Thanksgiving in Spain!

Hola mis queridos amigos!! 

Another week in the books and this one absolutely flew by!! The work here in Pamplona is so blessed right now and I love all of our friends sooo much!! We have some hard days and some wonderful days, but every day I am so grateful to be here (and with Hermana Barrott she is literally such a kindred spirit)!! We laugh so much every day and we work hard which is my favorite combination 😍

Highlights/ Fun Facts:

- On Thursday we went to visit a member named Freddy who owns a café inside of a grocery store and he made us Thanksgiving food!! He is the sweetest and we had an awesome discussion about the Bible and the significance of the sacrament!!
- We met with our friend Nieves this week and two recent converts joined us in the lesson! Nieves is soo prepared and as we taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ, we felt prompted to invite her to be baptized and she said yes!! She is now on date for December 29th and she came to church on Sunday so I am so excited for her!!
- We were able to meet with our friend Maria this week and she is the cutest human ever!! She is super interested in learning and getting more involved in the church and now we are meeting every Wednesday and friday!! She also came to church on Sunday and I just LOVE HER 💛
- On Friday there was a holiday here in Pamplona and they turned on all the Christmas lights!! It looks so cute now and I love it!! I LOVE PAMPLONA 😍

Miracle: 

We met with a new friend named Sirlei this week and the Spirit was soo strong in our lesson! She is from Brazil and she has two adorable kids and her husband was listening in too! She is so humble and has the desire to learn which was amazing! We taught them the plan of salvation and then at the end I just felt like I should testify that God knows her and has a plan for her and testify of Jesus Christ and as we were talking we both started crying and the spirit was so strong! Even though she is still learning Spanish we were able to communicate and the spirit was so powerful!

Spiritual Thought: 

This week I was reading about the people in the Book of Mormon who were waiting for the sign of Jesus Christ's death after his birth and all of the people forgot the signs they had seen and stopped noticing the miracles God was putting in their life and as a result, they lost their faith. 
3 Nephi 2:1,
1 And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen.

Something I have realized on my mission is that God is working miracles in our lives every day, but it is our responsibility to notice and acknowledge them! I know I am the happiest when I am recognizing and thanking God for the tender mercies He gives me every day! The Lord blesses us with so many miracles, so my invitation for you all is to search for the miracles every day because I promise you THEY ARE THERE 😄

I love you all so much! Thank you so much to those who have reached out to me it makes me so happy!!
Hermana Hardy 💛 

Pictures:
- Britany y Perla 😍
- beautiful Pamplona 😍 
- Nieves, Valentina, y Sara after she accepted her baptism date!!
- María 💛
- Sirlei y cute little Carlos!! I love them!!







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