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Monday, May 6, 2013

Week Ending May 5,2013 - I am in TARRAGONA not in Zaragoza.

Hey everyone!! So the first week in the field is over! Pretty crazy to be out here! First off I made a mistake last week. I am in TARRAGONA not in Zaragoza. I misunderstood when they announced it and sent you the wrong city!! It is beautiful here, right by the coast! We have one ward with about 50-55 people who come. It's not an extremely nice building, we are trying to get a new one actually! We have the money and the members, we just can't find a new place close to downtown yet! But it is good. There are 4 elders in our district, me, Elder Ferrer (from Granada, Spain), Elder Marcos (from Chile), and Elder Nacu (from Romania) and all stay in the same Piso! My companion Elder Ferrer is the district leader.

The people here are great, I love them. We have taught quite a few lessons already! I don't understand very much of what's happening...maybe like 30%? But I testify and add my two cents when I can haha. I am learning! The language thing is tough but it will come with time!


The city is great, very diverse here. ALL kinds of people and religions! A huge melting pot here for sure! It's been a crazy week, we've been going back and forth between here and Barcelona to get all my papers for residency figured out. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will be back there again! It's about an hour train ride south of Barcelona to get to Tarragona where we are.


This week we got a new investigator, her name is Laia, she is 20 years old and she is going to be baptized! Her parents are the only thing that would stop her though. Please pray that everything works out with that. Also we have a kid we are teaching named Stanley, he is from Africa, and we are trying to get him to consistently come to church and bring his little brother Jackson so he can baptize his brother, pray for them also! Church yesterday was just crazy haha! I didn't understand everything but the spirit was the same. I love that no matter where you are the church and the spirit are always consistent.

I miss you all and I hope you have a good week! I love you all!

Elder Smith

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