This week has been extraordinary. I will just be honest that I love to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When we teach a lot of people and talk to a lot of people in the street, I am happy. We, this last week, were able to teach a lot of people, and it was a lot of fun. There was even one point of the week, where we had two appointments at the same time, and Elder Gomez and I had to do splits. We have planned to do splits in the past but there has always been something that has gotten in the way, members not being able to help us, investigators bailing out on the appointments, etc. But this time all worked out and Elder Gomez went with one of the young adults in the ward who just received the Melchizedek Priesthood two Sundays ago and who is preparing to go on a mission, and I was the lucky one who was able to go with a 70 year old high priest temple worker. It was a lot of fun! and we were able to take advantage of the little time we had. 2 appointments instead of 1 is always better.
To explain my title for today, let´s just say that this week I have not and will not see much of him, who is known as, Elder Gomez, or in other words, mi compañero. Starting this last Monday until this morning we were in exchanges with the Elders of Villalba. I went there and the other two stayed in Barrio 5. Tomorrow we are doing exchanges with the assistants and I am again leaving the area. It is rough leaving our area. I don´t really love it, but it is fun seeing how other people do missionary work and be able to observe and learn. Luckily the area is in good hands...well great hands actually...El gran Elder Gomez.
Segundo is doing really well this week. He came to church this last Sunday, but he had to come to the earlier ward that meets at 10 instead of 12. He came and stayed through the whole sacrament meeting even though we had planned that he leave early so he could get to work on time. He started work at 12. He came, stayed, and loved it, and even better he got to work on time. Whewww!!! We are going to teach him tonight at 7:30.
Carlos Herranz isn´t going super well, because he lost his voice last Friday and we haven´t been able to get a hold of him since. He also wasn´t able to go to church this last Sunday. We, of course, are not giving up hope, and we are patient and willing to work with his extremely busy and complicated schedule.
We have another baptismal date, that we set this last week. His name is Carlos Gomez, he has to be an extremely extended relative of Elder Gomez. Haha. He is from Argentina and is really cool. He came with us two weeks ago to the stake conference and came this last week and stayed for the first two hours. He seems to be more dedicated because he wants to change his life, drop the bad or worldly things behind, and be more spiritual and calm. He has been showing us more and more that he wants this for himself and we are hopeful that he can continue to progress. We have taught him for awhile but we had to stop for a month or so as he went out of town to the Canary Islands to work. He is back in action and the only problem is that he doesn´t have an established work, so he is always working little jobs here and there and has a rather unpredictable schedule.
Today, we as a zone went to Segovia. Elder Holub and I came over from Villalba and met up with the other missionaries that went straight there from Madrid and we spent a fun day there looking through the Cathedral and walking down below the Castle. We had fun looking through some caves and were able to see some bats. We ate at a doner kebab hut, these are really famous here in Spain and there are tons of them all over the place. You are all going to love Segovia when you come. It is awesome and I know it enough now to get around.
Well, Elder Gomez is already done and we´ve got to hit the road and get to work. I hope that you have an awesome week. I am glad to hear that you are losing so much weight. That is so exciting! I also love the thought of seeing pictures from all of you. I love you all and pray for you. I was especially happy to hear that you had PPI´s with the kids. I think that that is a fundamental principle that helps unify families and increase love, success, and spiritual and personal progress.
Keep doing what is right. And be wise.
Love,
Elder Driggs
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