Transfer 3 Week 2 In Leon Spain:

So this week has been money! I ate churros, from a churreria; Lost my WALLET; And had turkey!

MARTES:

Okay! So Tuesday we had set up 2 solid appointments, that we then confirmed, but they both failed us. The good news is that even though they failed us, they gave us the right address, and number, so I have a hard time believing that if they weren't interested even a little bit, why would they give us their correct number and address. I would have lied. So I have hope!
Now I know what it is like to be one the other side. You know, like those people who try to sell you the lotion, or straighteners in the mall, and you have to say no to them like 4 times before they stop following you? Yep, I know how they feel now. Okay, enough of that.. So we visited one of our JAS, which just means a Young person (Joven) named Estefannie. We just talked in her door way but it was nice to finally talk to her. I had only met her 2x, for the street, so we didn't get to talk much. It was cool. Then we had English class, and they were super good like normal. So when I was looking for my keys to open the Capilla for English class, that is when i discovered that my wallet was gone. No worries, I only had my church debit card, and Spain residency card, and my Drivers license from the states that was going to go out of date anyhow. It is all canceled, and is being replaced now. I still have my passport, SSN, and my Credit card, so I am set. I am a little bummed out though because i lost my auto zone card.. I had so many points saved up...Oh and our Elders' Gearing and Reese came back from Madrid, and brought all of the packages and letters for all of the missionaries, so i got all of my letters! Thanks!

MIERCOLES:

We went to La Baneza! We have like 3 solid investigators in this little pueblo, one named Barbara who is from The Dominican Republic. She is like 17 i think, and is sup's cool. So we normally meet with her one Wednesday's , but she called for the morning, and told us that she couldn't do it today, but we decided to go anyway, and try to find, and teach, and teach, and find. We met 2 really awesome people, that we are really excited about! Oh okay, so Elder Gearing told us this story awhile back about when they were walking, and it was cold, and he said, "Man, a *Colacao sounds awesome." Then the very next person they talked to offered them Colacao... So this has happened 9 times since the first time. Do you know how many times this has happened to us? ZERO..   But still have push forward with faith. So we were walking in La Baneza, on the way to the bus station home, and found a brand new, sealed bow of chocolates in the middle of the road. We picked it up and inspected it meticulously and then ate. It was awesome! The lord Answers prayers  for chocolate, hot or cold. 

JUEVES:

So today we had Zone Training!  So yesterday the elders called us, and asked us if we could prepare a practise, or role pay for the ZC, that would be tomorrow. We said yes, and then immediately regretted it. But no, It went really great and I learned a mountain. (Bad Spanish joke, Because for "a lot", they say, "un monton", like i learned a mountain... Ha)

So after that, we ate as a Zone. We ate Kebab chicken, which was super tasty, and then we played games and stuff. After that we had a Lesson with Maribel that was really good. Then We went back to the Capilla, because our member, Angel, decided to make us a thanksgiving feast which turned out super good. I know you were all wondering, but the stuffing turned out pretty tasty. Not like stove top, but i figure they have never had it and won't know the difference. So as per tradition, and i think it might be a requirement for citizenship in the untied states, we ate turkey on thanksgiving.

VIERNES:

So we had correlation with Pedro, and planned the Christmas dinner, which i think is going to go awesome. Halloween was pretty risky last time, but i think that Christmas is a little more widely accepted here. So were praying that it all salir's (ends up) good.
Then we had Weekly planning. Also the New Christmas campaign came out today. #ILUMINAelMUNDO or #LIGHTtheWORLD. So they challenge is 25 ways in 25 days. So when Christ was on the earth, he was always serving. So we have the opportunity to emulate him through serving other in the 25 days leading up to Navidad. Do it.. Also watch the video, it is really awesome. Oh and my comp made arepas and we put hot dogs, and cheese in them and they turned out amazing!

SABADO:

We went to La Palomera, which if I'm correct means: Place with a lot of pigeons. So you can imagine how that was. So La Palomera is just like a part of leon that e hardly ever go to, probably because of all the pigeons. It's is just really far away, but the lord blessed us greatly in our efforts with 3 Referrals. Like real referrals?  Then we had  lesson with MD (Maria- Dolores) which was awesome, and invited her to come to church with us. She said yes! So then we had English class which was super fun, and i found out that Fidel Castro died.. Learn something new everyday..

DOMINGO:

MD came to church with us, in fact we met her on the way to her house. She was already coming by herself, How cool is that! She wore a fur coat.. The branch was super warm and welcoming, and they talked super Spanish, with their crazy accent.. It was super cool. Then we had a lesson with Tantika, who is from Romania. I really don't think she understand my vampire jokes, but that doesn't stop me. Then we had another lesson with Pamela, which went okay. Her baby seriously is gigantic though, and look like a little Eskimo!

LUNES:

And here we are. Well we cleaned, and grocery shopped, and ate, and went to El Corte Ingles, which is the mall, and walked around, and tried on some stuff. IT was fun, i felt like i was in High school again. And then after P-day we are going to visit Carmen in the hospital, and she how she is doing. She was one of the members who had that accident but i think she finally had her surgery today. Well ya esta.

Thanks so much for all of the pictures, and emails! I love you some much, and i hope that you have safe, and fun weeks!

*(Colacao, is Hot chocolate, but super bitter so you have to dump like a pound of sugar in it to be able to drink it.)

Letter to Dad
11-21-16

Well the meeting the we were going to go to right before the accident was ward council, so the lord really does answer prayer, and even though we didn't have it, maybe we will have it next week. So i have really high hopes that we will have 3 people with baptism dates by the end of the week! Paula, Barbara, and Maribel! So i am really praying for a baptism this transfer. My Spanish is definitely getting better here, with my comp. I feel pretty fluent for the most part. I can pretty much express my self, and say what i want to say, and understand everything that is said to me, and can read my scriptures, and do all of my studies in Spanish with out to much difficulty, so that lord is really blessing me with the gift of tongues. Now i just need to learn how to teach. I feel like the whole time in my mission up until now has been pretty much just learning the language, but now that i can say what i want, i don't know what to say. But my companion is an amazing teacher, and i m learning a lot from her!.   Well I love you, and i would love some advice and teaching, and life nd all that good stuff. Love you, nd Happy thanksgiving

Transfer 3 Week 1 in Leon
New Companion Hermana Mendoza from Bolivia

Well, My new companion is awesome, and her name is HNA Mendoza. She is from La paz, Bolivia. She is a really amazing missionary, and i am going to learn, and am currently learning  lot from her.Well this week as always was really awesome, and i learned a lot of Spanish too.

LUNES:

So HNA Snyder went to Carabanchel, which is in the Ghetto of Madrid, so i was really excited for her. She is from Syracuse, Utah; and is white and blonde. I'm way excited for her. So she left about lunchtime, and so the HNA's from GIjon came down and we with me until my companion came at 5pm. It was my first trio!!! We went to Domino's, all you can eat buffet. Surprisingly enough, people in Spain really like jamon, tuna, and BBQ sauce so if the pizza didn't have Jamon, or some form of tuna, it had BBQ. But that didn't stop me, I ate like 8 pieces or something crazy. It was awesome! Then my companion llegared ( arrived), and we made the trek back to the piso from the train station. I kept assuring her that it was only 5 minutes more, but i think she caught on when it took 45 minutes.. It just takes forever with suitcases, because most of the sidewalks and walk way are cobblestone, so the little wheels get stuck. Then we had a lesson with Paula, who we had not met with for like 1 and 1\2 months. So miracle there. It went good, and we are supposed to meet with her again soon.

MARTES:

So when your companions leaves, and you get a new companions who is not familiar with the area, and doesn't know any of he people, it is called Area Training. So that is what i am doing right now. It's really fun, and we get lost a lot, but also it's like really stressful, because you want your companion to know everybody, but they don't and s you hve to decide where to go, and who to see, based on what you feel, and where they live, and how much time we have. I can testify, that the lord helps his missionaries. So first we had a lesson with Hortensia, which went well. Then Out of nowhere Tony, our old investigator called us and told us that he was in leon for the day, from Madrid, where he had moved about 1 month ago. He was giving some English classes, and asked if we could meet with him. Now he is the guy we were teaching awhile back, who is from Nigeria, who speaks English. It went really good, nd he was looking for a piso so that he can move back to Leon, and keep meeting with. It was crazy, but i felt bad that my companion had to teach a lesson right of the bat in English, but she speaks like really amazing English, and so she took it like a champ. Then we met with Pamela, Which is pronounced like (pa- MEla). Now it can;t say it normally in English, but i will take that as progress! Then we walked around for little, and then had a really good lesson with Thalia. So we had 4 lessons, and gave away 3 Book of Mormons, and got like 6 references. It was a miracle and crazy!

MIERCOLES:

So we went by Sandra first thing in the morning, and chatted with her for a minute, and then shared this cool Christmas video. She liked it, and then as we were talking, she told us about this Special Christmas that is like from Leon, and some little pueblos around here. It is really cool. Maria-Dolores has one, so look it up because it's interesting. It looks kind of like one of those Hanukkah lamp tings, but wooden, and you put ornaments and whatever you want on it. We are totally getting one for the piso! Then after that we had District meeting, with our new elder. He is called Elder Baerwalt, and he is from Cali. It was really good, DM, and then right after we ran to the bus station and caught our bus for La Baneza. We just barely made it 15 minutes early.. I hate being Late to things, especially in the mission. So when we got there, we had two lesson set up. The first was with Barbara, who I had talked to on the phone to set up the cita. So we get there, and we met in the Plaza Mayor (I swear very place in Spain has a Plaza Mayor). When i had talked to her on the phone, she sounded a lot older, and when we met her in person she told u tht she was 17, which i didn't believe. But she is really cute. So then she told us that she wanted to meet with her friend because she was Mormon, so we ran by and got her friend, named angeli, and had a lesson. So Angeli is a member and was super active forever, and is 18, but then her mom and her moved to La Baneza, and the capilla is far away. But she is seriously super sweet, and really helped us out a lot in the lesson. So her mom is isabel, who is on our list, but according to the Ward list she is only supposed to have one daughter, but i gues she has 2! So it went really good. Then we went looking for the other lady name Simoni's house. We found it but had to run to the bus station, so we just talked with her for  few minutes and then got out of dodge.

JUEVES:

We had daily planning, which was really good. Then we had a lesson with fanny, a Member, and it went relly well. We showed to video of the man of the cruise who brought beans an crackers, and didn't leave his room, and liken that to ourselves, an how sometimes we are like that man, and live far beneath our potential. It was super good. Then we had  Family home evening with Thalia, and her family, with the Elders. It went really good.

VIERNES:

So We went by and saw Maria Dolores, which was awesome as usual, and she is just like my 4th grandma. You guys would love her! So because of my new comp, she had to show us every photo that she has of her family, and the story behind them. It was cute. Then we were supposed to have lesson with a New investigator, and were looking for her address. She live in the hardest place to find ever. It took us like 1 hour just to find her piso, but we did, and she wasn't home, but we can pass by later. Then We had a lesson with Maribel, and it was really good, and we invited her to choose  a date herself for her baptism, so she is supposed to tell us soon. Then We had Noche De rama, and Angel, our member brought hot dogs for us. So everyone in Europe thinks that all that Americans eat is Hot dog's and hamburgers. Which is guess is kind of true. It's funny. 

$$$  So Angel asked me to Make Thanksgiving stuffing, but i don't have a clue how to do it, so if you have a recipe, that is easy, and cheap, and does not involve stouffers stuffing, then please send it my way!

SABADO:

So i contacted this Spanish guy the other day, and set up an appointment to visit him, and got his address and all that, and so we were supposed to meet with him, and we found his piso, and he told u that he had gotten called into to work, but that we could come by next tuesday, but he said that he would love to have us meet with his whole family. Spanish don't normally do that. They normally tell you straight up, that they don't want to talk to you, or just give you the Spanish finger wag, but this guy, and his family is really interested. So I'm pretty excited. Then we had lesson with a lady named milagros, but my comp has his sickness or something where she has to put and ITO, or ITA on the end of everything, so in stead of milagros, it was milagritos, and the whole time we were in the lesson, i was dying every time she said it. It was awesome. Then we had english class, and 8 people came. I taught the advanced class, and it was awesome to speak English. I had been going through withdraws. It's funny to talk with them though because they all have British accents!

DOMINGO:

SO We left the piso early to go to a meeting at church, and we got there, and we there for about 10 minutes when Lucy ran in, crying, and said that Gloria had a car accident. So the elders, and a few members, and president took off running to find them. After about a hour they found them. So Gloria was driving, and it was raining and she saw a car swerving into her lane, and swerved and hi a big tree, and the car wrapped around the tree, and was destroyed. So in the front seat was Carmen, and older member, and she was not wearing a seat belt, and flew into the windshield, and broke the glass, but didn't not fly out of the car. Lucy was also in the crash but was fine, Rebbecca, another older member was fine as well. Carmen, and Gloria went to the hospital. Gloria left with a few bumps and bruises, but Carmen Had a really bad concussion, and has a giant gash on her forehead, and a broken hit that they will operate on Thursday, but she is okay. It was sad, and everyone was really worried for them, but we had church, and then went and visited them in the hospital. If anything good came of this, it was the unity, and love that i saw abounding in between the members. It was amazing the charity i saw as they helped one another, and cried with those that cried.

LUNES:

So We went and visited Carmen with Pedro, and Gloria, and she seems to be in high spirits. Then we went grocery shopping, and went on the hunt for some churros, but all of the stores were closed, so we just ate some Dulce de Leche at home. And now were writing, and later we will have a lesson with some new muchacho named Benigno, and then with Paula.

A scripture that i have been thinking about is in the book of Mormon in Mosiah 5: 2-9..

2 And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.

3 And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things.

4 And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has spoken unto us that has brought us to this great knowledge, whereby we do rejoice with such exceedingly great joy.

5 And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.

6 And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.

7 And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters.

8 And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.

9 And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which he is called; for he shall be called by the name of Christ.

Last week of transfer 2 in Leon:

Well this week was pretty crazy, but amazing. We accomplished a lot of the things that we wanted to, but of course that means that things are about to change. Well I will not keep you in the dark any longer. Hermana Snyder received the call Saturday night that she would be going to Madrid, Barrio 9. In the ghetto... So My new companion is Hermana Mendoza and she is from Bolivia! She just finished training my companion from the MTC, Hermana Christensen which is kind of cool. She speaks a little English... But that just means that I am going to learn, Right?

Monday:

Well for P-day  we made cinnamon rolls, which was a mess. They tasted really good, but our piso was destroyed. So then we spent the rest of P-day cleaning the piso, and emailing. We met a few people that were really interested in the street, and after that we had a money lesson with our friend Pamela. So awhile back we dropped her, or in other words stopped teaching her because she was not fulfilling any of our commitments. We invite or commit people to do things like Pray, or Read the Book of Mormon, or  Come to church because if we do not ask them to do things, and to make little changes, they won't because they don't know how. We ask people to do these things because this is the way that they can know for themselves if this is really true. Anyway so we passed by, and taught her, and she was different person. She had been praying every morning and every night, and I could tell she was happier, and different. It was really cool. 

Tuesday:

We had 3 Lessons today! I know, I know, the lord has been helping us a lot here. They we all really good, and for the last one we had to go to San Andreas which is a pueblo just outside of Leon. Last time we went there, we walked. It took like 2 hours. This time we didn't miss the bus, so we got there in 30 minutes.  We contacted a lot as well, and found 3 really interested people. Then we gave away all of the cinnamon rolls to the members. Bitter sweet you could say. Then we had a Stellar Noche de Jas. It was great day.

Wednesday:

SO we had a really awesome district meeting, it was way fun. Then after that we visited our amiga lesly, and she is doing good. Her and her family are just really sweet, and funny. She always feeds us cookies, and cake, and coke when we are there. It's awesome.  Then we were contacting and found this really awesome lady and chatted her up for about 10 minutes in the street. We gave her a Libro de Mormon and got her number. It's crazy to me how prepared the people we meet are. The lord prepares his people, and it's just cool. 

Thursday:

So we had weekly planning, as always. We had a bunch of plans set up, but they pretty much all fell through. SO we walked around and contacted. Then we had a really great correlation with Pedro. He was sick as a god though so we felt really bad for him. Then when i got home, we made roasted vegetables that we really tasty. Pretty good day.

Friday:

So we went to our friend Sandra's house for Medio-dia. She made this spaghetti stuff that was super delish, and we talked about the Word of wisdom with her, and why we believe in it. She liked the idea a lot. Then after that we went to our friend Maria Dolores. Also here, they really like Lentejas, which are like lentils. It's just weird because i feel like i never have eaten lentils before now. After that we had Noche de rama, and only Lucy came but it was still good. So in the front of the church there is like a metal chain link door that is mechanic and you put your key into it and it goes down or up to lock the capilla. So on our way out, it broke and wouldn't move. The elders, us, and Lucy were waiting and trying to figure out what to do. Then we figured that it was a breaker or something so then we broke into the breaker panel with a ping pong paddle. After that it worked. 

Saturday:

So we had another lesson with Maria-Dolores today, and were ale to meet her grandchildren. They were super cool, and really liked our gringo accents. She made lentils. Also i had the notorious murcia, or blood sausage yet again. We had 6 people come to English class! Can you believe it? It was cool, and they are really funny. Almost ll of the people who come are Spaniards who are attending the school of languages here in leon. I like it because they are just normal people with jobs, and families who wanted to learn English in their spare time, so they are. Then we got the call from the elders about where HNA Snyder was going, and we were with Lesley (members house) and brigit. It was cool. A Lot of crying...

Sunday:

We had church and then we passed by a bunch of people so that HNA Snyder could say bye to them. We got to see Pamela again, who seriously has the cutest baby that i have ever seen. She is super chubby, and has super thick black hair and looks a little bit like an Eskimo. It's cute though. Then we went to the family riveras, and ate tuna. Tuna empandilla, tuna potato salad, then extra tuna if you wanted it too. It was good, but they really like tuna here.

Monday:

SO the hermanas from Gijon are here, and we are in  trio because my companion left for Madrid this morning and my companion doesn't come until 5. We went with the elders and had all you can eat dominoes. I know it sounds amazing, but it was a bad idea, obviously. I ate like 10 pieces of pizza. And then a gallon of sprite. Im dying right now, but it' okay.

Well sorry i didn't write much, but things here are going really well, and it's really cold here too. Winter has come, and it is supposed to snow sometime in december. Well i love you all very much and i hope that you all have great weeks!

Elder Reese and Gearing

 Harry potter- Esque street in leon

 Lucy(left)& Pedros kids

 Taylor, Pedro, Sis Snyder

 Sis Snyder, Tay, Elders Leon

Pictures form week 5 transfer 2 in Leon
Graffitti in La Beneza

 Sister Snyder and I

 On splits with Sister Jensen and Shriver

Week 5 of Transfer 2 in Leon

Privyet!

I'm pretty sure that's how you say hello in Russian. Well this week has been really great, and also exceptionally fast,  but that's life right? Well, the quote of the week, "They don't think I know a butload of crap about the gospel, but I DO..."

I really think I out did myself with this one. 

LUNES:

Well we had P-day. We made caramel apples, and they turned out really good. After that, we went and visited our friends Norberto and Nalda. They are super cool, and are really hilarious. So we went by them and had guitar, piano, english classes. It was way fun. After that we shre a thought with them about Jesus Christ, and who he really is. It went over great, and we really felt the spirit. After that, we ran home so that we woulden't be late, which normally isn't a big deal but they live like 1 hour from our piso. Don't worry... We made it. 

MARTES:

Alright. Well we meet with our friend Hortensia every Tuesday morning. We had a really great lesson with her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is: Faith, Repentnce, Baptism, Recieving the gift of the holy ghost, and Enduring to the end. PRetty great stuff in there. This was what Jesus Christ, and his Apostles taught when they were on the earth. The restored gospel of Jesus Christ is just the same, because it is "RESTORED." I Like to think of it as a car. So say for example your Grandpa bought a brand new Ford Mustang in 1967. It was shiny, and without imperfections. Your grandmother didn't think it was responsible to drive such a fast car so Grandpa puts it in the garage for a long time. Such a long time in fact, that the paint starts to chip off; There are large patches of rust; all of the tires are flat and delfated; the upholstrey is ragged and moth-eaten; The engine is a mess, it coulden't start even if it wanted to. Then one day someone finds the car. They drag it out of the old leaky garage into the sunlight, which the car hasn't seen for a very long time. They take the car to a new garage, and with able hands begin to work on it. Take apart, clean, and refurbish the engine so it's brand new; run new electrical line; patch the rusty spots, and sand it; lay a fresh coat of paint; reupholster the seats and dashboard; and get new rubber for the tires. It is the same car, "RESTORED," to it's perfect state. The state that your grandpa bought it in so long ago. You put the key in the ignition and the engine roars to life. It is the same with the Gospel. Jesus established his gospel and authorized his apostles to teach and preach the world. After his death, and the deaths of his apostles, the peple of the earth wanted to follow him but didn't have the authority nor the guidance to do so. When this happens it is called an apostasy, or a falling away from God and his teachings. So the simple and pure truths of the gospel were changed and molded by the people to suit their desirse. These saving ordinance such as baptism were changed. Thus, when the light of the world, Jesus Christ died, the world was left in darkness. Becuase of his long period without the guidance of prophets or apostles, there arose many churches. Many of them had good, and true things but were not complete. In the year 1820, all of that changed. God clled  prophet once again to the earth to guid his children, ad gave him the authority to perform these sacred ordinances like baptism. This prophet called Jospeh Smith, called 12 apostles and gave them the authority to preach the gospel of The savior once again in it's pure and simple form. The gospel was restored. Faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the holy ghost, and eduring to the end. Good stuff.

MIERCOLES:

So we went to distrcit meeting today, which was fun, and afterwards we visited a pueblo caled "La Baneza" which is about a hour in bus from LEon. It was pretty, and we met lots of great people. I lost my planner on the way back. So as missionaries we have aganda where we plan for every preson that we will go by the night before, and also it has all of the things that we must do that day. I lost mine.. So i got a new one when i got home but i'm still pretty bummed out. But it was a great day and La Baneza has the coolest graffiti that i hav ever seen. It is super fly..

JUEVES:

Well Today was reallly good. We had a bunch of lesson set up, which failed us. It sounds like a bad start but that's just being a missionary. So after that we went to correlacion, Which is a meeting that we have with our mission leader who is a member in the branch or ward who is in charge or oversee's the missionary work. Our mission leader is amazing, he is called Pedro. Well we had a really awesome meeting with him, and talked about of amigos that we are teaching, and also talked about how we can what the big picture of missionary work not only in Leon, but in Spain. It was awesome, and i learned a ton. It is easy to fall into a outine and only think about what you have directly in front of your face, but in this work, and also in life it is important to keep a perspective of what is really important, or what the big picture is. So that was cool, and then after that we met this really cool spanish guy in the street who was really interested. That never happens. Miracles... 

VIERNES:

SO we left early in the morning in a train for madrid! WE had intercambios, which is where you switch companions for a day, and in our case, areas of proselyting. IT was awesome becasue we were in the very center of madrid, which is called Cuatro Caminos.. YOu should look it up, its cool. It was realy fun, and i learned a lot. Man, madrid is big..And super loud and crazy, but cool. 

SABADO:

Well we were still in madrid, and our train left at 11:05. We left and got to the train station at like 11:03 because the other Hermanas that were with us got lost, and it wasn't like we knew where we were. But we made it...barely. When we got back to LEon, we met with maria- dolores, and had  great lesson. So my companion has been in leon for 4 transfers. A transfer is for 6 weeks. So she has been here for almost 6 months which for an 18 month mission, is a considerable chunk. So she will more than likely go to a new areathis next transfer, which is the coming monday. So we told Maria-dolores this and she took it okay but then just started balling..She was telling us how she didn't want tus to leave, and how we had been her guardian angels. She is a little Dramatic, but she really loves us. We really love her, and i can feel the love that the savior has for her when we are there. It was just really sweet, and  have to admit that i cired a little too. It's just nice to feel like you helped someone in the little way that you can. Then we had a big turn out for enlgish class. We had 5 people there. It gets bigger eveytime. Great day. 

DOMINGO:

SO today we had church, which was aweosme as usual. We talked to our president wife, Virginia ad asked her when we could come by and she said that we could go by on Thursday, which normally she just says no.. Progress! We passed by Our friend Lesly who just got back from Norwega. She is doing really good, and we had a stellar lesson with her about repntance, and the restaurcion. She was loving it. Then we went to the familia riveras for dinner and celebrated my companion, and lucy thier daughters birthdays. The bought a giant cake. IT was super cool. We sang like 5 diffrent versions of Feliz cumpleanos, and happy birthday at the same time. 

IT was a great week! I love Spain. I love the people of Spain. I love my Savior. I love my family, In fact I love them and appreciate  them more and more each day I am Here. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!