Brock Jolley Spain Barcelona Mission 2022-2024

Vimos milagros esta semana! So I am really short on time this week. So I formally apologize. But this week we saw lots of miracles in the work and two amazing baptisms. Mauricio and Milagros did awesome! I was a support missionary more than anything, I've only known them for about a week and a half but they did great and we'll make sure that they're here to stay.  Pensamiento Espiritual:  Spiritual thought this week comes from Moses 7 when Enoch saw the ends of the earth and the wickedness of his brothers he said, "And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted;" but then he has a change of heart and was comforted. What comforted Enoch in all of this bitterness? The answer is the atonement of Jesus Christ, the act that gives us all a chance to live with our families, overcome our sins, and free us from death. The atonement is central to everything we do. As we study the atoneme...

Madre míaaaaa okay all of my lovely amazing people we had a wild twist this week! We had transfers and I knew without a doubt that I was gonna stay in Palma, Elder Phelps had more time in the area and he hadn't been to Valencia yet, so we thought we knew what was gonna happen... psych! I somehow hit the transfer portal and I got the news that I'd be going to Valencia, so it feels like a cool full circle moment. But saying goodbye to Palma was so hard, I felt like I gave it my all there and the missionaries, friends, and members had become my family. But it's okay, we're ready to get going here in Valencia, we have a good teaching pool and should see some amazing things this week!  Kebab Confusion:  Okay so in the mission there is this food called Kebab and all the missionaries love it. It comes from Turkey and it's pretty good. The thing is sometimes the communication is a little hard because they don't speak too much English. But we called up a Kebab for lunch ...

Mi genteeeee you guys are amazing I hope you know that. :)  We had a great week here in Palma de Mallorca! We are working hard, had some good progressing lessons and also got to visit Menorca and work with some amazing Elders over there. I got to work with Elder Baum. We were comps back in Badalona for a bit so that was fun to be able to be back together and work over there in Menorca. Other than that we're working hard and trying to spread the word with everyone. It's pretty awesome jaja. Our friend Martha has a baptismal date and she's really excited about it!  I had the privilege of finishing the Book of Mormon this week and there are so many good messages that we can learn from the Books of Ether and Moroni. While they are heart wrenching to read at times there are amazing wonderful things we can learn and apply in our lives. For example, I thought it was super cool how Ether and Moroni had an eternal perspective. They thought Celestial. The last verse of Ether says, ...

Muy buenas mis queridos! How are y'all holding up? Hope it's all good, we have had another successful week here in Palma so it's been really awesome! Here's a few quick updates of the islands. We had MLC this past week so we got to travel to Barcelona for the day and get some good stuff done over there! Elder Phelps and I had 3 exchanges this past week and it was super fun to learn from and work with some amazing Elders out here on the islands! The weather has been changing so we've been trying to utilize our time well and do what makes the most sense, we've been blessed for it and we've seen miracles happen. Daniel has potential, we'll see how things go! Also our friend Marta has been progressing wonderfully and it's been a huge blessing to see the light of Christ light up her life.  While we do see lots of success in the streets and talk to many lovely people, there are a few funny ones in the bunch. Here's some highlights from this week: -Me: ...