Hello from Móstoles, Spain!
Another week down, and it was pretty good! I'm having a good
time. I'm keeping pretty busy. I can't wait for the day when my legs stop being
sore at the end of the day, if that ever happens, ha, but it's been good. The
work is hard, but we have a good time, and we have a lot of great conversations
from people from all over the world. I've been working this week on my accent
and trying to use the Spanish theta more, it's taking some getting used to, but
it will come with time.
We had a busy week, but I'm having trouble remembering stuff
to write down. We didn't have as many meetings this week as we did the first,
so we spent a lot more time contacting in the streets. I feel pretty settled in
at this point. I'm grateful for is how quickly it took me to get settled in.
One thing we did last week was go to a mall on p-day and get this little 3 euro
backpack that all of the Madrid missionaries have and now I do, too. After that
we just walked around the mall for a bit and the elders got some ties. I don't
really remember what I did throughout the week so I'll just talk about some
other people I'm coming to know in the area that are pretty cool.
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| Juan playing the guitarra |
The first guy I want to talk about is named Juan. He
is a member that is really cool and is always coming with us to meet with
investigators. He is a little old, so he is really hard for me (and even Elder
Simmons) to understand. He is a really fun guy though always has a smile on his
face, and he is really happy to help and serve others. What's crazy to me is
that he is the ward pianist, and he even plays the guitar too, yet he is pretty
blind. I don't think I've ever seen him not wearing his glasses. He just plays
everything from memory. He is a really fun guy.
Another person I want to talk about is Paco. Paco is a
member of our English classes that we teach. He is a teacher, and his English
is pretty good so we just have a lot of fun conversations. He is a really nice
guy and is always really cheerful and has a lot of interesting questions. One
thing he wants to learn is common English sayings that might not exist in
Spanish. If anyone has any phrases they want to share, I'm open because he has
wrung me dry. He is a really smart guy, and we always have such interesting
conversations.
