June 26, 2017
[Week of June 19 - 25 ]
Monday - Today was pretty laid back. We went to the Castro,
or old castle part of Vigo. It was cool and we did a little hike basically. The
views were really good from up there.
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| Mountain Dew & a Cruise Ship |
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| Vigo & Me |
Tuesday - Well, today was full of finding opportunities. It
was a good day. We did lots of pass-bys and as well we made a ton of phone
calls. We met with Tomasa today. She's like this 84 year-old recent convert here and
she's just the sweetest old lady ever. She's actually like completely 'there' for
being as old as she is. Then we had some more finding opportunities. That was
the day.
Wednesday - This morning we did weekly planning. Then we ate
lunch with the District President and his family. They gave us some old less
active members to go and pass by this week to try and see if we can help them
come back. Then we met with Mikel's family. They are doing well, they are all
just sort of struggling with having desires to do church things right now. Then
we had English class. Then we made a lot of phone calls.
Thursday - Well this morning was really...fun. Our landlord
came up and asked if we had any signs of leakage. We said no. Then he asked if
he could come and look around. Sure go ahead. Then he's like, "hey there's
a plumber downstairs and he needs to check the pipes in your kitchen." Well
long story short, the plumber comes in, he has to break the tiles in our kitchen
to get underneath to the pipes, then he finds the broken pipe and Yeah. We
couldn't leave the Piso until 2:30 pm because they were still there working on
it. The reason they came, was because apparently every time we used the sink or
washing machine we were just basically pouring water on our neighbor that lives
below us. He yelled at us too because he thought we were just up there dumping
water on him or something. Oh Spain. The construction here is awesome! đ
After we left for the day we met with Raquel. She's doing good. She's just
really struggling with wanting to stop smoking. She's doing well otherwise
though. She's reading and praying every day.
FREAKING OUT ON THE INSIDE
Friday - So this morning we had to do some stuff for the
branch. Then we ate lunch with a lady named Rogelia. She's from Spain, but
lived most of her life in Uruguay. Then we did our studies for the day. Then we
met with Juan José. He's doing super good. He told us before we started the
lesson, but while we were just talking about life, he was like "Yea, so
guys, I think I'm ready to get baptized on the 15th of July." We were like
okay cool, but, on the inside we were freaking out. He's seriously been a miracle! His girlfriend who introduced him to the church is actually living in Atlanta
right now, working as a cook at a restaurant. They have plans to get married
probably in like September. They would be a great family to add to the branch
here in Vigo.
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| Empollada |
Saturday - So this morning we played fĂștbol. Then we went to
eat at some members' house. They fed us empollada. It's essentially fried
chicken. It was pretty good. If you wanna see what it looks like just look it
up. Then we did studies. Then we had to go over to Pontevedra so I could do a
baptismal interview for a guy named Brian. He's pretty solid and in his prayer
all he said was "thanks for letting me get to know this true church and get to
know these Elders who have helped me change so much." He's a good guy. Should be
getting baptized July 1st.
Sunday - Church was pretty good today. Juan JosĂ© and VĂctor
came. Then we ate in Piso and we took a nap. Wow, it feels so good to do that
every once in a while. Then we did studies. Then we went to our pancakes activity.
And then we finished the day. It was a good day.
Monday - Today Elder Schwanke and I are just chilling and
taking it easy. We were gonna go and see some stuff but then some plans fell
through. Hopefully next week we'll have some pictures.
Love you all,
Elder Harris
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