Hello all!
Well this week has been so so good! First off I would like to say that Spain is starting to show its true self. The past couple of weeks have been kind of rainy and just a little bit to cold. Well just this past week, it got hot!! We saw a good 37ºC during the down part of the day! I don´t even know how hot it was during the hot part! All is well here, I am doing well and getting a lot of work done.
The Lord has really blessed us this past week. Our investigators are starting to get a little bit harder to meet with. They all have work, and they all work a lot, so it is really hard some weeks to meet with them. Amanda, well is starting to push us away. Which is really sad. She has two kids who are members and most of her family are members. She has all this going on, and she doesn´t have time to meet with us. We called her up the other day, and was kind of mad at us for stoppping by to say hi and see if she was there, well she wasn´t. Her brother was at the door and told her that we stopped by to say hi. He said that she was at the park.... sooo we went to the park too. We didn´t find her, but she has been getting really sassy and saying that she has no time and is really tired. I know that she is tired, but if she wants to get baptized, she has to meet with us so we can teach her. Well enough of that. She is good, but just
Luís was just baptized on this past saturday! He was so ready and so so happy. He loves us so much, he said that we could come over any time we wanted to to just have a little talk, have some lunch with them, any time. He is so funny, he has told us that at least 20 times over the past 2 weeks. Eliana is doing well too, we talked with her about what we wanted for her and what we needed for her to do. She was very understandable and really wants to make a change. The bad part is just like Amanda, she works a lot. She also is studying a lot as well. But she has made time for us to come over and visit for a little bit. We don´t think that she will make her Fecha, but she has said that she would like a little more time. So we pray that she can make her Fecha for the end of this month. Susi is also doing well. She also works a lot. She is getting really scared because she was saying that she might get fired. She said that the next week is going to be really packed full of work and seeing if she will have a job or not. We hope she can keep her job and just calm down a bit. We shall see what happens at the end of this week. Well Benito, is being Benito. He is so good and just loves life. Even though he has no work, he still loves life. He is a spaniard and he used to act like one too. Just being against anything that isn´t catholic. Well now he is changed and has a new view of life. We are still waiting to see when they will get married, the papers are in and now we wait.
Now it is story time :) This past week we had a lesson with Gelimber. He is a non member but he is married to a member, so he has always had some church in his life. He has come to church and talked with the missionaries before. No one could really get him to do anything. He is really lazy and just sits at home, goes to work, and watches soccer. Well this past week I recieved a box in the mail from Uncle Dave. He wrote a great letter about 3 things to always do for the rest of your life. Read at least 1 verse of scripture in the Book Of Mormon, Pray, and keep Jesus Christ as your best friend. Well a couple sundays ago his new little baby was blessed. He said that he felt a very good feeling of peace and just felt really good after that. Well when we were in this lesson, we were stressing the importance of reading your scriptures. He says he doesn´t have time and just doesn´t want to. A thought of that letter came into my mind about reading one verse. Well I promised him that he would have that same feeling if he read at least one verse a day. Just one. I told him this was very easy, which it is. Just one simple verse. Then he could do anything. If he had time then he should read more, but just try to read one. He seemed really happy about that. He said that he would read, so we shall see what happens when we meet with him again.
Today we went to the Temple. It was a great time and much needed. I missed going to the Temple every week in the MTC. We get to go Every 5th week if you are in the Madrid zones. After the Temple we went to Gran Via to go eat at Fresco. It is a great buffet place and is only about 10 euros. After Elder Woodbury and I went and walked around. We went to a mall and just walked around. Well we found ourselfs in the tie section:) And yes I bought a tie. I wanted to get a new one but never really found a nice one. Ties here are skinny and just do not look good on me. So when I found a good looking tie I bought it :)
Well a little food story. As I have said food here is really good. Well also it can be a little bit strange. Last week we had squid cooked in its own ink. It was okay, not the best dish I have had, but it was good. The member that cooked us it was so happy that we liked it and she asked if we wanted more. I quickly said I was full and couldn´t eat another bite. So luckily I didn´t get seconds on that dish. Well this past Monday we ate at Luís´s house. Well the first course was a Spain favorite! We hade cooked mussels(not sure how to spell that... opps!) and it was topped with a salsa. It was more of a lemon salsa, it is really good and is just like salsa in the US.. but more of a lemon taste. Then for the Second course we had a nice Salmon fillet with onions and a lot of potatoes :) It was soo good! :)
Well I would like to say that our call was great! I loved talking with you and seeing how everyone was doing. It was good to see you Jana:) It was soo good to talk to all the family. It was a much needed call:) I love you all and I miss you all so much. We have been working hard over here. It is soo good to get all of your letters :) I love you all!!!!
Love your Elder in Spain,
Elder Alex Laubaugh
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