Sorry I didn't write last week! I have been pretty head over heels busy here.
Things are going super super well here in Barrio 8 though! The Lord is carrying out his work here right now more than I have ever seen it! My companion and I feel really really blessed to be here right now to take part in it all!
WE have this one investigator right now named Jerónimo who was a pure miracle! He was a reference from some missionaries in another area we received a couple weeks ago. He has just come with so many desires to change his life and has accepted everything in the church so well! We had a lesson with him this week and he had summarized every single chapter he had read so far with a sticky note. He shared with us how much reading the Book of Mormon has blessed him in his life! He passed his interview last Saturday and should get baptized and confirmed this weekend! We are so so happy for for him!
Another cool thing that happened recently is that I was on a companion exchange with a missionary in the beautiful city of Valladolid and we had a really cool finding experience! We were walking down the street and I looked to my right and saw this guy sitting on a bench a little ways off and not in our immediate path. The Prompting was very strong to change our course and to talk to him. So we did! As we sat down, the spirit just filled our conversation. He listened really intently to everything we said and expressed a lot of amazement as he heard about the restored gospel for the first time in his life! It was to the point an emotional thing to realize how the Lord had guided us to one of his prepared children and to bear my simple testimony to him. He accepted the gospel very very well and has a ton of potential! I really hope he continues to progress, because I feel like he was very ready! Maybe you can't quite see this experience in your heads like I can, but it was way cool and very powerful for me!
Other than that, I've been able to really see missionary work from a different perspective here! I've been able to refocus more on the reason why I am here and have realized that I need to improve my sincerity and love in the work! I want to develop those things because the work is way better when we do it from our hearts! That's my goal to improve from here on out!
Other than that, our o day was great. We went to a little town called Toledo again and toured some museums and enjoyed some Spanish culture stuff. Hope you guys had a good week too! Love you guys
Elder Baron
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