Baptism Blue!

Dearest family and friends,

How is everyone doing?? I can´t believe it has already been a week. It
is true what all missionaries say... the days feel like an eternity
sometimes but the weeks FLY by! I have heard that transfers go even
faster! It is crazy to think that in 4 weeks I will only have 11
transfers left! Where does the time go!

This week was fantastic!! We had SOOOO many eating appointments with
members to help them get more excited and involved in the work... and
so that I could meet everyone. Everyone is so nice here! 

I don´t know if this happens to all missionaries or not, but for some
reason ever since I have been in Spain, I have had the craziest dreams
every single night! They usually involve my investigators and all my
family and friends at home... I guess you could say it´s kind of like
Heaven! Last night I had a dream about Paige Gilbert... that was fun!
hahah I love you Paigey girl and hope all is well! 

Emma and Audrey - I heard you are being really good about helping 
mom on Sundays with dinner prep and dishes! YAY! That made 
my whole day!! Just remember never to complain about
doing dishes because here on the mission in our "piso" we don´t have a
dishwasher so I have to wash them all by hand... like most people in
Spain. So you should definitely just love doing the dishes and feel
very blessed :)

Heavenly Father honestly loves us so so much!!! He sends us blessings
everyday and usually they are in the form of other people. This past
week a few of our appointments fired on us and so we were visiting
less active members but literally nobody was home. We were contacting
in the street and we met some incredible people that we had lessons
with. We were still feeling a little down that we didn´t get a chance
to visit with people in their homes when all of a sudden Hermana
Esther called us. She is about 60 or 70 years old and is married to
Hermano Pedro. They are just the absolute sweetest and you look at
them and think "grandma and grandpa". They just have that look about
them. I love it so much! They needed help with family history so we
went over and they fed us dinner and we talked about all of our
investigators and how we could better help meet their needs! It was
amazing!! I love them both so much! We call them Madre Esther and
Padre Pedro! They are so great. We have incredible members here and
they all love helping with missionary work. It is the best! Remember
everyone back home.... the missionaries are only there for a short time. 
After that it is all up to the members! So definitely start helping the
missionaries in your ward!

I WENT TO MY FIRST BAPTISM THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!! It wasn´t even for our
zone or area but I went anyways because our investigator Alex is
getting baptized on August 8th and he really wanted to see a baptism!
It was amazing!!! The spirit was so strong even though it was all in
Spanish ;) I loved every second of it! Right when I got there all of
the missionaries from the zone crowded around me to meet the new
missionary ;) Then they asked if I played piano... yes. So I then
played all of the hymns for the baptism, did a musical number AND
played hymns after the baptism and before the confirmation. I was and
forever will be SO SO grateful for my parents who had me take piano
until I could play all the hymns in the hymn book! KIDS... Don´t stop
practicing. JB!!!! Get back on that piano... you will regret it SO
much if you don´t! Anyways, the baptism was phenomenal and gave me so
much motivation! I can´t wait for Alex´s baptism. He tells us everyday
how excited he is! His family finally agreed to let him get baptized
and he said that even if they didn't support him he would still do it
because he knows it is right! Wow. He is just so golden and prepared!

We watched the Restoration movie with Alex and his sister Jessica (who
we are also teaching) because they were just so ready to see it and
they loved it! We watched it in Spanish but I still cried through the
whole thing. It made me realize that yes, there are some really hard
days on the mission but I will never have to go through anything as
hard as Joseph and the early saints! They truly are such amazing
examples to all of us and should give us all motivation to share the
gospel with everyone we see! I am so grateful for each of the people
who sacrificed so much to restore the truth to the earth!!

I heard about Grace Pugsley and her accident. I cried while reading
the whole thing. I am so glad to know that she will be ok... what a
scary experience. But also what an amazing way to strengthen all of
our testimonies. I know that the power of the priesthood is real! I
know that fasting and prayer truly brings miracles. I know that Grace
is ok because she has an incredible work to do on this earth and the
Lord is watching out for and blessing each of His children. (2 Nephi
9:3... I thought of the Pugsley´s as I read this scripture). I know He
loves each one of us and he knows us all individually and will give us
the strength we need in physical, emotional, and spiritual trials that
we face in this life! I am so grateful for the gospel and the
opportunity I have to share it with the people of Spain. Thank you all
so much for your prayers... they are felt here in Spain everyday! I
know that through our Savior Jesus Christ we can become better each
and every day! En El Nombre de Jesucristo, Amén.

Love,
Hermana Eyring :)

Challenges for the week:
1. read "safeguards for technology" found in gospel library and apply
it to your life!!!
2. Look for the Hand of God EVERYDAY!!!!
3. Don´t ever stop sharing the gospel with people through words and
actions. Be like Norma (a member who LOVES going contacting with us)
and the first thing you say should be about the gospel and then don´t
let them leave until they have a baptism date!!! It reminds me so much
of my Grandma and Grandpa Zwick and Uncle Scotty! NO matter where they
are or what they are doing, they are ALWAYS sharing the gospel with
people and making sure that everyone has a chance to hear about the
restored Gospel of Jesus Christ! Try to teach everyone around you this
week about the gospel!

Love you all! Let me know if I can do anything for anyone!! I pray for
you all everyday!

Working at the Homeless Shelter

Preparation Day with missionaries at Tibidabo

On the train

Shim, our new convert from Korea, bought us KFC for lunch

Our Zone Leader Elder Moyano

I love teaching the gospel with Hermana Lee - she has only
been a member of the Church for 3 years and is the only
member in her family. She is an amazing missionary!!

Look - JB's Restaurant