12/25/14 This week has been busy!
I got to go on intercambios, or
exchanges, and I went to an area called Alcala de Heneres. It was beautiful,
but I had to take a train there and it took forever. I spent a whole day there
and got to teach with another companion, Hermana Chavarria. Hermana Chavarria
is from Spain and doesnt speak English, but understands a lot. She is the
sweetest and helped me so much with my Spanish!
Teaching here in Alcobendas is
difficult right now because of all of the holidays. Everyone is busy and dont
seem to have the time to meet, but that´s ok! We arent teaching Cecilio anymore
because he decided he didnt want to see us anymore. But that´s ok!
David Archuleta came to Madrid. We saw
him perform twice and he also attended church in my ward Sunday. He´s really
quite talented and it was a once in a lifetime experience.
This week, one of our less active
members in the church (Toni, who is learning spanish), took the 9 missionaries
in our ward out to a typical Galician lunch. We ate really good bread, octopus
on potatos, calamari, really good marinated pork over french fries, pigs ear,
and some other really good stuff. I dont remember all of it, or even the names
of them, but it was the best food I´ve ever eaten, minus the pigs ear. Never,
never, never eat pigs ear! YUCK! Today, for Christmas, our ward mission leader
invited us for lunch and he made cows tongue and it was surprisingly good! I´d
probably eat it again!
The language is coming, slowly but
surely! We had a lesson the other day about temples and I realized that I was
speaking in Spanish and saying things without thinking about them and without
even realizing i could say them in spanish! It´s amazing what we can do with
the help of the Lord.
Last night, for Noche Buena
(Christmas Eve) we sang in a really popular square in Alcobendas. We sang
Christmas Carols and I realized during one of the songs, that it really felt
like Christmas. I felt so at home there and I remembered that it didnt matter
that I didnt have Christmas presents or that I was thousands of miles away from
my family, because the reason for this holiday is Christ. Christ is our gift,
the first gift of Christmas. God loves each of us so much, that he sent his only
begotten son for each of us, that through him, we could return to live with our
father in heaven again after this life. Remember that! Im so thankful for this
season and for this opportunity to teach about and come closer to Christ.
I love you all and hope you´re doing
well! Merry Christmas from Spain! I can´t wait to hear from you all!
Love,
Hermana Griffin!
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