5/18/15
Hey;
This will probably be the last email, I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing next Monday yet, but it might be a little crazy. If there is time I'll probably just send a short e-mail letting you guys know what’s going on. On p-day we can do whatever we want and go wherever we want, we just have to catch a bus to the mission home....and the bus comes every hour, so it might be a little tight.
I'm actually really excited to speak in the ward, it will be weird speaking in English! I don't even write out my talks in English anymore, there really just isn’t any point, maybe I'll have to write it out in Spanish and then English. I just hope I don't accidentally slip in Spanish things on accident. I tend to do that a lot. My life is in Spanglish.
We had Zone Conference this week and we kind of talked of sprinting to the end, how now is not the time to get tired and complacent. We watched a video about a horse the Secretariat he was totally in the lead and obviously going to win, and he could of slowed down if he wanted but kept going as fast as he possibly could until the end. He won the race, but also beat a record that is still standing today. I thought about it and sometimes we think that the only goal is to finish the race.....but sometimes there are higher goals that we should think about reaching. Yes I know I'm going to finish the mission, but that doesn’t mean I should slow down because I can, I need to keep going as fast as I can because there are still things out there for me. Now is the time to sprint!
I love you guys so much and can't wait to tell you about things that have been going on for the past year and a half!
I'll see you next week! I love you!
Kenzie
Monday, May 18, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Week 76 in Spain! (23rd Week in Mostoles)
5/12/15
Two weeks! I can't believe it! Time is just flying by. I have a lot of meetings this week so it will go by even faster I'm sure. We are going to have a Family Home Evening farewell party in the ward for Elder Cantero and I. It'll be fun and I can't wait for you guys to meet them all. There are a lot of people here that I love a lot. I really am getting excited though. Just to be around you guys again. I miss home. It will be really weird at first, Spain is a lot different.
Nearing the end is a weird WIERD feeling. I'm not sure how to describe it. I'm sure others feel the same coming home from their mission. I see things coming to the end and feel like I'm putting an end to part of my life, a big part. I've been doing only one thing for a year and a half and it's all coming to an end, but then I feel like it’s only a stepping stone to the beginning. I've learned a lot and have changed a lot and have met and have got to know a lot of people that are a big part of my life. I don't think I'm putting an end to this part of my life, I was learning how to start the life that Heavenly Father wants for me. I can’t wait to share these wonderful experiences and feelings with you all in person. I couldn't be happier with the way things have turned out or more excited for the way things are going to be. I love you guys and will talk to you soon!
Hermana Brumble (for only two more weeks! )
Two weeks! I can't believe it! Time is just flying by. I have a lot of meetings this week so it will go by even faster I'm sure. We are going to have a Family Home Evening farewell party in the ward for Elder Cantero and I. It'll be fun and I can't wait for you guys to meet them all. There are a lot of people here that I love a lot. I really am getting excited though. Just to be around you guys again. I miss home. It will be really weird at first, Spain is a lot different.
Nearing the end is a weird WIERD feeling. I'm not sure how to describe it. I'm sure others feel the same coming home from their mission. I see things coming to the end and feel like I'm putting an end to part of my life, a big part. I've been doing only one thing for a year and a half and it's all coming to an end, but then I feel like it’s only a stepping stone to the beginning. I've learned a lot and have changed a lot and have met and have got to know a lot of people that are a big part of my life. I don't think I'm putting an end to this part of my life, I was learning how to start the life that Heavenly Father wants for me. I can’t wait to share these wonderful experiences and feelings with you all in person. I couldn't be happier with the way things have turned out or more excited for the way things are going to be. I love you guys and will talk to you soon!
Hermana Brumble (for only two more weeks! )
Monday, May 4, 2015
Week 75 in Spain! (22nd Week in Mostoles)
5/4/15
Hey,
That's so cool that Mom and Dad are in Cancun! I hope that they learn lots of Spanish there so we can talk when I get home. I'll be talking in Spanish a lot......without knowing. I don't think I can make it two sentences without using some sort of Spanish...that will be an adjustment.
It looks beautiful! .......so when am I going?:)
This week was way fun! We went to a Madrid game. I have a much larger appreciation for Soccer now, It’s way cool. Things are good. Me and Hermana Hillman are working really hard. We are struggling a bit with investigators that we have. We've pretty much decided to drop all of them. I was super worried to do it, because after we would literally have no one, but once we did I felt such a weight off my shoulders. Now we can really focus on finding people who are actually willing to do things. And maybe in the future the people we dropped will be ready. We have been meeting with Giacomo, the ten year old boy, and I put him on a baptismal date! I was so excited. Right now his mom (who is less active) is doing a lot better as well. She is really starting to understand the importance of everything. Not only for him or her, but both of them together as a family. The only sad thing is that I set the date for the 30th of May. Four days after I get home. I just didn’t feel right about doing it earlier. I knew it was only because I wanted to see him get baptized. He will be baptized and that's the important thing, but he'll also be ready.
When I first started going here in Spain, I think the testimony meetings surprised me the most. Almost everyone got up to bear their testimony and each one was a firm conviction of what they knew. I have learned a lot from members here and their testimonies and gratitude for the gospel in their lives. I think I lack in that most of the time. Really feeling thankful for the gospel in my life.
I love you guys so much and hope you have a great week!
Kenzie
Hey,
That's so cool that Mom and Dad are in Cancun! I hope that they learn lots of Spanish there so we can talk when I get home. I'll be talking in Spanish a lot......without knowing. I don't think I can make it two sentences without using some sort of Spanish...that will be an adjustment.
It looks beautiful! .......so when am I going?:)
This week was way fun! We went to a Madrid game. I have a much larger appreciation for Soccer now, It’s way cool. Things are good. Me and Hermana Hillman are working really hard. We are struggling a bit with investigators that we have. We've pretty much decided to drop all of them. I was super worried to do it, because after we would literally have no one, but once we did I felt such a weight off my shoulders. Now we can really focus on finding people who are actually willing to do things. And maybe in the future the people we dropped will be ready. We have been meeting with Giacomo, the ten year old boy, and I put him on a baptismal date! I was so excited. Right now his mom (who is less active) is doing a lot better as well. She is really starting to understand the importance of everything. Not only for him or her, but both of them together as a family. The only sad thing is that I set the date for the 30th of May. Four days after I get home. I just didn’t feel right about doing it earlier. I knew it was only because I wanted to see him get baptized. He will be baptized and that's the important thing, but he'll also be ready.
When I first started going here in Spain, I think the testimony meetings surprised me the most. Almost everyone got up to bear their testimony and each one was a firm conviction of what they knew. I have learned a lot from members here and their testimonies and gratitude for the gospel in their lives. I think I lack in that most of the time. Really feeling thankful for the gospel in my life.
I love you guys so much and hope you have a great week!
Kenzie
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