Hola Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas
Sorry for the wait this week! I promise Im not being disobedient, but I was assigned as a mission taxi driver this past monday so I went around and picked up all the new missionaries here and took them to Malaga to get their residency cards. At first I thought about complaining, but then I realized people fly thousands of miles just to see southern spain and we just casually stop in Granada to get some mcdonalds. I feel like in the 6 months I have of driving here, Ill have driven more here than I did in my entire time driving in the United States!
So I have gotten a lot of questions about the Jamon leg. Unfortunately, I forgot the pictures at the house but I promise I will send them next week. Basically, you walk into the store and there are literally just a bunch of pig legs hanging on the walls...hoofs and all...and so you just pick one and then you take it home and set it up on a special stand and then feast for the next month. The crazy thing is that the leg has never been cooked! They just seal it up in a container full of salt for like a year and a half and then you eat it. A lot of people don´t like it but I am definitely a fan! It does make the house smell a tad bit interesting though...
This week, we definitely saw some miracles. One of them was with an investigator who has made an incredible change. I remember looking at her teaching record and the exact words for this lady were ¨muy mala¨ or very bad. Apparently she had kicked elders out of her house and wouldnt let her sister join the church. This past week, she was at church with her whole family and she loved it! We went to her house before and decided that we would try and watch the restoration video with her. I went over to the computer and started to set it up, but then literally the computer just turned off without anyone touching it! It took about ten minutes, but we finally got it to work. During the first 2 minutes of the movie, her house was bussling and loud with people running around and kids screaming, but then all of the sudden everyone except her two youngest kids just left. Then her two youngest kids passed out for the entire rest of the lesson! It was a miracle and we were able to watch it and have a really powerful lesson.
I can´t believe how fast time is flying. This past monday was my 3 month mark, but I feel like I barely just left! Elder Whetten barely has a month left of the mission and its inspiring to see how sad he is to leave. I know he loves the people here with all of his heart. I´m not quite there yet, maybe half a heart, but I can feel my love growing as I serve here with them.
I hope all is going well back in the United States! Its crazy how isolated I feel from everything that is going on there! Yesterday, I heard a song playing that I never heard before...that was a reality check! But I wouldnt rather be anywhere else! Love you all!
Elder Jenkins
1. I always wondered why people in the passing lane would put there left blinker on! I just thought people here were really forgetful, but it turns out thats the way of telling someone to get out of the way! It works like a charm and now I don´t have to look dumb waving my arms around to get people to move!
2. Also, Im still learning how to use the horn right here. I still feel so bad when I honk at someone, but people here literally honk if you even wait a second after the light turns green to go.
3. Being a virtuous person doens´t mean bad thoughts never come to your mind, it means they never stay. But remember, the goal is ¨unceasingly¨
4. Hot water is not unlimited
5. There is a Very good reason for the ¨conmigo¨ rule - only understood by spanish speakers
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