¡Canta y no llores!

WHAT A WEEK! Oh my goodness this week was INSANE! But good... mostly.... yeah I'd say it's still been a pretty good week.

     Okay first things first...... INTERCAMBIOS! Well, intercambio, the best longest intercambio of my life. I got to spend some lovely days with my cute sister Hermana Jarman. She is legit my FAV. She hasn't been feeling good all week so I spent the weekend with her. And in spite of all the pain and hardship she had to pass through, I legit have never seen anyone come out so strong. She is an example to me of humility, love, sincerity, confidence and accepting the Lords will no matter how difficult. She is an inspiration. When she becomes a public speaker I invite all of you to listen to her and share her YouTube videos with all your friends. She is fantastic!

     After the intercambios we were put into a trio with the lovely Hermana Estrada. She and Hermana Ibáñez were MTC comps. It's actually kind of funny, last transfer I was sad thinking I'd never get a native comp and now, I have TWO! They are so funny together and we have not been getting any sleep at all because we can't stop talking haha. I love them dearly and we have been working pretty well together. 

     As far as the work goes, all is well! We had a few investigators come to church! Whoot whoot! Antonia came for the third time yesterday! She goes out of town soon so we are still figuring out a baptismal date :) Also, I wrote about how our friends Sandra and Pedro gave us a reference, well they just went all out and brought two friends to church with them. It was awesome. They both went to gospel principles with us and were able to keep the class on topic and share their testimony when we learned about latter-day prophets.

     I'm so grateful to be a part of this work! And all of you at home are part of it too. As my time here in the mission shortens, I realize more and more that it doesn't stop when my mission is over. Gods work is eternal. I invite you all to take part in the work and to receive the blessings that come of it! Whether it be through Family History or simply inviting a friend to know more, no effort is ever wasted.

     I hope you all have a great week full of all sorts of goodness!

Awkward besos and side hugs,

-Hermana Warner

We found grass... I'd say that's picture worthy #citylife

This growing wall is also pretty legit. #naturegraffiti

Obnoxious glamour shots, smiling in spite of pain #myhero

I love to see the Temple

Hello family and friends,

   So, actually a lot has happened since my last email. I mentioned that we had intercambios with the Hermanas from Aranjuez. I was with Hermana Penner and it was awesome. She's great. All of the plans we had fell through (how odd) and again we were left to fend for ourselves in the streets of Madrid. Luckily we were able to pass by a less active friend who is never home and that day she was! Afterward the lord blessed us with a miracle lesson and we were able to teach a new friend Emilia a lesson in the park. It was such a blessing. There are people looking for the truth wherever you go, it doesn't necessarily matter if you think they are ready or not. :)

   The rest of the week it rained, no, POURED! There were no lie rivers in the streets and the garbage act as the artificial fish. We were blessed with appointments so we didn't have to be out in it very much but it was CRAZY! 

   On Saturday we then had an emergency intercambio because one of my best friends here is sick. She and I have been together since Saturday Morning. She is legit one of the strongest people I know. She's in a lot of pain but she's been eating and has been able to sleep more since I've come. We haven't been able to do a lot of work but I know I'm exactly where I need to be. 

   There is a good chance I will have P-DAY on Saturday so heads up! But if I don't email on Saturday just know I'll be there on Monday or I didn't have time :) 

The Lord knows what he's doing!

Loves to all!

Hermana Warner

I LOVE THE TEMPLE!

Making pancakes

I love my sisters! #lockedinpisoglamourshots

Llaollao sounds really good right now

Buenos días! 

Que tal todo!? I hope all of you are doing so well and enjoying your little taste of summer! Can I just say time goes by ssooooooo quick. I feel like I just got here in Barrio 9 (Carabanchel) but I've already been here for three transfers (18 weeks). Today I had to say goodbye to one of my dearest companions and friends. Hermana Snyder is such an incredible missionary and I'm grateful everyday that I've had the opportunity to serve with her here in Carabanchel. I've learned so much with her these last three transfers and I wouldn't change it for anything. 

     Now I'm sitting here in Chamartin waiting for my new comp... drumroll please *insert my flailing my arms and legs around slapping and kicking everything in reach, including Hermana Tang, (sorry Hermana Tang)* HERMANA IBÁÑEZ!!! Whooooo whooooo whiooo whooo whooooooottttt!!! The crowd goes wild children are crying, chavales are screaming and everyone's so excited to welcome this Bolivian model with open arms and lots of food *shout out to all the good food here👌* I'm actually pretty excited, I haven't had a native companion yet so I'm really looking forward to learning from her. We have a super busy and exciting transfer ahead of us, I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store.

     Well this week was a roller coaster, well this whole transfer has been haha but it's been incredible. On Tuesday we had an awesome visit from our 70 friend Elder Gay. He served here in the Spain Madrid mission 40 years ago. It was rewarding to take a step back and look at the mission in his eyes. He explained that there was not even a church building when he served here, they held sacrament meeting in the kitchen of their small shared Piso and had to ask the Jehovah Witnesses to use their baptismal font. He spoke to us about how missionary work is a revelatory work and how we can receive that revelation. It was really refreshing and eye opening and I am already finding the mission so much more rewarding as I've been applying what I've learned.

     Right after the visit of Elder Gay I went on an intercambio with my cute friend Hermana Jarman! Ah I just love her. We taught an interesting and very funny guy from New Zealand and organized a mission week for the ward in Leganes. She's such a cutie and I love spending time with her!

     The rest of this week was legit a blur. We taught Sandra again and we are going to keep meeting with her, thank you for all the prayers in her behalf! Poco a poco. We also met with a new friend JAS(YSA) Armando, he even came to the ward JAS activity we had yesterday and is starting to get  involved. Then on Saturday we met with our new friend Isa Mar!! She is so great and I look forward to all the lessons to come with her :)

     All in all things are looking pretty up here in B9. I'm going to miss Hermana Snyder a lot #shesfamilynow but I know she and I are where we are suppose to be. I'm so grateful for this last transfer and can't wait to start running into this one. I hope you all are doing fantastic and that your week is full of stories and memories that you can tell me to, Oreos :) 

     Love you all!

Besitos!

Hermana Warner

Hermana Snyder

Sushi with Hermana Jarman

Dream district ft. Carpenter, Chandler, Taylor, Knaphus and Snyder

Helping our new friend catch his train with Hermana Tang

Temple day!!

Wow! So much has happened in the last week and a half I can't even believe it! Well I guess first things first... 

On Tuesday we had Concílio, which is just a leadership meeting in the mission home with President and Hermana Pack. I loved it so much! We are making a lot of goals and plans as a mission to be the best we can be. While i was there I was reunited with my cute MTC friends Hermana Duffin, Curtis and Campbell. It was really nice to see them after a year!

On Wednesday we had intercambios with the cute Hermanas from Leganes. I got to be with Hermana Jarman because I went with Hermana Webster last transfer. Hermana Jarman the CUTEST! #shoutout This is her first transfer but she is already killing it here on the mission. I wanted to give her the best intercambio experience so we focused on inviting people to be baptized and different finding approaches in the street. The lessons we originally had planned failed but we still had the goal to invite people to be baptized, so we passed by our friend Mimi, we met with her a while ago but she hasn't is been able to set a day to meet. And guess what! She was there! We read together in the Book of Mormon I nudged Hermana Jarman and she flawlessly invented her to enter the waters of baptism and Mimi said Yes! we finished the night sharing the #PrinceofPeace video (look it up atMormon.org) and made our goal to talk to more than 25 people (:

The next morning Hermana Jarman and I went out again with the goal to find a new investigator and invite them to be baptized. Again the plans failed but God put us in the right place at the right time and we were able to talk to Lusmila. As we were about to share a scripted with their in the street she was like, "Hey I live pretty close we can go sit down and be more comfortable." Uh, yes please. Idk how it is for all you cute other missionaries but that NEVER happens. Legit the first time with me. Anyway, miracle, we taught her the first lesson and she too accepted the invitation to be baptized. I know that if we work our hardest and do all we can do the Lord will bless us with success. This experience also really strengthened my testimony of prayer. God can do so much more than make us feel good about ourselves, he wants to bless us with miracles, we just need to be worthy and ask for them.

Tô finish the week we had GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!! Oh my heart, y'all just need to watch it and read it and listen to it all over again. I especially like the talk of Elder Rasband and Uchtdorff. Also the prophet has spoken. Read the Book of Mormon everyday, there are so many promised blessings as we do so.

Today we went to the temple so we didn't have Pday on Monday. I'm so grateful for the temple and for the opportunity I have to go there often. It doesn't matter what language it's in or where in the world you are, this is truly Gods Church. (Today we got to have a session in Portuguese)

Overall this has been an incredible week. I am so grateful for how aware and loving our Heavenly Father is for each and every one of His children. He's full of Grace and forgiveness. This is Christ's true church here upon the earth. He has called a living prophet to lead us in these the Latter-days. I am grateful for his love.

I hope you all have a fantastic week!!!

Loves and Besos

Hermana Warner

Intercambio with Hermana Webster, Jarman and the Snyds 

My granddaughter Hermana Santoyo, My daughter Hermana Davis and me :)

 #cheesygenerationspic

Shout out to Elder Cummings! He's going to kill it in Russia

Hermana Duffin Curtis and Campbell

Zone Conference