January 25th

So, I did not get my visa, and neither did any of the other missionaries that are going to Spain. There are actually a lot more going there than i originally thought. I know four, and two of those four know another six or eight. I guess they need a lot of missionaries over there, once we get our visas.

It finally started snowing, it's pretty nice because unlike Oklahoma, they have mountains here, so the snow collects on the mountain, and it looks really nice. Me and my companion talked with a returned missionary who went to Spain, and he said that it is going to snow in Spain, I thought that it was going to be a little warm for snow, but apparently not. He also said that it rains a lot in the spring and fall. So the weather doesn't sound too bad. He also said that they eat a lot of pork over there, so I'm going to be chowing down on quite a bit of pig while I'm there. He also said that the people in Spain are really nice, until you start talking about religion. They haven't had a very good experience with people who claim to do things in the name of the church, namely a dictator around the world war times. Also, if the people let you into their house at all, then you only have one chance to convince them why they need the gospel in their lives.

Anyway, the Spanish is coming great, we had a member of the seventy give a devotional last night, and his wife spoke in Spanish, I understood quite a bit more of the talk than I expected myself to. It was pretty neat. Anyway, I'm getting better at teaching, we have to teach "invetigators" all in Spanish, so there is a little bit of pressure to learning more, and we get to make mistakes and learn before we get into the field.

I'm getting a little tired of the food here, they have hamburgers almost twice every single day. So it gets kind of old after awhile. There are other options to eat, so I'm not stuck with those options every day, but just hamburgers as the main course so often is a little bit disappointing.

The schedule is pretty much the same as it is every week, so I'm not sure there is much to share... except I moved rooms this week, there was a companionship shift so me and me companion, Elder Levorsen, had to switch rooms to a room that is probably the coldest one in the MTC. It's pretty nice actually, since at least we aren't sweating under the covers.

P.S. I'm pretty sure that if anyone wants to send letters, the best way to get them to me right now would be to send them through the dear elder system. I'm not sure when I get my visa, but when I do, I think that I will be leaving for Spain the next day, so I am not sure what I would get if you sent it to me.

Also thank Julie for me, she has sent me four packages of food. So thank her for me please. So I love you!

Until next week.

Talon