1/20/13

Today we had church again in Alcala. The younger women in Relief Society had class in a different room taught by a girl about our age. It was good we talked about the Holy Ghost and that was good. I also sat next to a guy named Adriane, and his older sister was my Spanish teacher over at BYU this past semester! So that was kinda crazy haha and fun. Small world. One of the talks in Sacrament Meeting was by a native English speaker so I was actually able to understand him! Always a plus. After church we had a big lunch with Blanca, she made chicken and potatoes and salad and lots of yummy food. That night we met at the Knapp’s house and had a little devotional and we talked about being grateful and how we have such an opportunity to be here and that we are with a BYU group. We were talking with Blanca today at lunch and she was telling us about all the different girls she has housed here over the years. She has been doing this for almost 20 years! So she has a lot of experience ha but she was telling us about how she has had problems with girls staying out all night, or coming home drunk, or having a really messy room or different things; but she talked about how much she loves having the Mormonas. I thought it was cool how she could see the differences among the students, but also how those members that she has hosted before also stayed true to our standards and were good examples. Sometimes people just make me so happy and it gives me faith in the humanity of today’s world:] ha But yaa the Knapp’s house as good we had a great discussion. Andd Jill made apple crisp with vanilla ice cream and it was soo good!