Friends and Family,
Last week on Monday we went to Toledo and I bought a sword. Pictures included.
I made spanish empanadas this week (empanadas but with Spaniard things like chorizo). They're not a thing, but they were super good. We also ate with a lady that we're teaching who's from Paraguay. She said she was bringing out the soup, and brought out these little cakes; I was super confused and was just waiting for the soup. Apparently they call these egg omlet cake things "soup".
We found a really awesome girl on Facebook this week. She was really interested in learning more, and hasn't stopped talking to us since Wednesday; too bad she lives on the other side of Madrid so other missionaries will have to visit her. We did find a Catholic Priest on Facebook that lives right next to us, and we went out to a pastry shop and talked a little bit. We were also calling random people in our phone, and we called this dude that was taught by missionaries for several years, and he told us he wanted to meet the next day. We went to his house and he was such a jolly old Spanish dude. He showed us around his house, fed us some sweets, and talked with us a lot about his beliefs and such. He wanted to test the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon by opening it up to a random verse and start reading to see if it helped him. We did. And it did. Never doubt the power of the word of God.
On Sunday right before sacrament meeting I was asked to give a short talk during the meeting. I had been thinking a lot about the high expectations that many of feel, and how many people feel that they always fall short. I talked about the need to do everything within our power, but not to feel down when we don't do everything. It made me think of a conference talk my mission President recommended I read by Lawrence Corbridge. He said:
"The Lord’s way is not hard. Life is hard, not the gospel. 'There is an opposition in all things,' everywhere, for everyone. Life is hard for all of us, but life is also simple. We have only two choices. We can either follow the Lord and be endowed with His power and have peace, light, strength, knowledge, confidence, love, and joy, or we can go some other way, any other way, whatever other way, and go it alone—without His support, without His power, without guidance, in darkness, turmoil, doubt, grief, and despair. And I ask, which way is easier? Life is hard, but life is simple. Get on the path and never, ever give up. You never give up. You just keep on going. You don’t quit, and you will make it." (Read the full talk at https://www.lds.org/general-
There are winners and there are quitters. Regardless of how long it takes us to overcome our personal weaknesses, if we endure to the end while trying our best, if we finish the race, we will be winners. If we don't make it, it won't be because we're "not good enough". It will be because we gave up and stopped trying to become better. "Don't quit, and you will make it."
Elder Coleman
Pic1 - Sword
Pic2 - Toledo
Pic3-5 - cute dogs
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