Summer

Just like the hot weather this week, I'M BACK. On this week's issue of Elder Penner's shenanigans in Spain we've got some fairly exciting stuff going on. Buckle up. The song in the subject line is brought to you by the band Vinyl Theater. Don't think I've mentioned this before, but if you ever happen to like one of the songs that I use as a subject, make sure you email me and let me know so we can be friends. We've got a busy week ahead since this transfer is wrapping up as well.

Ok, so as I mentioned last week, we dropped Diana after she was investigating for quite a while. We've switched our focus over to her cousins that live in the same piso. One of them, named Mauro, is also an investigator. We taught him a lesson this last week and he had a lot of really good questions. He seemed way more interested than he ever did before. After the lesson, we were talking with him and he told us about an experience when he went to stake conference in Madrid like a month ago. He said he felt something really strongly in his gut as they were singing the closing song. Something that he had never felt in any other church he had been to. (Why he didn't tell us this earlier, I have no idea). We jokingly said that he should get baptized this next weekend since it's Elder Davis's last in the mission and to our surprise, he was like "Really can I??" We backed up a little and explained to him that we needed to go over a few more things to prepare him first, but he was totally down. Fabricio is back in town this week, so we'll be looking to head over to his place to meet with him.

We've switched our focus over to the members more and more recently to help us find new people to teach. It's sometimes hopeless trying to find people in the streets here because of how hot it is. We've been trying to meet with as many members as we can and giving them a challenge to think of someone that might be interested in what we have to share. We're following up with many of the people we passed by this coming week, so we'll see if any good came of it. 

SPANISH CULTURE LESSON OF THE WEEK:

So in Spain, they have this rather interesting thing that my comp and I refer to as "park anywhere lights." It's generally understood that you can stop your car anywhere you want as long as you have your hazard lights on. The middle of the road is fair game as long as it's not a single lane road (and even then people still stop). It would drive me insane if anyone did that when I was driving in the States. Spaniards just don't care and it's great.

That about wraps it up for this week lads. We've got zone conference, interviews, and transfers all coming up this week. Should be a crazy one. Be sure to tune in next week. I love you all and I'll give another update next week.

Hasta Luego,

Elder Penner 🇪🇸

Calle Fuerteventura 4, 2 Oficina 8-B
28703 San Sebastian de los Reyes
Madrid, España

Pictures: On the way a little later (hopefully)