Airport Greetings

Dear friends and family -

Thanks soooo very much for all your love and support of Alaena during these past 18 months.  If you would like to be at the airport for her arrival, she will be stopping at the Salt Lake airport on her way home on Friday, February 28th at 1:45 pm...she will have a 2 1/2 hour lay-over:)
If you would like to welcome her home at the Boise airport - we will arrive that same day,
 February 28th at 6:15 p.m.
 
~lots of love, Mark & Caran

last email........JOSE GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!! - February 17, 2014

FAMILYYYYYYYY and friends!!!

Jose got baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have no idea how happy I am. At the beginning of the week my compy and I were pretty set on him not getting baptized this week but man did God have other things in store haha.

On like a Tuesday this past week we had a cita with him and he just starts off by saying, "I want to get baptized now. I am convinced that this is the true church and that this book is from God. I know it and nobody can ever take it away from me. I don't care if people laugh at me or make fun of me. This is true and I want to be baptized this Sunday."

I was completely shocked and started tearing up while laughing with joy. It was the greatest thing in the world. We were all just having such a good laugh and cry and just so happy for him!!!! Jose has such an incredible faith. Ever since the beginning he has been all in and put everything on the Gospel first. He made God his priority and for that reason he was baptized a quick 3wks later after receiving a huge confirmation that the Book of Mormon was true. I cant get over how awesome he is!!! and how awesome the BOM is!!!!! I love it!

We ended up sharing the baptism service with another guy who also had such a strong testimony of the BOM. It was a beautiful baptism (even though my compy and I were stressed out the entire time) and I had the opportunity to bear my last testimony in spanish. It was kind of a crap testimony because they told me right then and there and then there were like 100 people at the baptism. I wanted to die lol. I just spoke about the first time we met Jose (such a funny story) and how the BOM and the Gospel is for everyone. Not just those that are Christian but for every single person.

I am so grateful for my mission. It truly has changed my life. I never knew that I was having success as a missionary until looking back now on all of the events that have happened in mission. I can see that Heavenly Father has been with me at every moment of my life blessing me and helping me be the person that I am today. I hope to keep going and share this incredible gift that the Gospel is with all of my friends.

I love you guys so much and I want to thank all of you for writing me and praying for me. I couldnt have finished without your help. See all very soon!!!

Love

Hermanita Daly

pics of Encarni's Baptism and my last Zone Meeting! - February 10, 2014

MY FAMILY!!! Clara on the far left, Jose in the back, Conchi (mom of Clara on the right), Lucia is the daughter of Encarni

same one but with Dani the bishop's son

yayyyyyy!!!!

Encarni and Jose...they are so funny, they never smile!!!! I promise that they are the most happy and funniest people ever!

all of these pics of from my last Zone meeting where i gave my dying testimony....I bawled like a baby, so embarrassing

me and my SHE's (super hermana entrenadora) love these girls

HERMANA JARVIS!!! send this to aunt christine!!!! I love this girl

 

Greatest week of my life!! - February 10, 2014

ENCARNI'S BAPTISM!!!

It was the greatest baptism of my life. It was so spiritual and the whole ward showed up and just welcomed her with so much love. She is the most popular thing of the ward now :) I didn't cry at all for the first little bit of her baptism but then her niece, Clara (coolest member ever), gave her testimony and read some emails from Encarni's awesome daughter, Desi, who couldnt be there for the baptism and I just started bawling. I was crying, Jose (Encarni's husband) started bawling and Encarni was already totally gone since the beginning of the baptism haha. It was just incredible. God has so much in store for this incredible family!! They were already talking about when their sealing date in the Madrid Temple would be and making sure that I would be there!!!!!! They are amazing. I really hope that I can make it to their sealing next year....we'll see!!

Other than that, the rest of the baptism was flawless and Encarni gave the funniest and sweetest testimony ever. I wish you could all meet her, she is so freaking funny!!! She is like the Spaniard version of me but a little more hyper and crazier haha I love her so much.

Her hubby, Jose, is definitely getting baptized on the 23rd....we are gonna try to secretly get him ready for the 16th and just do it haha we'll see if we have success with that. He has had huge spiritual experiences with the Book of Mormon and knows that everything is true. So, like I said, we are going to get him baptized as fast as we can....with me here!!! Hopefully :)

This past week was the best.

This week right now we are going to contact the world and find new investigators since we still dont have any. I am so excited to scream the Gospel to EVERYONE!! It'll be great :)

One more email from me next week!!!! Love you all so much.

Love

Hermana Daly

Baptism!! - February 3, 2014

Hey guys!!

We are having a baptism this sunday!!! My favorite person in the world, Encarni, gets baptized on sunday :) She is all ready to go!!! We have had a huge miracle with that family this week!!

Jose, the dad, was the one who opened the door when I first knocked their door 2months back. He now has a baptism date!!!!!!!!!!!! He should be getting baptized the 22nd....so I won't be able to go :( but im just so happy! The  Lord has been preparing this family for us. Jose was very atheist at the beginning and in ONE week he has done a full 180. He has read so much of the Book of Mormon and has a testimony of it! IN ONE WEEK! It was the coolest thing to watch. He has changed so much and now he has accepted to be baptized. I love him. He will definitely be a big leader in the church here in Spain. He is incredible. He is the funniest and most spiritual guy with a huge heart. Im going to die when I leave this family!!!! I love them I love them I love them.

I will try and get pics coming!!! 

We also had a conference with our stake and we watched a broadcast that was put on by the Area 70 and Elder Ballard!! It was amazing! I really loved it and it was so great to have Jose and Encarni there watching it too :) 

Other than that we are still lacking in the investigators department. We have been visiting the members like crazy and trying to get a ward mission plan going. Hopefully this will bring in lots more investigators down the road. 

Well family, the end is coming soon!! Im very very nervous and excited to see you all! Love you guys. 

Love

Hermana Daly