Hey Fam!
Knowltons! Congrats on the baby! She is a cutie!
Lleida is a pretty big city that is still here in Catalunya. It is a little south of Barcelona. Basically you head down south to Tarragona, hang a right to go to Madrid, and boom you hit Lleida. I have been there a couple of times for some conferences and interviews. All I remember is that the city smelt kinda weird and it was really cold. Funny thing is, thats all I have been hearing from everyone as well! haha everyone asks me where I am going, waits for a reply, and then they say, Good Luck, Its really cold and smells funky! haha I am sure it will be great!
My new companion is Elder Weiss. He is from Switzerland. He kinda talks with a funny accent! haha It reminds me of the accent the three little pigs have on Shrek! haha Not that bad, but still! He is a little older than me in the mission. He goes home one transfer before and is a great missionary! I am really excited to be working with him! We will be white washing the area so I am sure the first 2 to 3 weeks will be a little rough but I am sure we will see LOTS of miracles! The funny thing is Elder Rios just finished working there... No wonder we are white washing... I now have to go clean up the mess he made! haha I actually talked to him one last time today and he said it is a really great area! Lots of Africans and lots of Dominicans! Ya Tu sabes Papi! Dad you may need to send me a list of good dominican baseball players! And Ty maybe give me some tips on how to win the hearts of a Dominican. I already have some sayings that you taught me, but I know you can fill me in on some more!
Well my last week here in Barcelona went really well! Like I said we worked a ton and landed some great fetchas. I told you about Betsy last week, well she continues to progress towards her baptism on the 26th. The cool thing is this past week she intruduced us to her friend Marta. Marta is froom the northern part of Spain. Well, she was super interested too and we invited her as well to be baptized on the 26th! She is really excited! The amazing thing is, her boyfriend, is a member that lives in Lleida! Small world! haha She is amazing and progressing really well! They both came to church and to a baptism as well as to an activity we had this past week! Its has been amazing to see how prepared they are! They both know a bunch of members from the church and they just fit right in! If only they were invited to church by their friends, they could have been baptized for ever ago!
Like I said, we had an amazing activity this past week! It was a platos típicos activity! The greatsest thing in the world! haha All the members brought food from all over the world, and just enjoyed the time together. We had about 120 people there and we counted about 40 investigators! It was incredible! Like I said, the missionaries here have lots of work ahead of them! It was amazing the response we got out of the members! I truly love every single one of them! They are definitely my family here in Barcelona!
The great news is I did end here in Barcelona with a Baptism this past weekend. Here name is Adriana. I contacted her and here mom in the street one day, they ended up living in the area of the hermanas of the other ward, but it was a nice suprise when the hermanas called me and told me that she wanted me to baptize her! The Hermamas are still working with the rest of the family!
Well I love you all tons and I hope you all have a great week!
Love Elder Carrigan
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