Never Trust A Train

Writing this on a train that was 25 minutes late. And this is not the only train problem we've had all week.


Anyway it's the start of a new transfer! I spent last P-day in Toldeo (see pictures) before heading to central Madrid to meet Elder Sharp on our train to Talavera. About an hour beforehand I called him to confirm when we were meeting. He thought we were transferring the next day, so it was a rush to get to the train on time. It's a miracle and a half that we made it at all.


Our first moring in Talavera we were recalled to Madrid for some office stuff, and on our way back we missed our train stop and ended up 30 minutes from Talavera with no bus or train out for hours. Luckily some members were able to pick us up, but while we waited we met a family who lived two streets from our chapel! We invited the son to play football with the members on Saturday and he came! The mother, Beatriz, is going through some tough times right now but has already gotten to know a few members. Her son Pablo is our good friend now and we're positive the gospel will make a difference in their lives! The point being, everything happens for a reason! 


This transfer it's basically my job to know Talavera since Elder Sharp doesn't know the area. It hasn't been perfect but the first week has gone really well! I'm realizing now, as I introduce everyone and everything to Elder Sharp, how much I know and love the people here in Talavera.


A family of about thirty people held a family reunion in a pueblo near Talavera and were kind enough to give the branch presidency a week's notice before doubling our sacrament meeting attendance. They also invited us to lunch, and it turns out that one of them, Hermano Freire, was a companion of my Dad's in the Canary Islands! 


I've seen so many miracles in the last week. God's hand is truly in our lives. But that's not the only way He communicates with us. This week I've been studying personal revelation, the way we can receive answers to our questions directly from God. He always wants to speak to us because He loves us. We can be confident that he is reaching out in love to us. 3 Nephi 14:7 explains:
"Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you"
All we have to do is ask in faith and He will answer! I would challenge each of you to take one of your problems before Him this week and ask for His help.


That's all from me, have a great week!


Photos (they won't attach in order but I'll label them in order)
1. Madrid Temple
2. District 3 post-transfer 
3. Blue shirt day
4. Profile pic 
5. Hermana Buckley's Victoria sponge cake 
6. Unstoppable 
7. Elder Freire and a different Elder Curtis
8-11. Toledo P-day. Sword shops and Don Quixote statues
12-13. Getting pretty good at posing with swords












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