Life in Technicolor

I went with one of my favorite Coldplay songs this week for my subject. I've realized that I've really learned to see everything in a different light while I've been out here in the field. It sounds lame I know, but I don't know how else to describe it. I've had some really amazing experiences already and I still have about a year and 8 months to go. I think I might've said this before, but I can't believe how fun it is here even though we're doing all that we're supposed to. I overheard another Elder say at zone conference a couple weeks back "If you're not having fun while doing the work, then something's wrong." I agree 100%. Sometimes if an angry Spaniard yells at you a little, you've just gotta laugh it off.

Update on last week's email and the whole Semana Santa thing: I was right. People dressed up as death eaters from Harry Potter marching through the streets of Valladolid playing super intense music. Kind of an odd way to celebrate Easter imo. I prefer the bunny that brings kids treats and hides eggs. Maybe that's just me, though.

Something super cool happened this week. So on Thursday night, we were looking through our old area book to see if we could find anyone to set up lessons with. I came across this one lady named Mirella. She's from Peru and the description in the area book said she couldn't meet because of an "illness." I called her up and invited her to English class the next day and she accepted. I didn't think too much of it at the time. The next day, on Good Friday, where there are some of the best processions of the week, she showed up to English class. We got to talking with her and found out that basically her entire family are members of the church in Peru. Her "illness" is that she was in a motorcycle accident a couple years back. She has been going to physical therapy ever since so it can be a little difficult to find times to meet. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she said she agreed with everything. We then, introduced the Book of Mormon to her and she proceeded to tell us that she already knew it was true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet (WHAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS). We committed her to baptism right after. Brilliant experience especially since I could've called up literally anyone in the area book, but it happened to be her.

Think that's all for now, folks. We've got two more weeks left of this transfer so we're gonna do all we can to make them count. You'll have to wait until next week to hear from me (sad, I know).

Hasta Luego,

Elder Penner

Pictures:

1. AFTER LIKE A MONTH OF SEARCHING we found a Mexican restaurant. Overpriced, but good feat. zone leaders. (I don't have anything to get the picture of my camera at the moment so I just took a picture of the screen sorry)

2. District playing Catan today (I won, naturally)