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Elder Kyle Gerrig is from our ward and is also serving in the Madrid Spain Mission. Elder Gerrig sent this picture to his mother, Tonna Gerrig, it was taken on April 26th 2016 at the Madrid Mission Home after Jacquelyn arrived there.

Thanks for the picture Tonna :)

Vigo

Well it's the first official week in the field...

And I love it!!! My companion is Sister Schriever, she is from Eagle Idaho and Is fantastic!

 Here's a pic of us on the train ride here (6 hour train ride)

She and I have a lot in common and I'm so grateful for her as my new companion, although Hna Sperry is super missed, she's serving in Barcelona...
Anyway! Wow, week one. First off we have iPads which is why emailing is 100 times easier to put photos in, hallelujah. I'm so grateful for technology. So yeah 6 hour train ride, Vigo is in the north west part of Spain and its absolutely stunning here. We live super close to the ocean but the place they ship to not necessarily the beach, there are small mountains and we got to see a ton on the way here which was a super tender mercy for this Utah chick who misses her mountains. 

First off our Piso. We live in pisos or apartments, ours has Ben used by the missionaries for YEARS so there are a lot of interesting things we always find, and when I came it was super dirty. But mom, be proud of yourself for raising me right, my first Pday here (today) instead of going exploring and stuff my companion was willing to clean with me (insert another hallelujah) so now it's super tidy and we have food from grocery shopping! YES! 

The mission field is not the CCM. Or the other way around... I was told that everyday would be like park day. They lied to me. Haha jk, but contacting here is a lot harder than at the park, everyone here walks everywhere and with a purpose, so they don't really appreciate it when we stop them to tell them about the love of God for them, and the Restored Gospel (I don't see why, it's only the single most important thing we could learn) So we need to be a little more creative for contacting. And the greenie fresh off the train I probably have too many ideas. But One of them actually worked out all right. In Spain, Mother's Day was yesterday so my comp and I made little bouquets of flowers with a cute note on it and handed them out to all the women we could! 

It was really fun and I was happy to serve.

We walk everywhere here in Vigo, and you can't really see it in the pics I took but there are hills everywhere, I'm super pumped about it so I can be in shape for Pdays we get to go hiking! It's also really nice because if I need some more walking shoes (which I shoudnt) they have them everywhere.

Brayden thinks my emails are too long so I'll cut it down a bit here.

Here's a picture of my roommate from the CCM, Hna Hill and I at the temple before leaving to the train station:

I'm going to miss her and the temple, but all is well because...

Insert really dramatic drumroll 

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Like super dramatic and obnoxious because this is the coolest thing ever and I'm literally jumping out of my seat just thinking about it!

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Continuing drumroll!!!!!! :D :D :D

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ELDER BEDNAR IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAHHH!!! I'm so excited!!!! :D :D :D So yeah! Next Friday I get to fly to Madrid and meet him on Saturday! I couldn't be more excited!!!!! Oh so happy. Life is so swell here and I hope you all are doing well too!!! 

I know this gospel is true with my whole heart! This is truly the Lords work! Otherwise I wouldn't be able to speak nearly as much Spanish as I do and I wouldn't be here. I know it's true and I couldn't be more happy to share it to the people of Spain! I will update you all on investigators and such hopefully next time (Monday)

Besos!

-Hermana Warner

(PS that top photo was taken at a suburbsy area on our way to some less active members, as an artist I'm super impressed.)

Oh and here is an older pic 

My CCM Spain Zone!

Elders Warr, Riggs, Delaney, Waters, Moffat, Wright

 Hnas Sperry, Curtis, Campbell, Duffin, Richardson, Hill, Taggart, Burt, Me

Hermana Warner has arrived!!

Dear Warner Family,

We had the great pleasure of welcoming your daughter to the Spain Madrid Mission. We spent the day together at the mission home where she received training and orientation on her missionary assignment. We thoroughly enjoyed our time together and felt a wonderful spirit present. We appreciate all that you have done to prepare your daughter to serve the Lord and for the sacrifice you are making in giving her to the Lord for a time.

We thought you might enjoy some pictures we took at the mission home.  

May the Lord bless you and your family in all of your endeavors.

Sincerely,

President and Hermana Pack

Heyo!

Payeya

  My roommates!! Sperry, Hill, Me, Taggart, Duffin

My district l2r: Sperry, Campbell, Me, Curtis, Moffat, Wright, Delaney, Waters

                                  

Roommates

All the girlies in my zone! Sperry Richardson, Tagart, Duffin, Hill, Me, Burt, Curtis and Campbell

Another one of the girlies

Some pics of the beautiful Temple!

Last week at the CCM!

Yep time flies when you are having a good time!!! My time here at the CCM has been so fantastic and I´m so grateful for all the people I´ve met, lessons I´ve learned, and for the better understanding I have of Christ and His atonement.

 

So this last Sunday we spoke on No Regrets, we all wrote a talk and I wrote mine specifically on loving other´s one by one and serving others one by one, that's how Christ does it so that's how we´ve got to do it too. I also wrote about obedience, if we are obedient the Lord will bless us and we will be able to be our best selves, I have a testimony of that, you can never bee too obedient.

 

Every Saturday is Park day, I¨ve mentioned this before, but this park day was different, this time I got to be with my awesome full time CCM companion Hna Sperry! I love her so much and she inspires me to be better every day, i really don´t deserve her, truly blessed. anyway, Saturday was SUPER rainy so logically we just went contacting on the metro for 2-3 hours, it was incredible! the first person we met had a music book in her hand, apparently she was apart of some orchestra, any way long story short we invited her to share some of her music with us, she declined and I was like, well you know what, we can sing to you instead! so that´s just what we did, luckily not by coincidence, we both had our mini hymn books in Spanish, we sang to her and everyone just looked at us, people took out their ear buds and we were able to feel the spirit really strong, it was as if angels were singing with us, the metro was loud but there were at least 30 people on each side of us who heard us and listened. through our singing we were able to talk to many people who were sincerely interested in learning more, I´m so grateful for hymns! they always bring the spirit and make me feel at peace. I´m grateful I was able to share that spirit with others on the metro with my companion and I´m grateful for the years of choir I had so I could keep on pitch haha thanks mom.

 

One thing I learned this week, ¨The gospel isn´t about knowing, it´s about becoming¨"

 

So one thing I´m also super grateful for here at the CCM is the diversity, we have people here from Spain, Italy, Russia, New Zealand and all over north and south america! People here are learning Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. and with a CCM with less than 70 people that´s pretty diverse. I love talking with my new Italian, Brazilian and Russian friends! They help me feel the spirit and I have witnessed first hand the gift of tongues, it is amazing how the Lord can help us to communicate even though none of us know the same language it is wonderful! I am going to get pictures with all of them this week and send them out so you can meet them all too! My last day here is the 26th, so yay!! crazy and sad and happy!

 

I get to talk with my mission Pres Pack on Sunday and I am so excited! I have had such an amazing experience here with President Packer and his wife and I´m excited to meet my mission prez. I am also super excited to meet my investigators and pray for them! well I need to go eat lunch!! here´s some pictures!

Oh also read Alma 5 it will change your life. the church is verdad y I know it. Loves and besos!!

 

--Hermana Warner

Adventures in five mins

Yep I´ve been spending too much time writing fam and friends I haven´t even started writing this until I only have like five mins. Four now. Anyway this week was so great!! but again so fast!

for P-day we went to this super cute little village city place, it has one of the oldest universities in Spain there, and there was also the Don Quixote Museum. It was so fun to just walk around in the sun and to look at the art in the architecture and in the museum. I´m excited for when I can understand Spanish enough to read the description so the places we visit will be more significant to me. but yeah! It was still super fun!

Park day was one of the best this week, My companion was sister Campbell, she´s the one from Texas and I blame her for all the y'alls in my last email. sorry about that

So every week we get to prepare a talk for Sacrament Meeting in our mission language, this last week we talked about service and diligence. I´m so grateful for Christs example who teaches me how to serve and love others more fully!

Sorry, one of the elders distracted me with a joke so I didn't use my time so efficiently... oops well I guess I´ll send you some pictures!!