19 December 2012

Hello!

So last week and this week have been ridiculously crazy ... again. So last week we ended up being able to find a piso (miraculously). We found a really nice one, but that wasn´t going to be available until January, but, a day later, we received a call from the person who showed us the piso, and he said that there was one that was equal that would be available that day. So we quickly picked out a time to see it, and we were able to look at it Saturday morning, my companion wrote up the contract that afternoon, and we bought it Tuesday morning, Then we quickly put in the furniture and set it up just an hour before the new Hermanas got there. But, in order to do that, we drove to and from the suburb ( about 1 hour round trip) about five times, to switch cars, pick up materials and furniture, and finally we were able to get it all ready and set up. It´s a really nice piso, and the Hermanas are really lucky to be able to get a bunch of new things for their pisos, the other pisos all got old things put into theirs.

But because of all the travelling and setting up we were pretty beat last night. I completely lost consciousness last night. However, I´m still pretty tired today. I´ll try to sleep when Elder Winkelkotter practices driving today. I pretty much have a stick car down, but the problem is that I always get super nervous when i´m driving in Spain, so they decided that it would be in the best interest of our health ( and for our hygiene) if he drives.

So also, thanks for the mission pages, they are awesome!! I really enjoyed reading them.

So I did end up getting my package. I got a slip on my birthday that said that I needed to pick it up in Customs. We didn´t have time on Friday (because it is only open for about 5 hours a day, in the morning). So I picked it up Monday morning, right before we picked up my new and next companion, Elder Winkelkotter.

So thanks a ton for the package, it´s great!!

So Elder Forsythe is still here. Since he is the Executive Secretary for the mission and the President, he has to train Elder Winkelkotter so that the mission doesn´t fall apart. So I still get to be with him for two more weeks.

So my Spanish isn´t perfect, but I definitely fell like my accent has improved a ton. I think that now that the chaos has settled down a little, that hopefully I can pick up my Spanish studies again.

So I had something eventful happen on Monday, we were unpacking the car full of furniture on Monday night, and I was closing the door of the van, and smashed the head of Elder Laubaugh... It turned out that it was a pretty nasty gash, he had to get some stitches from President, and there is still a puddle of blood on the ground. The worst part would probably have to be that it was the first time that I had seen Elder Laubaugh for about 5 months. Soo.. it was my welcome back to Madrid for him ... Oops. He took it like a champ though, he was super nice and calm about everything. He´s awesome! (here´s a picture of that, it has a sister and an Elder that went home yesterday, (I also interrupted their last night in Spain with this) and the President´s daughter, and Elder Winkelkotter in front of the Christmas Tree).

So here´s a picture of our bishop and almost all of his family (his other daughter is taking the picture) They´re a German family that also have lived in several locations, including Japan.

 And also here´s the cooked rabbit. (you can even see the eyeballs!). and it´s not burnt, it´s just the large amount of spices that they put on it.

 So thanks for everything! and until next week!

Elder Johnson