These
past two weeks have been a blur. I will try and explain since I didn't
write last week. Elder Marchello was leaving on Wednesday of two weeks
ago so the branch president invited us over on Tuesday night to have his
famous pizza. He always makes pizza for the elders before they leave
and it was amazing!! Then I received my new companion, Elder Fagersten.
He is quite the talented musician let me just say that first. The first
thing he did, after our long long trip back to Huércal-Overa, was gift
me a copy of his musical CD. He is a professional piano player!! I don't
think he has put the CD on the "market" but it is super good. It is a
bunch of hymns that he arranged on the piano. The CD is called What
Songs of the Heart. I made him autograph it.
Well, we recently have been teaching these two British people named
Peter and Diana. Peter is an atheist and Diana is a Christian but
doesn't really do anything. Yet, we have gotten Diana to really start
paying attention to her prayers and we also got Peter to start reading
the Book of Mormon which he actually has. I was surprised to come by
yesterday and he told me he has not only read the assigned verses but
the whole chapter. We will see how it continues with them. Peter is a
retired salesman. He made a fortune selling things in England and now he
is retired in England. He gave us advice on how to approach a door
since that is how he started. The trick? Use the most powerful phrase
there is, "Can you help me?" You somehow work that phrase into it and
they just cannot say no.
A lot of stuff has changed though in Huércal-Overa
since Elder Fagersten arrived. I have no been running early in the
morning which never happens. We also have started playing soccer every
Saturday morning with a bunch of kids from the city. This last Saturday
it came down to penalty kicks and it came down to me. If I miss we
continue to do another set of PKs, but if I make it, we win. Slow
motion.... top right corner, GOL!!!!!!! That was a cool experience haha.
I also then, got bit by a dog later that day in my kicking leg lol.
Luckily, it was only a small dog and it didn't break the skin, but it
just pounced on me from out of nowhere. To show our appreciation for all
of the ward we decided on Saturday night to make brownies! For the
first time, a lot of the ward members ate real American brownies.
Anyways... I am just getting burned out with the
writing. I am so tired. I have been working way hard. I just want to go
to the apartment and sleep so I will try and write a better email next
week. I am sorry! Thanks so much though!!
Love
Elder CArd
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