Weekly Epistle from Spain - Epístola Semanal desde España

I'm afraid this post is not only later than usual but also shorter as Elder Read is very busy and there is slightly less news.

Lamentablemente, estas noticias son mas curtos que normal y también mas tarde, porque Elder Read esta muy ocupado.

You won't find Elder Read in this photo - but you will find his companion, Elder Rodriguez.  

No se puede encontrar Elder Read en esta foto pero se encuentra su compañero Elder Rodriguez. 

They were going to have a baptism on Saturday but the investigator didn't go to church last Sunday, so Elder Read and his companion decided that he wasn't  ready for the 30th March.   It disappoints Elder Read a lot, but then that's life, he says.

The saga of the suit continues!  He's excited about the opportunity to buy a Spanish one, he says.  For linguists among you, in Peru they say terno for suit, whereas in Spain the word is traje.  And, not surprisingly, there are words that to all Spaniards - yes ALL - are perfectly normal, although they are rude in Peru.  I hope he hasn't had any problems the other way round.

Elder Read says he was flipé - knocked sideways - when he heard that Josh and Thamar had got engaged: and he sends you both greetings and congratulations!!

Elder Read says that his new companion is very good and comes from Barcelona.

He apologises for the fact that his e-mail this week is rather short.  He was also hoping to write to his friends but they had just heard that their new convert, Tomas, was rather unwell and needed a blessing urgently; so they had to go.

Íbamos a tener un bautismo el sábado que viene pero él no vino a la capilla ayer entonces hemos decidido que él no esta preparado para el 30 de este mes. Me da mucha pena pero así es la vida ¿no? 

De hecho estoy animado para comprar un terno español. Y sí, si se llama traje aquí. ¡Que raro en serio! Jeje :P Hay muchas palabras que son diferentes que me da mucha risa. También hay palabras aquí que son normales para todos, TODOS, y que son lisuras en Perú.

Saludos a los misioneros :)

¡¡¡¡Flipé cuando escuche las noticias de Josh y Thamar!!!! ¿Como están? Por favor manda saludos a ellos.

Mi nuevo compañero es muy bueno, es de Barcelona.

Lo siento que este correo no es muy largo, y me gustaría escribir a mis amigos hoy y responder pero acabamos a recibir una llamada hace 5 minutos diciendo que Tomás esta bastante enfermo y necesita una bendición de salud, entonces vamos a ir, ¡ya!