accidentally toured a castle

Well hello again,

Another week, another email. It was a pretty good week. I don't ever understand what's going on here, but that's okay. :) After week one I am no longer just confused about the language, but the whole ordeal. Things run a little differently here, and I am in confusion.

We had a tough time meeting with our amigos this week, but we had such an amazing member lesson with Nadia. I think they told me she's a less active member, but as usual, we can't be sure if I heard correctly. :) She's so sweet, we talked about The Atonement and read Isaiah 53:3-5 with her. She teared up during it and told us she'd run to church this week!♡ We also had a ton of other member lessons, but I didn't understand much of them. :) whoops.

We had to go up to Madrid for my residency, which we have to do again this week, apparently it's quite the process. :) We rode a snazzy train, and a lady came through with a cart and I felt like I was going to Hogwarts!

Both of my comps are from Honduras so they made me baleadas! They were super good and I was so crazy impressed by how quickly Hermana Reyes whipped up tortillas from scratch. They made me help and mash up the beans, so yay!

This week we visited two older members who didn't have teeth. I did not understand a single syllable of what they said to me. They could have been speaking German and it wouldn't have made a difference. Spanish with no teeth is no joke - it turns out.

We went on exchanges with the Sisters in Jerez. During which we accidentally toured a castle, so that was epic. Hermana Flaunders - the only other American - and I just followed as Hermana Guerrero managed to get us into an ancient castle for free. It was so cool, the old world is kind of cool!!

During exchanges Hermana March (she's a greenie, and name is pronounced "Mark") and I ended up sharing a message with a "futuro" (yellow dot for those of you familiar with area book, an almost investigator for those of you not). March and I were a bit nervous because she's a baby and I can't speak Spanish. But it went well, the lady held the phone so that her hand covered her face the whole time, so that was funny. We were both trying not to laugh the whole time.

Fun fact: the green plus sign outside of a building in Spain is a pharmacy. In Oregon it's a weed dispensary, so I was shocked by how many there were at first. Then I realized it meant something different here. Hehehe.

Food that Spaniards are simps for:

☆brownies: at least 10 people have asked me if I can make them? Yet they're nowhere to be found?

☆Burger King? I have no explanation to give you. (Kind of making me miss Campbell though...:) )

☆hot dogs. The worst news yet, due to my undying hatred for this food.

☆Tuna

☆chocolate, but it's weaker than in the US

That's all I can think to report, we'll see what this week brings us!! Also I hit a year as a missionary this week. ILLEGAL.

Con amor,

Hermana Shelton

F O T O S :

1 - member brunch appointment

2 - me encanta ver el templo♡