Elder Hirst week 88
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Monday- It was a good p day, we
went to the pueblo San Vicente where they were celebrating Moros y Cristianos,
a famous holiday celebrated in some pueblos of Alicante. There was a big
firecracker show and then we ate their with a member Denis and all the
missionaries here in Alicante and it was a fun day. That evening we had
the Ecuadorian Family home evening as always and it was really great. We
really love these families here
Tuesday- That morning was
district meeting which was good, then we had exchanges with the elders in
Elche, elder wood and elder Smithson. I was with elder Smithson from Florida
and that evening we had to go to San Vicente to officially close down that
missionary apartment there, because our mission is going to sell it. Then
we helped a member in San Vicente who needed some help cleaning after their old
roommate moved out.
Elder Hirst's favorite barber in Allicante (wish it was in Seville-Barber of Seville..ha ha)
Wednesday- We continued our
exchange and it went great, we actually just came across a lady who was
struggling to load some bags into a building, and it turns out she just moved
there and she needed help. We offered our help and were able to bring up a lot
of her stuff. She asked if we could come back in two days to help move her
furniture from a truck to her house and we said we would. It was a great
miracle. Her name is Maria Teresa, and she is from Leon France but has
lived in spain for many years. She even said she'd be willing to allow us
to share our message with her. That evening we had many meetings, then
choir practice, and then we taught Frank Lourdes and Erica who are doing super
great
Thursday- we had a multi award
activity here in Alicante becaus it was a holiday. You know, ward parties
are so funny in Alicante, they always have to involve ridiculous amounts of
Paella. So the activity was a Paella Activity and tons of people came and
we played futbol and other games and there were many members friends there, it
was great. That evening we had exchanges with Elder Craven our district
leader and elder Moore. I as with elder Craven and we had a great exchange, we
were able to visit with some people in their area and contact some nice people
in the street
Elder Hirst finally got his sister's wedding invite
Friday- we went to help Maria
Teresa with moving the furniture into her new house and was very
grateful. We plan on going back another time to share a message with her.
She made it quite clear that she's catholic and doesn't want to change, but we
always want to at least share our message with everyone. That evening we
did weekly planning and then visited with Angel the recent convert and he
continues doing great.
Saturday- We played futbol that
morning with the ward and some of their non member friends and that was good.
That evening we really focused on trying to get in contact with some people we
have met recently, but unfortunately in Spain people are almost never home on
Saturday. But we were able to get in contact with a nice Nigerian man who wants
us to come back another time. We also got transfers that night which I'll talk
about after
Sunday- church was great, we had
some investigators there as well as the Stake Patriarch was able to come here
and give a nice class to the ward about patriarchal blessings. That was
really great for our recent converts who were able to get a better
understanding of that and have desires to get theirs soon.
So for transfers, every
companionship here in alicante is changing. Elder Greenhalgh will be
going to Huelva (literally as far away from Alicante you can get) and my new
companion is Elder Pincock from Cottonwood Heights, Utah. In other words he
lives like 5 minutes from me in Utah. He went to Brighton High-school in fact.
But I've known Elder Pincock for a long time in my mission (he's one group
below me) and he is one of the funniest guys i know so I'm super excited, he'll
be a fantastic companion.
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