Transfer 3 Week 5 Leon

Hello!

It's been so long, I've missed y'all!

Okay so this week we went and did intercambios (Exchanges) which is where you switch companions for the day, which i kind of fun. So we do our intercambios in Madrid. Let me clarify, Madrid Madrid, It's called Cuatro Camino's, which shares the center of Madrid with the super touristy part called "Sol", which is where all of the cool stuff is. For example: The prado museum, Park retiro, The palacio madrid, Plaza Mayor, Just for starters.. Any how, that was pretty cool. Also this week we had our ward Christmas party which was way fun, and i went to a zapateria, Which is a place to get your shoes fixed; because the two pairs of shoes that i wear the most we destroyed, and the shoes were falling off, and he had holes in the bottom. I was so proud, but i got the fixed, and it only cos 18 euros! Score...

LUNES:

So We had a money lesson with not only Maribel but her whole family, which was amazing. The spirit was super strong, and it was cool to teach the dad, Moises because he had a lot of really great insights. Any way so things are progressing on that front. Before that though we made pizza, from scratch..I know, I know. They actually turned out really good, so that was super cool, and then we went to the capilla and wrote y'all.

MARTES:

So we visited Hermana Carmen in the hospital. She is still recovering slowly from the car wreck, but Martes was her B-day, so we bought her a stuffed animal (peluche) and talked to her for a little while. So in her same hospital room there was another lady who was old too. So Here in Spain every single old person has someone who takes care of them. So basically almost all of our members do this, the lady's at least. So the girl who was taking care of this other lady was named Alma. So I'm not sure if she saw the skirts, or the chiapa (Name tag), but we stated talking to her and she said that her brother had gotten baptized a few years ago, and is always hanging out with the missionaries, but lives in Madrid. So we asked for his name to see if we knew him, so she endde up showing us pictures and stuff. So we were talking to her, and she is like super awesome, and was taking the lessons form the missionaries, but then had to move to Leon from Madrid, so she stopped. Anyway we got her number. So when we did intercambios in Madrid like 2 days later, who did we see? Javier, her brother, and took pictures with him, and stuff. The lord is funny like that! Then we had a lesson with a church reference, which is when someone goes online and request a Book of Mormon, or whatever and the missionaries visit them. So we passed by, and is was this super Spanish couple, named Jose and ludy. They were super cute, and were just interested in learning about other churches, so we told them our beliefs, and it was really fun! We are going to try to meet with them but they said they are just interested in learning, not so much in changing, but that's a pretty common answer. That is just what people say to a couple of kids sitting on the couch, telling them about Jesus. The thing is, they don't know that, that was the most important conversation that they have ever had. I don't know many things but i do know that the gospel changes lives whether or not people want to believe it. They will come around. Then we had Noche de Jas, which was cool, because we decorated the capilla for Christmas. We didn't get much done, but we made a lot of snowflakes, angels, etc..

MIERCOLES:

So we Had District meeting, which was a blast. We did 3 Practices to help us not be so awkward, which we needed because let me tell you; Stopping random people in the street it a little awkward, especially if your a missionary. So, the practices were really great. Then afterward we played uno, and I won 3 times... So I'm improving. Then we went and passed by Fanny, who is a member from the Dominican republic. We made cakes for the Christmas party, and she made us a cake too! ScoreXtwo. Then after that we visited Rosbit who is also a member who live on our street, and I told her that I could leave after Navidad, and she gave me a German flag, and told me "So you can always remember me, by the flag of my country." Super cute except that she is definitely from Peru, as well as her whole family, but it was still cute. 

JUEVES:

So we had intercambios, and left early in the morning, and slept on the train. When we got there, it was raining. Every single time i have gone to Madrid for intercambios, it has been raining. But i was prepared this time with my paraguas (umbrella). So we passed by lots of memebrs, and amigos, and then went to the capilla in 4 camino's. Then a bunch of missionaries from Madrid went to go sing in Sol, in the Metro stop called "OPERA" which was way fun. Guess who i found there? HNA Christensen, Snyder, and of course my current companion Mendoza. So We took a picture. It was fun to see them all again. Then we sang a bunch of songs, and my voice hurt. 

VIERNES:

So we got on the train yet again, and made a ton of snowflakes, stars, angles, lo que sea. Then we slept. So when we got to Leon, we went to the mercadona (Market) and bought all of the stuff to make deserts (Does that has one or two S's?). So we were in there, when a miracle occurred. I found brown sugar (panela)  like the real Mckoy! They don't have that her, so the lord blessed me, so that i could make normal Chocolate chip cookies. It was amazing. So yeah, we made those, no bake cookies, and then Brownies for the Christmas party. Then we went to set up the capilla, and actually decorate it and all that jazz. Then we had the party. So i was asked to sing a special musical number, which i sang Silent night in Spanish and English, which they really liked, but i messed up a few times the English part, but I'm pretty sure they didn't notice:)  Yep and then we ate way too much food. 

SABADO:

Not much happened, we walked around, and ended up finding two awesome people, and gave them LDM, and got their numbers. Then we had english class, and one of our friends named susannah brought us hot chocolate from her trip to London. She is so sweet and thoughtful! Also i almost cried because she brought us Chocolate orange hot chocolate, which was awesome because when i was at home, on Christmas there are a few books that we read as a family every year, one of them being "The Christmas Orange" and sometimes we find chocolate oranges in our stocking from Santa, so it was a flash back that was cool. 

DOMINGO:

So church was amazing. So in sacrament meeting, Kalifa got confirmed as a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. It was awesome. Then During second and third hour, we talked with our Branch president, Presidente Martinez. We talked about the goals for this year, and what we can do to accomplish them, and it was really awesome. Then we passed by some people, and finally found a member named Yancy! I have been here for 5 and a half months and only just no met her, and she was super sweet! So that was an awesome miracle. Then we had the Rivera's. Which was fun as always. Yep that was my week. Well i love you guys a freggin ton, ad hope that you have a very merry Christmas! Be safe!