Traslado, pero a donde? Transferred but to where?

Elder Read was expecting his transfer to take place on Wednesday, meaning that he would have his P-day as usual today and be able to write as normal.  However, the Mission Office told him yesterday that he would be going we know not where today.

Consequently, we have no e-mail from him, but we did hear from Hermana Maria last night, although we were hoping that he would have found time to let us know where he was going.  She was disappointed that Elder Read wouldn't be able to visit them on Tuesday afternoon to say goodbye as planned.

The photo shows a primary activity that took place last Friday.  The sister on the left is called Galicia and Hermana (Sister) Maria is on the right with a child in her arms.  They are making cakes with the children.  Maria says that Galicia is the mother of the missionaries!  Lucky them!

Por cierto Elder Read pensaba que lo trasladarian el miercoles por la mañana pero ayer el ha dicho a Hermana María que se va de Huelva hoy día lunes por la mañana. Fue una pena, porque el habia quedado en venir el martes por la tarde a su casa para despedirse de ella y su familia.

La fotito es del ultimo viernes que tuvieron una actividad con los niños de la primaria y en la que aparece Elder Read. Hicieron pastitas de te con los niños y se divirtieron muchísimo  La hermana de la izquierda es Galicia, Elder Read seguro que le ha hablado de ella. Ella es la gran mama de los misioneros. A la derecha esta Hermana María con el pequeñito en brazos. 

1. Anyway, I'll get up to date with what's been happening to Elder Read.
   
   

   

   
   Here is  zone training  where they are all displaying Uno cards, uno being the Spanish for one, of course, to emphasise Strengthening the One.  The photo below appears to show a diagram we were shown on the high council In Portsmouth Stake about eight years ago.  It is good to see it resurrected for currently serving missionaries.
   
   
   

   

   

   Predicad me Evangelio -  Preach My Gospel.  They must have been on an exchange.  

   
   

   

   The lucky Elders were taken out for a meal at a chifa - a Chinese restaurant.

   
   

   

   Nine year old José Luis was baptised on 13th April by Elder Rodriguez and confirmed the following day by Elder Read.

   

   
   

   Apparently Colombiana  is a really nice drink, but now the bottle goes into the bottle bank.

   
   

   

   It's making me thirsty!

   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   More food.  This time it's churros.  They're fritters made from flour and water and are often eaten with thick hot chocolate, which it looks as if Elder Read has.  They are delicious!!!

   

   
   

   This is Elder Rodriguez, not the Elder Rodriguez we had a photo of a couple of months ago.

   The news is that there will be transfers next Wednesday and Elder received a phone call from the mission president to say that he would be moving. But he didn't say where, so watch this space!

   
   

   Habra transferencias la miércoles que viene.  El presidente de la misión llamo a Elder Read  pero no dijo donde.

   Voy a hacer la transferencia completa en español mas tarde. 

   
   

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   Watch this space for Elder Read blog Mark 2.
   

   

   
   

   This baptism took place last Saturday 13th April.

   
   

   More details tomorrow when I have time, plus the lates epistle from Elder Read.

Monday 8th April 2013

This photo was taken on 13th March during what must have been a Zone meeting.  Elder Read is really great at keeping us supplied with photos, but he leaves us to guess what they're about!
Esta foto fue tomado el 13 de marzo durante lo que debe de haber sido una reunión de la zona.  Elder Read es fantástico en enviarnos fotos pero tenemos que adivinar lo que significan!  

Elder Read's Easter parcel arrived all right but, needless to say, the chocolate didn't last very long.

He and his companion went to the stake centre in Sevilla for General Conference, which he describes as brilliant: the Spanish word genial, which shows just how comprehensive his Spanish now is.  The conference delighted him, but he writes about the adult session and I don't know what he means as we don't have one in English.  Could he mean the Priesthood Session which is now available online?  Anyway, he says  he felt: "I know Christ lives.  I know, with all my heart and soul, and I can never deny it."  Wonderful!!

It was a little different listening in Spanish, but it was still wonderful.  That's true. I used to find it a little disconcerting to see the lips moving in English but to hear Spanish.  It just seemed odd!

They are excited about the baptism next Saturday.  What has happened is that the mother isn't quite sure whether she wants to be baptised.  Her nine year old son, on the other hand, is completely sure, so they are hoping that his example will help her to make the decision to go ahead the following week.so we are asked to pray for them.  Her name is Sari.  We are also asked to pray for Huelva Ward which needs plenty of help.

Elder Read y Elder Blanch con investigadores   Elder Read and Elder Blanch with investigators..

El otro paquete a llegado y me gusto mucho. Muchísimas gracias :) Pero el chocolate no duró mucho tiempo... La conferencia general era genial. ¡Me encantó! Algo que sentí durante la sesión de adultos: "Yo sé que Cristo vive. Lo sé, con todo mi corazón y alma, y no lo puedo negar"
Era un poquito diferente escuchándolo en español pero todavía era buenísimo :)
Ya a preguntado en la tienda latina pero solo venden Chicha Morada (Que está MUY rica) y Maíz morado en polvo.
Estamos muy animados por el bautismo este Sábado. Lo que pasa es que la Mamá todavía no está tan segura que se quiere bautizar. Él está completamente seguro. Lo que estamos esperando es que el ejemplo del hijo va a ayudar a la mamá. Entonces Por favor oren por ellos :) ¡Gracias! Y por favor oren por el barrio de Huelva, que necesita mucha ayuda.

 Hay algunos miembros que están muy interesado en los cadetes.Entonces, vamos a enviar fotos de Elder Read como cadete.

Out Four Months Today - Cuatro Meses Hoy

This was Elder Read four months ago today!  Fue Elder Read hace cuatro meses hoy!
How time flies. We still miss him of course, but he's doing the Lord's work and working extremely hard, with two more baptisms coming up shortly.

Here are a couple of photos of la Samana Santa - Holy Week - actually taken by Sister Deere, wife of the Mission President, with her captions:

Here's a very brief glimpse of Semana Santa in Spain.  There are processions everywhere, and we went to see this one in Malaga. These robes and tall pointed hats represent the penitent, and some wearers walk barefoot or carry chains or shackles. 

The processions have representations of Mary, and of Christ on the cross.  It seems all of Spain this week was sitting downtown watching a procession every day.  This "trono", (float or throne) was carried by about 50 men, and it swayed with each step they took.  The tronos can weigh up to 5,000 kilos.

Elder Read and Elder Rodriguez were too busy to see any processions in Huelva.

Traduciré el resto mas tarde porque tengo que visitar una española con los misioneros.  

 

New Shoes and Baptisms - Zapatos Nuevos y Bautismos

Elder Read sent this photo and three others with no captions today, so all we can do is to guess!  Elder Read nos envió esta foto y tres mas, pero sin leyenda; entonces podemos solamente adivinar.

The shoes we sent a few weeks ago have finally arrived: yesterday morning while Elder Read and Elder Rodriguez were studying. He was pleased with both the shoes, which he is wearing already, and also the photos we included.

The week just gone was an excellent week.  They have arranged a baptism for a nine-year-old boy.  It will take place on 13th April, so they are very excited, saying that the boy is golden.  And his mother will be baptised the following week, on 20th April, but she's not quite ready, so please pray for her. Her name is Sari.

Their new convert, Tomás, to whom they gave an administration last P-day, is a little better, but not well enough to attend church on Sunday, so they took him Sacrament, so they were able to cheer him up.

It's raining cats and dogs, so Elder Read says it feels just like England, especially as there's also plenty of sun: just like an English April!

He has found a Latin-american shop where he bought Chicha Morada, which he's enjoying.  They also sell Inca Cola, Peru's favourite cola, but it was too expensive to buy.  He asks his Mum to send him the recipe for how to make mazamorra.

So it's been an excellent week and a little lower down are the other three photos he's sent:

Holy week was just an ordinary week for the two Elders, but they saw many miracles: another baptism date and new investigators.  They didn't see any Easter processions, but no matter; the Lord's work is more important.

Elder Rodriguez, says Elder Read, is an excellent lad, who he really enjoys working with.

This would appear to be all the zone. Aparentemente eso es toda la zona.

Here is Elder Read with Elder Blanch, who has just gone home.  Eso es Elder Read con Elder Blanch, quien acaba de terminar su misión.

Here he is with Elder Geest.  I'm guessing that this was on an exchange.  Elder Read con Elder Geest, de repente durante un intercambio.

. Los zapatos llegaron hoy en la mañana a la puerta mientras estábamos estudiando jeje :P Los estoy usando ahora mismo :) Son perfectos :D Me encanta las fotos que mandaron. Muchísimas gracias :) La semana pasada era una buena semana. Fijamos una fecha bautismal con un niño de 9 años. 

Él se va a bautizar el 13 de éste mes, estamos muy animado, es de ORO. Su mamá también tiene una fecha bautismal para el 20 de abril, pero ella necesita mas trabajo entonces por favor oren por ella, Se llama Sari. 

Tomás esta un poquito mas mejor. Él no pudo ir a la capilla porque estaba muy enfermo pero nosotros lo llevamos la santa cena y le animamos mucho :) 

Está lloviendo un ¡¡¡¡MONTON!!!!  Se siente como Inglaterra. Hoy esta lloviendo una barbaridad pero también hace mucho, mucho sol igual como Inglaterra jeje :P 

Encontré  una tienda latina hoy y compré Chicha morada. Estoy muy animado para probarla :D También encontré Inca Kola en Sevilla el otro día pero era MUY caro... Entonces no la compre :( Hay Maíz morado en la tienda latina también pero no se como usarlo para hacer mazamorra. ¿Me puedes mandar la receta para hacerla un P-day por favor?

 Pues una semana buenísima y te estoy mandando fotos también :) 

La semana santa era normal para nosotros. Pero vimos mucho milagros. Otra fecha bautismal y nuevos investigadores :) No vimos ninguna procesión pero me da igual, la obra es mas importante.

Élder Rodríguez es un chico muy bueno.