Halfway Point In Madrid MTC!

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Wow. Halfway done here at the MTC!  Its crazy to think about where I started and where I am now. Honestly there isnt much to update on becuase we do the same thing every week. 

I had a cool experience at the park last week. My companion was Hermana Quist and the last two weeks I was not able to talk to anyone who was interested in the Church. I was gettting frustrated becuase no one would accept a Book of Mormon. This week I was with Sister Quist and she is a real go-getter! (MTC inside joke- shoutout to Elder Taylor) Anyway, we walked in the Park and I had been praying to be led to someone who needed the Gospel. We took a weird route that I would not usually follow but I didnt think anything of it. We made it almost all the way through the park when we saw a mom with her two babies. Sister Quist is brand new so the only spanish we knew was the bare minimum that they wrote on a paper for us. Her name was Adlaida and we only talked to her for a couple minutes but she was so receptive. She accepted the Book of Mormon so fast and gave us a reference. It was such a cool experience. I know that the Lord puts us where he needs us to be. My only job on Saturday was to walk up to her and hand her the Book. The Lord did the rest. In an MTC devotional Elder Bednar gave this advice about receiving revelation, "Quit worrying about it. Be a good boy or a good girl. Honor your covenants, keep your commandments and you will be where the Lord needs you to be without knowing how you got there." I know that this is true and I am so grateful for the guidance of the Spirit! 

I challenge all of you to turn outward, be good boys and good girls, and to do the best you can becuase the Lord will use us as instruments in his hands if we will honor our covenants and keep our commandments. 

Thats all I have for this week folks. Love you all! 

Cectpa Daines



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