Week 7 in Leon Spain


Hey so, about the package you all sent. So I got a call on Friday that my package from y'all got stopped in customs,  in correos (which is like the USPS for Spain). So the office elders call you when this happens as soon as they find out because there is a deadline of 10 days from the time they stop it until the time that they return it to the sender. The elders said that i had to get in contact with them before Sunday in order to have it not sent back to you guys. So correos didn't send the noticiario that it got stopped until Friday,  so i only had until Sunday to respond. So i got a call Friday afternoon,  and they told us that they emailed me a copy of the form that you have to fill out like everything that the package has,  and then email it back. They told us also that you can call, but the form had the number that i had to call.  So we got to the capilla,  because we have ward night on Fridays,  and tried to download the email, but the WiFi was broken. The elders tied to fix it but it didn't work.  So we couldn't download it or anything, and it was late so we couldn't call either.  So Saturday,  during medio día we team by the capilla,  and the WiFi was working so we downloaded the email,  and there was no number.  It was just like a form for your name,  and number,  andspace to put the contents of the package,  and if it contained any medicine or anything.  Do then we called the elders back and ask them,  and they accidently sent the front of the form, and not the back with the information that i needed. So they sent it,  and I called the number and the apparently close for Saturday and sunday,  and their office hours ate from like 9 to 5 during the week. So them I'm like,  well we have a computer in the family history center that we can use for things like this,  so we went in there and i tried to fill the dorm out,  and my companion and I could not figured out how to do it, and didn't know what this things that they were asking for were.  So then we printed out the form, and filed it out and tried to scan it to them,  but them but you cannot do it that way,  you have to fill it out online,  or you can send it but mail. So we gave up and at this point i can't call, or email them because there are specific numbers that you have to sl it out that we didn't know what they mean.  So i was pretty frustrated.  So they i called this morning to try to talk to them hopefully before they sent it back,  but we couldn't understand the lady,  and she couldn't understand us,  then she told us to just go online and do it,  but we couldn't,  but hopefully i can figure it out someone today, but most likely it will be sent back, which really sticks because I know that toy guys spent a lot of money sending it. It is just really frustrating because even if I was or am able to get it after is stopped by customs,  I will have to pay anywhere from 20 to 100 euros depending on how big it is when they deliver it.  It's just stupid how difficult it is to send packages, so if it ends up getting sent back, honestly as much as it breaks my heart, it's not worth it to send it again, because for sure it will get stopped unless it's like a big envelope or something. But boxes always get stopped because we're Americans so they automatically stop anything from America because they know that we will pay to get it. I'm really sorry, and I'm pretty sad about it. I mean I know it's just stuff but it's from home and that means a lot, because it is diffrent here than college, because the only person I have to talk to is my companion, because we're super isolated up here. I mean it's fine e, but it would be nice to get something from home. But honestly if you ever want to send me something, just send it using Amazon or something because it's almost not worth it to send it from  home. Oh spain... but it you do want to send this package again, maybe send a few big envelopes instead of a box for this stuff, because and envelope has a much better chance of not getting stopped than a box does. Also here are the guidelines for sending stuff the the mission gave use. 

Okay so this week has been a great one. Definitely with some up's and down's, but mostly up's. Spain is really pretty, and the people, when you can talk to them are generally very nice. This week something I have noticed yet again is that spain is really a melting pot, (not like fondue). THis week we have met people from coulumbia, guatmela, equador, bulgaria, romania, germany, china, japan, serbia, pakistan, and then as always, the dominican republic. It's crazy to me that i get the oppourtunity to meet some many diffrent kinds of people, from diffrent bakgrounds and places. It's pretty awesome!

MONDAY:

Okay so on Monday after i emailed and played some ping-pong, we walked around and talked to a few people in th street but there we only met one lady who seemed interested in meeting with us, which was a miracle in and of itself. So, as I have said before, the people here really don't like to be tied down, and loath making appointments, so we end up passing by a lot, and calling a lot because no one will make a sure appointment. SOmetimes we get lucky, and they are home. Someties we get lucky and if they're home, and the stars are prefectly aligned, and the moon is waning, then maybe they will let us in. Monday night just happened to be one of those PERFECTLY ALIGNED nights. We have been passing by this lady named Leslie. I didn't know her but my compnaion had met her once. Her daugthers are friends wiht one of the young men in our ward named Jesus. Most of the time when we "Timbre", (it's like ringing a doorbell but on the outside of the building) her daugther gabby answers, but this time we caught her at home finally, and it was really great lesson. We were able to share about the Book of Mormon, and how it can truly bless, and change her life. It was way fun. Oh, they had this dog named cookie, that im pretty sue was a coyote, but her was playing wiht us the whole time we were trying to teach this lesson. He was jumping all of my companion, and jut messing with her, and then, right before we left she got hives, not too bad, but she was itchy all over, and she had to take some benadryl when we got home becuase she coulden't stop sneezing.

TUESDAY:   BIRTHDAY!!!