Hello all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in SPAIN!!!!!!! Well, I get some time to write you all and say that I am here safe and sound. I would first like to say that I loved talking to you all and hearing your voices!! I got really home-sick but I am all better because I have some great news. After I got off the phone with mom and dad I walked over to see Elder Bagley. I see these 2 girls going to the Spain gate. I told myself that I need to teach them. As I get on the plane and get to my seat and guess what... it was the same girls I saw!! So I pulled out my Book of Mormon in both Spanish and English and start reading. Both of them look over and ask what I was reading, it looked different to them. I soon find out that they were speaking Portuguese. Both of them were about 24, both are un-married and I found out about what they believe in and so on. Well the Lord blessed me again and they could speak English too!! I taught them in English about the Book of Mormon and most of the first lesson. It was so cool because i was solo! Elder bagley was down a couple of rows and i was just sitting there with an elder a couple seats beside me. The best part about this is that they have never heard of our church. It was a great time to ask them questions and to have them ask me questions. All in all I taught them for at least 2 hours. This wasn´t just me talking... they took the Spanish Book of Mormon and started reading it!! They asked all of these questions about Joseph Smith and about the prophets and what not. They were really interested in it. So about an hour into it they handed back my book but nope I said I wanted them to have it. They were shocked I said that, but they took it. I asked them if they could read later on Moroni 10 and they did right at that moment I asked them to. I committed them to read some more and to pray about the message and about what they have read. It was a great moment! Later on around 1-2am, they asked if I could sign it and if I could write a message about what I had said to them. I did and they were so happy. I could really feel the spirit so strong! So yeah, that was my flight to Spain!! I told you all that I wanted to hit the ground running, and I am! The MTC here is great and really small. There are about 50 elders and sisters. We have Russians, Italians, and a lot of people from Spain! Oh and by the way, the flight was horrible... I couldn´t sleep! I tried to but I couldn´t... so, I just read and wrote in my journal for about 5 hours. Oh and here's another story. On the plane after everyone wakes up it´s around 630 or 7ish... the 2 girls start to ask some more questions... I love making people happy! It is the best part and that is what got me through that flight. Seeing two people that have never ever heard of our church wanting to hear more and more that they stayed up till about 3 or 4ish talking about it with me... and then asking more when they got up! It was one of the best experience yet! When I was about to leave, I left them with mormon.org card and some other little cards and I said if they wanted to hear more that there should be Elders like me near them. They of course said they would be searching for them.
I love you all so much and I loved that flight. Yes it was long, but now I know why the Lord held me back for a couple of weeks for that flight. Because he knew that I wanted to teach... any other person would have just left it at giving the BOM but I went deeper and commited them to read it, to contact the Elders and to pray about the things they have heard and read. I love my mission family.... I love it so much!!
The MTC here is great! the food is all home made and yes I ate a lot because I was starving!!!! I had like a dinner thing at 8ish at night and a roll in the morning so I was very hungry, but didn't go overboard. We do have a lot of freedom here. It is a lot about trust here. The new president is really nice. Sorry for being all over the place I just have a lot to say!! We get to go out on our Pday and go to the park and go shopping and go to the Real Madrid stadium if we want to!!! ahhhh yeahhh!!
Well I am alll out of time!! I love you all and Spain is going and is already being torn up!! I light it up every day for you alll!!!! I love you all so much and thank you again for all that you have done for me!!!!
Love your son and brother,
Elder Alex Laubaugh
ps. thank you for the ties and the candy Mandy and David!! It really means a lot to me!! I love you and miss you all!!!
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