Sweet is the Work

This wonderful group of missionaries (pictured below) left us this week at the completion of their missions.  They have been dedicated, strong, and valiant in their missionary service for the Spain Barcelona Mission.  We wish them well and we will miss them dearly!
In this post we will share some of their thoughts at the conclusion of their missions.

Front: Elders Gardner, Crawford, Ferraz, Hamson, Hermanas Galli,  Anderson, Pres. Galli, Elders Peterson , Browning, Beasley, Pack and Woodfield

SUMMER IN SPAIN

Elche and Cartagena Zone Conference

Zone conferences are always a wonderful opportunity to gather together as missionaries and enjoy the wisdom and lessons taught by President and Hermana Galli, as well as other missionaries.  This month, Hermana Galli focused on the doctrine of the family.  She taught us that sins, joy, redemption, sorrow, disappointment, forgiveness  and love are all part of family life. She said that we learn the behaviors and habits of our parents and that we have to work to overcome some of them. We can have joy in our posterity.  "All individuals are part of God´s families, because families are ordained of God, they are the most important social unit in time and eternity." (Preach My Gospel
p. 32)

Elder Woodfifeld, President Galli, Elder Nielsen

Elders Baxter and Gomez

NEW BEGINNINGS AND FAREWELLS

We welcomed 16 new missionaries to the Spain Barcelona Mission on July 9th! We received 8 new elders and 8 new hermanas.  It is always good to get fresh energy and enthusiasm into the mission.  We are grateful for their preparation and their desire to serve. These missionries will be greatly blessed for their service!

New missionaries at the airport

On the bus to Montjuic, where the missionaries get to overlook the land they will serve in.

FIFTY YEARS IN SPAIN!

Our Jubilee Year!

"Fifty years ago, on May 20, 1969, President Marion G. Romney met with 34 members of the church early in the morning at Casa de Campo, a park outside Madrid, to dedicate this beautiful country to the preaching of the gospel and the gathering of Israel.  Six days later, President Richard G. Scott of the North Argentine Mission, sent four missionaries: Elders Clark B. Hinckley, Craig L. Ward, Robert J. Hernandez (now Haws), and Jose Luis Barco from that mission to Madrid.  They held their first baptismal service on June 28. 

Barcelona, Hospitalet and Zaragoza Zones

Elders Rodriguez and Melo

On October first of that year, a Saturday, eight missionaries arrived at Estació Franca in Barcelona at 8:30 in the morning. They had one day to find places to stay, and the next day held their first church services on the beach! 

Archie singing at zone conference

CONVERTIDOS AL SEÑOR!

The El Faro missionaries are converted to the Lord! A few of our seasoned missionaries finished their service here and will soon be embraced by their family members.  We have learned so much from them. We will definitely miss their smiles, hugs, presence and their strong spirits. To share some of what these missionaries have learned on their missions, we have included some quotes from them.

Elders Dransfield, Cheever, Lentz, Hermanas Walker, Donahey, Yurkiv, Tenorio and Moncayo

Elders May and Bateman