New Missionaries - Spain - September 2014

September 16, 2014

Life is full of twists and turns, but somehow we always get where we should be.  The drivers dropped the departing missionaries off at the airport early in the morning and then stayed at the airport to pick up the new missionaries arriving from the Spain MTC.  They usually arrive on the same plane, but this time two of them came on one plane and two hours later three more of them came on another plane.  Unfortunately one of the elders had a stomach virus so one of the drivers brought him straight to the villa where he could go to bed.  The others went with President Waddoups and stopped for pictures in front of the temple.

All the missionaries, except for the sick one, walked down the street that evening for gelato.  On the way, they met one of the Assistants' investigators and invited him to come to the villa for a spiritual thought.  All of the missionaries took an opportunity to tell what the gospel meant to them.  It was beautiful listening to the new missionaries and feeling of their marvelous spirits.  We were all blessed by that opportunity--and it was a great way to begin a mission.

The following morning, they helped fix sack lunches for missionaries who would be traveling long distances the next day.  Some of the missionaries from Rome picked them up at the villa and spent the day teaching them what missionaries do and say.