Ok to start off I need to describe Segovia. Segovia is a beautiful old Spanish city set right next to mountains. Actually right on the other side of the same mountains I saw in Villalba. Well being an old Spanish city it means that the Catholic Church is unbelievably strong here. Which then means that around 70% of the population here in Segovia is over 80, dying, and no tienen vergüenza. (Sad when I don´t know how to translate that) So contacting them is basically pointless because they just say, "I´m Catholic and I´m not changing any time soon."
However we saw one man (older) who was staring at us so we stop and talked to us. He told us we looked handsome but wasn't interested at all in what we have to share. We tried leaving and he kinda held Elder Dyer´s hand. Then we finally got away he called after us, "Os quiero." AKA "I love you" either way super creepy and we got away from him as fast as possible. Nice guy he just may have been talking to us for the wrong reasons.
I went on splits to Villalba on Wednesday. I can´t get away from that place. Love it but I still have a lot of time in the mission and I want to get to know the rest of Spain.
Church. Well on the ward list there are over 45 people but active that come every Sunday and participate are around 15. With, on a good week, 5 investigators to put on top of that. Yeah I did give a talk and luckily having four missionaries I´ll only have to speak every four weeks. The people in the ward are interesting in them selves. Singing the hymns is quite the adventure. Dad you were right. In a small branch the hymns really are always interesting. The man who plays the piano plays like we´re at a carnival, all of the members sing at the top of their lungs (and let´s just say that some of them like to sing to their own melody) and being the ones who are supposed to set the example we sing extra loud trying to help people match tune... Hahah I like it so far.
We still haven't finished Conference yet. I´ve only seen the Saturday morning, and all of Sunday. I still need to watch priesthood and Saturday afternoon. A lot of the members (like the people here) are older and either don´t have internet or don´t know how to work it. So we just go to the church and use the computer there.
More bad news. I´m sick again. This time worse than last time. I have a fever and my stomach has been pretty upset. So if anybody has any good suggestions I´d love to get back to work! I got sick Saturday night and yesterday it was really bad. I feel better today but not 100%. I hate being unproductive. Sitting in our piso is really boring and this branch NEEDS to grow.
Thank you for all of the support and love and the birthday wishes. So far we don´t have any plans for my birthday cause well, I´m new and the people don´t know me quite as well. Right before I left Villalba though my Ecuadorian family gave me a cake and sang to me for my birthday and that was all I wanted. :) I´ll get my package either in two weeks or three... So thank you for the package and I´ll just let you know when I get it!
Love you all and stay strong.
The Kingdom of God or Nothing!
Love,
Elder Hawks
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