t-O Mission Complete

I have served the Lord as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in three days, I will give my mother a hug for the first time in two years. 

President and Sister Eastland

Saying goodbye to members and friends this Sunday was extra crazy because I will probably fr won't see them again. Hasta Luego doesn't really work, Nos vemos doesn't really work, Adios works tho. 

My tickets home

I'm giving my homecoming talk next Sunday (May 18th) for those who want to pull up. It'll be in Yakima.

I know this work is the Lord's work. I have learned the importance of the Gospel of Jesucristo and know that it is the only way to return to God's presence and become like Him. I believe that God called Joseph Smith as the prophet of the Restoration, and I am grateful for his dedication to the work. The teachings in the Book of Mormon have helped me live a better life. God's work will continue to go on, and I hope to always be a part of it in some capacity. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

t-2 and t-1

I've got one week left 

Last week, on pday, Spain had an electricity blackout from 12 pm-8:30pm. It was crazy! My comp and I thought it was the second coming. We were pretty excited and in peace, turns out it wasn't the 2nd coming, so that was lowkey kinda sad tbh but whatever. Last week, we met with an inactive member named Fabio and his non-member pareja, Melanie. It was a miracle! So awesome to be in the position to teach and help them. Its times like those when I genuinely will miss being a missionary. Like when else am I going to be able to help someone in this special way. 

Other cool miracle. On Friday, we were going to play soccer with a Recent Convert, and I was HYYYPPED! But then it cancelled  so my comp and I were like, well, let's do some passbys (when you knock the doors of either less/inactive members or people that were previously investigating the church). There was one right next to where we were named Ana. I had done a passby once before, but she wasn't there. We rang her doorbell (you can't rlly knock someone's door in Spain), no answer, I called her and she was in her restaurant, which was close, so we went over there. She was super hyped to see us and her pareja Luis was also there. We taught them about the Holy Ghost and temples. Luis said he wanted to learn more about god! Hype. And the biggest miracle was that they invited us to eat at their restaurant for free, twas rico. 

I have lived in Madrid for one year straight. I am more Madrileño than a BYU goer.

I get back on May 14th, and homecoming talk is May 18th in Yakima. I will write another email next week and do the whole testimony thing. Have a great week!

Love, Elder Ditto