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¡Hola! ¡Buenas Días!
I hope everything is well back in the states. The mission is the best! Its crazy and I love it!
Things in Málaga are great. Elder Lyman, my comp, and Elder Phillips,
Elder Núñez´s comp, are both dying (going home) the 6th of December.. so
things are getting pretty weird around here. They want to spend alllll
of pday just buying presents and souvenirs (sp) and whatnot.. and back
at piso they are completely torn between talking about investigators and
talking about their families and friends. Don´t judge them, its harder
than you´d think. 2 YEARS WITHOUT YOUR FAMILY... and now they are soo
close they and taste it. Its super interesting and almost hard for Núñez
and me cuz at points we honestly feel like we´re going home too.... Hah
but things are great. We´ve been working hard when we can, even though
we´ve been sick lately. Lyman was sick when he got here to Málaga, he
got better, then a couple weeks ago he got sick, and then I got sick
with something else, and then we both got better and then he got sick
with what I was sick with...... :\ kinda chungo.. but we work when we
can!
The Hondurans are doing well, L works in the house of this old
man all week and its all they way on the other side of the city. She has
fridays off and so we planned to meet in the capilla this past friday..
so we were waiting and waiting.. and finally we called her and it turns
out she had been waiting in the house of the man where she
works........ so she appologized and felt really bad for not coming. She
realized that we had agreed to meet at the chruch for the lesson and
she felt really bad.. so anyways, we´re gonna meet with her this
friday. Hopfully she comes to the church this time. :)
The Spanish
woman I, is doing soo great! We called her saturday, early in the
afternoon to see if we could pass by and visit one more time before
sunday and she answered in a kinda hurried/busy voice for
like the first 10 seconds of the phone call... and I was like......
uhhhhh.. so.. you
can come to church tomorrow or you
can´t?..
and she was like, "no no thats what i´m explaining! I was going to have
to work sunday morning but I changed it to tonight so that I could
come!!"...... and I just about lost it. :) I was so excited! She had
changed her schedule at work and was working the saturday night cleaning
shift at her work so that she could come with us to church the next
day! :) So anyways, she came with two of her daughters and they all loved
it! The two girls, 13 and 9, immediately found some
friends, I don´t know if they knew them from school or what.... but they
loved their classes and everything.. and I, was super attentive in Sacrament and really fit into the relief society. :) WE´RE EXCITED!
We´re gonna set some baptismal dates this week!
The District is the best! AHH I love it! Anyone reading this that is
preparing for a mission, THREE THINGS... Book of Mormon. Preach My
Gospel. & The District videos. :)
We don´t know yet.... but we think that when Lyman and Phillips go
home, Núñez will be transfered and I´ll get a new comp here. WE DON´T
KNOW.... We´ll hear this week though. Núñez has one transfer more than I
do here in Málaga so I personally think he´ll be leaving the 6th of
december... If you want to send him something, you can send it to the
mission home and he will get it no matter where he is.
Ave Jesus santos reín 2,3 D-E
29640 Fuengirola (Málaga)
ESPAÑA
You can still send my mail and packages to my Málaga address. Its pretty sure that I´ll stay.
I did get your turkey/nerf package!!! We LOVE IT! Best idea ever!!
Hahah and we loved your spanish directions! It get here last monday,
right after we did emails. I think a lot of mail and stuff gets places on mondays.. just weekend buildup I guess.. but I always tell you I
haven´t gotten stuff and then I get it later that day. :) sorry and yes
we got it. Its awesome.
The sd card i´m using is almost full. I deleted a bunch of pictures which opened up some room but whenever you can get that other
one back here, that would be great. Thanks! :)
Thanks for Hil´s
and Eric´s info! I can´t believe he´s going to stinking FIJI!! Hah how
awesome! I´m totally gonna write him! What an adventure! One thing i´ve
realized lately is how different every mission is! We teach the same
stuff everywhere but it is soooo much different in each mission. For
example, here in Spain, there are constantly, constantly people on the
streets. Almost always, with exception of medio dia, between 2 and 5
when everyone goes and eats and naps.. but other than that, from early
early to late late they are people, families, ancianos, kids, buses
cars, music, fútbol... always. So a lot of what we do, is our street
image and talking and finding on the streets and stuff. We are
constantly stopping people and talking to them right in the streets. :)
Where as in the states, missionaries could walk for hours and get passed
by 1000 cars and 8 people... which makes the entire work change. Its
just so interesting the experience we have on the mission and I know
that each missionary is given and will experience what the Lord has
prepared for them. Anyways, kind of interesting.. THE MISH IS THE BEST.
I´ll think if I want anything for Ty and them to bring.. I can´t
think of anything. Plus, I and I know you and they will understand, but
if they come they would need to drop it off at the mission office... cuz
we aren´t supposed to receive visits from family or friends. Tell them
thank you so much!
Quick question... Are the sacramento kings now the LA Kings?? I saw a jersey the other day............... just wondering!
Also, this awesome Ecuadorian family came up to us one Sunday and asked
if we could come do FHE every Monday.. cuz they needed ´´help´´. :)
Awesome Ecuadorians. So we´ve been going over there for 3 or 4 weeks now
and they´re doing so well. I finally figured out what Hilary´s area was
called and she was like ´´I lived there!´´ So anyways, she told me to
tell you and HERMANA NORTON that she lived in the Imbabura Estaca in the
Quinchuqui rama of the Otavalo Barrio. Something like that. She said
her mother or sister is named R. I don´t know if Hil´s by there but
the lady here is named N and J is her husband.
Anyways, I gotta go! I love you all. I hope your Thanksgiving was
great and I hope you ate as much as I did! :) We had a big zone
specialized trainging that day and we ATE GOOD! :)
-Elder Norton
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I got a huuuuge compliment yesterday!!! WOW I was flipping out! Yesterday, we went and visited this member that wasn't in church to check up and see if there was something we could do. She is an older woman and her husband is older as well and very sick. Turns out her granddaughter was sick and she couldn´t leave the both of them home sick and come to church, which is understandable... but anyways, when we first walked in, she started to just talk talk talk with my comp, Elder Blanch, (EVERYONE HERE ADORES HIM) and so I was pretty quiet for the first 15ish minutes before we could even have a prayer or share a message.. so anyways, we just there listening and listening. Then we said, ´´alright well can we have a prayer and share a message?´´ And she was like ´´ohh sure! ummmm lets see.... how bout your new companion. Can he give us the prayer?´´ talking to Elder Blanch (like I wasn´t going to be able to understand her or something... :) gotta love it ) so he was like... "sure." So, I say the prayer, say this, that, the other... and then I end the prayer and the first thing she says when she lifts her head up from the prayer is... ´´¿Tú eres de aquí?´´.... or...... ´´Are you from here (Spain)?´´....... HAHAH! :D and I was like.. ´´No...... I´m from the United States..´´ and she was like ´´Wow, ¿que bien hablas español!´´.... or....´´you speak spanish really well!´´ Super happy and relieved about all my spanish studies and stuff..... D: anyways.. just kind of a fun compliment!
