Elder Read's Mission to Spain - La Misión a España de Elder Read : February 2013

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Weekly Update from Elder Read - Noticias Semanales desde Elder Read

Elder Read has sent us some more photos, but without any captions!

Elder Read nos envió pero sin leyenda.

Here is Elder Read with Elder Rodriguez. I am assuming that his companion Elder Wright swapped with Elder Rodriguez for an exchange, but I can't find out what area he's currently in.
Parece que Elder Wright cambio con el compañero de Elder Rodriguez y por eso Elder Read esta con el.

Elder Read reports that he continues to be very happy although he's already worn out another pair of shoes due to all the walking that they're doing, so we've bought him another pair and they're on their way to Spain - at the post office:

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Cooking in his flat sounds interesting. They have just a little electric oven and no liquidiser although flats of other missionaries have both a full oven and a liquidiser. From what he's said, their flat sounds rather basic, but it serves their needs.

And Elder Read has given us the news that two new missions will be created in Peru: Huancayo and Iquitos. These are to cater for the influx of new missionaries due to the lowering of the age. He also says that the Peru, Trujillo Mission has a new mission president.

We keep Elder Read abreast of news of the missionaries serving here as he is always pleased to hear how they are getting on, so he says how pleased he is to hear of their success. The baptism of Tomas, Elder Read's first, draws ever closer, it being on Saturday 2nd March, and he's getting really excited about it, particularly as he now describes Tomas as being of pure gold! They took him to stake conference last weekend, which he really enjoyed. And now they have found a golden family.

As Huelva is close to the border with Portugal there are quite a lot of Portuguese there and, for this reason, Elder Read has asked us to send him a book he bought in Peru to enable him to learn Portuguese. He's certainly keeping himself busy!

Dice Elder Read:

Estoy contentísimo Mamá

Necesito que me reparan mis zapatos. Estoy caminando tanto que mis zapatos no duran mucho...

No hay orno en nuestro piso pero hay un ornito electrico... Pero mucho mas pisos que sí tienen orno. ¡Hay dos nuevos misiones en Perú! Huancayo y Iquitos . Y la misión de Trujillo tiene un nuevo Presidente.

No tenemos licuadora pero hay pisos que si tienen...
Te estoy mando fotos en aqui.

Me alegro muchísimo por el exito de los demás misioneros¡¡¡¡Nosotros vamos a tener un bautismo este sábado !!! ¡¡Estoy animadísimo!! Es mi primer bautismo Él se llama Tomas y es de oro. Pero. puro oro. Tuvimos conferencia de estaca ayer y a el le encanto. Te mando una foto del bautismo :D Y hemos encontrado una familia de oro también Y también estoy aprendiendo Portuges que de hecho me esta serviendo mas que lo pense, estamos en la frontera con Portugal y hay bastante Portugeses y Brasilienos aquí en Huelva. ¿Me puedes mandar my libros de idiomas por favor? Especialmente el de Portuges y el DVD que viene con el. Gracias Máma :D

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Where is he?

No, this isn't Elder Read, but while I prepare this blog see if you can spot him!
No, eso no es Elder Read, pero mientras escribo el blog ver si pueden observarlo!
Esta foto tiene la leyenda: This photo from the Mission blog carries the caption:
This one is even crazier. On Tuesday afternoon Elder Rojas from Mexico called from the airport in Madrid, and wondered who was going to pick him up. Hmmm...good question. We got him on a fast train to Malaga, and Justin and I picked him up, since President Deere was teaching. We love getting new missionaries, even if no one tells us they are coming and they are sent to the wrong airport! Elder Rojas was a good sport about it all. His trainer will be Elder Mambo, but his first companion was Justin!
Este es mas loco. Martes en la tarde Elder Rojas desde México llamo del aeropuerto de Madrid y se pregunto quien lo recogería. Una pregunta buena. Organizamos por el un tren rápido hasta Málaga y Justin y Hermana Deere lo recogió ya que estaba enseñando. Hermana Deere dice "Nos gusta a recibir nuevos misionarios aunque nadie nos diga que vienen y estan enviado al aeropuerto incorrecto. Elder Rojas fue una buena persona sobre todo. Su entrenador sera Elder Mango pero su primero compañero fue Justin.

Has anyone managed to spot Elder Read in the photo above?

Now for news of Elder Read - Ahora noticias de Elder Read

You'll recall that he was suffering from a cold but he now says he's feeling very, very much better and he believes that it's because he's been working so hard. He gives Elder Wilkosz, currently serving in Southampton, his regards, and hope that his cold is now better. He says we're always in his prayers.

You'll recall that Elder Read asked for recipes. Does anyone have any Spanish ones, which would be better but English and Peruvian would be smashing.

They have a baptism on 2nd March - the golden investigator Tomas, who really has progressed very well. There are also other investigators preparing for baptism, but each proceeds at his own pace. Elders Read and Write are teaching better and working hard. He really doesn't know what more to say but they are very well.

At the end of this week Seville Stake has its stake conference and he's very excited about it. Last week they taught 20 discussions and they are getting better and better. Cere Angel arrives in Málaga tomorrow. Perhaps he'll see her!

One thing he says he doesn't do quite so well is food. He prefers his Mum's cooking! But he's very content and happy as always.

Estoy muuucho mas mejor, creo que trabajando me ayudo un monton de hecho. Saludos a Elder Wilkosz , y espero que el se mejora pronto. Ustedes siempre están en mis oraciones :)
Recetas españolas seria mejor, pero inglesas y peruanas también si puedes seria guay :)

Nosotros tenemos un bautismo el día 2 de Marzo. Se llama Tomas, el es de oro! Hay otros investigadores preparando también Pero Tomas si esta! Y esta progresando muchisimo. Estamos enseñando mejor ya, estamos trabajando duro y no se realmente que decir jaja. Estamos muy bien, hay conferencia de estaca este fin de semana y estoy muy animado.

Hemos enseñado 20 lecciones esta semana, y estamos mejorando mas y mas.
Cere Angel llega a Málaga mañana. De repente voy a encontrarla.
Una cosa que hecho de menos es... ¡¡COMIDA!! Bueno tu comida jeje :P Pero estoy muy contento y feliz como siempre :D

Follow-up training in Málaga for the missionaries who arrived right before Christmas. From left to right: Elders Valenzuela, Rojas, Vergara, Nally, Seely, Vosters, Crespo, Antezana, President Deere, Elders Blanch, Rodriguez, Fowkes, Wright, Peterson, Read, Briki, and Peroni.

Entrenamiento de continuación en Málaga por los misioneros quienes llegaron inmediatamente antes navidad. Desde la izquierda hasta la derecha: Elders Valenzuela, Rojas, Vergara, Nally, Seely, Vosters, Crespo, Antezana, President Deere, Elders Blanch, Rodriguez, Fowkes, Wright, Peterson, Read, Briki, and Peroni.

Monday, 11 February 2013

Weekly Update - Noticias Semanales

First of all, here's some news from the Spain Málaga Mission.

Primeramente, hay noticias desde la Misión España Málaga.

President and Hermana Deere with Elder and Sister Teixeira during their visit last week.
Presidente y Hermana Deere con Elder Y Hermana Deere durante su visita la semana pasada.

11 missionaries arrived this week from North and South America. Elder Gutierrez from Peru had been waiting for 6 months! President and Sister Deere are so glad he is finally here. 8 missionaries also went home last week.

11 misioneros llegaron esta semana desde América del Norte y América del Sur. Ademas 8 misioneros volvieron a casa.

Elder Read asks us to give his best wishes to the missionaries serving here in Southampton and, in particular, would Elder Nicholson please give his companion Elder Manga a birthday hug from Elder Read, as it was Elder Manga's 21st birthday yesterday.

Elder Read and Elder Wright are expecting to have a baptism in about two weeks and their golden investigator, who took them out to a Chinese restaurant (you remember?) last week, is wonderful. His name is Tomas. We shall watch his progress with great interest, particularly as the missionaries in our own ward are preparing to have baptisms. It is very encouraging that the elders, both here and there, are finding people who really do want to listen to the message.

Elder Read assures us that he and his companion are eating the right things, but could you help, please? Elder Read would like recipes!

Tomorrow Elders Read and Write are going to missionary training in Málaga and Elder Read is particularly looking forward to the food as Sister Deere's cooking is wonderful, he says.

Elder Read dice: "Podrían dar saludos a los misioneros en Southampton, y que Elder Nicholson da un abrazo de cumpleaños a Elder Manga. Me alegro mucho que tienes bautismos allí en Southampton. Vamos a tener un bautismo en mas o menos dos semanas.

"Estoy tratando a comer mas saludable. ¿Me puedes mandar algunas recetas por favor? ¡Nuestro investigador es buenisimo! Se llama Tomas, y por el momento no te puedo decir mucho sobre el..... Es muy interesante jeje :P ¡¡Pero el es buenisimo!! ¡¡Y lo queremos mucho!!

"Mañana nos vamos a Málaga para una capacitación misional. ¡¡La comida de la hermana Deere es buenisima!!"

Monday, 4 February 2013

News from Elder Read - Noticias de Elder Read

This is the photo I found when I looked on lds.org for directions to Huelva chapel but, as you can see, it just says "Address is approximate."
I think this is the chapel, which must be just round the corner:
Eso es la foto que encontré cuando busque la dirección de la capilla de Huelva, pero dice "dice dirección es aproximado." Creo que eso es la capilla:

Elder Read says he's got a bit of a cold but he's very happy.
This gives the weather in Huelva: Hacer click por el clima en Huelva:
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The other day they had a miracle. They received a referral from Madrid Temple so they contacted him and he turned out to be "a golden investigator." He took them to lunch at a lovely Chinese restaurant - and he paid for them. His name is Tomas. He is Spanish but he's spent practically all his life in the USA, with the result that he prefers to speak in English, so that's what they do with him.

Elder Read says he's using English on his mission much more than he expected, in fact almost from the beginning although not in the MTC. But they speak it in the Mission Home and in firesides and, of course, when they give English classes.

The conference with Elder Teixeira was wonderful and Elder Read learnt masses - too much to write.

In the Mission they all started reading the Book of Mormon on 1st February and will finish on 31st March.

"Estoy muy contento, pero estoy un poquito resfriado... Pero estoy muy feliz! :D
Sobre escribir Elder Teixeira nos dijo que no esta bien a escribir a los misioneros por correo electrónico. Nosotros y los demás misioneros no supimos eso, pero ya no estamos escribiendo a nadie mas que la familia.

"Pero el otro día recibimos un milagro! Recibimos una referencia del Templo de Madrid. Lo contactamos y es un investigador de oro! Acabamos a terminar de comer con el en un restaurante muy, muy rico, una chifa. ¡¡Y el pago!! Se llama Tomas, es español pero a vivido casi todo su vida en los estados unidos, y el le gusta mejor el ingles entonces hablamos ingles con el. Estoy usando mucho mas ingles que pensé en mi misión desde el principio lo ha usado, nada en el CCM pero en la casa de la misión y en algunas charlas y dando clases de ingles, si.

Jeje me encanta el blog de la mision!

¡¡La conferencia con Elder Teixeria era buenísima!! ¡ Aprendí un montón! Demasiado para escribir. Como misión estamos leyendo el Libro de Mormón empezando con nuevos libros. Empezamos el día 1 de febrero y terminamos el día 31 de Marzo.

News from Spain Malaga Mission. Noticias de la Misión España Málaga

Elder Read must be busy at the moment as we haven't received his e-mail yet, so here is some information to keep us going:

Elder Read debe estar ocupado por el momento porque no hemos ya recibido su email. Entonces hay unas informaciones por el momento:

News from the Mission: Elder Teixeira visits the mission

What a week! Here's a little of what went on: we sent two new Elders off to their areas, had Concilio here at the mission home with Elder Teixeira, baptisms, and had the first of two Zone Conferences with Elder Teixeira in Malaga.

Que semana! Aqui esta un poco de lo que paso: enviamos dos Elderes nuevos hasta sus areas, recibimos Concilio en el "Mission Home" con Elder Teixeira, bautismos y tenemos lo primero de dos Conferencias de la Zona con Elder Teixeira en Málaga.

Below are the elders in the District:

Abajo son los elderes en el Distrito:

Lunch in Sevilla. From left to right: Elders Gochez, Jones, Briki, Read, Wright and Blanch.

Almuerzo en Sevilla. Desde la izquierda hasta la derecha: Elders Gochez, Jones, Briki, Read, Wright and Blanch.

I have done some research on the Mission and have discovered that it covers five stakes, which are divided up as below This will enable us to track Elder Read. For instance, when he went to Aljeciras a couple of weeks ago we can so that it is a branch in the Cádiz Stake.

He descubierto que en la Misión son cinquo estacas, cuales son divididas como abajo. Va a facilitarnos a seguir Elder Read. Por ejemplo, Aljeciras, donde fue hace dos semanas es una rama en Estaca Cádiz.

Spain Málaga Mission