Week 35: and the iPad...had disappeared!

Hello all!

¿Cómo os va? Things are going great here in Torremolinos! I'm secretly
scoping out future vacation homes around this area because I have
fallen so much in love with it that I am certain I will need to come
back frequently. I'm hoping and praying that I won't be asked to move
again after 6 weeks like I did in Huelva so that I can enjoy more time
here, but I will do what is asked and do it with a smile :)

Noteworthy moment: we met someone taller than my companion. He walked
by and my companion just says, "I've got to talk to this guy". He was
from like Slovenia or something and was GIANT!

This week has been really great! No bad baking stories, but we did
have some interesting experiences. In one lesson this week, we were
about to start teaching this mom, but we know her 17 year old son was
there so we invited him to come. He started to make up some exudes,
so, having seen the pull up bar as I walked in, I invited him to a
little challenge. If he could do more pull ups than me, I would leave
him alone but if he couldn't, I would leave him alone. He happily took
the challenge; afterwards, he not so happily took a seat next to me
for the lesson. I won't tell you how many we did, but let's just say I
could NOT do as many as I could 8 months ago and it was only with the
help of angels lifting me up that I beat him haha. We ended up having
a really good lesson with him; he was full of questions and we were
able to help him find the answers to them.

So, time for the title story. So this Monday, unfortunately, we were
eating Domino's pizza outside at the restaurant and my companion had
his iPad leaning on his chair behind him. Well we finished eating and
as he reached down to pick up his iPad he realized to his horror that
it had disappeared! The people behind us explained that they had seen
a guy walk by, reach down to tie his shoes, And then walk away with an
iPad like 20 minutes before, but didn't say anything....long story
short, we actually ended up seeing the guy two days later. Well, he
saw us first and realizing that he had robbed the only 7 foot american
in all of Spain he turned the other way and booked off. Luckily for
the years of track, we caught him after a high speed chase through the
streets of Spain only to find denials and walk away still ipad-less.
It did have a lasting effect on my companion though, who wants to be a
cop now instead of an airplane pilot haha.

The work here is going great! I had someone ask me if I though that it
was worth it, leaving my "life" behind for two years, and I didn't
even have to think for a second about the answer. I have already been
able to see the blessings that have come from the opportunity to serve
others with the entirety of my time and I only hope that I am becoming
who the Lord wants me to be.

Well, I hope all is going well as school is starting up again and that
you are all seeing the hand of the Lord In your lives; I know it is
there, LOOK FOR IT ALWAYS:) have a great week!

Love,

Elder Jenkins

1. Always keep one eye on your iPad
2. You straighten a nail patting it from the back, not hitting it on
the head. People are the same.
3. If you cook a clam and it stays closed, it was dead before and you
shouldn't eat it.
4. Manteca is lard, not shortening...
5. If you're passing around the maté, and you say thank you when they
give it to you, it means that you don't want anymore and they won't
pass it to you again
6. You're supposed to spit out the first two matés, not drink them
7. 8 months is sufficient time to lose your ability to dunk a basketball
8. How to make a Spanish tortilla