12/1/14
Hey,
So this week started out really well. We had a good little group of investigators and we were finally getting the hang of things. We received a cute little family from the Elders. Irene and her boyfriend (who is less active) and the dad of Irene. They just had a baby boy who was born with a disease that made it so he could never breath on his own. He died not very long ago. We had our very first lesson with them. We talked about the plan of Salvation and I shared the Moroni 8 scripture that says that children are alive in Christ. Elder Parkinson called them to confirm our appointment with them and that’s when we found out that their little baby died. They wouldn’t stop saying how they didn't want him to go to hell because he wasn't baptized. The lesson we had was probably the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed in my whole entire life! The spirit was so strong and everyone was just so happy and holding each other in their arms. There was hope and I could feel God's love for them. I felt the spirit bear witness that Heavenly Father has a plan for each and every one of us. He loves us and he is always aware of us.
Hermana Clements and I have been so excited about things going on in Leganes. Unfortunately, we are now the new Hermanas in Mostoles. We had a little "stalker" problem with our old investigator. We had to drop him because we just really felt uncomfortable with him during our lessons. The spirit just told us we couldn't go on with him. SO we had a final lesson about a week and a half ago and he dumped us. He was saying some really inappropriate things and told us he didn’t want anything anymore and gave us the Book of Mormon back. We left it at that and just didn’t worry about him anymore. We talked and considered it a blessing. A couple of days later, he called us wanting the Book of Mormon back. So we took the Elders with us and gave him the book. We still decided not to call him, the spirit told us no. Elder Parkinson told us he didn’t want us to visit him, there wasn't a problem. But he kept showing up to things at the church and he would always just be outside watching. Elder Parkinson just told us never to go to the church alone, so we didn’t. Then on Friday while we were inside doing clases de ingles, he showed up outside waiting. The Elders told us to go into a room and wait, they asked him what he wanted and he said he needed to see us. They said we were in a meeting, and he said that he would wait. Then they told him he couldn't because after we were all leaving to go to another meeting. He got really mad and stormed out saying things. Elder Parkinson called President and he talked to us a little about the situation. He decided it would be best if we changed areas. So he called us Saturday morning and we were changing with the Hermanas in Mostoles. Sundaycomes around and President decides to come to our Sacrament meeting. Well during Sacrament the other Hermanas go out for a second because Hermana O'keef started coughing. They come back in and take Elder Parkinson out who then comes back in and takes our mission leader and President out. Hermana Clements and I were watching the door the whole time. My heart was pounding. After Sacrament Elder Parkinson comes in and tells us to stay where we are and not leave the room because he came! President Jackson called the Police and they came to get him and we had to talk to the police about the situation. President then made sure we were safe and that we were always with someone until Monday. And now here I am in Mostoles. It was scary, but we were always being protected. I'm really thankful for President and Elder Parkinson. He took really good care of us and was always making sure we were safe. I am really sad we had to leave because we had made so much progress this week. But I know it’s for the better and that it is what needed to happen. If I was in Leganes only because I needed to give that lesson on the plan of Salvation, I'm ok with that. They invited us to the funeral. We are heartbroken that we can’t go. But we are here, moving forward. :) It's been a stressful situation, but it’s ok. Mostoles is really pretty and the ward is really great. I'm just sad that we couldn't even last 5 weeks opening an area and now we are white-washing. I'm glad I'm still with Hermana Clements though, that has made things a lot easier and less stressful, we've been through a lot together, so that’s a tender mercy.
SO for thanksgiving, we had grand plans to eat together (Hermana Brumble cooking for everyone) but we can only do things during medio dia which is only 2 hours and we had correlation that day. But Jeison (our ward mission leader) made us allarrepas and bread from Columbia. I also made hamburger and homemade macaroni and cheese for Hermana Clements. Delicious! It was fun and we all went around telling each other what we were thankful for. It was humble, but I enjoyed it and it really helped us think about what we were thankful for. Then Friday Hermana Clements and I were in charge of Noche de Hogar so we did a little thanksgiving activity with a turkey, it was fun.
Well I don't know too much about Christmas right now. Just that it is our P-day. I have a leadership meeting tomorrow, so we should talk about it then. I'm so excited, there are so many Christmas lights hanging in the streets. We live in a little pueblo and everything is decorated so cute, we're really excited. And I'm sure ward members will want to do things with us.
The house looks so cute. I really missed you guys this week. I'm glad you had fun:)
I sure love you guys and miss you! I can't wait to talk to you! And don’t worry, everything has been taken care of and we are totally safe. :) I'm actually really excited, I know everything happens for a reason and that we'll receive a lot of blessings here. We are being watched over. Thanks for the words of encouragement! I love you and I'll talk to you next week. I'll also let you know what my new address is.
Love Hermana Brumble
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