Wow it actually seems like it's been forever since I last had a P-Day. They actually give me an adequate amount of time to email now that I'm out in the field so I don't have to rush anymore. This past week and a half has been crazy honestly. The song "Welcome to your Life" by Grouplove seemed to fit pretty well.
Alright I'll start with my last few days in the MTC. For my last p-day there, we went to downtown Madrid which was super cool. We got to check out the stores and the city square. The following Saturday we went to the park to talk to people as usual, but this time I got to go with my MTC companion, Elder Ward, rather than being assigned someone else in the MTC like each Saturday before. It was definitely the best time I've had in the park. We had good conversations with 5 or 6 people lasting roughly 15 min each. Some in English, some in broken Spanish. On Sunday, I finally got to meet and be interviewed by my mission president, President Pack. He seems like a top quality guy. Monday was in-field training day so we just had a bunch of classes about what the mission field was gonna be like.
On Tuesday, we went our seperate ways according to which mission we were going to. Pres and Sister Pack brought all the new missionaries to a hill that overlooks the city of Madrid and we had a little devotional there. It was super cool. After that we went back to the Stake Center at the temple grounds and met our new companions. My companion is Elder Kamimoto. He's a pretty cool guy and knows quite a bit about music, so we talk about that quite a bit. He's from Las Vegas and has been out for a year and a half now. I've already learned a ton from him. Hermana Penner (my cousin serving here) actually knows him fairly well and told him that he was gonna train me. Turns out she was right hahaha. After I met him, we jumped on a train and went to our assigned area: Valladolid.
Valladolid is a really cool city with some really awesome looking architecture. It apparently used to be the capital of Spain, so that explains a little why there's so many cool buildings and such. We're serving in the Valladolid branch with one other companionship. Elder Peroni, my good friend in the MTC is in the same area as me, so I get to see him a lot.
We've already taught a few lessons to investigators in the area. We're teaching a guy from Colombia whose name is Mikhael Yadkson (Pronounced Michael Jackson). He's a really cool guy and we've got a baptismal date set for him at the end of this month. We're also teaching a man named Carlos, who isn't quite as firm, but he's been really trying to find out if the Book of Mormon is true.
The mission field is really different than what I thought it would be to be quite honest. It's been really humbling for me, to say the least. I feel like I've already experienced so much just in this first week. I can already cross off several things that I've experienced. I've been spit at, laughed at, had some great meal appointments and some not so great. We teach English classes every Wednesday and Friday and I enjoy them quite a bit. I'm getting to know the people there pretty well. On Sunday, the branch president had me go up and bear my testimony in broken Spanish, but everyone said I did a good job. Not entirely sure if I believe them.
I think that covers most of what I wanted to say. My P-day won't be until Tuesday next week since we're going to Madrid for a zone conference, but after that, it'll be on Monday every week. I love you all hasta luego <3
-Elder Penner
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