Hermana Elizabeth Hardy

Hola a todos!!  This week has honestly been one of the longer weeks I've had here on the mission with lots of ups and downs, but we still saw so many miracles! Coming to the end of the week it was so easy to focus on all the the canceled lessons and disappointed hopes that we saw this week, but as I have sat and reflected on the week I now see all the the beautiful miracles God gave us this week and I am so grateful    Being a missionary is not always easy, but I am so grateful to be here serving and witnessing these miracles every day! Highlights: - On Monday afternoon my companion and I headed down to Madrid for MLC and it was so fun! I got to see some of my favorite people ever and we had a great discussion about plans for the mission especially with our transition to our new mission President    - On Wednesday and Friday we met with our cute friend Maria and she is just amazing!! We taught her about the Plan of Salvation and the gospel of Jesus Christ and as...

Hola mis queridos amigos!!  Another great week here in Bilbao and the work just keeps on moving! My new companion Hermana Bailey got to Bilbao on Monday and we got right to work! We have a lot of goals and plans for this transfer and I'm just so excited to see what God has planned for us and our friends  Highlights/ Fun facts: - On Tuesday we went out to visit the cutest Hermana Rosa and her family who just moved here and she made us a delicious meal! Her neice is actually being taught by the Elders right now and she got baptized this Sunday!! - I called our friend Kelly on Tuesday who we haven't been able to meet with in a bit, and she answered! As we were talking I asked if we could meet and she said she's not going to be home because she has to take her daughters to school in the city and she doesn't get home until late, but it turns out that her daughters go to school right next to the church! We were able to meet with her 2 times during the week in the church and a...

Hola mis queridos amigos!!  Another week here in Bilbao and it was a full one! We got transfer news this week and I will be staying her Bilbao, but receiving a new companion, Hermana Bailey!! We have served around each other a lot throughout our missions and I'm so excited to be companions now! It's going to be a transfer of lots of learning, but I know the Lord is going to be taking care of us every step of the way and He will guide us as we trust in Him  Highlights/ Fun facts: - Last Monday we had district pday at the beach and we were blessed with sun and warm weather after it rained all morning!! We played volleyball on the beach and then ate dinner at the Frandsen's house which was so fun! - I had an exchange with Hermana Pease on Tuesday and we had so much fun! We walked all over the place and met some pretty awesome people on our exchanges so it was a blast!  - We had a couple more awesome lessons with our friend Maria this week and she is just so cute!! She is so ...