I can't believe it's already been another week. We have been super busy again and time just flies. I just realized last night that this week I will hit 4 months. I never even realized I had hit 3 months. I've been a little distracted. I miss you guys, especially now in this time of year with Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I'm really enjoying where I am right now too. The mission is such a special experience. Everyday I'm learning and changing. I've got to tell you all about zone conference. It was super cool.
So Monday night we went to the main square in León and did a little Christmas choir thing. I know I'm not the best at singing but I still try. I've learned to try since I've been here. But I got volunteered to be the one that leaves the choir to talk to people so I didn't have to suffer. (I was never suffering, I think they just told me that so I wouldn't sing anymore) At first that brought down my confidence a little, at least with singing, but the rest of the night was huge confidence builder. I had some solid conversations with people and got some phone numbers for the Elders in León. 2 of them are even investigators already. So that was cool. I like feeling like I can do something. That night all the Elders from the zone slept in the león piso. We had 16 of us, someone said it was a mission record. I wouldnt be surprised. I was lucky enough to have a mattress, but I think one Elder tried the barney technique and slept in the bathtub because we were out of room. Funny thing about the mattress, it said Bilbao mission 1999 on the backside, so it's at least that old. But we have heard a lot about the Bilbao mission this week and everyone thinks it's super cool that Cari served there. Anyways, that was a super crazy night. We ordered a massive delivery of kebab and had a feast.
Zone conference on Tuesday was inspiring as always. We always learn so much about how we can improve our area. The second half was all training on the Christmas initiative "#lighttheworld." Christmas is going to make the work so much easier. We are planning an activity right now with all of the members in Salamanca and Benavente. we're going to get everyone together and have the members singing Christmas songs while the four of us talk to everyone. We're even going to wrap books of mormon to look like presents and give those out. We put up Christmas lights in our piso today. They hang from the entrance, all the way down the hall, into the dining room, and into the living room. We went pretty hard.
Thursday was Elder Jäger's birthday. They stuff from the package was a good start to celebrate. Then tried that cheesecake recipe. That was really easy and we both liked it. It definitely isn't healthy though. We tried making Squash soup for lunch the way an investigator did... it didn't really work. We ended up with garlic soup. I'll attach a picture though. Other than that we were busy, we had 3 lessons scheduled. So we're going to finish celebrating Wednesday with Thanksgiving dinner and a birthday cake. All of our investigators and the members in Benavente love American desserts so far. We made peach cobbler on Friday and had a picnic at the sacrament park with some investigators, then yesterday we took a cheesecake to Benavente and had that for dessert. And then this Thursday I'm taking peach cobbler to have them try it. They agreed to give me a recipe if I give them one. Winning.
I don't think I told you guys last week. We were in Salamanca for sacrament meeting and I guess whoever was supposed to speak didn't show up. So the branch president got up and said I was going to speak. That was fun. I had to fill 15 minutes with absolutely nothing prepared. That's hard enough in english. The good thing is I've gotten really familiar with the gospel over the last few months so I could just talk without having to think too much. Then yesterday I gave my 9th talk. I'm getting pretty good at these now. All I did to prepare was read the talk you sent me. After that I just got up and talked about that. I think it sounds a lot better when you're not just reading from a paper. I talked to Elder Barreles, one of the AP's, on tuesday. He said we should try getting a hotel room for sacrament meeting on sunday. He was in the same situation in the Canaries a few months ago. So we're trying to get permission from president for that.
That package was sooo good last week. The ties are awesome. It's nice to switch it up. 5 of the ties I brought aren't allowed. The stuffing was crushed to powder, but I'm going to try to salvage what I can. I'll send pictures of the dinner next week. I also need to send pictures of Benavente. It's so beautiful there. It's all palm trees and green grass, but then they decorate the city like crazy for Christmas. Salamanca is the same way. Tons of decorations. I was thinking about it this week and I really have gotten everything I asked for. I'm in a crazy area, it's like a third world country sometimes, but then there's palm trees everywhere. Friday was even 75 degrees.
That temperature is kinda fake though. It was one warm day. Saturday was 45 degrees. I went and bought gloves, a scarf, and a beanie today. I'll buy a coat if I need it next week. We'll see what happens with transfers.
The pictures are 1. caroling picture 2. zone conference 3. Squash 4. messing around on the sheep farm.
Well, I think thats everything. Talk to you next week.
Josh
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