Happy Christmas - Feliz Navidad

¡FELIZ NAVIDAD!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS from Spain!

 

Do you remember that last week was a Week of Finding for the Mission?  The goal was 800?   Well, they found 847!!

¿Se recuerdan de la semana de encontrar que tuvimos la semana pasada? ¿La meta era 800, no? Pues...
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡LOGRAMOS 847!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

It was a miraculous week.  With the help of the Lord Elder Read and Elder Metcalf had 9 new finds this week and 40 future ones.  They found a Romanian family while trying to contact another family. They were ringing the bell when a man came to the door to go to his house.  They spoke with him and asked if he had a little time.  The answer was yes and he invited them to enter. What a miracle!

 

 

 

As usual they are very content but at the same time very tired. Today they are excited to be going to Sevilla to see La Plaza de España - Spain Place - a beautiful building built for the 1929 World Fair. 

Again, he says that he's really well!

Our big parcel has arrived and also one from the YSA.

Llegó el paquete grande! :) Gracias! Y también llegó un paquete de los JAS :)

¡Fue una semana milagrosa! Con la ayuda del señor Élder Metcalf y yo encontramos 9 nuevos esta semana y 40 futuros :) Encotramos una familia Rumana mientras intentabamos a contactar otra familia. Llegamos a la timbra para timbrar y hubo un hombre quien llegó para abrir la puerta para irse a su casa. Hablamos con él y preguntamos si tenía un poco de tiempo. Nos dijo que sí y nos invito a entrar. ¡Que milagro! :D

Estamos super contentos y super cansados a la vez jaja :)  Hoy vamos a ir a Sevilla para ir a la Plaza de España, construida por la Feria Mundial de 1929. :) Estamos muy animados jaja :)

Estoy super bien :)

 Bueno les estoy mandando muchas fotos :)

P.D. Corté mi propio pelo la semana pasada. Aquí está la foto :)

He cut his own hair last week. Here's the photo.

Un río

A river

 

 

 

¡FELIZ NAVIDAD! HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

 

At the ward Christmas supper. The ward gave each companionship two bags of food.

De la cena de navidad del barrio :) El barrio nos dio dos bolsas de comida por cad compañerismo como un regalo. :D

 Un nacimiento

A nativity

 

Do you remember this a year ago? Elder Read and Elder Wright.  Well, Elder Wright finished his mission and went home a few months ago, and here he is visiting the Mission Office - below - with his father:

Look who showed up at the mission home this week! Remember this guy?  Elder Wright (batman), and his Dad Kelly Wright. 
Elder Wright, el primer compañero de Elder Read llegó a la casa de la mission la semana pasada.

 

 

Y yo jeje Feliz navidad

The Hand of God - La Mano de Dios

Elder Read con Elder Tenney y Hermana Bangerter, de mi distrito en Cartagena :)

Elder Read with Elder Tenney and Sister Bangerter, of his district in Cartagena.

 

At last Elder Read had his camera, so he has sent us six photos on Monday. He actually said he's got loads to send but he system will only allow him to send three at a time.

 

 

As ever, all is going "super well" for him, but he says it's very unusual that four of his best friends in the mission have just gone home.

 

He wishes us a HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!

 

Elder Read is really excited about this week, but he wants to tell us about a miracle.  The other day he was praying before going to bed and his body was really aching because of all the hills they have to climb and also the speed at which they have to walk.  Anyway, as he prayed the pain left his body instantly!  On another occasion he felt a hand pushing him up a hill, but when he looked round there was nobody there!  He says:  "THE SAVIOUR HELPS US!"

 

He's pleased that last week was another good week.  The other day they were giving service in the bishop's allotment when they saw a man whose van had a puncture in one of its tyres.  He was working and had to take materials to a town 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) away, but  had to make two journeys and no longer had a van in which to do it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haciendo servicio hace dos semanas en el huerto de la Capilla. (decidimos hacer un agujero...), y día de acción de gracias :)   Doing a service project in the grounds of the chapel.



 

What followed was one of the biggest acts of service Elder Read had ever seen in his life.  The bishop lent the man his van, so he asked the elders to remove everything in it that belonged to him ad then he handed it over.  As the man had promised, he handed the van back when he had completed the two journeys and we were able to make good use of this by getting his number for missionaries to visit him.  It'll be other elders, but how wonderful!

 

Also last week they had an open day at the chapel in Seville where he met members form Huelva, one of whom was Elder Chacón's mother, Rosa Mari

 

¡'Por fin tengo mi cámara! :) O sea, van a recibir un montón de fotos jaja :)

Todod va super bien por aquí. Es super raro porque 4 de mis mejores amigos de la misión se acaban de ir a casa.

¡FELIZ NAVIDAD! :

 

Bueno, que les puedo contar. Estamos MUY animados por la semana que viene. Quiero contarles un milagro!. El otro día estaba orando antes de ir me a cama y mi cuerpo estaba doliendo un montón. Como tenemos tantos pueblos y cuestas para subir y caminamos super rápido todo estaba doliendo. Oré para que el dolor fue quitado de mi cuerpo y al instante. A otro momento sentí una mano empujando me subiendo otra cuesta, miré hacia atras y no vi a nadie. ¡EL SEÑOR NOS AYUDA! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Adios a Élder Avilés

Me alegro mucho que han tenido una buenísima semana nosotros también :) EL otro día estuvímos haciendo servicio en el huerto del opispo. A la entrada vimos a un hombre que tenía un pinchazo en le rueda de so furgoneta.Él estaba trabajando y tenía que llevar materiales a un pueblo 20 kilómetros de allí, y tenía que hacer dos viajes y entonces no tenía en vehículu para hacer lo. Luego vi uno de los actos mas grandes de servicio que he visto en mi vida. ¡El obispo le prestó su furgoneta! Nos mandó a sacar todo que lo entregó a este hombre. Luego, como lo había prometido el hombre vino otra vez y deviolvió el vehículo. Entonces aprovechamos y sacamos su número para vistarle, nos dijo "me encantaría recibiros en casa" ¡YAY! Son para otros élderes pero que guay! :D

los misioneros de mi barrio - the missionaries of his ward

Tuvimos una jornada de puertas abiertas en la capilla de sevilla y vi a varios miembros de Huelva. :D Vi a Rosa Mari (la madre del Élder Chacón) y a otros miembros. 

O sea todo super bien por aca :)

800 New Investigators?? 800 Nuevos Investigatores??

This is the inside of La Mesquita, one of the great sights within the mission.  Thanks to Hermana Greenwood in Cordoba for the photo!

Eso es dentro de La Mesquita, uno de los mejores lugares turísticos de la misión. Gracias a Hermana Greenwood en Córdoba por la foto!

Elder Read says that fortunately they are well. But with a mass of stiff muscles due to all the walking! but it's worth it!!

Once more he can't send photos: This time because he forgot his cable to attach the camera to the computer!!  But next week......................  He hopes!  

He wishes Elder and Sister Hinman well as they finish their mission in Southampton.  They say they'll return when the time comes for him to get married.  He says it seems strange even to think about it!

Well, this week they have found various future investigators - 21 in all! But next week they are going to have a week of miracles.  Do you remember when they had the challenge for the mission to find 555 investigators in one week?  And they found 558!  Normally in their mission they average 250 finds in a week.

Well, next week they are going to have another week like that.  And they have a much higher goal.

So, next week they are going to find 800 +++++++ new investigators.  That's 8 per companionship.  It's perfect because they need more investigators!

They are very excited about this.  They are going to be working with the members a lot as they accompany them on discussions and give them referrals.  He asks if we think they can do it.  

Elder Read says Yes!!!  And judging by last time I'm sure he's right.

Yesterday when he wrote he said he thought that they would actually manage a siesta.  He says that every P-day but it doesn't happen.

They have a new baptismal date. The name of the investigator is Joaquín and he is a policeman.  He is really good and the date is for the 29th of this month.  

He has various friends who are finishing their missions today.  He says it's most unusual and all his friends are going which makes him feel old.  A few months ago Sister Deere called him Grandfather of the Mission!

Well, that's it.  The mission is the best.

Sevilla celebrates Thanksgiving  

Elder Read dice:

Nosotros somos bien felizmente :) Con un montón de agujetas de tanto caminar, pero vale la pena :D otra vez no les puedo mandar fotos porque no tengo me cable... Pero la semana que viene Sí! Creo...

 Por favor mandan muchos saludos a los Hinmans de mi parte :)  Jaja es raro pensar en matrimonio jaja

 Bueno, esta semana encontramos varios futuros investigadores, 21 por ahí. ¡La semana que viene vamos a tener una semana de milagros!

¿Se recuerdan sobre la semana que teníamos el desafío de encontrar 555 nuevos investigadores en una semana? Logramos 558. Normalmente solemos encontrar 250 cada semana como una misión.

Bueno...

la semana que viene vamos a tener otra semana así. Y tenemos una meta aún mas alta

La semana que viene vamos a encontrar 800+++++ nuevos investigadores. Es 8 por compañerismo. Es perfecto porque necesitamos mas investigadores!

Estamos MUY animados. Vamos a estar trabajando con los miembros mucho para que nos acompañen a citas y para que nos dan referencias. ¿Creen que los podemos lograr?

¡¡yo creo que sí!! :D

Pues creo que voy a echar una siesta hoy. Siempre digo que voy a echar una los p-days pero nunca lo hago jaja :P

Tenemos una nueva fecha bautismal :) Se llama Joaquín y es policía nacional. Es super bueno :) Su fecha es para en 29 de este mes.  

Hay varios amigos que se van a casa mañana porque ya han terminado sus misiones. Es super raro.  ¡todos mis amigos de van! ¡me siento viejo! Hace algunos meses la Hermana Deere me llamó un abuelo de la misión jaja! 

Bueno, les dejo.  La misión es lo mejor :) 

One Year Today - Un Año Hoy Día

So Elder Read went on his mission one year ago today - and it seems like yesterday.

Unfortunately, he wasn't able to send any photos this week as the computer he was using wouldn't read his camera.  But he says he'll send a lot next week.  He thanks us for the parcel we sent him and says the chocolates are lovely.

He said that on Monday they were going into Seville itself and were going to visit what is known as the Tower of Gold, la Torre del Oro, and also Seville Cathedral.

La Torre del Oro - The Tower of Gold

Elder Read went to Sevilla once with Elder Wright and he loved it.  Unfortunately, however, he lost the photos he took last time so he was going to take loads this time to make up for it.  He's also lost his pendrive or memory stick and he's no idea where.  He's looked in the flat, in the chapel and even in members' cars, but it's possible that he left it in Seville chapel, so he was hoping that he would find it there on Monday.

There are two new missionary elders in the ward he's in, Élder Richardson from Georgia, USA, Y Élder Simon from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He's now having the opportunity to practise Portuguese as there is a Brazilian investigator who, he says, is really good, and they are hoping to arrange a date to teach her this week.  The other day he was speaking to her in Portuguese but they had to change to Spanish for the sake of his companion, whose Portuguese isn't very good, which isn't surprising. So the discussion was a mix of Spanish and Portuguese, which was rather entertaining!  He's got a copy of Preach my Gospel in Portuguese, so he studies that from time to time, which helps a lot as there are a lot of people in Spain who are Portuguese or Brazilian.

So all is going "super well"!!!  And next week he'll send the photos as he didn't manage to send them from the chapel as he was hoping on Monday.

Hoy no creo que voy a poder mandarles fotos porque la compu lo lea mi cámara. Pero la semana que viene sí les mandaré muchas fotos.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡MUCHAS GRACIAS POR EL PAQUETE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Los chocolates están muy ricos jeje :P 

Hoy estamos en Sevilla. Vamos a ir a visitar una torre que se llama la torre de oro. Y también la catedral de Sevilla. fui una vez con el Élder Wright y me encantó. Perdí las fotos de la últimas vez entonces esta vez voy a tomar un montón de fotos.

Catedral de Sevilla - Seville Cathedral

También perdí mi pendrive. Tengo casi toda mis fotos y vídeos en ese pendrive. No ´se donde lo perdí. He buscado en el piso, en la capilla, en los coches de los miembros. Es posible que lo dejé en la capilla de Sevilla entonces voy a ver hoy si está allí. Espero que sí. 

Pues hay dos nuevos élderes misioneros en el barrio. Élder Richardson de Georgia, EE.UU. Y Élder Simon de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Son muy buenos :)

Estoy teniendo la oportunidad de practicar Portugués. Tenemos un investigadora Brasileña. Es muy buena y queremos poner una fecha con ella esta semana :) El otro día estuvimos hablando en Portugués, pero cambiamos al español para mi compañero, ademas mi portugués no es tan bueno. La charla también fue una mezcla de Portugués y Español.  Era muy divertido. Tengo un Predicad Mi Evangelio en Portugués entonces estudio eso de vez en cuando. Ayuda mucho, hay muchas personas que son brasileñas o portuguesas aquí en España. 

Pues todo va super bien y la semana que viene les mandaré las fotos :) Sí no en un poquito cuando voy a la capilla si puedo.  (No llegaron lunes!)