Mud

Familia!

Thanks for the picture of the bridge mom and dad! I love to see the projects. I got an SD card of pictures from Cody and Emilee and there were some really cute pictures and videos of my neices and nephews and some really good pictures of the new fence and the brick sidewalk. I´m so happy.

Emilee asked for more stories... not sure what I´ve been filling my letters with... but apparently not enough of the good stuff. So, this week we saw some miracles in finding new investors [investigators]. Last week a couple showed up at church without anybody knowing who they were and we went to talk to them of course... and found out that the woman is a member who hasn´t come to church in a long time and the man is not a member. So we set up a cita [appointment] to go and teach them. We were pretty busy and they lived kind of far so we had to wait until Friday to see them. They had told us which bus to take to get close to where they live and then drew a little map in Hermana Oliphant´s agenda so that we could find the place... but also gave us the instructions to call them when we got close so they could bring us there... we were confused as to why we had to call since we had their address and a map and lots of experience finding places. So we got off in the right bus stop and went to the street we found on the map... a little sad because the street was actually in the ward boundaries of the Catarroja ward (to the south of Valencia). We discovered that the number they had given us didn´t exist on the street, but luckily a woman stuck her head out of her window to ask if we were lost and told us that we were on the Calle San Jorge and we probably needed the Camino de San Jorge which was in the middle of some fields on the edge of this pueblo [town]. So from where we had gotten ourselves the fastest way to their house (HOUSE- not piso! [apartment]) was to cut through the fields. Which we did. Even though they were muddy and puddle-ridden. We got lots of mud on our shoes and were quite cold and almost fell into an irrigation ditch. But in the end they lived in our area and we have a new investigator who is looking forward to learning and coming to church. I loved it. We felt like real missionaries finally what with getting dirty and muddy. We just spend so much time in the city streets, it was a nice change.

Okay, gotta go. Love you all- keep sending pictures and take care of each other. I know that this is the Lord´s work I´m doing and I know that this is the only true church on the earth.

Hermana Diehl

p.s. I climbed a tower last preparation day and took some pictures of me in the rain for Alyn to put on the blog- enjoy! The pretty plaza with all the flowers is Plaza de la Reina and if you zoom in to the right of the other one you can see the science museum and theatre house and such that are landmarks in Valencia.