Good morning family and friends!
Another week gone by. The longer I am in the mission the
faster time seems to go! I can´t believe I´ve already gotten to talk with you
guys twice. It only happens 4 times. That´s nuts. It was awesome, though, I´m
glad we have the chance. Sorry I didn´t write anything last Monday. We didn´t
have much time, and I figured we did get to see each other and talk for awhile.
We did go to Toledo last week, which was a good time, but I came back empty
handed. I just can´t quite bring myself to spend that much money. At least not
yet. I will have to buy something there before I go home, even if it´s just a
little dagger.
Thanks for the pictures you sent. I´m glad you picked the
one from Graduation where I look like a total dork. Haha, I´m kidding. If you
check on my Facebook page there may be some photos of me from school with my
beard. Also I wanted to ask for some pictures from my farewell, just of me and
my friends and you guys. Thanks for always fulfilling my various little
requests.
Well, let´s talk about this week. Monday night after getting
back from Toledo our trio pulled off what may be the first ever recorded
instance of 3 way missionary splits. And now we know why it´s never been done.
It was insane! But we pulled it off and had 3 lessons that night.
We all got sick this week, so that was fun. I got over it
pretty quickly, just a fever one night and then I was fine. The other two had a
harder time of it. Elder Winkelkotter is still sniffling. Our weather has been
absolutely nuts. Like worse than Utah: I got sunburned on Monday and then
yesterday there was slush and sleet on our car. It gets really, really cold in
our piso, too. I´m just praying for it to be summer already.
I went driving for my first time in Madrid itself on
Wednesday. In President´s car. That was exciting. Actually it was pretty easy
because his car is a manual. We´ll see how I do with our car. I need some more
practice I think. We were driving a new senior couple around, and they were
talking about how they are not excited to drive here. I decided not to tell
them it was my first time until we dropped them off at their hotel.
Our English classes have really grown since the APs moved
into our area. We now have 2 classes and we teach the advanced. Thursday was
the second day and they all brought pictures of their families and presented
them to the class. It was a really fun activity. One woman´s family is from
Galicia and she told us that her sister plays the bagpipes in festivals there,
because the bagpipes are a traditional instrument of Galicia. Basically I´m
dying to go there now.
We taught the ward "Noche de Hogar" this week and
everyone who showed up was a non-member. We gave a really good lesson about the
Good Samaritan and I found a great little talk by a Seventy that I shared part
of. He talks about how the Savior not only did huge things like miracles and
the Atonement, but that he also did the little things. He always had a kind
word to share and a helping hand to give. He related that to the scripture that
talks about how through small and simple things are great things brought to
pass and that we should not tire of doing good things. I really liked it.
Here´s the link if you´d like to read it:
I shared the last 2 paragraphs in our lesson.
On Saturday we got to play soccer with some of the young
men. It was great to get out and move around again. I´ve missed
playing fútbol.
Yesterday we finally met with Belén again, our investigator
who showed up to church all on her own. We taught her about the Book of Mormon,
how important it is and what it is about. She understood everything well and
said she was going to read it. Then at the end we were just chatting and talking
about how Elder Winkelkotter is going home soon and she surprised us all by
asking if we were going to be able to baptize her before he goes home. We were
all just like, yeah, if you want to, we will make it happen. So we set up to
meet with her a lot more often and we´ll see how things go. It was really cool
because we haven´t talked about baptism at all yet. The only thing was she
asked us what happens after the discussions and we said, baptism. And she said
ok, and then later this happened. So I guess she really is in this to get baptized, which is awesome.
Unfortunately she probably won´t get to have Elder
Winkelkotter at her baptism. We found out last night he is going to Cuenca
Tuesday morning. I´m thoroughly surprised. I was sure he was going to stay
here, I mean it´s only 3 weeks. But President decided to send him out into the
field. He´s a little bit excited. And it will a good opportunity for
Elder Stephens and I. Elder Stephens wants to be out in
the street and teaching people as much as I do, so I think we´ll be able to
find a good balance between office work and missionary work. It should be good.
That´s the news here and it sounds like you all have some
news as well. Be sure to tell Bishop Elsey and Jess and Ryan
congratulations from me. I´m sure he´s super excited! What´s the baby´s
name?
I don´t think I´ve ever seen a mosquito here so I
wouldn´t worry too much.
Erin! What happened? How did she face-plant? Is she getting
better? I hope she doesn´t have to use any of that scar medicine that I do. I still
use it everyday, but it doesn´t seem to be making a difference anymore. Oh well.
Sarah, I hope you enjoy your dinner and congrats on getting
into the Productions group. Will you find out there what play you will do next
year?
Tell Bekah I said hi and good luck with finding place to
live. I know a little what that´s like now. If you have any questions, tell me
and I´ll ask my companion.
Hang in there for the last week of school, everyone and then
make the most of summertime! Take lots of pictures. I love you guys! Take care.
Thank you for everything you do for me! Talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Cousins
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