Called to Madrid South

That's right ladies and gentlemen. The 2026 World Cup winner is España!!! It was really cool to be here in Spain during such an event even though we weren't able to watch much. Last night I'm not sure anyone went to bed as there were people partying at 7 am, but it was a lot of fun. In other fun news I'm training again and this time an Elder Burch from Missouri! He is super awesome and it's been a lot of fun to hear him ask questions about the European quirks I had forgotten about. (We went down to floor 1 instead of 0, he asked why we had two toilets, and why the milk was not only not in the fridge but out of the packaging too) This last week we have seen many miracles together and he seems to bring a new and welcome energy to Parla. This last week I have been reading in Acts and was very impressed by this account of a jailer and the apostles. After the doors of the prison burst open, the jailer came to the apostles asking : Acts 16 30 Sirs, what must I do to be sa...

This week was a bit crazy with changes in companions, but no worries! On Wednesday my companion Elder Peterson was called to be a tech elder in Madrid and shortly after he left. A few days later we got news and I'll be staying in Parla and training a new missionary. I'm super excited and I'll be going up on Thursday to get my new greenie!  Not much more happened this week. Sorry for the short email. We had some activities in the church and we continue growing here in Parla. "For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments." 2 Nephi 25:25 Our president of the mission shared this verse with us this week. It talks about how we are not saved by the law, rather it exists to show us the necessity to be saved. We are imperfect, we fall short, we make mistakes, that is not to say we are nothing. In fact, it is to say, that with Jesus Chri...

Happy Monday and sorry for missing last week. Let's see if we can do a quick review. This last Monday, we were able to visit the Prado in Madrid. It is an incredible art museum with paintings from many different ages in time. I hadn't been to an art museum before and was impressed by the different representations of different historical events including those of the life of Christ. I was reminded of the scripture in Jacob 1 that reminds us to view the death of Christ: " 8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world " Even when uncomfortable, viewing the love of Christ through His sacrifice grants us greater understanding of such act.  Last week on Saturday the other Elders in our ward had the baptism of Jhon, a friend from India. We enjoyed the service as members tried to accommodate speaking english. Galilea is a friend of ours who has been progressing...