Letter dated 28Oct2013

Dear Family, This past week turned out even better than what we had planned for originally. Most of our plans consisted of visiting old investigators from the previous missionaries and see what would happen. This week we met Juan Antonio and Joaquin, two Spanish brothers who received all of the previous lessons months before our arrival. Juan Antonio travels in a wheel chair and receives much help from his brother. After meeting them and learning more about them we started talking about baptism. We had already made plans to invite them for a date in the following next three weeks but Juan Antonio said ´´Why don´t we do it next week?´´ They had been to church a number of times before whenever they could get help with his wheelchair but it was still flooring that they were both asking ´´You know, why not do it sooner than later?!?´´ I am grateful to meet and know people like this and it helps me know that God is watching over our little corner of Barcelona! With that miracle in my mind the entire week was just the best! We´re continuing to meet more and more of the members of the ward and we´re also meeting more investigators to start to teach, all with their own special story and we´re in high hopes. I am doing what I can to help my companion and adjust to these new things that are passing around, but I know he has good concerns about what it takes to be a good missionary. I hope that I can show him that example and be better in my everyday behavior to teach him, but overall I have to just love him! He´s such an honest Elder and I love his love for his Savior and for the work! The district is such a great group of missionaries and when I can I´ll send a few photos of all of us. These are going to be a couple incredible months ahead of me! I´m also reading in Mosiah and I just read the parts about Zeniff and I´m pumped to read the rest of Mosiah about Abinadi. As a mission we have a goal to read the entire Book of Mormon before the end of the year, so I hope I can catch up! http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/9?lang=eng I love you more than the distance that´s in between us all right now, -- Élder Xander Weston Schindler PS We have to go back, Kate...