12th MONTH – JUNE

12th MONTH – JUNE


Monday June 27th 2016

Hola Amigos y Familia!

The week was a little rocky with intercombios (aka exchanges...I think) the girls almost missed their plane but we're able to come last minute! The craziest/funniest things always happen in intercombios and lucky for us we get to do them every week! Your totally pooped after but it's worth it. Thank you for your love, emails, and prayers. The mission is amazing, God is great, people are crazy! Enjoy every second of every day. We are incredibly blessed and our possibilities are endless. Love you guys!

Hermana Charlesworth
Iré y Haré y Seré

Pueblo Hopping

Island View From Mountain Top

Gofio. Only found on the Canary Islands and is GOLD.

Island Rooftops

Monday, June 20th 2016

Hola Familia y Amigos!

Primero, me gustaría anunciar que mi amigo Luis que está en Madrid se bautizo!  Estoy muy agradecida por la oportunidad que tuve de conocerle a ser testigo del hombre maravilloso que llegó a ser. 

También me tocó hablar en la reunión sacramental esta semana.  Hable mucho de los principios del Evangelio pero solo quiero enfocarme en el primero que es la fe.  Siempre he escuchado que fe es una palabra de acción. Siempre he aceptado eso pero nunca lo entendía tampoco entendía como ponerlo en practica.  Me gustaría compartir un relato de la Biblia que se encuentra en Josué. En este capítulo Josué estuvo preparándose para dirigir los hijos de Israel a través del Río Jordán. Dense cuenta que Josué y los hijos de Israel tenían la promesa del Señor que podían cruzar el Río Jordán por tierra seca.  Lo que pasó después, Cuando ellos llegaron al río, en vez de esperar que las aguas se separen ellos ya han empezado a caminar en el agua!  Aprendí que ellos tenían tanta fe en el Señor y confiaron que el podría cumplir con sus promesas.  Después de que ellos caminaron en el río el agua se separó.  Seguramente ellos tuvieron dudas en mente en este momento pero nunca tuvieron miedo.  Ojalá que podamos actuar en fe, aunque no sabemos todo, sabemos que Dios nunca nos falla. 

Les quiero! Y que leen las escrituras!

Hermana Charlesworth

Iré y Haré y Seré

Rooftops of the Canaries / Las Azoteas de Las Canarias

When people feed us / Cuando las personas nos alimentan

Life is to enjoy! Not only endure / La vida es para disfrutarla y no tan Solo para tolerarla

12 Month - June


Fam and friends,

This past week we had Mission Leadership Counsel and they flew us and the Zone Leaders into Madrid to participate.  Five other girls and I stayed in the mission home over night with President and Hermana Pack and it was so fun getting to know them and their family! We got in late, changed into our jammies, and President and Hermana Pack cut us a watermelon and then showed us their fruit sticker collection.  I adore them.  The next morning the other missionary's joined us for the meeting and it was amazing!

I'm so grateful for this opportunity I have to serve, love, and improve.  I love the mission and I love our Father and Savior very much.  On the flight over Hermana Freestone leaned over and said, "God loves his missionaries so much!  Right now he's flying us from the coast of Morocco to Europe." We are very blessed!  This transfer we made big goals in counsel meeting and we're ready to help the rest of the mission achieve them.

Miracle this week, during her religion class in school, Alejandra (16 year old girl from our rama), stood up and shared her testimony on the atonement.  The teacher was interested and accepted the invitation to have the missionaries come teach the class.  Of course under legal obligations we could not testify, but we could still invite the spirit.  We showed a very basic video about the Mormon church and then left the rest of the time open for questions.  We spent 1 1/2 hours talking and answering questions with the class! When the bell rang nobody got up to leave, instead they ran up to us with more questions!!!

Needless to say the islands are crazy!  I love our branch and the people here are bomb!

"Exaltation is our goal, discipleship is our journey." -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Hermana Charlesworth
Iré y Haré y Seré

Sand from the Sahara Desert.  We are closer to Africa than we are our mission home!

Back in Madrid with Companion Herman Freestone

Mission Leadership Council

Saved 2 cats then ....

Pueblo Outside of Telde

11th Month – May

11th Month – May

May 30, 2016

I'm headed to the Canary Islands!  President called Saturday morning and asked, "Hermana Charlesworth are you worthy and willing to serve where the Lord needs you?" My new journey is taking me to Telde where I will serve as an STL (Sister Training Leader) and my new companion will be Hermana Freestone!

Love you all!!! Study your scriptures.

Me toca a Telde en la Gran Canaria! Allí seré la Hermana Entrenador por las islas con la Hermana Freestone.  Estoy muy animada, nerviosa, y agradecida por la oportunidad que tengo servir con los misioneros allí!

Nunca podría olvidar me tiempo en Barrio 4 con me compañera la Hermana Barcenas y con la magnífica gente por allí.  Pensé que tendría más tiempo para escribir pero empezamos trabajar ya!

Cuídense y les quiero!

Hermana Charlesworth
Iré y Haré y Seré


Goodbye Spain




Flying to the Canary Islands



Flying into the Canary Island Airport



The Canaries



A Metro (Subway) in the Canaries




Mikaela with New Little Friend

Wednesday May 25th

Hola Familia y Amigos!

This past couple weeks have been buenisimo!  Why?  We are almost 100% healthy!  I'm loving the mission, we see miracles every day.  God is great, God is tender, but I've learned that God will also test our faith.  Always put your trust in him, he's your Father and he loves you dearly. 


SCRIPTURE POWER!  Keeps me safe from sin, SCRIPTURE POWER!  Is the power to win.

Scripture Power!

The Gang

Parque de Europa

Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening)

Thursday May 12th 

Hey Fam and Friends! 

I'm sorry I haven't written in a while!  Thank you for your emails and prayers!  This past week I took a visit to the doc and he announced me as "critical condition" but no worries he took some blood (didn't even cry mom), gave me lots of drugs, and commanded bed rest for a bit. 

This week to prepare for Elder Bednar (who comes Saturday-where having a group discussion, so if you have a question for him pass it to me!)  I've been reviewing his general conference talks for the past ten years. Something I noticed as an ongoing theme, or something I've learned, is overcoming the natural man.  Elder Bednar stated that the number one question in the test of mortality is, "Will I respond to the inclinations of the natural man, or will I yield to the enticing’s of the Holy Spirit and put off the natural man?"  I invite you to meditate this question and remember, "You can have what you want or you can have something better." -Elder Holland. 

I know that Christ is our Savior and that he lives. I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father and that he loves each of his children.  Our MTC President always told us "Don't do anything that would make me (Dad) sad." Our Heavenly Father extends the same invitation, "Don't do anything that would make me sad".  As we know, opposition is necessary for us to be able to use our gift of agency.  When we fail, and no matter how many times we fail, we are saved through the atonement and grace of our Savior.  Apply the atonement, repent!  Change your direction, and remember that your direction is ever more important than your speed. 

I love my Heavenly Father, my fam, and the mission!  Study the scriptures! 

Hermana Charlesworth

Iré y Haré y Seré

Photos:

My little Spanish amiga Daniela💕

 

Taco Tuesday with menos activo Maria

Renfe (aka: the above-ground train) 

Grandma & Grandpa Leathum finished their mission!

10th Month - April

10th Month - April

Hey friends and fam! Only photos this week.

Generation photo: Grandma (Hermana Hill), Mom (Me), Baby (Hermana Barcenas)!

Barrio 4


Pday flower hunting behind the piso

9th Month – March

9^th Month – March

March 22, 2016

Hola Hermanas y Hermanos!
Este semaña era buenísimo! Estamos enseñando personas buenas que
tienen ganas a aprender y aplicar los principios del evangelio! Mi parte preferida de la misión es ser testigo de cambio. Ver la peores situaciones llegar a ser las mejores.
Cuando cambiamos, nos arrepentimos. Cuando arrepentimos, cambiamos nuestros hábitos, pensamientos, creencias, actitudes y acciones.

Cuando Élder Morera de los setenta nos visitó, él nos dijo que, "somos un gente feliz porque podemos cambiar." Tenemos la oportunidad amejorarnos y cambiar cada día! No tengan miedo a cambiar. Con gran fe podemos hacer mas de lo que nuestra mente física pueda pensar. Si estamos cómodos en el barco, nunca caminaremos en la agua.  Arrepentirse, cambia, ser guiados! Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial. El nos ama y nunca nos permite fallar!


Hey Hermanos y Hermanas!
This week as buenísimo! We are teaching good people that are excited to learn and apply the principles of the gospel. My favorite part of the mission is being a witness to change. To see the worst situations become the best.  When we change, we are repenting. When we repent we change our habits, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and actions.

When Elder Morera from the seventy visited, he told us, "we are happy people because we can change." We have the opportunity to change and become better every day! We shouldn't have fear or be too lazy to change. With great faith we can do more than we think possible and perform more than our weak, physical minds can think. If we are comfortable in the boat, we'll never walk on water. Repent, change, be guided! God is our Heavenly Father. He loves us and will never let us fail!

Iré y Haré y Seré
Hermana Charlesworth

Me and my Companion H' Barcenas in Toledo

Toledo Wall

8th Month – February

February 29, 2016

Hola Familia y Amigos!
Este Domingo pasado tuve que hablar en la reunión sacramental con el Elder Jones acerca de la obra misional! Quería compartir algunas cosas con ustedes. Al principio de mi misión en una reunión con el Presidente Pack, él nos dijo que,"Somos una iglesia. No somos una iglesia de misioneros y una iglesia de miembros, somos una iglesia, y tenemos que trabajar juntos." Es cierto, todos nosotros estamos llamados por este obra maravilloso (D&C 4).

Quiero extender un desafío a ustedes, especialmente los miembros de me familia. Quiero para ustedes a encontrar los misioneros en sus barrios (este semana) y invitarles a invitar sus investigadores a su casa por una noche de hogar. Solo eso!

En la conferencia de estaca, el Presidente nos dijo que necesitamos invitar las personas que no son de nuestra fe, adentro nuestras casas para sentir el espíritu.
Este experiencia es maravillosa! Sé que muchos de ustedes han hecho ya, pero siguen haciéndolo!
Buenas noticias: Yo come él lengua de vaca y recibimos una microonda en piso!
Tengan una buena semana!

Iré y Haré y Seré
Hermana Charlesworth

Hey Fam and Friends!
This past Sunday Elder Jones and I gave a talk on missionary work, and there was a few things I wanted to share with you guys! At the beginning of my mission, in a mission with President Pack, he told us, "We are one church. Not a church of missionary's and a church members. We are one church and we work together." We are all called to work actively in this marvelous work (D&C 4)!

I want to extend a challenge to you, especially the members of my family. I want you to find the missionaries in your Ward (this week)and invite them to invite their investigators to your house for a family home evening. Easy-peasy!

At stake conference the Stake President advised that we need to invite people not of our faith into our home to feel the spirit. This experience is amazing! Find your missionaries, invite them for a family home evening (you can tell them they have the lesson) and tell them to invite an investigator.
Can't wait to hear your stories!
As for news this week, I ate cow tongue and we got a microwave!
Make this week great!

I will go, I will do, I will become
Sister Charlesworth

Dedicación de una capilla nueva en Alcobendez.
New chapel dedication in Alcobendez.

New Chapel Dedication

                           Hermanas 


February 15, 2016

Hola Fam & Friends!

Solo tengo fotos esta semana!

Only photos this week!

Les quiero mucho!
Iré y Haré y Seré
Hermana Charlesworth

 


8^th Month – February

Hola Familia y Amigos!

(Si alguien quiere que ser quitado de esta lista no se preocupe,
dígame y puedo quitarle.)

No tengo mucho tiempo solo querría enviarles uña mensaje pequeñita y
agradecerles por su amor y oraciones! Estoy muy agradecida por la
oportunidad que he tenido a conocerles, trabajar con ustedes, y lo más importante, crecer en El Evangelio con ustedes! Ustedes me enseñaron más que yo podría enseñarles.

Estaba llamada a servir en Oviedo (el norte de Espana) pero recibimos una llamada inspirada del Presidente una hora antes de irme, en la que él me dijo, "Hermana Charlesworth no me siento bien acerca de los cambios, siento que necesita servir in Barrio 4 con la Hermana Griffin." Y ahora estoy aquí! Hay mucho para hacer aquí, nuestro distrito es buenísimo y tenemos que trabajar muy duro con el barrio para construir la área. También me encanta mi compañera nueva! Ella es súper linda y puede trabajar súper duro (Era un ex Hermana Entrenador dos veces).

Hey Family and Friends!

I don't have too much time, only wanted to send a short message and
thank you for your love and prayers! I'm grateful for the opportunity I've had to know you, work with you, and most importantly grow in the
Gospel with you! You have taught me more than I could possibly teach
you.

Last week was transfers and I was called to serve in Oviedo (the
north of Spain) but we received a call from President Pack an hour
before my train and he told us, "Hermana Charlesworth, I don't feel
good about transfers. Stay put, don't catch your train, your going to serve in Barrio 4 with Hermana Griffin." And now I'm here! There's lots of work here, the district is awesome and we're working really hard with the ward to build the area. Also-I love my new comp! She's super cute and works really hard (was an Hermana Training Leader twice).

Les quiero mucho!
Iré y Haré y Seré
Hermana Charlesworth

7th Month - January

January 12, 2016

Hola Familia y Amigos!

How is everyone's spiritual goals and game plan?

I thought I'd share a few of mine, if anyone needs a few ideas:

1) Read the Book of Mormon in Spanish in 4 months. Game Plan: 5.4
   pages everyday
2) Memorize a scripture every week. Game Plan: Pick a scripture every
   Monday, recite it throughout the week, then tell my companion my
   memorized scripture at the end of the week.
3) Share my testimony as often as I can.
   These are just a few!

This week was super rainy and super busy! All three of us were doing
splits to get our appointments in. There's a lot of reactivating work here. We've had three lessons where we've taught The Restoration, asked the baptismal question, then found out they were menos activo...hehe...! God is great and I love serving! All of our
investigators have fechas and are progressing poco a poco. I love
them dearly! We hope to see them in white in a few weeks.

Training is one of my favorite parts of the work right now. I love my Hija! She's from the Canary Islands and is learning English. Just a few funny mistakes she's made this week that have now become jokes and thrown us in giggling fits:

"Sheffards quack at the site..."  Aka "Shephards quake at the site..."
"My stickers stank in my poocket..." Aka "My stickers stuck to my pocket..."
"I'm going to flirt on you..." Aka "I'm going to fart on you..."
"Your eyebrows are on flick..." Aka "Your eyebrows are on fleek..."
Hehe, oh dear I'll stop there, she's a hoot.

Study your scriptures! Make this week great! Venga, Nos Vemos!

Iré y Haré y Seré
Hermana Charlesworth

Nuevo Ano Tradition (1 grape for every bong of the clock)

                             Making tortillas, not to be confused with tortilla Espanola



January 5, 2016

Buenas Amigos y Familia!

How was your Christmas and New Year?!

La Navidad y el Año Nuevo here was super tranquila but also my most favorite. Being set apart as a representative of Christ, you can feel his love for all of the Fathers children, and you forget about the presents and rush because all you have room for is love and lots and lots of native pastries (I will have to be rolled off the airplane when I come home).

This week I pondered the story about Lot's wife in Genisis 19. Lot was commanded to take his family and leave their city, and was precautioned by the Lord upon leaving, "look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain". However, Lot's wife still looked back: "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." The question remains why did she look back? I want to relate this story to the New Year. Every year we make goals to progress, and like the Lord commanded Lot's family, we should not look back, neither
stay in the same place, but continue moving forward.

A stake from the south of Spain made a temple trip and invited us to eat with them one day (biggest paella pan I've ever seen in my life). We shared a message and asked everyone what some of their spiritual goals were for the upcoming year. I was surprised and humbled that every one of them had a specific spiritual goal and plan to carry it out. I invite you all to make a spiritual goal and plan. Satan is real, he wants us to fail, and he wants to be miserable. We need a spiritual game plan. Don't let him win! God is on our side. If we're not moving, we're not progressing, and we could be turned into a pillar of salt...

Study your scriptures! Venga! Nos Vemos!

Hermana Charlesworth
Iré y Haré y Seré

3 generations! Mi Madre, yo, mi Hija! (My Mom, Me, My Daughter) 

6th Month - December

December 14, 2015

Buenas Family & Friends! 

Crazy news...IM GOING TO BE A MOM!!!  In the Mission hehe!  And in a trio!  It's hard to believe, I was being trained only four weeks ago and now I'm going to be training!  In a trio...oh my...

Fun news for the week:

Being so close to the Temple and the Stake Center we meet people from all over the world.  The Temple serves Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Germany but Madrid is a melting pot so we have met people from all over Africa and other European countries as well.  As Hermanas of B6 we give Temple tours and this week we had the opportunity to meet and tour over a hundred youth from Barcelona this weekend.  I love the youth! 

Just a quick blerp:

This week I pondered the Christ-like attribute of humility, and its opposite, pride.  Pride affects all of us in various ways and in various degrees.  I used to think of pride as arrogance and self -centeredness, but understand it a little better now as a state of opposition.  When we are prideful we are selfish and we are concerned how things will affect "me".  Pride also affects our relationships and especially our relationship with our Father in Heaven.  I believe if we have pride in our hearts, we could miss something important, because the proud are not easily taught! Choose to be humble and build others!  We can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble, but blessed are they that choose (Alma 32:16).

I'm super content that I'm staying another transfer in Barrio 6!  There's lots of work and we have amazing investigators right now.  Excited to be training with Hermana Harper.  It's funny, I asked to go on splits because we are becoming really busy and we were blessed with another companion! 

How's everyone's Family History search? 

Thank you for your prayers!  Study your scriptures! 

Venga, Nos Vemos!

Iré y Haré y Seré

Con Amor,

Hermana Charlesworth

       Investigator! Learned how to make Maiz Morado. AKA: Delicious sugary purple corn goo.

(December 1, 2015)

Hola Family & Friends!

Another beso for me this week hehe!  Oh dear Spanish men... Speedily leading the way to an appointment, I had Hermana Harper, the Elders and a member in camino right behind me when a Spanish man stopped me to ask if I was a missionary (being stopped instead of doing the stopping is always a dream).  "Si" I said proudly! Long story short he wasn't interested in the lessons and as we started to leave he pulled me in for smooch!  Gah!  Everyone gasped in unison and the member screamed to scare him. Super funny, we still giggle about it. 

We had a great week!  We're finding a lot of good people so we're going to start doing splits to teach everyone.  I love the people we're working with!!!  The Ward is great and they're a huge support. 

Short thoughts/tender mercies/happy moments from the week:

-We passed by a family of members and at the end of our lesson we asked how their reading was as a family.  "Good" they replied.  Then we asked where they were (because this is the real question to see how their reading is!) and in unison they said "2 Nephi 11".  I was impressed. Does everyone know where they are reading right now?  And as a family too?

-Our menos activo we reactivated a couple of months ago gave a strong talk in church.

-Another young menos activo we reactivated is preparing for a mission.

-The weather is freezing at nights!  (7 degrees c!) I didn't bring boots or leggings (don't worry I have some now!) and getting ready to leave an appointment with an investigator she noticed I was bootless!  She ran back to her room and came out with tights and boots for me.  The people have big hearts. 

Thank you for your prayers.  Study your scriptures!  I love you! 

Venga! Nos Vemos!

Iré y Haré y Seré

Hermana Charlesworth 

Thanksgiving!  My first chicken Foot!  You break off all the toes with your hands, pop em in your mouth one by one then suck off the skin and all the ligaments. Yummmm.

This week was a week of trying new foods.

Had the opportunity to share an old talent and taught my friend a quick lil lesson to get her started. Future pro.

Only in the mission.