Unfortunately
Thanksgiving doesn't exist here. People always make fun of the whole
turkey thing, too. They think eating turkey is weird. If only they knew
what they were missing....
Well, after I talked about food last week I had a
few interesting food experiences. First, last Tuesday, Elder Marchello
and I went to a Wok - or a Chinese all you can eat grill. We were
half-way stuck out in a pueblo and decided it would be a good way to
celebrate both our birthdays. It was actually really, really good.
Imagine that! On Wednesday we had a slightly less pleasant food
experience...pig intestine and rice. It doesn't taste that bad, but it
is like chewing on rubber. We've also had snails and cow tongue promised
to us this week, so we'll have a couple interesting food experiences
here soon.
I had a pretty fun drive this week as well. On
Tuesday the Lorca Elders were here for our district meeting and ended up
missing their bus to get to Aguilas, one of their pueblos. Since our
morning cita had failed us, we decided to drive them out there and then
head to our pueblo for the afternoon. We didn't know how to get there,
but found our way on the map and started going. Little did we know the
road we were on would turn into a 1 lane mountain road and take us
winding through the Spanish countryside for 40 minutes! It was a pretty
cool little road built right onto the hills and mountains....but when
you run into another car coming the other way (not literally, obviously)
things get pretty interesting. After dropping them off in Aguilas, we
got on the highway to go back to Vera....only to find we had gotten on a
toll road....and neither of us had any money! Luckily Spanish toll
booths are one of the 5 places in Spain that will accept a credit card,
so we were ok. After all that stress and getting to Vera a little early,
it wasn't hard to convince ourselves to go to Wok!
Well, I think that is about it. We are working a lot
here - we have been really blessed to find a lot of new invesigators.
We had 3 people come about 40 minutes to get to the capilla. It is
exciting to see people put forth that kind of effort to come to church.
But when you kow something is good and true, you should always do
everything in your power to find it. This week at Zone Conference,
President Clegg challeneged us all to read the Book of Mormon before
Christmas and highlight every verse that references Christ. He left us
with this verse:
Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with asurety bhope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, whichchope cometh of dfaith, maketh an eanchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding infgood works, being led to gglorify God.
There are a lot of things we can use as an anchor in our lives. I
can testify that faith in God is the best anchor we can have. It is the
surest of all foundations and the way to the truest and most profound
happiness.
I love you!! Have a great week!
Elder Mockler
Andy, Elder Marchello, and Elder Taylor at Zone Conference
Murcia and Alicante Zones
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