Enfoque de Zona Meeting

Another week in Vic and it has rained for most of the past week, like a downpour. It has been tough to walk around with a downpour, but we managed to see some people despite the circumstances jaja.

So a couple of miracles happened last week as well, such as on Tuesday, we just left our piso (apartment) to go and visit some people. We live near Plaza Mayor and as we were crossing the street to leave it, this huge man stops us and says hello to us. We didn´t know what to do. We stopped and found out he is a member named Kenneth that moved here from Holland and has been looking for the church for the past few days but didn´t know where to find it. He even went to Barcelona on Sunday because he didn´t know where our church was (that is two hours of travel time one way!). So now we have a new member! And that same day, we were walking down the street and another man stopped us. He said he had been looking for the church for two months here because he moved here from Madrid and was taking the lessons there. He was about to be baptized until he moved, and now he has a fecha (date) for the 14th of June! So many miracles in one day! 

We had enfoque de zona this week where we talked about the future of the mission for this month, and our zone leaders announced that after much thinking and prayer, the mission was going to get...2,000 new investigators for the month of June! Woooooo! We can do it! 

We also did an intercambio (exchange) this week, where Elder Davidson from Granollers came to Vic. We had a good time. This was when it rained a lot and we had to travel to Barcelona quite a bit, but we were able to visit some people and help people progress in the Gospel.

I think that is about it. I would just like to say congratulations to my brother Harrison for graduating this Wednesday!!! He has been doing so awesome! I love him so much and I want him to know that I am so proud of him! 

With another package from my abuelo and tía (grandfather and aunt) from Granada! Thanks for all the goodies! 





Until next week! Take care!

Elder Sadler

Singing in a cathedral!

It is almost the end of May! And in Utah it looks like things are hot and dry and all the fun stuff that comes from living in a desert! Jaja, while here, it is raining about every other day, strong winds and blistering cold nights. It is crazy to see the difference between the two! 

So last week, right after we got done emailing, we got a notice from the branch president to sing at a funeral for a woman (non-member) that one of the members took care of. We thought that it wouldn´t be a problem, especially since we had the idea that there would only be 20 or so people. So we walked into the cathedral around 5:00 (yes, a Catholic one) and there were 300 or more people, so jaw-dropping. It was only my companion, the Hermanas (the Sisters), the member, and me that were up there in front of the priest singing "Nearer my God to Thee." The family thanked us for coming over and singing for the beloved family member, while we got some of the craziest looks from people jaja. 

We also had specialized training during the week. We learned about how we can work more with the members and that we can have more success if both the members and the missionaries work together. Really good, and I was able to see a couple of my old MTC friends again! 

Then during the week, I had this realization that we should work with one of our pueblos. The pueblo, Olot, has about 6-8 members that come every week to church, and they show their dedication and faith by doing that. All they need is a couple more active members to start a group there! So that is what we are setting out to do now! We started working with the members that don´t come to often and some of them want to start coming back and when they do, then big things can happen in Olot! 

So that is my week, thanks for tuning in. And please everybody, pray for the members in Olot that they may achieve their goals and that the Lord may be with them! Thank you! 

Elder Sadler

 

A new week

Hey everybody, so here we are working and still looking for people. We finally have a baptismal date for someone on the 7th of June!! C. is a seventy year old woman from El Salvador who has been waiting quite a while to be baptized.

This past week, my new companion (Elder Biddle) and I went to Barcelona for a special conference with Elders Snow, Nielson, and Dikes. Elder Nielson is the church historian and he talked about how he gets to work with ALL of the church documents, even Joseph Smith´s personal diaries! So cool! Elder Snow talked with us about how we should have a vision for our area; what we want to leave behind for the members to remember us and what we want the future missionaries to do. And Elder Dikes discussed the importance of the work and how we can influence others for the better. Really great talks, I loved Elder Nielson´s talk most of all! 

But in Vic we are working hard. Since it is getting closer to summer, more people are leaving to go on vacation, so it is pretty hard to find people, but we are still trying. So we are thinking about working in some pueblos soon, but we shall see. And congratulations to the Granollers Elders in our district, Davidson and Contreras for having their third baptism in two weeks!!! 

Thanks for reading everybody, and thanks for all your support! We will see you next week!

In this picture I am with Elder Contreras (he is from Argentina). We did an intercambio (splits) and we found our store: Argentina and Spain, with the cute piñata girl, haha!

Calling home for Mother's Day!

 Talking to my family for Mother's Day! (photos taken by my mother)

Hey everybody, so a new traslado (transfer) which means a new area for other people, however I am remaining in Vic for the next six weeks with my new companion, Elder Biddle! He is from Australia, blonde hair, blue eyed and about two meters, but I feel like we are going to get a lot of work done together! 

But anyway, this past week we were just getting ready for my companion to leave and saying goodbye to people, but on Saturday, the Elders from Granollers had two baptisms!! They are doing so well, and all the missionaries from our district went to see it. President Pace came as well and is really proud of the work we are doing in the area. 

And Sunday was a big day as well! I gave my first talk here, about La Obra Misional (missionary work) and everyone said I did a great job getting the members excited about the work again. We were also eating at a member´s house when one of our recent converts, who has been dating a member for a while, proposed to her!!!! WOOOAAA! It was amazing!!!!!!! Everybody was cheering and laughing and congratulating, they are so happy together!!!

And Sunday night, I was able to see my family, Mamá, Papá y Harrison for a short while for Mother's Day! It was so good to see them, it really lifted up my spirits, knowing that they are doing well :) Thank you so much for all the support you give me and the support everybody gives me. If you need anything, let me know! Ciao!!!

Elder Sadler