heeeeeeey, MOM! 7 Apr 2010

Way cool link to Jason's video. Didnt sound like him singing. Didnt really look like him. Sounded like the screams of love and affection drowned out the usual screams of pain and terror. Either that was an amazing editing job or i really have been gone as long as everyone keeps trying to tell me.

Twas cool.

I got your little package, it was gool (combination between great and cool (maybe it should be grool but that sounds gross)) and perfect. Thank you so much!

Knowing you, you have probably already disconnected from the media filtration, but i am still curious. What do you think about all this that is going on under the care of papa obama? Being in an already socialist country gives a twisted perspective. Is everyone as clueless there as they are here? I get worried when the anti yanks get excited. I smile and nod at most the stuff. It is really comforting to know that my parents were inspired to by a plot of land to build their pre second coming cabin in. We will have a lot to talk about when i get back. I dont really care about the info as much as how you feel about it. I guess i am just seeking some satisfaction to know that the family is still well rooted. Or even better, you could just ignore this strange tangent. I probably would.

Well, as for me, today has already been one of the coolest days ever. We took a trip up to Segovia, and that is my new favorite place. We went with some missionaries who knew their way around and it was amazing. It had everything. Cave diving, old stuff, A CASTLE, more old stuff, GRASS, a few more old things, and an all you can eat buffet. I will try to send some pictures of it so you can get a little taste in your mouth, my companion has one of those adaptor dealies.

Well, as for the week, i will just have to run through some of the experiences. Consider it to be a free sample friday in the costco of memories that make up my week.

We went by a less active member who we found in the street the other day. Whenever people yell at me, i immediately go talk to them. He yelled at us, "¡Elderes de Dios!" I flipped around and yelled back, "¿How in the world do you know so much about us while we know nothing about you? Lets fix that." One thing led to another and next thing you know we are praying in the street and walking away with an appointment for the next day. Turns out he is a lot more less active than i had begun to think. When we got there is smelled strongly of that one free concert i went to at the venue. Turns out he was smoking marijuana while watching "A Walk to Remember." I will let you guess which one surprised me the most. We started trying to figure out how to help him, but he was pretty baked. I didnt want to waste all of our effort, so i grabbed a picture of his son and shoved it in his face. I told him that he had to baptize him when he turns 8. From then on the things made more sense to him.

I ran into the MTC president who just got here a couple months ago. I spoke to him in Spanish because we had an investigator with us at the time. He asked me where i was from and i told him Orem. He then said, "no, where are you from." He thought i was from Spain. It was funny. You should of seen his face when i spoke to him in english.

Conference was off the hizzy. I dont even know what the hizzy is, but if there is such a thing, it would definitely be off it. The sattelite got messed up for priesthood session so we had to watch it in spanish, which means i zone out a lot more. Plus, we missed the last session as always. But even in spite of that, it was really cool. Missy, didnt you think it was cool that the whole conference was directed at you? Tons of stuff about new families and raising your kids. Needless to say, some missionaries may have liked that a little too much. Maybe could include myself in that one. Ha, just kidding, girls still freak me out. Anyways, dad mentioned he wanted to hear about stuff i have learned from studies and stuff. I will see if i can make something out of the next session of emails. I will look through my notes.

One of the coolest things though was seeing everyone. In between sessions everyone just hangs out and eats on temple square. All of my pueblo families made it up. It was incredible. Talavera and Aranjuez. I saw people i have not seen in years. Okay, that is a little dramatic, but it felt like a long time.

We ran into the drunk the other day. Not anything new. He did manage to make it different though. He introduced himself as Jesus Christ to get the party started. Then he started yelling that we were here to impregnate all the innocent women of Spain. I wasnt really sure how to react to that one, Preach my Gospel doesnt say anything about that. As he walked away ranting, i turned to the spaniard man next to me who had stopped to enjoy the show and said, "That is amazing. I had no idea Jesus was peruvian, i thought he was born in jerusalem. And i am not gonna lie, i expected a bit more..." He appreciated that.

Okay, this will be a short one, i want to try to make this whole picture thing work. Wish me luck.... in the past tense since i will have already succeeded/failed by the time you get this.

Loves,

Elder Sky

88 kilograms

PS Tell Brielle i visited a real castle. One of the pictures of me in the cave is with my companion, elder kay. I am a rare breed of cave cougar in case you couldnt tell.