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Hello!!!
Well
lets just get it out of the way in the beginning and say that this week
I will hit my one year mark. It has floowwn by and sometimes I feel
like I just started the mission. Its not that I don't love and miss you all, its
just that the mission is going by so fast! I love Spain!
Well
this has been my first week in the office and probably one of the
craziest as well. Flat tires, cold showers, hitting a parked car, moving
apartments, skipping meals, working hard, learning a lot, figuring out
the area... The works! It has been up there in my top 5 hardest weeks
but it has also been in my top 5 weeks in which I have grown the most. I
am in a trio right now with my office trainer/godfather Elder Rockwood
and Elder Ward, the train crash/miracle elder. They are both so
wonderful and we get along really well. I honestly can't even remember
what happened this week, it has been so hectic.
A ver...
A ver...
Well
on Monday we switched over to our new piso (I am still living out of a
suitcase though) and I started learning about office work. Basically I
am over all missionary travels and residency which means a lot of making
plans and buying train tickets.
On
Tuesday we helped a few investigators with a move that they were doing
which was good. The investigators are Tanchi and Yonaisy (Dominicans)
who are awesome and just need to get married. Then we headed to the
office and I planned my first mission council meeting and got all of the
tickets for the missionaries coming down or flying into Madrid. After, we had
some lessons with Tanchi and a new investigator named Jose Antonio.
Wednesday
we had district meeting which was awesome!! Oh another weird thing for
me being down here is that we have 4 sister missionaries in our area and
6 in our district so I am trying to figure out how to act normal around
them and stuff like that. I've just never really had to be around
hermanas so its weird but whatever! Then we had our office meeting and
then we went out and had some lessons! We usually leave the office
around 6ish and have to be in the piso at 10 so 4 hours of straight
missionary work. What we try to do is plan all of our lessons during
office time so we have everything planned out and ready to go.
Thursday
morning we woke up early and went and played tennis next to the mission
home! The mission home is about 15 minutes in car and it was fun but
weird playing with President Jackson and the APs. They are all awesome
and just really good missionaries. Then that afternoon we had some more
lessons and I drove the car for the first time!! It was cool. Good thing
I know how to drive a stick shift. We got home absolutely dead.
Friday was
awesome. This is my first time in a ward and we had a noche de hogar and
the members planned everything. It turned out great and everyone really
enjoyed it. A ton of people came too! We also had the best correlation
meeting I have ever had. We have a great ward mission leader named
Segundo.
Saturday is when
the whole tire popping thing went down (my companion hit a curb). I think... It could have been
another day. Who knows... But it was kind of a harder day. A lot of
people cancelled on us but we did recieve a good amount of interested
references. Asi es la obra misional!
Church on Sunday
was great. All of the members were really open and welcoming. I am
already creating some friendships with them which is good and I feel
comfortable. I miss El Ferrol a bit but I know that this is where I am
supposed to be.
I
am so excited to be here in Alcobendas/San Sebastián de los Reyes.
Working in the office is stressful but it is great. I am learning so
much and we have some amazing missionaries here. I know that this Church
is Christ's church. There is no doubt in my mind. I have never understood the
scriptures like I understand them now even though they are written in a
different language. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and that He
truly loves each and every one of us. Y asi será para siempre. Muchas
gracias por todo que han hecho para mi. Les quiero muchísimo!! Que sean
felices y exitosos en todo que tengan!
Elder Franklyn.
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