Week 1 - Elder Goodman

Hey, 

This week was crazy, but it was super fun. We are going to start an even crazier week tomorrow. So Tuesday morning we got up early and went to the big train station in Southern Madrid to drop off elder Johnson. It was kinda sad. He's another one of my favorite companions. We saw a lot of success together and we had a ton of fun. After he left I got pretty busy. I was constantly on the phone with somebody that was lost or had a problem. Being travel coordinator is not fun. I bounced around a bunch making sure everyone had a companion until about 2:00 and then elder Hamilton and I went to the other big train station in Northern Madrid to grab our new companions. Élder Goodman came in around 2:30 and we grabbed some lunch. From there we headed back to B6 and life continued like normal.

 

Our week was pretty full of meetings, just like the beginning of every transfer. Élder Goodman seems a little tired. It's gonna take a minute to adjust to the lifestyle of a zone leader in temple Square. That being said I am a little more tired than normal since I'm doing a little extra. This coming week we have leadership council and zone conference. I'm super excited for our portion of zone conference. We always have about 30 minutes to an hour to do a zone training and I love it. I have loved public speaking situations lately.

 

Katty passed her baptismal interview with flying colors on Saturday night. She is so awesome. We started by asking her how to make ceviche and her telling us she's catholic and not changing, but now she goes to institute 2x per week, 2 FHEs, and we meet with her 2x every week. She's in the church 6 or 7 times a week. I can't wait for Saturday. Milagros will have her interview tomorrow night. She should be fine :)

Lunch with Katty and Milagros

Also, we found our next baptism! During the transfer chaos on Tuesday I got a call from the elders quorum president. There is a guy that just moved here from Peru about 3 weeks ago and he's asking if the missionaries can baptize him. His wife has been a member for like 20 years and his kids are also baptized. He just never wanted to do it even though he goes to church every Sunday. I'll keep you updated on the progress, but things are looking good. 

Today we are playing basketball with all the zone leaders and APs since we have the council tomorrow. I haven't changed, I still don't like basketball, but I feel bad if my companion can't play so we always come. Idk what else were gonna do today, but we'll see. We might go get our suits tailored. Oh yeah, I made my decision and I told President this morning. I'm not going to extend. I've thought about it a lot and I feel like that's the right option. But yeah, it's a longer email. I'll be on for a minute today. Let me know if you want to talk.

Love,

Elder Johnson 

The District
(with Elder Johnson before transfers)