Natalie's Mission

Haha made you look. I really did get my hair cut though. But just two inches.  Well. This week we sucked flan, made Nutella and jelly sandwiches with our feet and stuffed 20 olives in our mouth three times. We also are now teaching Spanish to a couple Arabic people and it is a party they're hilarious. On Thursday we had a ward activity about family history and we learned that when a Spanish last name ends in -ez, -az, or -iz it means "hijo de" or son of. It's like Johnson in English- son of John. But instead of the son of John it's the son of Hernando :) fun stuff!  We put a couple on fecha for January 11 so we're really excited to keep working with them! They're also very excited and they have the cutest little family! We also had a cita with our friend Mirna and she is sooo cute. Missionaries visited her mom when she was little and so she remembers quite a bit and she has so much motivation to learn! She even set up the next cita with us. No...

This week we really got our exercise in. We ran a lot to catch trains. And that's not just your normal going for a jog kind of run, nor your 100 meter dash kind of run. It's the lopsided, try to look natural while sprinting up stairs in a skirt with an open bag on each shoulder and then get to the top and try to act like it was all planned when you actually miss your train and have to wait for 20 minutes for the next one anyways and all the people who were taking their sweet time behind you casually come strolling onto the platform and you try to pretend like you're not breathing really hard and you just wanted to be the first one so you could get a seat on one of the many benches to wait for the train. That's a day in the life of a missionary.  And I know it doesn't just happen to me because on Tuesday the elders arrived and we were supposed to meet them at the train station to show them where their Piso was and we were waiting for 2 1/2 hours before they showe...

Holaaaa! We're feeling blessed here in sanse because we got our hot water back this week! I may or may not have not washed my hair for many days because of that. But its ok becuase dry shampoo is real and it works somewhat. We also are getting Elders here starting tomorrow so we'll have a fun time showing them the ropes the next couple days. On Thursday we had a training meeting in Madrid and it was fun to see all the other companionship that are in training and I learned so much. We focused a lot on the restoration and the importance of that message. Which I mean obviously it is so important because it's what makes our church different. It's what makes our church true. But we talked about how missionaries it is vitally important that we can share that message clearly, powerfully, and with the spirit everytime. And that we know it like the back of our hand. And I think that is something that is useful not only as a missionary. I would invite you all to go back and s...

OK just to start off, I'm giving you all the heads up now. Please don't laugh when I come home with approximately 3 strands of hair because that's what it may come down to. My hair is falling out very much and it makes me quite sad. But I mean, sacrifice, am I right? We also just got done doing a tour of the Bernabéu Stadium, the stadium where Real Madrid plays, so I can't complain. Catch me in the 2021 starting line up. Let's just say I've renewed my childhood dream of going pro. Other than that, this week was CRAZY. So on Thursday after district counsel, we headed to azuqueca for Intercambios. What was supposed to be a 1 hour trip turned into almost 4. We took the metro to chamartín which is one of the main train stations in Madrid and we were gonna catch a train from there to azuqueca. It was also festivo that day so sometimes train schedules are a little messed up. So we asked a lady waiting for the train if it was the right one and she told us that...