So my bag turned up about 3 days after I got here. Just in time too, cause I had run out of clothes to wear. I am so glad I came to the Madrid MTC and not Provo. Things are so much cooler here. Every Saturday we get to go to a huge park, kind of like central park but bigger, in the middle of Madrid. We get to go out and proselyte to the natives. We give out libros de Mormon and other pamphlets and things. It was by far the coolest experience I have had. One of the people we talked to was named Jason. He spoke Spanish and English, but we asked him if we could practice our Spanish with him, so he only spoke Spanish to us. We asked him what he knew about the church, and he said that his wife was a member, but he was not. We asked if he wanted a book of Mormon, but he said he has one at his house that he is reading. It was such a cool experience to have a legit conversation in Spanish with someone in Spain.
My companion's name is Elder Reading, and he is from Arizona. He has only been active for a year, and his conversion story is really cool. maybe if I have more time another day I will write about it. But he is really cool, and his testimony is so strong. In the MTC we get fake investigators that we teach every day. Its super hard, because we have to teach them in Spanish, but they are teachers here, so if we struggle too much, they help us out a little. Me and my companion got one of them to commit to baptism on the third lesson. The spirit was so strong after we shared the story of the first vision. Also, we actually get to go out and see Madrid on P-days. There are a ton of really cool things we can do. Today is our first one, and we get to go to a huge mall, I'm super excited for that.
So we have small districts in the CCM, and all 8 of the ones in my district are practically family now. We do everything together, and we bond more and more every day. We have been told that we are the most advanced Spanish speakers in the CCM, but I feel like I know nothing. I've notice I understand a lot more than I though I could, but I can't speak the language very well. It has really helped that I am surrounded by the language. We are strongly encouraged to speak in only Spanish, and for that reason I have already notice a steady decline in my ability to spell and speak English.
The food here is so different than it is back home. Lunch is massive, but dinner is really small. The people of Spain really take almurzo seriously. The cooks for the CCM are locals, so they don't speak English, and they make Spanish food. Oh and the orange Fanta here is about 1000 times better than it is at home. People fight over it every day. SOOOOO GOOOOD!
The Madrid temple is beautiful! I took a couple pictures and I will try to attach them. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Every day we get to do an hour of physical activity. Me and my companion always choose to play futbol. It is so cool, because we get to walk a couple blocks and we play on a cement field that's caged off. It is so unlike anything we have in the US. Its awesome! I'll have to try to remember to get a picture of it some time. Oh and one of the rules in the MTC is that we can't take pictures in the building. That's why I don't have very many pictures.
I am so excited and happy I am here, and I'm not just saying that. It is so cool to finally be on a mission. I miss you all and love you tons!
The picture of the temple is from our bedroom window, and the other is a picture of me and my companion, Elder Reading, in front of La Casa Del Señor. (house of the lord)
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