Leading an Area...What an Adventure

Waahoo! leading another area:) what an adventure!

Lots of pretending you know where you're going and a whole lot more running after buses.

Elder Matthew Hodgman, the Elder, Myth, and Legend. He just came out of the mission office, and thus... genius. Its very interesting I've met two ex-office elders, and of the two I've met they've both been absolute missionary machines. I wonder what they do to them in there....

Jaja but yes, he's great, and we both have such desires to whip this area into missionary shape!

Whats more we were blessed with so so many miracles this week. I couldn't believe it.

We sat down and had a lesson with a women who had met with the missionaries 30 years ago, and explained how when meeting with the missionaries back then it brought her such peace in a time she was in desperate need. She explained it as a hug for the heart. We are so excited for her and for her avid desires to do family history work:)

Another family just came in to church, we introduced ourselves and found out they were not members, huuuh??? Well, that was neat, we will be teaching them this week. They just moved in with their member mother/mother-in-law.

Another man as well as we were talking with people on the bus, showed some serious interest, and the most amazing part is that on our way back home on the bus, we saw the same man! He asked us for a book of Mormon, and we'll be teaching him in broken Spanish, English, and what french Elder Hodgman can remember from high school.

On other news, with me not having the smallest idea on how to and where to go, we saw the ocean!!!! By accident... Yay!

We took the scenic route. We were trying to get to the new chapel, and missed the stop... we looked forward, and watched as the bus began to get on the freeway.... the next stop wasn't for another 20 mins... and next to the beach. Yikes. We had a fun preporation day regardless, waiting for a bus in the middle of nowhere.

Blessings.

Shout out to all those who have patience. IE Elder Hodgman.

We've been doing a "make it count movement" something every night to make it something to remember. Last night we spoke to every person we contacted about the law of Chasity. The night before, we invited every person we met to be baptized, and we gave a homeless man our umbrella.

1 Corinthians 13: "And though i bestow all my goods to feed the Poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."

Trying to make it count here in Valencia.

Love Elder Gardner