25 April 2012

So this past week I can´t say was exactly the best, almost every single lesson that we had was canceled on us (when we got to their apartment of course). So our backup plans came in handy a lot during this past week. However, we also had a baptism this past week which is really exciting. If I haven´t said it before, it was for a small girl, 9 years old. Her family is less active which is why it took an extra year before she was baptized. However, hopefully her baptism will help to reactivate her family. So that might have to be the best thng that happened this week. Our next baptism is scheduled for the 5th ( if I remember correctly) and the one after that (for an awesome family, that I believe I have mentioned in some of my previous letters) is the week after that.

So I guess I forgot to tell you, but that golden contact turned out to be in barrio 9, so we don´t exactly get to teach them. Which is rather a dissapointment, to find a miracle and not be able to teach them. However, at least we got to leave them the baptismal invitation and teach them one lesson.

So also this week I finally received Papa´s letters! That was pretty exciting. So apparently they only give the letters that are sent to the mission home whenever they have someone go down to our area and then remember to bring it with them. So this week we had interviews with the mission president and he brought them down. And I was pretty excited when I received about 6 letters.

So something interesting I ate, though I did not enjoy it at all. It's called Quaker, it consists of a small bit of oatmeal at the bottom of a drink of milk and hot water. I am really glad that I wasn´t openly gagging because the familia is really great. But other than that I haven´t exactly eaten anything exotic ( like cow tongue). Of course the food here is different, but it isn´t anything to be really excited about. Maybe for next week though.

So for my meals on a usual day ( and without being fed by members) consists of either cereal ( kind of like a rice crispie flakes) or eggs, bacon and toast; and then a pear and yogurt. For lunch (at about 2-4) It would be either a sandwich, small frozen pizza, canned beans and meat or frozen pasta with tomato sauce. And dinner (about 10:45) consists of the same things that I might have for lunch, but of course it isn´t going to be the same thing for the same day.

So the reason that I didn´t have much food last week is because we were in a little bit of a hurry, and I didn´t think that I would need much because I had some left over from last week.

 

 So Mother's Day is the second Sunday of May right? It's the first week in May in Spain, but we will be calling during the second week. That is going to be an exciting day.

So today I will be going to buy more ties, if I have time, unfortunately some have gotten rather dirty so they are less desirable to wear...

So my address here is:

Calle de la Oca 2 3b

Madrid 28025

España

Well do the right things, because doing what you should be doing is the only thing that is going to bring happiness for an eternity. And it is the only thing that is going to bring peace and joy in this life right now.

Well, until next week,

love,

Elder Johnson