First week as real Missionary!

Well well well. Where do I even start. This is nuts! Haha everything is just being crammed into my head and I´m trying to sort it all out. I´m serving in the Barc III Norte area and its pretty insane. Barcelona is just a huge melting pot but everybody speaks spanish. And I have found out I really don´t speak spanish haha. In my area we get fed by the members A LOT. The food is actually good. I seriously think I´m getting kind of fat. At least my face looks fat and I´m getting grossed out. Oh well, who do I have to impress with looks out here haha?! The work here is a lot different than I thought missionary would be. When I thought of missionaries before I came out here, I imagined them knocking on doors, going in the house, and teaching lessons. Not the case here. This place doesn´t have doors. There are apartment buildings everywhere and you have to ring their doorbell so they can let you in the building. This usually doesn´t work because nobody is ever home! So we do a lot of contacting on the street. It is really hard to find people that are interested here but me and my companion have made goals to keep trying. This week we are going to talk to everyone we see! Oh and the schedule is different in this mission. We wake up at 7:30 and go to bed at 11:30. I´m serious! This city is all about night life so we have to stay out later to catch people. Oh and its so humid its rediculous haha. These are all just things I have to get used to so its ok. I´m really lucky though. Yesterday I saw my first baptism. It wasn´t my baptism but I was a witness so that was neat. The Elders I´m living with didn´t get to see a baptism for months so I´m lucky. Me and Elder Young are also going to teach a man name Luis who approached other Elders and said he wants to be baptized! He is out of town right now but we are meeting with him on Friday. I guess I´m just lucky! A lot has happened and I wish I could remember everything but that is impossible. President Waddel is going to be my president for about 3 more weeks then in comes President Hinckley. I´m really excited. The Barcelona Mission is booming. A general authority has given our mission the name "The lighthouse mission of Europe". They say we are setting the example to Europe. I think thats pretty neat and I´m going to try my best to live up to it. I know this church is true. I know it is under the direction of Jesus Christ. When I hear all the outlooks on life here, I am reminded how lucky I am to be part of this church. I love you all and I hope I have some good stories for you next week. Adios!