Conferencia de Sevilla
Conference in Sevilla
On Monday - P-Day - Elder Read and his companion Elder Orr went to Sevilla, for the last time before their transfer, to see the cathedral and the Plaza de España. It was fantastic and he'll send photos - but when he was writing the e-mail his camera was out of battery and he had left the cable at the flat. So we should get them next week.
Now: Transfers: They're both moving. A lot of missionaries are going home and there aren't enough to replace them at the moment, so they're combining his area. Only two missionaries are remaining and the one who is coming is Elder Adams from Leeds. He's the only other English missionary in the mission, which is ironic, as the only two English missionaries in the whole of the Spain Malaga Mission aren't completely English!!! Elder Read, of course, is half Peruvian and Elder Adams is black. And he - Elder Adams - will be finishing his mission soon.
Now then, where are they sending Elder Read? To a little branch called Huércal Overa. It's in a small town and has only 25 members, but he doesn't know how many of those are active. His new companion is Elder Crandall, who went to his first area, Jerez, on 7th October last year. President Deere told Elder Read that he had a very good feeling about the two of them, so he's excited about that.
However, he's naturally a little sad about leaving Castilleja. Last week was excellent and the theme of Sunday's sacrament meeting was missionary work. Also they had a meeting with the stake mission leader.
Elder Read is sending us a copy of the latest issue of the weekly mission bulletin, which is excellent. The mission president talks about setting goals: how to do them and when - and so on.
The other day Elder Read saw his convert Neftaly again. They were in Sevilla and he invited them to lunch along with his sister, who is an investigator in Sevilla, and the missionaries who are teaching her, one of whom is Elder Buckway, the nephew of the missionary who baptised Elder Read's mother. Neftaly is what Elder Read calls a machine of a missionary. Seriously, he says!!
While they were at the chapel in Sevilla they saw a number of members from Huelva, Elder Read's first area.
But Elder Read says they had papa a la huancaína boliviana - in other words a similar dish from Bolivia - but the sauce was made with peanuts instead of cheese.
When he was at the zone conference in Sevilla he saw two of his previous companions:Elder Hampel, who is in San Fernando, the same ward as Neftaly; and also Elder Rodriguez, his second companion, who doesn't have much time left.
Elder Orr has gone to Crevillente.
Elder Read dice:
Hoy fuimos a Sevilla por última vez para ver la catedral, la Plaza de España yyyyyyyyyy............ El museo militar que hay en la Plaza de España! :D jaja les mandaré fotos, Fue SUPER guay! Pero mi cámara ahora no tiene batería y se me olvidó mi cable en el piso...
Ahora. Traslados. AMBOS NOS VAMOS : Hay muchos misioneros que se van a casa esta semana. Entonces NO hay suficientes misioneros para remplazar a los que se van por el momento. Están combinando mi área. Solo se quedan 2 misionarios y el que viene es Élder Adams de Leeds. Es el único otro inglés en la misión. Es ironico, los únicos ingleses en toda la misión España Málaga NO son completamente ingleses jaja :P Él es negro. Se va a casa pronto también.
Elder Erickson will train Elder Crandall in Jerez. This was on 7th October 2013
Elder Erickson va a entrenar Elder Crandall in Jerez. - el 7 de octubre 2013
Les voy a mandar el boletín semanal de la misión esta semana porque es MUY buena. El presidente está hablando acerca de el fijar metas. Cómo y cuando, y todo eso.
Bueno, Élder Orr se va a Crevillente.
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