Transferred again! As I feared, I've been booted out of Tarragona and sent up closer to Barcelona where President can keep a closer eye on me, ha-ha. J I've been transferred to Badalona. It's pretty much an extension of Barcelona to be honest. And the best part is that it's right down the coast from Mataró where I served a year ago so I'll be able to go back some time and see some people whom I taught! I'm really excited! My new companion is Elder Corbitt. He's the one who took care of me after my hernia surgery almost one year ago exactly. Kinda crazy how that works huh? Ha-ha. He's from Washington state and lived about 100 yards from me at BYU and we didn't even know each other. Small world. He's a great missionary and I'm really excited to work with him in Badalona.
Tarragona is definitely a lot prettier of a city but that's alright. I'm needed here for a reason and I'm going to work until I fulfill it. This past week was pretty good. We had some good visits with people and saw lots of success. Our investigators are doing really well and it's kinda sad having to leave them all :( That's the one big thing I hate about transfers. I had to say goodbye to everyone and it was pretty sad. Yesterday we were invited to help paint a house as a service opportunity and little did we know that it wasn't really painting, ha-ha. They sorta tricked us...and they took us out to this really nice house that had an incredible view of the sea and had a barbecue, ha-ha-ha! The food was really really good but I sorta felt bad since we should have been working. But it wasn't really our fault since we thought we were going to be painting a house. But too late now. We ate ribs and sausage that was grilled in a brick oven and the weather was incredible and everything was just perfect! I took some good pics so be sure to check those out :)
We had quite a full day on Monday since we were coming back from the "service project" and then we had to change clothes really quick and then catch a bus to another part of our area. We ended up having two other unexpected eating visits too, ha-ha. That's another bad part about transfers: you get fed a tonnnnn! But the food is always really good so no complaints there :)
The weather is warming up still but not quite summer yet. Apparently it's going to be a little chilly this next week but we'll see what that means, ha-ha. From what things sound like, we're going to be working pretty hard up here in Badalona. We've got some great people to teach and some people who are progressing towards baptism which is really exciting. Hopefully I can do everything I've been sent to do here. I know that as I do my part and strive to serve the Lord, He will help me and my companion be successful.
I love you all and miss you all a lot. But talk to you again soon with a better update about my new area :)
New mailing address:
Elder Justin Mathews
C/ Pau Picasso 10-12 9,1
08914 Badalona
España
