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
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