I'm not sure how well the title will show up in English since it's got a Catalan figure in it , haha. But oh well. As the title indicates, FC Barcelona won the Champion's League on Saturday night! Obviously I can't watch the games as a missionary, but we definitely heard all the screams and yells outside and in our piso, haha. It was great! I remember passing bars full of people watching the game and then when we were heading home we just all of a sudden hear a huge eruption of noise and people were cheering, clapping, lighting off little bombs and just making tons of noise. So that's how we know if Barcelona scores, haha. We were planning in our piso later when, once again, we heard all the noise. I think I've mentioned in earlier emails that we have a family here who lovessss Madid and they wanted Barcelona to lose. But since they didn't I sorta rubbed it in a little, haha. They know that it's all for fun though so they take it well and do the same to me when Madrid wins, or whatever. But enough about soccer.
Yesterday I hit my 8 month mark! Even though some days just seem to drag by when you don't have a visit go through and all that, but I can't believe that another month has just flown by. Luckily I still have quite a ways to go so I have nothing to worry about :) But these two years are just ticking by a little too fast sometimes, haha. The experiences that you have out here can never be topped by anything else in your life. We just finished the most successful month in the history of the Spain Barcelona Mission (at least by what we have on record, haha). It truly has been a month of miracles and it has been incredible to be a part of it. Although, it sorta seems like the month of miracles forgot about Mataró though, haha. While other cities are seeing people progress and grow in the gospel, we've been fighting to find people like that. So Elder Parry and I decided to fast and pray for our own little month of miracles here in Mataró. There is power that comes through fasting and prayer and sometimes that's the only way some things come. So we start today after eating and finish tomorrow. And then the month of June starts Wednesday and so does our month of miracles!:) I'll keep you all posted on how it all goes and I'm sure it will be full of miracles :).
Speaking of little miracles, the other day I was here in Mataró with Elder Swenson on exchanges. He's a brand new missionary who has only been here for about a week and a half now. But we were sitting on a bench when this lady comes up to us and says hi. We started talking and she said that her brother had been a missionary years ago and that everyone in her family is a member but her, and they all live back in South America somewhere. Her brother is moving out here sometime soon and so we told her that we'd love to meet with them both and get to know them and she said she'd love to.:) She owns a candy store here too which is really close to where we do our shopping so we pass by now and then. She's a great lady and has a lot of potential to progress. We just have to make sure we can get in with her with her work schedule, haha. That's always the struggle with people. But the exchanges were an interesting experience. Elder Swenson is from Salt Lake City and is a big Utah fan, haha. But we still managed to get along.:) Like I said he's brand new and doesn't speak the language well...at all. I kinda feel bad for him because it's frustrating if you can't speak or understand. I can sorta relate but I was fortunate and blessed with the ability to pick the language up fairly quick. But he struggled to talk and understand and he was getting frustrated. I just told him it comes with time and study. You have to be patient with yourself because there's no point in complaining because you can't just learn the language in two days. It was also a struggle having him get up in the morning. He just has the hardest time getting up and we kinda missed the train to switch companions again because he wouldn't get up! And since we missed it we had to wait another hour. I was a little angry to be honest because he had time to get up and ready and just didn't. But that's all done and over with and I'm back in Mataró with Elder Parry and that's all that matters, haha.
These next few weeks are going to be sooo hectic. We have to travel a ton to Barcelona for a few meetings, do interviews in other parts of our district, go to Zaragoza to get Elder Parry's residency stuff done, and it's just going to be crazy having to travel around so much. And it also means that these last few weeks of the transfer are going to fly by again. The weeks always go by super fast when you have conferences and meetings and stuff haha. I'm not sure why though. But that's about it for the week.
I love you all and thanks for your love and support :) Hope you all have a fantastic week! :)
