Aleluya!!

Happy Monday y'all!
It has been a wonderful week here in Badajoz. It is incredible how much I learn every single week. Sometimes I'm afraid I will forget it all. But of course, once it comes time to email I don't remember anything that I wanted to say so that's cool. But anyways.... Here's just a few things.
First of all, we have had some great contacts this week! One of them is named Lorenzo and turns out he actually is a menos activo. He hasn't been to church in something like 11 years and has been studying with other churches but he saw us on the street the other day and actually called out to us to find out where the capilla was. And he came to church and we have been able to start teaching him!! It is amazing to see the Lord truly has his own time and plan for each one of us as his children.
Something else you should know about this last week is that it was the week before Easter, AKA Semana Santa, AKA A HUGE DEAL here in Spain. Almost every day they have big processions in the streets and loud music and it is super interesting. We didn't actually see any, which is a little crazy because we work in el centro, but we have seen pictures and madre mia. But along with this, we have been sharing the Aleluya video with so many people!! Although many weren't interested or thought it was nice but still weren't interested, the countless opportunities to share my testimony and really think about the Savior's life has helped me grow closer to my Savior. If you haven't watched this video yet, go to Mormon.org and watch it! It's beautiful.
One more thing about this week. One of the elders in my district is a rockstar, well, really they all are, they are awesome, but this one gave me some advice that I won't ever forget. We had called the elders in our district to get some finding advice, because we are doing a lot of finding right now. And one of them, after explaining some stuff to me said "Hermana, one more thing. Desanimo no existe. It's a lie, When you feel discouraged, do something to get going again because you have control over that." And ladies and gents I LOVED THAT. Because there are hard times every single day, but we can't let the desanimo win.
Anyways.... Things are going great here in Badajoz. I love being a missionary, I love my sweet compi and I'm pretty positive I learn more from her than she does from me. I know our Savior lives and loves us, and that gracias a la resurrection, we can all find a new life in Jesus Christ.

Have a great week!!
XOXO Hermana Hauber

One week until Easter!

(no group email this week-- here are some highlights from the family email!)

How are yáll doing this week?? Yes, so this week is Semana Santa here in Spain!! I guess the biggest celebration is in Sevilla, but it is still a huge deal here in Badajoz. They have processions every day going right through the center of our area... But blessing is that it has been super rainy here and if it rains, they don´t do the processions so hopefully our work won´t be affected too much. I received 3 packages this week!! One from Grandma and Grandpa Hauber and then two from you guys, so THANK YOU so much!! It definitely has been a blessing that they have all gotten through.

Training is going really well, been exactly what you said. Very rewarding and taxing. But I love it. And I love my little compi. It kind of is a big responsibility knowing that I will influence the rest of her mission. But a big blessing i guess. My companion is super sweet and super willing to learn and do things. I think the hardest part is just trying to be the most obedient I can be without like being crazy or making her feel overwhelmed. It overall has been a really good experience so far. It is also weird thinking that I probably only have 1 month left here in Badajoz... Gotta make the most of it!

This week has been good. Really rainy. But we did have an investigator come to the relief society activity so that was good. But she can´t come to church because she works. But that´s okay! Also, we had a rama activity yesterday and watched the movie Freetown. It was really awesome. have you guys seen it? It´s about missionaries in Liberia.

Thanks guys for writing me, things here are really good. I love you tons!

xoxo hermana hauber

I got packages!! Thank you!!

And another!

We had a Relief Society activity for the anniversary

My lovely hermanas de la rama

From my cute companion, 7 months in the mission!

Milagros

Hi y'all!

Well.... What a week it has been. To start off, I've got a new compi! Her name is Hermana Sabin and she is from Kaysville, UT. She knows just a little bit of Spanish but has a huge heart and a lot of faith and so much excitement for missionary work so that's what is really important. (: Lots of people said training was really hard and while there are struggles, so far I love it. I love my comp, we get along wonderfully and I'm learning so much from her! Also, we have seen so many little baby miracles in just the last 4 days!
I want to tell y'all about an experience we had this week. We went to visit a future investigator for the first time. And well, she speaks mostly Arabic and just a little bit of Spanish. But then her daughter
came and started talking to us and was super interested in why we are here and what we believe. So we were talking about some things and she asked us who is Jesus Christ. We explained that He is the son of God and our Savior and she interrupted and said, "But he is just a messenger... Putting him on the same level as God is like putting an ant on the same level as us as humans." .... Whoa. We had a really good conversation and it made me think a lot about Christ and how important He is. And how it is such a blessing to be here helping others realize that His role in our lives is so much more than just a messenger of the gospel.
Anyways. Life in Badajoz is good. Being a missionary is great. And the gospel, well, is everything. It is the most important.

I love you all! Happy Monday!!
Xoxo, Hermana Hauber

My bakery friends gave me cake for my birthday :)

Cecilia gave us Reese's at church yesterday.
My clothes happened to match ;)

My compi, Hermana Sabin!!

Yet another celebration for the birthday!

Badajoz for Life!

Hello everybody!!

I hope y'all aren't sick of hearing about Badajoz yet, because guess
what? I'm staying here for another transfer!! And we already knew that
Hermana Seoane would be leaving because she is going home, so we were
just waiting to find out who my new comp would be. And turns out we
still don't know....

‼️‼️BECAUSE I'M TRAINING!!‼️‼️

That's right, I have the amazing opportunity to welcome a new
missionary into the Spain Málaga Mission and I'm so excited for this
transfer. And nervous. I'm really nervous. But as I think about my
trainer and my experience with her, more than anything I'm grateful.
Hermana Watson was the best trainer I could have asked for, and I look
up to her a ton and I'm excited to get to help a new missionary in the
same way. So tomorrow, my comp and I travel to Málaga and I get to
meet my new hermanita. More updates next week. ☺️

In other news, these past couple weeks have just definitely been weeks
of growing. 💪 We had a zone conference a couple weeks back where we
talked about talking to everybody and just not having fear - so we've
been practicing. And Imma be honest, it is still something really hard
for me. BUT. I have been able to see the blessings of really working
hard and trying to talk to everyone. There are hard moments, there are
miracle moments, times when I sit on a bench and cry and times when I
love doing it. But over all of that, I am just grateful for the
experience to be here doing what I'm doing.

One more thing, my comp and I were talking this week and she said
something I really loved. She explained that sometimes we just feel so
overwhelmed and wonder why we have the trials we have and on and on
and then said, "that is when I have to remember that I'm not from
here. I live in the world and do things here, but I'm not from here,
it's just a short time in my life. " and it's so true! Really, we are
all from Heaven, we get sent here to live and learn but ultimately,
the plan is to return to Heaven, no? So... Please y'all just remember:
You aren't from here. You are sons and daughters of our Heavenly
Father and wants us all to return someday.

Okay well, that's all for now I think. Something else kinda cool is
that I celebrated my 21st birthday here in Spain so that's a once in a
lifetime experience, right? 😊🎉

Thank you all for the support! I hope you are all doing well!

Much love, Hermana Hauber

My district! From Utah, Spain, Venezuela, Argentina, England,
Cali, and Oregon

My neighbor's dog... I'm in love

My SHEs, Hermana Judy and Hermana Nelson

Got a birthday present!

This is Lourdes :)

Happy birthday to me!

Leap Day!

(no group email this week, but here is a snippet from the family email!)

Well... This las week we had a few really windy and cold days. I wanted to cry it was so cold. But things are good. This week we receive transfer calls, my comp is going home but I have no idea what will be next for me so I'm a little antsy waiting.
Time on your mission is funny. On one hand, I think wow! I've been out for 6 months, and what do I have to show for my work in that time? And other times I think wow.... I still have 11 months left. It seems like forever. I know what you mean about the super f sat and super slow. Time is weird, and if we think about it too much it is even weirder. But that's okay. Positive I must be.
But I love you guys! I hope you have a wonderful wonderful week and I will talk to you next week! Love you!!

Conferences = Revelation

Happy Monday y'all!

This weeks title comes from President Andersen... He told us this week that every time he hears the word conference, he automatically thinks of the word revelation and well.... Conferences truly do lead to revelation! This weekend we not only had Zone conference, but we had stake conference as well, so I'm just going to share some of my favorite things that I have learned.

1. Okay first of all, something that I love is that as missionaries, we aren't here to force people to come to church or trick people into being baptized or convince people that this truly is God's church restored on the earth today.... But rather, we are here to INVITE. We invite people to read the Book of Mormon and to pray to know that it is true, we invite the, to come to church or family night and we invite them to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized in His name by the proper authority. And that all of these invitations, when accepted and completed, ultimately lead to having eternal families. That really when we talk with people on the streets we are inviting them to find out how they can be with their loved ones forever, that it is possible to live with your families forever and isn't that just amazing?

2. We also talked about how repentance sometimes seems scary. Or hard. And we don't think we can do it. But the beautiful thing about the atonement of Jesus Christ is that repentance always leads to forgiveness. Every single time that we sincerely repent of something, be it big or small, serious or not so serious, we receive forgiveness. We receive the blessing and the knowledge that we no longer have that stain on us, the joy of being clean. I love how Alma the younger says it in Alma 36... Read verses 17-21. I know that what he says is true. That our joy will be so sweet and so exquisite that it will exceed whatever pain might have been felt.

3. Elder Christopher Charles from the seventy was present at our stake conference and talked a lot about Holding the Line. He talked specifically about keeping the sabbath day holy, but I think it can apply in any situation. That in regards to our standards and values, we do not budge. We need to be firm and not allow other people, other things or other ideas to sway us or distract us. Don't fall into the "just this one time " syndrome. He said this.... "Beliefs are of little value if you don't live them".

I wish you all could have the opportunity to sit in on a missionary zone conference.... But.... You do all have the opportunity to attend a stake conference and in just about a month, to watch general conference! So. I want to invite all of you who might read this to prepare yourselves. Think of questions - like 2 or 3 - they can be about anything. And take them to this conference. And I promise you that you will receive answers. The Lord knows you, every single one of you and he loves you all individually and he wants to give you answers!!

Anyways. I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week! Thanks for the prayers and emails and never ending support.

Much love, Hermana Hauber

My Valentine's Day gift from a member- a candy rose

My comp and I eating food from the zone leaders #theyresonice

Badajoz for Life...

Well another week has come and gone with lots of changes!!

1. We moved pisos! I guess I don't really have more to say about this except that it's a lot nicer than our old one. #winning
2. Transfers!!
I will be staying in Badajoz for another transfer so we are goin on 5 months and man, can I just say I love this place. The work is hard, but the members are amazing. The people here are literally my family and I have no idea what I will do when I leave. But also, my sweet Hermana Dueñas went home to her fam in the US #successfulmissionary... And I received a new companion, Hermana Seoane! She is from Galicia, which in case you might wonder, is in Spain. And ya know what that means? We speak Spanish... ALL. THE. TIME. So uh.... Hopefully that means improvement on my part. (;
The highlight of my week was definitely the weekend because President and Hermana Andersen came to Badajoz!! Yup, they drove 4+ hours to get here and do a fireside and then stay for church meetings the next day. I'm so grateful for both of them and their examples. President taught us a lot about being missionary members. And how we all work together and the importance of Preach my Gospel.
It was definitely a challenging week, but I am learning so much and truly in awe at how well the Lord knows each and everyone of his children. I know he sends me the companions that he does for a reason, it isn't just chance. I know that he loves every single one of us and I want to invite you all that if you don't know that... If you don't truly know that he loves you and is aware of your hardships and
trials, to ask him. And he will tell you and help you feel Him in your life.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!!
Xoxo, Hermana Hauber

President and Hermana Andersen and my sweet new companion

Our crazy Rama after the fireside ❤️