I try to behave myself, I suppose. That probably helps. I´m a low-stress missionary.
I´m neither excited nor fearful. I´m simply moving along. My companion reminds me at least once a day how close that day is, but it´s okay.
I haven´t locked in the study plans just yet. I know I have to start thinking about that, but it doesn´t help that I don´t know what the exact major would even be yet. There´s time for that yet.
Yes, I finally sent out a blind e-mail to what I thought was Larry´s e-mail address last week and it was. He´s up at BYU Idaho. Says that I need to get home quick. :)
No, they don´t have Boy Scouts here in Spain. That´s pretty well only a US and England thing. They´ve been trying to get the Center for Young Adults open and working (that´s for the 18 to 30 year olds). There´s not much to do here in Europe that´s not corrupt (this is a pretty wicked land), so it´s a good way to keep them with their heads focused in the gospel. .
I know I was thinking that if I was working with the stock market, I´d have to be closer to New York to balance out the time difference a little more, so I might be moving to Minnesota. That´s not too far away, and there´s plenty of snow for the winter. And relatively low taxes, I believe. That´s important.
Sounds like you had a sick puppy there. Hopefully he stays better. It´s probably for the best if we don´t get any more dogs. You know, the neighbors might start to think that we´re running an animal shelter.
No, Bob´s not moving forward as he should. One of his biggest problems is that he´s not doing what he needs to for the Lord to work miracles in his life. If you´re not truly repenting, then getting baptised won´t serve for anything. He´s realized that there´s nothing more we can teach him-now it´s up to him to make a decision.
Well, life moves along. Everything´s closed today, so we weren´t able to do much (or even buy food). Another holiday...Spain´s been closed since Wednesday. The postal service hasn´t been open since Tuesday. Nor have any government offices. I´m not sure how anything gets done. I´m sure tomorrow will bring a nice wave of mess when things grind back to a start.
We´ll be looking for a new apartment this week. If all goes perfectly, we´ll be able to move out of the one were in by the end of this month. We´re all tired of living there. You clean and it´s still dirty looking. Plus the mold problems in the bathroom...yeah, we´re moving fast.
I hope you all have a good, smooth week.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
4/2/12
The office should be requesting my travel home soon. I spoke about the routing with the secretary and he said that it shouldn´t be a problem-and that they had someone fly home to Tucson and the routing was just Barcelona-Atlanta-Tucson, and they didn´t even involve Phoenix. But they´re a little behind on it. They´ll be in touch with you soon, they just haven´t gotten around to it yet.
Yeah, I´m sure the Europeans woudn´t even comment on that. They´re still of the opinion that Obama is ¨The One¨ and that he´s wonderful because he´s all about the freebies, being weak, etc,
I did get the package-I just forgot about it when I was writing my letter. Thank you very much for all the wonderful foot powder...:). That was the most needed thing, heh. But all the stuff was wonderful.
There´s always been a mail key in the van...it´s in the cupholder. I suspect it´s still in the cupholder.
The last week calmed down for conference. We didn´t have any technical difficulties this time-though the satellite didn´t work for more than 30 minutes for the Spanish transmission, but the district president was prepared and just live streamed both the English and Spanish broadcasts over the internet. The church had that new policy of broadband going into all church owned chapels, and thankfully they put it in in Palma last month, so we had that as a backup.
Today we´re having a much calmer day. We´re going to stay home and play Risk. You know, the game of world domination? :)
I´ve been on the phone for half the time I´m on the internet, so this letter might be a little shorter.
We were surprised with the new Presiding Bishopric being called. We just met Elder Caussé in December, and I knew he was planning another mission tour in June, but now he´s not.hehe. But hey, now I can say I´ve met the first counselor, and that he knew how to pronounce my last name on the first try without a problem.
The strike was a bust. Nothing even closed. Nothing exciting happens here. But planning a strike that works takes effort or a lot of anger, and there wasn´t either in this case. But that´s okay. Better luck next time, right?
Well, I hope that this week moves along more smoothly. We´ll be getting haircuts today as well. We´re going to a place called ¨Haircuts FU¨...some chinese place. Not the best implication from the name, right?
Love,
Bradley.
Yeah, I´m sure the Europeans woudn´t even comment on that. They´re still of the opinion that Obama is ¨The One¨ and that he´s wonderful because he´s all about the freebies, being weak, etc,
I did get the package-I just forgot about it when I was writing my letter. Thank you very much for all the wonderful foot powder...:). That was the most needed thing, heh. But all the stuff was wonderful.
There´s always been a mail key in the van...it´s in the cupholder. I suspect it´s still in the cupholder.
The last week calmed down for conference. We didn´t have any technical difficulties this time-though the satellite didn´t work for more than 30 minutes for the Spanish transmission, but the district president was prepared and just live streamed both the English and Spanish broadcasts over the internet. The church had that new policy of broadband going into all church owned chapels, and thankfully they put it in in Palma last month, so we had that as a backup.
Today we´re having a much calmer day. We´re going to stay home and play Risk. You know, the game of world domination? :)
I´ve been on the phone for half the time I´m on the internet, so this letter might be a little shorter.
We were surprised with the new Presiding Bishopric being called. We just met Elder Caussé in December, and I knew he was planning another mission tour in June, but now he´s not.hehe. But hey, now I can say I´ve met the first counselor, and that he knew how to pronounce my last name on the first try without a problem.
The strike was a bust. Nothing even closed. Nothing exciting happens here. But planning a strike that works takes effort or a lot of anger, and there wasn´t either in this case. But that´s okay. Better luck next time, right?
Well, I hope that this week moves along more smoothly. We´ll be getting haircuts today as well. We´re going to a place called ¨Haircuts FU¨...some chinese place. Not the best implication from the name, right?
Love,
Bradley.
3/28/12
There´s usually a similar set of problems with most missionary pisos. 1. The missionaries are lazy and haven´t done basic cleaning or maintence. 2. The missionaries who found the piso are lazy or utterly inexperienced in real estate, and settle for the first one that fit the price and number of bedroom requirements. And 3. Spanish construction.
All three of those items combined add up to form a bad problem.
That´s how it was in the Palma piso. The classic bad Spanish tile (which looks dirty no matter what you do). Old windows that leak. An old bathroom (which had mold all over the ceiling (partially for lack of any type of vent fan). A bad electrical system which can´t run more than anything one item at once. Etc. But it´s much better. Most of it can be solved by common sense. For example, if you leave the bathroom window open, and leave the door ajar with the other window open, all the steam goes out and you won´t have problems in the future. And it´s mainly just a matter of buying the right cleaning supplies, and then actually doing the cleaning.
I´ve probably said it before, but I do thank my parents for having taught me some good common sense.
So Jose Luis was baptised this weekend. Attached are the pictures of him, Maria Luisa, his member friend that presented him the church, and the member who baptised him (who really is that pale. He looks somewhat like Mr. Edward is what most missionaries say).
The other pictures are just some shots of Palma I took from the bus.
So it was a busy week last week. We were traveling everywhere. On Tuesday we had meetings in Inca with the Mallorca missionaries, where we finally met with the McArthurs. They´re a nice couple. Then I was out in Manacor on exchanges for Wednesday evening and Thursday. We´ve still got some things to work out there.
The weekend was mostly calm. Monday, we flew into Barcelona again. No problems on the flight. Flew back on Tuesday. A lot of meetings, lots of talking. We´re going to avoid any excessive travel this week as we prepare for Conference. It should be a calm week. Then I´m sure we´ll be back at the race the week following conference. Tomorrow in particular will be interesting, however. It´s another general strike, which is where all the ´hard workers´ get together to protest how ´hard´ they work. But they do it organizedly because they know it´s not effective. So there´s usually a lot of advertising in advance. Like President said, the worst it´s come to was a few mattresses in the Ronda de Dalt in 2010 in Barcelona that stopped traffic for a bit.
Hopefully you all have a good week. It sounds like you´re all busy, but I´m sure you´ll be fine.
Love,
Bradley.
All three of those items combined add up to form a bad problem.
That´s how it was in the Palma piso. The classic bad Spanish tile (which looks dirty no matter what you do). Old windows that leak. An old bathroom (which had mold all over the ceiling (partially for lack of any type of vent fan). A bad electrical system which can´t run more than anything one item at once. Etc. But it´s much better. Most of it can be solved by common sense. For example, if you leave the bathroom window open, and leave the door ajar with the other window open, all the steam goes out and you won´t have problems in the future. And it´s mainly just a matter of buying the right cleaning supplies, and then actually doing the cleaning.
I´ve probably said it before, but I do thank my parents for having taught me some good common sense.
So Jose Luis was baptised this weekend. Attached are the pictures of him, Maria Luisa, his member friend that presented him the church, and the member who baptised him (who really is that pale. He looks somewhat like Mr. Edward is what most missionaries say).
The other pictures are just some shots of Palma I took from the bus.
So it was a busy week last week. We were traveling everywhere. On Tuesday we had meetings in Inca with the Mallorca missionaries, where we finally met with the McArthurs. They´re a nice couple. Then I was out in Manacor on exchanges for Wednesday evening and Thursday. We´ve still got some things to work out there.
The weekend was mostly calm. Monday, we flew into Barcelona again. No problems on the flight. Flew back on Tuesday. A lot of meetings, lots of talking. We´re going to avoid any excessive travel this week as we prepare for Conference. It should be a calm week. Then I´m sure we´ll be back at the race the week following conference. Tomorrow in particular will be interesting, however. It´s another general strike, which is where all the ´hard workers´ get together to protest how ´hard´ they work. But they do it organizedly because they know it´s not effective. So there´s usually a lot of advertising in advance. Like President said, the worst it´s come to was a few mattresses in the Ronda de Dalt in 2010 in Barcelona that stopped traffic for a bit.
Hopefully you all have a good week. It sounds like you´re all busy, but I´m sure you´ll be fine.
Love,
Bradley.
3/19/12
I don´t actually have an iPod anyway, remember? I gave it away. And I´m insulted that you´ve called my Reader a dinosaur. It´s just to read books.
Things here seem to be calm at the moment. I flew in without too many problems. The office was there to pick me up. Got the card on Tuesday morning. I decided to get my carry on and take it out with me. I get to the gate and they tell me I have to stick my bag in this little tin can and check to see if it fits. It does, except for that little handle on the bottom that helps it stand upright. They go ¨Oh no, you´ll have to pay to check that bag. You can´t take that on the plane.¨ I wasn´t happy. They´ve never checked before, but this time they decided to scalp everyone. Most people had issues with just a little wheel, or a handle, etc. And they charge 20€ each bag. In the US with any real airline if your carry on is too big they just put a little tag on it, stick it under the plane, and give it back to you as you get off the plane. No charge. That´s how it was when I flew from Tucson to Salt Lake. But we´re dealing with incompetent Spanish airlines...where the customer is always wrong. And a criminal. It´s probably why most of them are going bankrupt.
So if all goes well we´ll have two baptisms this weekend. Bob and Joseph. We´ve been working with both since I got here, so it´s nice to see them both ready and excited.
On Thursday we got a call from the secretary asking us if we´d offer the talks in Sacrament meeting. They both went really well. We left a bit of time at the end since they were a tad short, but the branch president got up and backed up what we´d said, then took it a little further. I was surprised. But it seems like he liked what we had to say.
We´ve been doing a lot of cleaning to the old dump this week as well-getting it all fixed up, and especially in shape to turn it back over in May. We´re all excited to start looking for a new place in late April. It´s not adecuate for our needs, nor is it the best place to live. But it´s doable at the moment, and it´s in a lot better condition than it was.
So today we´re going for a special treat. Here in Palma is a sight never before seen in Spain-Pizza Hut. We´re going to eat some fine pizza, then we´ll be going bowling again afterwards.
I´m not sure how next week will work out. It´s very possible I won´t be able to write until Thursday. We´ve got Council on Monday, Leadership Training on Tuesday, then the Assistants had planned to do exchanges on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since they´re more concerned about their schedule, we´ll end up back here in Palma sometime on Thursday afternoon, no doubt. So don´t expect a fast letter next week. If I can write on Monday I´ll try, but there´s no guarantees.
I´m glad to hear that the weather´s been nice at home. It fluctuates a lot here in Palma for unknown reasons. The senior couple, the MacArthurs, arrived this morning on the ferry at 7AM (they were on it all night). We haven´t met them yet, though they´re invited to go bowling. They said they´d call us if the decided to go (they´re probably exhausted, so I wouldn´t blame them if they didn´t).
Well, I hope you have a good week. Have fun and be safe.
Things here seem to be calm at the moment. I flew in without too many problems. The office was there to pick me up. Got the card on Tuesday morning. I decided to get my carry on and take it out with me. I get to the gate and they tell me I have to stick my bag in this little tin can and check to see if it fits. It does, except for that little handle on the bottom that helps it stand upright. They go ¨Oh no, you´ll have to pay to check that bag. You can´t take that on the plane.¨ I wasn´t happy. They´ve never checked before, but this time they decided to scalp everyone. Most people had issues with just a little wheel, or a handle, etc. And they charge 20€ each bag. In the US with any real airline if your carry on is too big they just put a little tag on it, stick it under the plane, and give it back to you as you get off the plane. No charge. That´s how it was when I flew from Tucson to Salt Lake. But we´re dealing with incompetent Spanish airlines...where the customer is always wrong. And a criminal. It´s probably why most of them are going bankrupt.
So if all goes well we´ll have two baptisms this weekend. Bob and Joseph. We´ve been working with both since I got here, so it´s nice to see them both ready and excited.
On Thursday we got a call from the secretary asking us if we´d offer the talks in Sacrament meeting. They both went really well. We left a bit of time at the end since they were a tad short, but the branch president got up and backed up what we´d said, then took it a little further. I was surprised. But it seems like he liked what we had to say.
We´ve been doing a lot of cleaning to the old dump this week as well-getting it all fixed up, and especially in shape to turn it back over in May. We´re all excited to start looking for a new place in late April. It´s not adecuate for our needs, nor is it the best place to live. But it´s doable at the moment, and it´s in a lot better condition than it was.
So today we´re going for a special treat. Here in Palma is a sight never before seen in Spain-Pizza Hut. We´re going to eat some fine pizza, then we´ll be going bowling again afterwards.
I´m not sure how next week will work out. It´s very possible I won´t be able to write until Thursday. We´ve got Council on Monday, Leadership Training on Tuesday, then the Assistants had planned to do exchanges on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since they´re more concerned about their schedule, we´ll end up back here in Palma sometime on Thursday afternoon, no doubt. So don´t expect a fast letter next week. If I can write on Monday I´ll try, but there´s no guarantees.
I´m glad to hear that the weather´s been nice at home. It fluctuates a lot here in Palma for unknown reasons. The senior couple, the MacArthurs, arrived this morning on the ferry at 7AM (they were on it all night). We haven´t met them yet, though they´re invited to go bowling. They said they´d call us if the decided to go (they´re probably exhausted, so I wouldn´t blame them if they didn´t).
Well, I hope you have a good week. Have fun and be safe.
3/12/12
My teeth don´t look bad, actually. I just picked up a new toothbrush that´s helping to keep them fairly clean. There is one thing I can´t seem to find lately-a can of Kiwi shoe polish. Black. My shoes are kind of needing it, and I only find this shady stuff lately. Or cheater polish, which doesn´t protect the shoe.
Larry and I used to have a jolly good time making fun of the Chevy Malibu. Good old Government Motors...ahh...
The fuel tank isn´t in that area, but that big sunken area for the Magic Seat is, so maybe it was cracked. There´s also a lot of stuff designed to transfer the shock into the frame, plus sensors for the airbags that could have been tweaked. And the hitch may have been tweaked as well.
Bob´s being a little frustrating at the moment. He knows he wants to get baptised, his wife´s told him he can, he just doesn´t want to act and take the step. Then he didn´t come to church and had his phone off yesterday. My companion´s going to try to visit him tonight-I´m going to Barcelona at 6PM.
I have to go pick up my card, so I´ll be flying in tonight and flying back out on Tuesday afternoon. Quick little trip.
We´re still chugging along here. We´ve got until the end of the week to try and find an apartment for the senior couple that´ll be here this weekend. There´s been a lot of apartments that aren´t furnished, or the owners don´t like a fair contract, etc. As soon as I finish this letter we´ll be off to look at a promising one that´s pretty close to the church. It´s a semi-senile older woman, but she sounded nice. A little confused as to why two Americans are coming to Palma. It´ll be exciting, though. There´s a lot of work to do here with the youth, and there´s a lot of members who are complaining about the big push the church is putting on the YSA. They´re coming out here to open up a center for them. Right now with the couple assigned out of the branch they´ve managed to get 38 YSA attending(from all three islands, mostly from Mallorca) , but there´s around 150 inactives just in Palma.
I was looking more towards 23, but that´s what you needed to get out of the chapter, so that works.
Yeah, it´ll be the number life, I suppose. Bean counting. ;) But if you do your own investments, you´re your own boss. Plus the NYSE is only open Monday to Friday.
So it´ll be another busy week for all.
Love you,
Bradley.
Larry and I used to have a jolly good time making fun of the Chevy Malibu. Good old Government Motors...ahh...
The fuel tank isn´t in that area, but that big sunken area for the Magic Seat is, so maybe it was cracked. There´s also a lot of stuff designed to transfer the shock into the frame, plus sensors for the airbags that could have been tweaked. And the hitch may have been tweaked as well.
Bob´s being a little frustrating at the moment. He knows he wants to get baptised, his wife´s told him he can, he just doesn´t want to act and take the step. Then he didn´t come to church and had his phone off yesterday. My companion´s going to try to visit him tonight-I´m going to Barcelona at 6PM.
I have to go pick up my card, so I´ll be flying in tonight and flying back out on Tuesday afternoon. Quick little trip.
We´re still chugging along here. We´ve got until the end of the week to try and find an apartment for the senior couple that´ll be here this weekend. There´s been a lot of apartments that aren´t furnished, or the owners don´t like a fair contract, etc. As soon as I finish this letter we´ll be off to look at a promising one that´s pretty close to the church. It´s a semi-senile older woman, but she sounded nice. A little confused as to why two Americans are coming to Palma. It´ll be exciting, though. There´s a lot of work to do here with the youth, and there´s a lot of members who are complaining about the big push the church is putting on the YSA. They´re coming out here to open up a center for them. Right now with the couple assigned out of the branch they´ve managed to get 38 YSA attending(from all three islands, mostly from Mallorca) , but there´s around 150 inactives just in Palma.
I was looking more towards 23, but that´s what you needed to get out of the chapter, so that works.
Yeah, it´ll be the number life, I suppose. Bean counting. ;) But if you do your own investments, you´re your own boss. Plus the NYSE is only open Monday to Friday.
So it´ll be another busy week for all.
Love you,
Bradley.
3/6/12
I don´t think you need to feel bad about the package. We´ve been busy, and I haven´t felt as though I´ve been doing without. One thing I would appreciate would be a can of foot powder. Just one-I don´t think there´s enough time left to justify two of them.
So yeah, the dentist...we got there, went it (it was a fairly nice office), the dentist came in, we talked, she got out some tools, then she pulled down a mask with laughing gas...and then I woke up without a spleen.
Just kidding.
Hehehe...I´m sure this one will go over well. No, she looked at it and said that it´s not a cavity or a pinhole, but that it´s just a stain that´s there on the molar. It´s right where those two parts of molar form together (the little ridge) and she said it´s just a little bit stained, but that it´s nothing to worry about. I´ve been keeping an eye on it for a while and it hadn´t changed. The visit was just basically an appraisal, so it was free. She did manage to compliment me on my teeth about four times in the three minutes I was in the chair. ¨Very good teeth. Very nice¨.
It´s been a wild week. We´ve been running everywhere trying to keep things in the air. Then we got calls on Thursday night (they tried to send us a fax but none of the zone leaders got them) with transfer information. My companion was sent off to Bilbao, and I´m here with Elder Araujo, from Brazil. Although he speaks English at a native level-used to go to BYU.
So that always makes things weird between companions. We managed to make it until the end. I sent him off at the airport this morning just after my new companion arrived.
I didn´t have to fly in for this one, but I`ll be flying in on Saturday to retrieve my new residency card from Barcelona. Same day flights...that´s going to be a little busy.
We had some interesting testimonies this week as well.
Bob´s doing well. He didn´t come to church this Sunday, so when we met with him on Wednesday we asked what happened. He said that his wife had taken him out on Saturday, then pushed him into drinking, then they´d gone back and fought, and he almost decided to go back to Bolivia. But at some point during the fight he told her how he wanted to get baptised (that´s been his big issue-he´s been afraid of the reaction) and it kind of created a quiet moment. But she accepted his decision. He doesn´t have a set date at the moment because he´s not sure he wants to move too fast (but he needs to), but he´ll be baptised soon. So it wasn´t the best situation, but good things came out of it, so that works.
So I had an epiphany this week. I haven´t been putting too much thought into it, but I was reading in some paperwork trying to decide what I was going to do in life (after all, when people ask what you´re going to study you have to have something to say) and I decided that something fun and appropriate to do would be to work in investment banking, and do some work with the stock market. I think I´d have fun with that.
I´m glad to hear that things are going on normally, for the most part. I hope that they stay that way.
We´ve been cleaning up the apartment a lot this week. It´s one of those never ending projects. I´m not sure why we have so many dust bunnies in the place. Well, I do, but I just say I don´t. Drafty place...lots of little leaks. The church isn´t in the newest part of town, so the apartment complexes are all older. At least it´s a lot cleaner than it was when I got here, and my new companion´s been able to come in to a relatively clean piso. It´s still not my Gandia mansion, but you can´t win them all.
We´ll be out and about this week, making the smooth transfer over. Actually it´s likely to be anything but smooth, but we´ll see. When ever you have to take things over it´s usually crazy. We´ll hope for the best.
Read Alma chapter 50 this week.
Love,
Bradley.
So yeah, the dentist...we got there, went it (it was a fairly nice office), the dentist came in, we talked, she got out some tools, then she pulled down a mask with laughing gas...and then I woke up without a spleen.
Just kidding.
Hehehe...I´m sure this one will go over well. No, she looked at it and said that it´s not a cavity or a pinhole, but that it´s just a stain that´s there on the molar. It´s right where those two parts of molar form together (the little ridge) and she said it´s just a little bit stained, but that it´s nothing to worry about. I´ve been keeping an eye on it for a while and it hadn´t changed. The visit was just basically an appraisal, so it was free. She did manage to compliment me on my teeth about four times in the three minutes I was in the chair. ¨Very good teeth. Very nice¨.
It´s been a wild week. We´ve been running everywhere trying to keep things in the air. Then we got calls on Thursday night (they tried to send us a fax but none of the zone leaders got them) with transfer information. My companion was sent off to Bilbao, and I´m here with Elder Araujo, from Brazil. Although he speaks English at a native level-used to go to BYU.
So that always makes things weird between companions. We managed to make it until the end. I sent him off at the airport this morning just after my new companion arrived.
I didn´t have to fly in for this one, but I`ll be flying in on Saturday to retrieve my new residency card from Barcelona. Same day flights...that´s going to be a little busy.
We had some interesting testimonies this week as well.
Bob´s doing well. He didn´t come to church this Sunday, so when we met with him on Wednesday we asked what happened. He said that his wife had taken him out on Saturday, then pushed him into drinking, then they´d gone back and fought, and he almost decided to go back to Bolivia. But at some point during the fight he told her how he wanted to get baptised (that´s been his big issue-he´s been afraid of the reaction) and it kind of created a quiet moment. But she accepted his decision. He doesn´t have a set date at the moment because he´s not sure he wants to move too fast (but he needs to), but he´ll be baptised soon. So it wasn´t the best situation, but good things came out of it, so that works.
So I had an epiphany this week. I haven´t been putting too much thought into it, but I was reading in some paperwork trying to decide what I was going to do in life (after all, when people ask what you´re going to study you have to have something to say) and I decided that something fun and appropriate to do would be to work in investment banking, and do some work with the stock market. I think I´d have fun with that.
I´m glad to hear that things are going on normally, for the most part. I hope that they stay that way.
We´ve been cleaning up the apartment a lot this week. It´s one of those never ending projects. I´m not sure why we have so many dust bunnies in the place. Well, I do, but I just say I don´t. Drafty place...lots of little leaks. The church isn´t in the newest part of town, so the apartment complexes are all older. At least it´s a lot cleaner than it was when I got here, and my new companion´s been able to come in to a relatively clean piso. It´s still not my Gandia mansion, but you can´t win them all.
We´ll be out and about this week, making the smooth transfer over. Actually it´s likely to be anything but smooth, but we´ll see. When ever you have to take things over it´s usually crazy. We´ll hope for the best.
Read Alma chapter 50 this week.
Love,
Bradley.
2/29/12
Yeah, I´d gotten my ballot, voted, and sent it back a while ago. Definately didn´t want it to get there late.
Sorry it´s taken until today. We flew back on Tuesday, but then we were in the chapel from 12 until 8PM, then we had visits after that. It wasn´t the most supurbly planned day. But we´ve got this time right now to be able to write, so we´re doing it.
Tell them to put some Quaker State 100k mile plus Oil in there. It should hold out, right? At least you´ll set off all the metal detectors now. My companion always sets them off thanks to a metal rod he has in his arm. The spanish just get confused for a second, then shrug and let him through.
So we had an interesting week. We had the baptism on Saturday of Estefani, a little nine year old. But she hasn´t been confirmed because of some issues with communication.
Other than that, it was a calm week. We were in Barcelona on Monday, though the schedule really didn´t give us any free time to be able to write. But we had a good conference and got a lot of issues discussed and plans made.
Bob´s moving along slowly, but his wife still isn´t helping. She´s improved a bit, but he´s never come back to church after the first time, and we´re pretty sure that she plays a part in that. We´ll be seeing him tonight to try to help him out with that.
I´ll be in the dentist´s on Friday and we´ll see what they say. Hopefully it won´t be anything too crazy.
Next week we´ll have a transfer week, so that means I won´t be writing on Monday either. I don´t think a normal schedule will be happening too frequently in the future. There´s just too much going on. The two weeks after that shouldn´t be a problem, but the last week in March will probably be a mess.
I hope you all have a good week.
Love,
Bradley.
Sorry it´s taken until today. We flew back on Tuesday, but then we were in the chapel from 12 until 8PM, then we had visits after that. It wasn´t the most supurbly planned day. But we´ve got this time right now to be able to write, so we´re doing it.
Tell them to put some Quaker State 100k mile plus Oil in there. It should hold out, right? At least you´ll set off all the metal detectors now. My companion always sets them off thanks to a metal rod he has in his arm. The spanish just get confused for a second, then shrug and let him through.
So we had an interesting week. We had the baptism on Saturday of Estefani, a little nine year old. But she hasn´t been confirmed because of some issues with communication.
Other than that, it was a calm week. We were in Barcelona on Monday, though the schedule really didn´t give us any free time to be able to write. But we had a good conference and got a lot of issues discussed and plans made.
Bob´s moving along slowly, but his wife still isn´t helping. She´s improved a bit, but he´s never come back to church after the first time, and we´re pretty sure that she plays a part in that. We´ll be seeing him tonight to try to help him out with that.
I´ll be in the dentist´s on Friday and we´ll see what they say. Hopefully it won´t be anything too crazy.
Next week we´ll have a transfer week, so that means I won´t be writing on Monday either. I don´t think a normal schedule will be happening too frequently in the future. There´s just too much going on. The two weeks after that shouldn´t be a problem, but the last week in March will probably be a mess.
I hope you all have a good week.
Love,
Bradley.
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