*I'm sorry I have been delinquent in posting these emails. Please forgive and enjoy!*
JANUARY 22nd
Hello Again!!!!
WOW, another week has
gone by, that is so crazy. Well, it's good that time flies by. It makes room
for the other things in life. But, the mission is by the far the best thing I
am doing. I love it so much. It brings me so much joy, I can't even describe it
to you all. You just have to experience it for yourselves. It's how it works I
guess. Haha.
The miracle of this week
is the relationship that we have been able to set up with the members. We did
exchanges with them and I was an it nervous because of my Spanish and working
with them, but it was a great experience. We are doing another one on Tuesday
as well. We are trying to do one every week with the ward missionaries. We also
went to the Noche De Hogar on Sunday night. Few people but boy, did we bond well.
We introduced a new game to them, we make jokes and had fun. They even invited
us to go do an activity with them. This is the JAS in the ward by the way. They
are offering their help and they want to help. It's so amazing. I love this
ward so much and the people here. There is a new spirit here and I think many
people are noticing it.
Also, something I forgot
to say last week as that it felt so weird to hear you say that once I get back,
my life is mine. I don't think of it as one of freedom finally, but rather my
mom isn’t going to be in it as often as you used to be. Which is sad. It's
going to be a whole different world for me. Change is good... but hard. It
still want my mommy to tell me when to go to bed and when to wake up, ya know.
We will work something out.
I am so glad that J is
doing better. He is a little bugger that one is. But he is going to be
something great in the future. I can see it so clearly. I will send him an
email today. It's always good to hear from him.
And Isabella! Wow, I can
just imagine her. I feel like I have experienced every feeling of that little
girl. Wow, so much fun. I have to say though, that when you sent me that
picture of the My Little Ponies, I was freaking out. TRUNKY!!!!!! Haha, not
really. I just love it so much. I can't wait see that movie. And yes I did save
it to my tablet, haha.
Me and Elder Chin Ah You
are working so hard here in Logroño. I hope we stay together another transfer
after this. We are working hard for those baptisms. We are working with the
members a lot and improving day by day. My Spanish is getting better, I think.
There is So Much to learn about it. To learn all of it is like moving like a
snail, madre mía! But, I keep studying, keep moving forward.
So, I have noticed that
my arm size has decreased significantly. I can't fill up my short sleeve in my
T-shirts Any more. Noooooooo!!!!!! Back to night time work outs!!!
Something that's pretty
funny was in last week's email, you told me that something special was in 2
months. Well I couldn't figure it out until I looked at the calendar and
realized that it was my Birthday! Yep, I legitimately forgot about my birthday.
If you didn't tell me anything, I would have just gone in living as a 19 year
old missionary who was really 20. Wow, guess the Lord’s work really changes you
huh. Haha. But I love doing it.
I hope all is well with
everyone and you continue to build your relationship with Christ. I support and
sustain Russell M. Nelson as our prophet and seer. I support and sustain the
First Presidency and the 12 apostles as called and will be called. I also
support and sustain all other officiating leaders and their respective
positions being held as well. Must so you all know. I love you and can't wait
to see you all again. Keep praying for me! Love you and keep the faith!
Love Elder Maybury
JANUARY 29th
What a week it has been.
We have worked hard this week and have seen the blessings of our hard work and
diligence.
So, me and Elder Chin Ah
You have been working hard to do all that the Lord asks of us. We try and call
and send messages to our investigators. Stay in contact with our Recent
Converts, bring back our less actives, while planning with members and
contacting. It's a lot of work but we are up for it.
Our miracle this week
was that we received a reference from a member. So, we got in contact right
away. We set a visit for the next day. We visited with them and we set
baptismal dates for the 17th of February!!!! They are really nice. I like them
a lot. They are from Nigeria.
We have Zone Conference
next week so we will be heading to Bilbao. I don't have a lot of the scripture
masteries memorized but I will just suffer the humiliation of it for 15 minutes
and then have lunch. Haha!
For preparation Day, we
went to La Guardia. It's a city that was built inside a wall, like a castle
kind of. We thought it would be really neat to go there so we did. Totally
not! We did take some pictures and walked around. We went by a lake and had
some fun. I rapped a little. Then we waited for the bus that came 3 hours later!
Ugh! We should have stayed in Logroño but that’s okay. We got to visit it
anyway so it was pretty neat at least. A lot of old people but that's Spain for
you.
Sorry it's a short one,
my battery is about to die but I promise you a longer one next time. Love you
all and keep the faith.
Love Elder Maybury
FEBRUARY 1st
Hi mom!!!!! How are you
today?
Well what a quick week
it has been. Lots of things have happened. Both that I liked and didn't
like.
There were a lot of
miracles this week. One was the referral that we recieved and now they both
have fechas! Their baptisms are the 17th of February. That's the last week of
this transfer. I would like to stay another transfer here but if the Lord needs
me somewhere else, then that is what I will do, of course. Another miracle was
that I was able to understand a bit more in Church today. I'm still pretty
clueless sometimes but it is getting better. Another miracle was our visit with
[an investigator]. She referenced her family so we are now teaching them. The
visit was on Sunday at 7:00pm. We get a text that says we can't meet! Oh no! So,
we say don't worry about it. We were then gonna go to meeting at the church.
She then texts us again and says that we are good to Go! Boom!!! Miracles. It
was a good lesson. They are super interested and we will be giving them fechas
very soon. Lots of good things from the Lord.
I'm sorry to hear of
your trying experience but glad that you have figured out the reason. It's
half the battle. I am super glad that J is doing better. And Isabella is
growing up so fast!!!! I thought it was Joshua for a moment when I saw the
picture! Hahaha! Those videos that you sent me were so funny with Dad. Of
course he messes up. That's just him. He told me he wants to go down a bigger
mountain. How is he gonna do that if he slips on a hill!?? He might die. Just kidding, daddy can't die
that way. He is invincible.
It is nice being
companions with Elder Chin Ah You. We work hard together and are excited for missionary
opportunities. Right now I am writing in
a Burger King with 10% battery left. I said we should go (to the chapel so I
can plug in) and he said that we can just do emailing here. I had 26% at the
time. Sigh. I decided that I'll make the most of it, but that wasn’t my first
reaction. But as I write this, I am
inviting the spirit of contention, so I need to repent. I am already forgiving
him or rather myself for my anger.
I have been reading
"Revelations in Context" and it's super interesting. I love it a lot.
I highly recommend it. We went to a JAS activity this past Saturday only to
wait there for 1 1/2 hours at a closed building with no one showing up. We found
out later that they cancelled that activity and had gone bowling near by. One
of the girls told us 12:00pm, so we waited. Nothing. So we left. They told us that they went at
4:30pm!!!!! How does that even relate?! What ever.
We almost had pautas* this week. We lacked 2 investigators
at church. Next week though. I hope all is well and don't worry mom, you will
get a job. Not only is the Lord hammering out the impurities in you, but also
in the work field. He wants to make sure that you get what you’re asking for.
You got it momzee, don't beat yourself up too much about it. It will come.
Love you lots mom! I'll
talk to you next week!!! Love ya!
Love Elder Maybury
*pautas = Pautas are goals that the mission has. 1 baptism
and confirmation a week, 3 investigators with a baptismal date, 4 at church and
4 second visits.
FEBRUARY 5th
Wow, am I so excited to
email you today!!!! How are you doing today?!
So, a lot of things have
been happening or rather have happened but as well things that will
happen. So what was my miracle of the
week? Well there are two actually.
The second miracle was when we were at Cantidio’s house. We give the sacrament to his wife every Sunday because she is sick and can’t come. We gave her a blessing and I did the anointing and Hermano Contidio did the sealing. The miracle is was at this time. I was filled with the Spirit and felt that I could prophesy the Lord's words of comfort for Contidio’s blessing. It was so amazing. My heart felt like it was going to explode and I was excited and felt such an amount of joy. It was so amazing. The thing is when I handed the vial of oil to my companion to do the next annointing, he told me go for it. So, I did the anointing again. I felt really upset and jealous. This was a family that I knew very well and I felt my companion was trying to somehow take the honor of giving the blessing for himself so he could receive credit. I was so mad. But I have come to realize that the immense feelings of upset came right after the immense feelings of joy. So, Satan was trying to combat my good feelings so I could lose the Spirit. He is very cunning. It's unfortunate that I didn't realize that until today. But I have asked for forgiveness from God for my rashness.
Anyway, moving on. Let's see, today we are in Burgos. Elder Chin Ah You is going to do the Ice Bucket Challenge. He was challenged by another Elder so he has to do it. So, we will be doing that today. We got 16 new investigator appointments and 16 Dueces (second visits). So we got 16 as a district. There is only one other companionship besides us so the math is 8 Dueces a companionship. And we did it!!!!!
We also did an Escape Room!!!! Wow, so much fun. We had 59 minutes to complete it. We finished it with only 12 seconds left!!! Wow. And the most impressive thing is that it was all of our first time doing it! I will say that I was so stressed! Madre mía, no pude hacerlo otra vez. Haha, just kidding. It was so much fun. We also ate at Dominoes today. Elder Chin Ah You paid for all of it. It was part of the bet of getting 16 Dueces. We meet an Investigator of the Elderes in Burgos there. He is super nice. I witnessed Something that I never thought would happen. My companion and him arm wrestled for his Baptism! If my companion lost, then he would have to go home early. If he won, the investigator would be baptized. My companion won!!!! So now the Elders have someone with a baptismal fecha. He also has to attend every Sunday. Wow. This was a first for me.
*of course, arm wrestling for a baptism is not the real way to do it. It was just for fun. This man was eager to listen to the discussions from the missionaries already.
I am sorry to hear about Aunt Evie. I am still praying for her everyday though and for all of you. Poor aunty. I am very happy about it. I can't imagine an eternal life of joy and happiness without my family, all of my family. So I continue to send my prayers heavenward and try my best to do what I can for everyone.
I am excited about Dad and his job offers. He has been working so hard that I don't think he can rest. But he seems to be happy in all the pictures I see of him. Dad is a very spiritual person so no doubt being in Utah is something that fills his soul. He is my hero.
Zone Conference was very amazing. First of all, when we sang, it was so powerful. We are not many elders and hermanas in our District but I was so surprised by the power within our voices. I felt like I am exactly were I belong. Standing in the army of God, under the direction of one of His chosen leaders, President Merrill T. Dayton. It was simply fantastic. The Sister Training Leaders gave a fantastic teaching on the Purification process. I am doing it. I write down 40 things that poke me or that I want to change and I do my best to fix them every day. Then I go down before the Lord at night and pray in mighty prayer for his grace to help me. Thus, I am purifying myself hence it is called the Purification Process. I shared my testimony on being a challenging and testifying missionary. It is something that I am trying to better at. As missionaries, when we testify, we invite the Spirit to act on our words and Promises. When we challenge, we need out the serious ones from the small interested people of the Gospel. When the Lord shares to his disciples that His sheep know his voice, there are sheep who don't know his voice or rather they hear but do not hearken do it. So, we must take care of the ones that do it, and then after them, we may continue to gather up the others.
We climbed a really tall rope ladder or something like that. The one where it's like a pyramid and you can climb to the top. This one was super high. I was terrified. It was about 10 degrees colder up there than at normal ground level. Hahaha!
Now to the mission change. Yes, there will be no more Málaga mission. Barcelona will receive 3 areas including the Canary Islands and Madrid will receive all the other areas. It’s very interesting since the Canaries were part of the Madrid mission. It just goes to show you how important and better the Spain Barcelona mission is. Just kidding, both are equally important. I would like to go to the islands of Palma or the Canaries but I would like to go to Barcelona as well. We will see what the Lord has in store for me. It will be interesting to see missionaries from my group come to Barcelona from Málaga. Totally fun. I will enjoy it in part because our group has only 5 Elders and one goes home early So really 4 missionaries are leaving. And the hermanas that would go with us were all natives so they stay and extra transfer. But now we will have more Elders and Hermanas in my group, whoo-hoo!!!!
Well, I think that's about it. I love you all so much and I can't wait to talk to you again. Love ya and Keep the Faith!!!!
Love Elder Maybury
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