3 dinner appointments in 1 week ...with the same family!

1/20/15  This week was a pretty good week. I think the coolest part was the phone call we recieved last Monday. Her name was Maria, and she told us she received a pass a long card about 9 months ago with our number on it. She wanted us to come visit her, and talk about Jesus Christ. We set an appointment for the next day. The lesson went very well. She liked to talk a LOT, but we fit in the first half of the restoration. She understood everything perfectly, and accepted it very well.

Yesterday, one of our appointments failed in the morning, so we decided to call Maria to see if we could visit with her in the chapel. She said yes, and sounded very excited. We gave her a tour of the chapel, and then taught her the rest of the restoration. I saw the gift of tongues in that lesson. I somehow quoted the first vision word for word in perfect Spanish, but I know I wasn't the one speaking. The spirit was so strong at that point, and I could tell everyone else in the room could feel it testifying of the truth. She accepted the Book of Mormon, and said she was excited to read it. I really have high hopes for her in the future.

I've also become really good friends with a member here named Juancho. He has gotten really comfortable with us, and he has been inviting us over a lot. This is good, because he is less active, and his Dad is not a member. We spent a lot of time talking with him this week. His father was recently diagnosed with a serious heart problem, and he trusted us enough to tell us about that. Keep him in your prayers.

Theres a cool thing in spain called Rebajas. Rebajas is like black friday, but so much better. Every store in the country has sales, but they last for 4 weeks, and the prices keep getting lower and lower. People go crazy in the stores. Crowds are crazy, and some spaniards can be really rude.

Families here are starting to feed me and Elder Contreras a lot. La Familia Chacón has invited us 3 times this past week. I was afraid that I had gained a lot of weight, but I haven't gained a kilo since I left the MTC. Hopefully I can stay that way. I never realized how hard it is to stay healthy when you live on your own like this. Not much time at all for exercise, and it's hard to eat healthy, because we don't have much time to cook either. Everything is going really good here though. The work is progressing pretty quick.

Love you all, and miss you so much!!