Vale,
So this week was good. We had Zone Conference on Tuesday, and it was amazing. We talked about how finding new investigators leads to baptism, and that if we want baptisms, we have to find people to teach. We then proceeded to talk about how we were going to find people to teach. President Deere has also set the goal for us to read the BoM together as a mission starting Oct 7th, and finishing by the end of the year. 85 days in total, which is approximately how many days in total it took Joseph Smith to translate the BoM. I am excited for that, but I am even more excited for...
CONFERENCE!!!
This will be the 2nd General Conference that I will have seen since I have been on a mission, which is the only real proof that I´ve actually been gone for 6 months. It has flown by sooooo fast. I will probably be transfered to a new area in 2 weeks, which is exciting, scary and a little sad all at the same time. But that also means that my address will be changing. I´ll let you know as soon as I can what my new address is, if I actually get transfered.
But, I am so excited for Conference. I´m excited that I get to watch it twice (hopefully), once in Spanish and then again in English. Funny story: I got chastised and basically told I was a "sinner" by the branch president and my companion because we watch conference in the house instead of going to the chapel. But then I found out that they only watch Priesthood, Sat Morning and Sun. Morning in the Chapel. I almost chastised them, but decided not to. It is so weird how different this tiny branch in Spain is compared to our home ward in Mesa. Our ward is soo so awesome!
A little side note: in Zone Conference, I met an Hermana (Hailey?) Flake, and it turns out we´re related. She´s a descendent of William Jordan Flake, and so we are in the process of figuring out exactly how we are related, but who new I´d travel halfway around the world, hang out with a bunch of "Mountain View Punks" and meet a long lost cousin. I also met an Elder Orr from Thatcher who knows the Russels, so that was interesting. He was a little surprised that I knew where Thatcher was though, it was super funny.
I also had the opportunity to go and "pluck" almonds this week. We went out to an Almond/Olive orchard and picked almonds with our branch president. We then went and planted beans on a farm and it was super fun.
One of the Elder´s in Lorca got sick this week, so his companion asked me to go stay with him for a day (cause I speak English and so does the sick Elder) so he and Elder Simon could work in both areas here in Lorca. That was fun. It was quite strange and relaxing to be able to talk in English.
I am also increasing my skills as a futbolista. Everytime we play (which is twice a week, Saturday Morning and Mondays for Pday) people tell either me or my companion that, and translated directly, "I give them fear". I think it´s so funny, because everyone and their dog can run circles around me. That´s not entirely true, I have a much higher endurance than most anyone I´ve played with, and I´m also bigger than everyone who is playing (which is super weird for me) and I´ve figured out how to stick my foot in front of the ball and then pass it, so I´ve got the basics down. It´s soo fun to play. And, what makes it even better. We are gaining friends and people to teach from playing!
And during all this fun we had, we still found time to teach. We were not able to meet with Yeccy this week, and so she was not baptized, but we will be meeting with her next week, and will help her continue to prepare for baptism. One of our friends from fútbol is named Figo, he is 16 and from Peru. He´s not exactly investigating the church, but is searching for the truth and we invited him to start with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He accepted and said he is coming to General conference. We also had a lesson with Flo, FINALLY!, and she is doing great. Her husband continues to open up, and hopefully soon we will be able to teach her in her home.
Well, that´s about it for the week, plus I´ve got to run. Love you all, and have a great week!
Elder Garrett B Turley
Garrett and Elder Patterson
His District
