Monday, December 9th, 2013.
Eh There Fellow Lumberjacks!
How goes it up there in the cold north
eh? Haha crazy crazy crazy to see the pictures of the snow, and to hear how
cold it was! That is seriously insane, I can't even imagine! I hope everyone
enjoyed some hot chocolate and cuddling up by the fire!
Super fun to see the pictures too, I
love how you bring those signs for people to take pictures with! That's so fun!
Say hi to all of them for me if you could! Everyone looks so old!
You are all looking so old though, seriously. I definitely got the bad looks of
the family, you all look incredible! HANNAH IS GOING TO HONG KONG?! WOW. That
is insane, she is going to do so good there, I already know it. Everyone is
going to love her there hey? Wow, congrats Hannah, it will be such an amazing
experience for you!
I got my coat now, and some members
bought me gloves as an early Christmas present, so don't worry about me being
cold here, I'm set!
Thank you so much though! I opened the
package, and that was so fun to see my stocking and tons of little wrapped up
presents! I drew a tree and put all the presents under, it feels like Christmas
for me hahaa.
SO cute to hear about Aubrey getting my
letter. Made me just beam with smiles imagining her taking off her little
boots, and sitting herself down on the stairs reading the letter. I hope that
she liked it, and that she will enjoy the Spanish pokemon cards too! Love you
Aubs!
Sorry to hear about your friend mom, but
I'm glad that it was a good service! Its really a blessing to have the knowledge
that when the casket is closed, it's not the last time we will see them. Also I
know what you mean, wanting to be better. Makes you rethink everything, and
just have a quick refocus on the picture of life. I wish her family the best!
Okay first things first...the reason why
I'm so late emailing you. This week has been crazy. Ready for this? Me and Elder
W have been interrogated by the police, because we are prime suspects for a
stabbing in Inca. I am not lying. We had to go to the police station over in
inca twice this week. This morning was the second time. The church had to hire
a lawyer for us, and he came to help while they questioned us. Basically what
happened was two large tall blonde men with suit jackets and bags, stabbed two
other men from Morocco, over in Inca, about 2 weeks ago. We have been stopped by
the police and tagged as suspects! hahahaha So picture this...7 months ago not
knowing Spanish, but this morning answering perfectly to an hour long
interragation by the civil guard. I'm pretty happy about it. But hey, there is
nothing to worry about, everything is good, and no, we didn't commit the crime. ;)
We had a fun meeting as a zone this
week! The zone leaders dressed up as Santa Claus, and talked about having a
white Christmas. Unfortunately there
won't be snow, but we want everyone to be dressed in white for baptism this
Christmas season! So pray for us!
We have one new baptismal date for the
21st! Her name is P, the sister of one of the people in the ward! She is so
incredible. We have only known her for about a week, but already have taught
her the first three full lessons! She has read so much already from the Book of
Mormon, and taken down notes and questions while doing it! She is such a great
example to me for how to study. She asks amazing questions, and really just
feels the spirit so strong, there hasn't been one lesson without her crying her
eyes out! She has had a tough life full of addiction, and has told us she wants
to change, and never fall again. We are so happy for her, and going to do all
we can to help her accept Christ for this Christmas.
Want to hear a funny story? So we were
on this bus to head to a little town, and there was this 15 or so year old kid,
obviosuly thought he was the bees knees as he walked on the bus with all of his
friends. He looked at me, and saw I was a missionary! As he sat down, he was
just looking at me, so I looked at him back too! He then said in
Spanish,¨"Do you like your glasses?" and then started laughing,
trying to make fun of me, assuming I didn't speak Spanish. BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE
SEEN THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN I BEGAN TALKING TO HIM IN SPANISH. Priceless, I'm telling ya.
Hmmm...two more things! One, on January
16th I believe, we have heard there will be a crraaazzzzzyyyyyy holiday.
Everyone in the town of Manacor dresses up as demons during the night, and
party and dance and drink and get naked in the streets! Apparently people have
told us to stay inside our piso after 6 pm, and to not look out the window.
Crazy hey? I love the culture here in Spain, there is never a dull moment.
Last thing! So this week marks a special
time in my mission....my first besos. (Besos mean kisses, it's a cultural thing
to greet everyone with kisses here on both cheeks, but as missionaries we don't
do that obviously). Anyways, one night we went to a new investigtors house to
teach a lesson. Half way through, his 20 or so year old daughter walked through
the door, and came right up to me and just gave me besos...I was sitting in a
chair and couldn't even avoid it without looking like a crazy man. To make it
worse, when she walked up to Elder W, he said "Sorry, we don't do that
as missionaries". I looked sooooo silly. ahhahahahahaha
Anyways, I love you all so much. I hope
you like my email, even though it might be a little crazy. But have a great
warm week, and know that your island missionary loves each and every one of
you!
Love, Elder Hardy
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