April 1, 2014
This week was amazing!!! It started off well on Monday,
preparation day, when we had a barbecue with an investigator, that quickly
turned into a water fight, then got even better when Elder West and I had 3
news and 1 member present at the end of the day. It happened because as we were
walking to a members house for a noche de hogar, we saw a couple loaded down
with bags, and the guy dropped some, so we asked if we could help. Well, then
it turned into a hour and a half lesson/service opportunity by helping this
family move to their new piso, and at the end when we asked if we could come
back and share a message, they said yes!!!! (only problem...they live in the
hermanas area, so we get to pass them.....sniff...) but, they also live with a
lady who is super interested, and she wants to come to English class too, and
she wants to bring a friend too!!!! MIRACLE!!! (for the Hermanas.....) from
there it just got better!
We found 2 more new people to teach through miracles
just like that one as well. However, the biggest miracle this week was that we
had a baptism. It was absolutely
amazing, and without the Lord's hand in it, it wouldn't have been done. So, the person who got baptized is from Cameroon, Africa, and he only speaks French. I don't,
and neither does Elder West. So, we have
been asking help from the members who do speak French to translate for us,
which worked out pretty well. But then,
on Tuesday we had a lesson with him, and as we were about to go to the lesson,
the member fired on us. So, we tried to
find somebody else, but instead we found out that not one of the members who
spoke French could help us....for the whole week, and his baptism was scheduled
for Saturday!! So, we went to the
lesson, and fortunately he has a French Book of Mormon, so we were finding
verses and showing them to him in French, trying to teach him a lesson that
way, when suddenly, Elder West remembered that Elder Clark went on his mission
to France! So we called him up, and
asked if he could help this week, and he instead told us to go to the office
with Jonas right then and he could help us, and in the end, Elder Clark was
able to translate for another lesson with him, and he also did the interview
for him. Oh, and he taught the baptismal prayer to
Elder West in French, so Jonas was baptized in his own language!! It was so special, and very spiritual. I loved it, and I loved being able to see the
miracles that happened. Oh, also this
week, John was confirmed, with Jonas, so that was pretty neat too. That was the first time I've given a blessing
in front of a crowd of people, and the fact that it was in Spanish made it pretty
nerve racking, but it was a very good experience.
Also, yesterday was Elder West's birthday, and so we had a
lot of fun. It's kinda weird though, I'm
18, and everybody else in the piso is 21, but I have been in the ward the
longest.....I feel super young. But
Elder West is a amazing companion. He
had so much fun yesterday, and we found out it was also Archie's birthday, so
we went to his party as well and had a blast.
Ok. so last thing. Transfers
were this week. so, this week, I'm actually emailing you from a computer in the
Madrid MTC again...ya. It's actually really really neat. All the missions the MTC empties into (so basically
most of Europe) have a "ambassador" missionary - one from each
mission, to help the new missionaries learn more about their missions and to
help them be better prepared. It's
pretty neat. So, I'm in a trio, with
Elder Case, from the Madrid mission, and from Utah as well, (he's from Saint
George and has about a year in the mission) and Elder Ochoa from the Malaga
mission who was born in Ecuador, but lives in Hospitalet (which is right next
to Barcelona and he only has 9 months in the mission) So, it's pretty crazy. I got on a train super early this morning
(5:46 to be exact) and now, I'm here in the MTC again...one good thing, I don't
have to worry about buying food!!!!! Whoo!!!! But ya, it's crazy. Ok, well, I have to go now, so, I hope you all
have a good week!!!
Thanks for your support! I love you all
Elder Dixon
Oh, and PS........
How many of you remembered it is April fools day? :P I'm
still in Barce (that was just a transfer night mare I had:) love ya!
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