Sorry that it has been a quick second since I've sent an email out, it has still been very busy, in fact even more busy than we were before. In over one week, Elder Bishop and I created over 20 videos! We were popping out videos left and right like we were on some assembly line, it was crazy! But I also know that God definitely helped us in that process.
Another reason why we are so busy is because we work in our own ward. Back when I was in the office, there were 8 missionaries in 1 ward, and with that, it allowed all of us office Elders to focus more on doing our special assignments, for us creating content and improving social media, mission-wide. But now, we are in Zaragoza, which has 2 booming wards, and lots of work to be done. I am meeting lots of awesome members, and some very strong converts that help strengthen my faith.
One cool teaching story we had was with our amiga Elena. Elena is super awesome and is super nice. She is not a member, but her husband is. She goes to church every week and meets with us weekly as well. My companion and I really wanted to help her progress more, and we had the thought of doing a virtual temple tour. We have some Hermanas in our mission that went to the temple, worked with the Temple Presidency to take some photos and videos of the temple and temple grounds, and then they turned it into a beautiful presentation that could be presented to people we teach or meet with. And this was not the first time I did a temple tour, and we actually did one with Mabel, my dear friend from Palma who decided to get baptized shortly after her experience with the temple tour. But anyways, we did this temple tour with our amiga, and it was amazing. The Spirit was very strong and paired with our testimonies of the Spirit of the temple, and the fact that families can be together forever, it could not have been better. And on top of that, she was very interested in the baptisms for the dead, and wants to do it for her ancestors!! Like, it doesn't get much better than that!!! God is good ladies and gentlemen.
Another cool thing that happened while waiting on the bus. Once again, I had someone approach me and ask me if I was a Jehovah's Witness. Never gets old jaja. But I responded and said, nope, but I am a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And he asked me, ah okay, well do you have some Bible or something you can give me. And lucky for me, I had my trusty Book of Mormon in my hand, and so I gave that to him and said well this isn´t the Bible, but it is similar to the Bible, and it has changed my life. You want one? Shaking his head, I gave him the Book of Mormon, and we were off. Sometimes we don't know why God puts us in the paths of others, or why God puts others in the paths of us, but it is just another testimony that God loves all of his children and wants them to enjoy the fruits of the Gospel. I just love being a missionary so that I can see that every day, it's really cool.
One last thing, June is FULL of opportunities for YOU to show forth your American patriotism by flying those beautiful stars and stripes. So from one patriot to another, I would exhort you to fly your flags this week on June 6th, to honor all those heroes who fought for freedom on the beaches of Normandy. Their day at the beach was for your day at the beach. So go wave those stars and stripes high this weekend!
Until next week!
Élder Van Wagenen
God Bless America, Viva España
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