1/27/13

Yesterday we went into Madrid to help with English classes at the church building again. I loved it! I think helping with that class has been one of my favorite things that I have done while being here in Madrid. The missionaries in charge of it are awesome, and the people that come to the class are all so nice and friendly and I just love being there with them and helping them practice their English. I wish I could do it everyday! Haha but seriously. After that we stayed and talked with the people for a while, and then Taylor and I came back up to Alcala for lunch with Blanca. Then we went back to Madrid and met with some other people in our group and we finished the Literary Walk for our Madrid Walks class so that was good. I really like being able to see new and different parts of Madrid. After that Taylor and I went and walked around the Serrano area of Madrid. It is like the 5^th Avenue of Madrid, so we felt very classy looking in all the windows among the fancy people out on the town all dressed up in their furs and high heels. It was a fun area! There was a park across the street we walked around with a ton of teenagers skateboarding and on bikes, so that was kinda fun to see. Then we threw a coin in a random fountain and made a wish! I don’t think people do in that particular fountain but we did and it was fun:] That night Blanca treated us to Jamón Serrano, which is a special dish in Spain, I think it is just dried or cured ham and we had it on a Bocadillo which is like a sub sandwich basically. I thought it was good! She put some tomato and olive oil on it…she puts olive oil literally on everything…and it was good!

Today we had church again, so we caught the bus this morning. There are some kids from BYU that are doing an internship in Portugal but are here for a few days, so that was fun talking in English to some people haha. Another fun thing from church was our Sunday school teacher was wearing a Slytherin tie! After class I told him how I liked his tie, and he told me how he liked it because it is a little bad haha it was so funny. Then in Sacrament meeting we heard from an American missionary, and the Mission President and his wife so I was able to understand basically every word during the talks! Haha but my favorite part was during the Sacrament and a boy in the ward, he is actually my religion professor’s son, and he is autistic and he was able to pass the Sacrament with the help of another boy in the ward to push his wheelchair. It was so cool to see. The Spirit was just radiating off of the boy as he was passing the Sacrament and smiling and everyone; it was a really cool experience for me. It reminded me how much Heavenly Father loves everyone and it was a good reminder for me to always remember to see others as He sees them.