, Elder Liddicott from England, to replace my companion, and Elder Rivas from Spain, to be my replacement that I'll be training to be Registrador this transfer!! It's been a lot of fun! They both are very excited about the work and very obedient! It's been blast!!😁😁

We had a devotional over ZOOM with the Paces! Elder Pace was the Mission President here a few years ago, and now is the person in charge of the Come Follow Me program! It was really really cool! They gave us an invitation that I really liked, every opportunity that we have to talk in church or send a group email, to share something we've learned from Come Follow Me in the past week! 

So here's a small thought I found really interesting! 
I really love Joseph Knight's story! Something simple, but cool I really liked  his first real comment about Joseph Smith. Joseph Knight described him as the best worker he ever had. Joseph Smith didn't walk in and try to baptize the guy, he just followed Ammon's example and did what he could to work hard and genuinely help him! Joseph Knight and his family became very active members in the church and played a large role in the beginning of The Restoration! 
If we want to help people come unto Christ, the way to do it is look for ways to genuinely work hard and serve them!

Love you all so much! (I'll be out of the office in a transfer and I promise I will be better about writing emails!)

Pictures
1. Went to a MASSIVE flea market! It was CRAZYYY!!

2-3. Really cool architecture in a garden we visited today!



4. Plaza Catalunya is infested with pigeons. (Yes, there are people who bring bags of rice and feed them while they fly all over them...)


5. The Gaudi house!


6. A beautiful harbor we found last week!


7-8. Saying goodbye to some of my favorite missionaries going home😰




-Élder Boden

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