A Few More Miracles

At the train station in Valencia when we were there doing interviews

A week ago yesterday Kathleen made a couple of contacts that we have been following up on. She met a woman in the Metro who came to Church the next day. She had met missionaries earlier, but didn't have time to meet with them. Since she is on vacation this month she has time to meet with the missionaries and the Elders were able to teach her this week. Thursday night she called the missionaries to say she had just been reading the Book of Mormon - they had asked her to read 3 Nephi 11 - and when she got to verse 23 she was overcome by a strong desire to repent and baptized just as the Lord had invited the Nephites. The feeling was so strong she began to cry, and she had to call the Elders and tell them about it. Needless to say, the Elders were pretty excited about the call! This evening we went to a baptism service and Rocio came as well. She recounted the entire story to us, and added that the Elders explained to her that that feeling was the Holy Ghost.

Today we attended Barrio 3 in Barcelona to meet with another of Kathleen's contacts, a woman whom she met walking down our street. She said she wanted to know more, and stopped by the mission office that afternoon and the Elders arranged a time to teach her. We had the lesson in our apartment - I gave the principle introducing the Book of Mormon and Kathleen added her testimony. Today she and her husband came to Church and had a great experience. They assured us they would be back next week. The Elders teach them again tonight. The bishop assured me he would watch over them and make sure they are baptized!

In between interviews and a baptism service last night, we took a mini-Preparation Day. We walked down to the Palau Reial de Pedrables, the royal palace built for King Alfonso XIII by the Güell family so the king would have a proper place to stay when visiting Barcelona. It is a lovely palace in a beautiful park about a 15-20 minute walk from our home. It houses a museum of ceramics, one on design in Barcelona, and another on clothing and textiles. We had a pleasant little break, then stopped by the market on the way home to do the daily shopping. We came home, freshened up, and went over the chapel to attend the baptism of two new converts. We love this town!