Monday- a little bit uneventful. It was raining all day so that was sad. We were just sort of stuck in doors for that so we cleaned and took some naps. Then that night we went and taught English (what's become my new professional career in this area).

Tuesday- we had district meeting in the morning and said goodbye to two members of the district, Elder Rivero in Puertollano and Elder Castillo in Valdapeñas. Coming in their places (on Wednesday) are elder Hanamen from being zone leader in Sevilla and Elder Burton, my buddy who went to Olympus High School and from my group! He's the best. That night, the bolivian family of the less active Christian wanted us to help them with some English stuff because they're trying to visit Britain and were confused with visa stuff so We talked with the Department of tourism in Britain. They don't want to be taught but we can be good examples and help so that's good. But one of the sisters friends came named carol and she was really interested in hearing about our beliefs and would like to learn more. Then we were in a trio that night with elder Rojas from Valdapeñas and that went alright. We contacted some solid people in the street so that was good, but not many lessons.

Wednesday- went and picked up elder burton from the train station and helped him with his suitcases and he then left to Valdapeñas with elder Rojas. We then went and and taught our recent convert Manuel and taught him about now setting his goal towards the temple and he was excited about that. Then we went and taught English classes and that went well.

Thursday- we spent the morning helping the previous district president, Leo clean the church. Then he invited us to lunch and we had some good Argentinian food. Leo has gone through a lot. His wife who is one of the best members I've ever met just suffered about 9 months of extensive operation on a tumor about the size of a fist in her body. She had a very low chance to live, but miracles definitely happened and she jokingly tells us now she's a living miracle. She still is suffering from the repercussion of the treatment but as she also always says "here I am!" They're so awesome though, Leo was the district president for 11 years, and they're such kind humble people. They're originally from Uruguay, moved to Argentina, then to ciudad real. His work shift is terrible too, he's a baker so he works from 2:30a.m- 10:30a.m everyday. In other words, every Sunday, he fulfilled his calling going almost a day without sleeping. He's happy of a break now after all of what he's gone through. But it's amazing too see how grateful he is to have his wife now. He constantly expressed how grateful he is to God for keeping his wife alive. Something awesome is that she has to sleep in the main room because their bedroom is too cold, so Leo moved his bed in the main room as well so that he could still sleep near her. Man that's just too precious. Then we went and taught Nieves, the less active and she's still being Nieves but she's doing well. Then the rest of the day was just looking.

Friday- in the morning we taught Lorena and talked about the plan salvation and it went super well. Then a set of the couple missionaries from Málaga came and did a apartment check and that went well, and they gave us some Rootbeer which is awesome  because you can't find that here. Then we went and taught Ronald and that went not so good. He's not reading or praying or doing anything really... Then we went in the street and looked for more people

Saturday- in the morning, we went to our traditional park and it was a good day! Mostly because it was one of the very first days in ciudad real where the sky wasn't grey and sad looking and freezing. It was nice and sunny and a little warm and people were in good moods. We got some Great new potentials, but the problem is, all the good ones live in villages outside ciudad real so they'll be hard to get to. Then we had a lesson with Alisia but she kind of showed up a little intoxicated so that wasn't good... Then we played football with all of our Bolivian friends and that went well, except I got hit with the ball really hard and couldn't do much that night.

Sunday- we had church this morning and almost nobody showed up :( there Weren't too many members and Manuel wasn't there and 0 investigators although most had told us the day before that they would come. We called them and called them but nada. But it was a nice day at church regardless, I always love church. Then we literally just tried talking to a ton of people that night and meeting with our investigators and with Manuel who didn't come. Manuel was In the hospital all night with his sister who was sick so that was understandable, but we need to figure out what happened with the investigators. We had a few people give us their numbers talking in the streets but it was hard because the first procession of Semana Santa started or something and if you don't know what that is, go look it up because it's crazy to describe. It's basically just means we can't get around very easily or proselyte as missionaries.

Well it wasn't a week as good as the last one if I have to say, but that's alright. You have to have bad weeks to know the good ones. It's during these tougher weeks that I truly dig deep into studying what I teach and nothing more. Being able to study such simple things of the gospel in depth is such a privilege because it just continues to strengthen the roots of my testimony and your roots in your testimony are the most important parts of it. If one simply builds their roots in what is the gospel of Jesus Christ and how the church of him was restored by a modern prophet, all other things simply fall into place. I can say without even a tiny bit of doubt in my mind that I know what I'm teaching is true. Christ lives and he loves everyone. As we approach Easter season it's always important to remember the one true and most important principle, that Christ Lives.