This week started off with a nice four days of tri-panionship. Elder Sarango is Zone Leader, and he goes to Zone Meeting once a month. These tri-panionship days have happened 4 times now, but this was the first time with Elder Norrell and Elder Nash. Elder Sarango leaves, we stay and spend part of our time in Telde and part in Vecindario while he goes to Madrid and then to another island for intercambios. We stayed in Telde for Monday, with nobody to meet with and EVERYBODY on the streets, because it was the day before Reyes. And nobody wanted to talk, because they wanted to watch the parade or go shopping. We were very tempted, being in tri-panionship, to go and buy Reyes Magos costumes and see if we got more contacts, but that´s against the rules. Tuesday was very similar, because everyone was home and sleeping and forgetting the whole reason the Reyes Magos existed. So not a whole lot of teaching happened in Telde this past week.
But I think I loaded up some pictures of what happened Tuesday night... We bought a Roscón de Reyes, the traditional food of January 6th. It´s a big giant sweet bread doughnut with nata on the inside and prizes - the guy who gets the haba (some sort of nut) has to pay, and the guy who gets the king "será coronado con gran alegría". I didn´t get either. Kinda like Christmas cake Russian Roulette. And we bought one made for 8-10 people and ate the whole thing. My companion probably ate 45% of the Roscón, and we all regretted it when we next needed to use the toilet.
At Zone Meeting, we found out that our new Mission Presidents would be the Packs, from Mississippi. They´ll get here in July, a little before my halfway mark.We alsofinished this year with 496 baptisms in the mission, 4 away from our goal.... We were very close. President Jackson is looking through all the paperwork to see if he found any that were overlooked. We also have transfers this upcoming week. I don´t think I´ll leave, but it´s a definite possibility. I shouldn´t be saying that I want to stay, but.... I really like it here. And there´s so much more stuff to do.
Our investigator, Juan, decided the other day to give us Christmas gifts. He gave us shoe polish, cologne, and a tie. Obviously we have a bad shoes, bad smell, and bad taste in ties. I was actually really surprised to see someone non mormon know EXACTLY what missionaries can use. The only thing he forgot was peanut butter.
Well that´s it for the week! Today we´re headed to knock a building with 114 apartments, a size unheard of here in Telde. Sadly, there will probably be a couple rejections. But that is just fine - D&C 84:85 says "Iré delante de vuestra faz. Estaré a vuestra diestra y a vuestra siniestra, y mi Espíritu estará en vuestro corazón, y mis ángeles alrededor de vosotros, para sosteneros." Every missionary´s favorite scripture - and I´ll add that sometimes He´s buoying us up through loving family and friends that have sent M&Ms, Peanut butter, Reeses, ties, cards, letters, notes, and lots of other amazing American christmas presents that makes missionaries work with a little spring in their step.
Love, Elder Stew.
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