November 4, 2013

Mama,

 

Este semana fue loco. Nuestros investagadore es yendo ser bautizado a las Deciembre 7. Haha I don't know what else to say in Spanish! OK so I took some notes yesterday so that my letter should make a little more sense and not be as scattered as usual!

OK so last P DAY we went to the Familia de Lau's. Elder Fausett had a banana bread recipe he wanted to try out so we headed over right after email Lunes so sorry Jen that's why I had to get off so quick! We made them cookies and ate those while Hermana Lau and Elder Fausett made the Banana Bread. We had an appointment and the bread takes around two hours so we had to leave before it was done but it was fun and I had them try orange freezes and they loved it!

 

This wednesday I had the opportunity to go to Segovia for exchanges. I was companions with Elder Berthon while his comp. Elder Smith stayed in Villalba with Elder Fausett. I was a little worried because Elder Berthon is from Barcelona so I was worried that the language barrier might impede our work just a little bit. However he was very patient and knows a lot of english. So he told me to speak in spanish and he'd try to talk to me in english. That experience was kinda eye opening and I realized I know a lot more spanish than I thought! I spent the night and then Thursday morning I caught a train back to Villalba for a full day of Halloween here!

 

Halloween here was crazy. There were only like 20 people out in the streets and that's not a lot and only like one third of them were dressed up. I love Spain but they need to realize that dressing up like a super hero and getting free candy is a lot cooler than they think! However for most of the day we were decorating the chapel for the halloween party that night that we were slightly in charge of... The Hermanas took care of most of it but we needed to help set up "La Casa de Terror" that the missionaries were really in charge of. We had a few of our lessons cancel so we decided to go grab a Kebab before the party. We scared the kids and I have some good pictures and videos that I can't wait to show you guys.

 

The rest of the week was very uneventful. On Saturday we had San Cocho which is a Columbian soupish dish. Miriam knows how to make it and one of the Hermanas is obsessed so she made it for us and all of the missionaries here and a member that always comes to our lessons. That went well and after English Classes that night we taught her lesson two. We invited her to be baptized and she said she wasn't sure so we gave her a calender and challenged her to be baptized December 7th. She said she would and then we ended the night.

 

The weeks are starting to fly by. It feels like I just wrote you guys and now I´m here again! Missionary work is definitely work! Please keep Miriam in your prayers because we know she can feel the spirit we just need her to keep her commitments and receive an answer to her prayers! Love you all and I´m very gratefull for all of the love and support you guys are giving me!

 

Love,

Élder Hawks (El Español)