Weekly update!

HOLA AMIGOS

 

Things are going great here. I dont have tons of time so im just gonna dive in!  The food is absolutely amazing here!  I literally go back for seconds like every single meal.  Ya it´s pretty bad.  Fatty Elder Baron might be gaining a couple pounds every day but thats ok because i will probably lose that in the field, at least I am hoping.  Soccer is crazy stinking fun here!  We try to make them let us play as much as possible beacuse it is such a blast.  No one is really that amazing, so that makes it way good too!  It´s just super fun.  They dont play on grass here, they only play on concrete.  I seriously played the most fun game of soccer I have ever played in my life yesterday.  It´s sweet because sometimes the natives come play too.

 

P days are legendary here too!  Ill send some pics if i can but we get to go tour the city and Madrid is just absolutely sweet!

 

So i wanted to kinda write a little bit more of a spiritual message to you guys this time.  We watched a message by david A Bednar Last P day and it was soo on point.  So he talked about the spirit, and how we can recognize the spirit in our lives.  His talk was way different than e`xpected. to sum things up, he basically said stop worrying about it.  He talked about how a lot of people overthink the spirit.  I know i do a lot.  We are afraid to act beacuse we think, oh i just dont know if the spirit is telling me to do this or not.  Stop worrying so much about it is literally what he told us.  HIs advice is to be obedient, work as hard as you can, do your best, and then live your life.  The spirit will guide you if you are doing what you are supposed to do. Of course you have to always have the right intentions as well!  I know this seems kinda odd but I have a testimony that this is true from an experience

 

Every Saturday we go talk to people in the park.  We get a new companion and we set goals for how many pass along cards, referrals, and book of mormons we give out.  We all speak broken Spanish but holy cow this is an incredible experience. last saturday i prayed reallly hard to be prepared for the park.  sometimes it goes good and you place book of mormons and other times you just get a ton of rejections.  Me and my companion were having a lot of good success last saturday with conversations and pass along cards but i wanted to place a book of mormon.  I said a prayer to heavenly father and just told him we were giving it our best out here, and if it was his will, please help us to place a book of mormon. I opened my eyes and immediately started heading towards the direction of two people who looked lost.  I forgot about my little prayer by this point, and we just started talking to them.  they became more and more interested.  eventually i pulled out a book of mormon and we placed one right there!  The lord works in mysterious ways.  He answered my prayer immediately.  This principle is definitely true when it comes to missionary work.  if you work as hard as you can, the teacher leads you 100% in who to teach and what to teach, maybe not right away every time like this, but eventually, he always will.  Just do what you need to do

 

I love you all and miss you all a ton!

 

Elder Baron