This week has been pretty rough, but I am glad we got some work done! Last Wednesday I was really sick and for the rest of the week I could't do anything. I was in bed for like three days with a high fever. I'm not sure what it was, but my comp took care of me! The first two days we worked and met our goals and then we had to stop, but on Sunday we did Chapel tours and those are a really easy way to get contacts and referrals. The air is cold here and it feels like Oregon, the thing I miss the most about home it getting together as a family and eating lots of food and playing some sort of game afterwards. Those were my favorite memories back then! (see our cheesy video below)
Whenever I told someone that I was sick, they immediately gave me their recipe for a healing! And they were pretty weird! This week my comp is Elder Gearig, because our companions went to Madrid, so he is someone you could pray for because he will need it! I think that you can send me a package, but I would have to wait in import line on my p-day to pick it up and pay tariff so that it why we have everything sent to the mission office with "missionary supplies, not for resale" written on the outside. We'll see. 
I love you guys and can't wait to FaceTime or Skype y'all, it doesn't matter!
Moroni
We went to a Indian Kebab and ate food it was
really cheap but kind of sketchy because the meat was rotisserie
chicken and lamb that is straight instead of horizontal but it was in
open air all day!
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| Moroni's only Christmas wish! |
Elder Beal,
I know Thanksgiving is just like every other day there in Spain, so you might have not even realized it came and went. We made three silly videos to entertain you. I love your video letters, it looks so pretty there, and the weather still seems nice. Malachi's favorite contained a water bottle, I did not post that one on your blog cause I don't want you to get in trouble, but it did make us all laugh to know not much has changed.
You know how we always dedicate 5th Sundays to missionaries? It was so wonderful to get an update on each of you. I will try to recall a little of each. Jenna Schlosser is serving in Wisconsin, her parents moved to our ward while she was on her mission. The mom said she looks and acts like the main red haired character on Brave. I think she said she has been out just over a year. Adam Huntsman comes home in two months. His dad challenged him to work really hard, harder than the rest of his mission during the final three months and he would see miracles. He is and shared one. They had an appointment with a less active family. When they rode up on there bikes it was obvious they were having a hard party and they felt like they needed to leave. Adam felt impressed to go a different route home. As the were riding this new route home, a lady who was on the phone in her yard shouted out hello. They smiled and waved and kept riding. Adam felt impressed to turn around and visit with her. They did. She said I am on the phone speaking to the sister missionaries at Temple Square, they said they would send you and here you are. Needless to say she is progressing well.
Rick is a trainer again, he is now in Albuquerque, his first big city. His companion has been real sick and so Rick is spending his days cleaning up the books. When he cleaned up the books in his last area, they had over 400 contacts. One guy was 80 years old with 12 kids and he is getting ready to be baptized and some of his children are starting to visit with the missionaries. When they contacted him, he said I have this pamphlet from your church, I have been to a lot of churches but none of them felt like how this pamphlet makes me feel. Rick has just passed his year mark and feels like he needs more time to get it all done.
Gavin is on some island I can't recall in the Philippines, says being obedient to every rule is the hardest part, but he is trying. Loves the place and people. Ate a two foot worm that this man harvested from a log deep in the water, which scared Lisa to death as there is no doctors there but Gavin said I'm okay mom. He is a trainer now as well and thought the look on his companions face was priceless every time this family kept offering him more chicken heads and feet.
Donavaghn is in the deep remote parts of the country now and says there are swine and wild pigs everywhere. He wore a big hole in his shoes but just kept wearing them without telling anyone. It was getting pretty bad and he was trying to figure out how to fix them when they tracked into a guy who repairs shoes. He says they are better than new now.
Eric is really startled by the amount of people in West Australia who simply don't care if there is a God or not. He says it is a real tough mission but when they find someone whose heart is softened and ready to let the spirit teach them it is amazing!
Brother Ogle's daughter just left for the MTC last week. She is headed to Brazil. They were able to see her off.
Dad got up and shared about you teaching in the park in Madrid, where you are now, your shrimp and rice dish and most importantly the powerful impact you have on your brothers. Malachi has figured out to the day how long before he can serve like you. Dad shared how grateful he was that you were able to influence your older brother to pray.
All is well here, I am going out with the sisters to meet less active families and I think they are so wonderful. I want to help support our ward missionaries, but I never have any friends who are interested in the gospel so it is difficult. I hope that you do not feel discouragement and that your ward members are sustaining you and Elder Howard. I am glad to hear you are being fed good lunches and get along so well. I want to send something directly to you so it doesn't perish. Is that an option? I need your address if that is a possibility. I can still mail your main Christmas small package to the mission home, but I am concerned about this one going bad if it doesn't go straight to you. I would like to mail it tomorrow so let me know!
We called Karlita on her birthday and sang to her from you. She is really looking forward to visiting with you at Christmastime. Do we FaceTime or Skype? And you are 9 hours ahead of us so what time do we visit? It is just a couple of weeks away! Collin comes home on Tuesday and Sariah is giggly as a little schoolgirl. She is also nervous because she really feels like she is supposed to serve a mission.
I am glad you are meeting 25 contacts each day, that is a great goal. It is a good thing you are in good shape to walk a lot. What other goals do you guys have? Do you have a set of Spanish scriptures? Do you need some? Is there a family you are working with that we should be praying for?
Dad and I are really proud of you and hope you continue to look for the best in people and keep up the hard work. We love you!!!!!
J'Taime Toujours,
Mom
ps. the most important questions to answer from this letter are:
1. Who / what can we pray for?
2. Can I mail a little package straight to you tomorrow?
If yes, what is your address?
pps. Tell Elder Howard we love him and will keep him in our prayers as well.
Love,
Mom
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