Dios desee que nosotros veamos quién podemos llegar a ser.

      We have seen a miracle within this area. Well I will always say that the week we had was a miracle but this week even more. The branch will put on an activity this Friday and we've invited many of the people we're teaching now to come and enjoy. We see the possibility of seeing 12 people coming and even more. So we desire to see them come and enjoy what we have to give. I've seen and felt this is how God feels in our personal lives. He wants to witness the joy that comes when we partake the blessings of his gospel.
      This week I've noticed how we fail to see the difference between who we are and who God desires us to become. How many times have we lived feeling that we cannot reach the potential that we desire? How many times have we set goals and in the end not reach them? The agony that comes with failure is never too much for God’s grace. So make goals to reach the potential that God desires you to be.
     I know that the sacrifice that was made through Jesus Christ is real. It's the only way to feel the true happiness that God desires us to have. God wants us to see who we can become.

I love you all.
Èlder Broadbent.

Miracles and dangers.

Well this week we had miracles and dangers.

FIRST MIRACLE. We're teaching this lady(Elena) from Brazil who
was taking lessons over a year ago. As we start a lady walk into her
store and listened to us talk. When we finished we gave Elena a Book
of Mormon in Portuguese and the lady looked at my backpack and asked if there was one in there for her too. Soon after we found out she was an inactive member who was baptized in Brazil over 37 years ago. We are going to visit her this upcoming week and her family too. Her name is Gissely

SECOND MIRACLE. I'm staying here in Ourense six more weeks with
Èlder Jones.
THIRD MIRACLE. The temperature is lowering.
FOURTH MIRACLE. A less active family we are teaching is reactivating.
FIFTH MIRACLE. I cooked for this family and no one is dead.

The DANGER of the week was that we went into an area to check on a
reference we received. When we arrived we both felt we needed to
leave. So we passed by this person, it ended up being fake, and we
continued. We called the branch president here to confirm a family
home evening and we told him where we were at. He then said to leave right away. We did the obvious thing, we asked, "Why?" He then
proceeded to say that was a drug and trafficking zone. We were out of there like a home run hit by Babe Ruth.

So whenever you get a prompting to leave or not to say anything,
Listen and don't linger; unless you want to lose the right to those
promptings.

I love you all.

Elder Broadbent

This week was a humbling experience.

   So to begin, in the weeks beforehand we've been seeing many people wanting to listen to us. This week was the same. We found others to teach and had two who said that they would come to church. We got everything ready for them to come, but they never came. I'm not going to lie; I was a little upset when this happened. Then after that all of our plans fell through, my companion and I went to the streets and came back home with no fish. I wasn't the happiest person last night. I felt I had worked so hard this day and saw nothing.

     We then received a call from our district leader to talk about how the week went. I told him that all was good for the week but Sunday was rough. He said that all will be better this week and that was it. I then remembered that there was another companionship of missionaries that had a hard week this week with one of their investigators. So I called them up and asked how is their investigator doing. I was expecting that she was doing worse or stayed the same. But they said that she has a baptismal date for this upcoming week! It came as a surprise to me that things went well for them, but I was extremely happy for them and their success!

    At times we view the success of others as a hindrance to ourselves. We're jealous of what they have and what we don't have. There is no growth if we view it in the way of the adversary. In fact, it corrodes our foundation. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ, we should rejoice for the success of our siblings. Our faith in the plan of happiness will grow, the need of humility will increase and the love for our own callings also. I leave you that the Savior is here with us and we need him every hour. 

 

Love,

Èlder Broadbent

 

Amazing

 

 In short this week was amazing. We ran into a inactive member this week and were able to set something up with him this last Thursday. His name Wladimir and he's had it rough for the last three years. He knows that the church is true and knows he needs to repent. It won't be easy but he wants to come back. We hope he can because he was part of the branch in the beginning times and he's a return missionary. 

     This time here has taught me that the atonement is essential for our happiness. I feel such a peace when I ask my companion what I can do better.  I had a companion that asked me one time, what I thought I could do better. Now that's when you begin to think of what you really are doing. So I want to leave you with this question, what can I do better? 

     I promise you that you'll see a change in your prayers and how you view the atonement in your lives. I love you, 

Èlder Broadbent 

AREPAS

 

This week we made arepas and we were in the piso for a whole day. Yeah! I was sick one of the days this week but the work continues even when we're sick. Our branch president has given us the chance to teach two families he's been speaking with. We'll find more info in this upcoming two weeks😊.

I find even when we feel we are being torn down by outside forces we are always being built up by someone who cares for us. I've noticed this throughout this short period of time here in Spain. I know that a loving father is in heaven. That he only rebuilds with a better design in mind. We just need to give him the right materials and right amount of time.

Love
Èlder Broadbent.

 

AREPAS

Two cups of white corn flour.

Two cups of water or milk.

Two tablespoons of salt, and sugar.

Three tablespoons of olive oil.

Fry in a pan at medium heat with sunflower oil.