Wk 18 RLF Apr 24

Okay it is happening guys!  Honeymoon phase is over and now reality sets in.  Please pray for Rachel.  She is realizing just how tough it is out there.  Think about it, setting goals high and continually having them dashed to bits will eventually wear on anyone.  Benjamin went through this around this same time.  I hope she keeps writing me. Also it is good Mother's Day is coming soon!  Her birthday is on Mother's Day this year so it will be extra meaningful for us talking worlds away.

Rachel is a super strong, positive person.  However, I know she may need your help and prayers now.

She would love to hear from you.

We're doing our best here. But I'm learning how to be a leader by example, and it's tough!

Lots of times I need to overcome my natural man moments.  We have transfers next week and I really don't know of I'm staying in Girona or going somewhere else. 

We could literally be a stake with how many people that have been baptized into this branch. But few are active.   And we keep losing our investigators because they don't see what's so incredible about this church, it's just like every other church here in Girona.   

We have a plan and we're trying to figure it all out, but 45 years of slow growth is a lot for 2 missionaries to handle.  

We are definitely getting a new elder in may so we will see we what happens.

And we are literally out of money, we have been living on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Learning to BUDGET is CRAZY.