Well, another transfer come and gone. Pretty
wild how fast it went. No worries - I'm staying! Elder Ferguson is
going to Málaga to be a Zone Leader and Elder Marchello is coming here
to be my new companion. I knew him while I was in Algeciras because he
was my companion. We are super excited!
On Thursday our investigators invited us to come to a
small Halloween party at their English school to introduce us to some
people. It was easily one of the worst, most awkward experiences of my
entire life. Never have I seen so many people shocked to see me nor so
infuriated at my presence. When people see us they just assume we are
there to ruin any glimmer of fun and happiness they have. If only they
knew that's the opposite of what we want! Anyway, we ended up just
talking to a few members who were there and having a few awkward
conversations with people who did not want to talk to us. We did get to
do a Halloween crossword puzzle and finished in half the time of
everyone else, though, so I would say it was pretty much worth it.
Besides that, the biggest news is our investigators.
Melissa is doing really awesome - she is already inviting all of her
friends to start coming to church. Her testimony is super strong. If we
had anywhere to do baptisms right now (we're working on it....), she
would probably be baptized this week. She is helping her husband, Juan
Miguel, along as well. He is very busy with school and is having
difficulty finding time to read and ponder the Book of Mormon. They both
love the church, though, and are already a strong part of our little
branch. This week we will be getting a car (Woohoo!!), so we will be
able to work more with our investigators in the pueblos around here.
Yesterday we had 40 people in church. It was awesome
- our little capilla (a renovated government "bajo") was packed. When
we hit 45 we can request a new building, so that is our goal right now.
We will be packed in there for a while more, but soon enough they will
get a better place to meet. We had 4 visitors from Utah yesterday. One
of them, Bryan, baptized 2 of the members here 27 years ago. They have
done a ton for the church here in Spain and are the reason there is a
branch here. It was an amazing meeting - all of them bore their
testimonies. It was an awesome experience to see the happiness they all
had knowing that they were all still striving in the faith. It was just a
piece of the "incomprehensible joy" that is spoken of with the sons of
Mosiah and Alma the younger when they returned from their missionary journeys. As the scriptures say, surely there are no other men in the
history of the world with greater cause to rejoice than faithful members
and those doing missionary work.
I love you all so much!
Elder Mockler
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