July 12, 2010

~ We had a good week. We went to the other island of Lanzarote on Saturday for p-day with a german member who served his mission in Wisconsin, and who is here on an internship. We rented a car and went over in a ferry. We saw just about the whole island in one day, it was really cool. It´s an active volcanic island with tons of volcanic rock, and it was awesome. The best part about the trip though was the ferry ride there and the ferry ride back, because in between the island there are FLYING FISH and they were so cool. On the ride over there we were sitting there and then I saw one jump out and fly so far, I was freaking out and no one believed me and then more came out. Then on the way back we went to the front to watch for them and we saw a bunch, they jump out of the water and glide so far, it´s seriously crazy. I remember as a kid seeing a drawing of them in a book, and they looked so cool, but then later I heard that they just jump far, but these fish were flying! It was awesome, I tried to take a video of it but it didn´t work too well.
Yesterday was crazy, everyone just waiting and waiting for the game, we were in the street for most of the time, and we saw one guy running as fast as he could to get somewhere to watch it. At the end, we stopped buy a members house cause we thought it was over, and they were in the overtime, and we came in and saw Iniesta score, he seems like a humble player. Ramos Villa and Pedro are awesome, I think Ramos is from Jerez where I first served. Then when they scored the place exploded and the madness didn´t stop until morning. That goalie Casillas is awesome too. I´m not sure if this will make the people more friendly or just pridefull. I think some will be nicer and some will be more pridefull. In short it was AWESOME!!!
Everything is good over here, everything is good, Elder Slack is a great kid. Tell everyone I say hi, and tell the Distinctive guys they better be practicing their ping pong cause we have a table here, and my skills are better than ever haha. Thanks for everything, I love you all, keep cool, and stay happy!
elder ross

July 5th

~ We went to Gran Canaria Friday morning and played futbol for p-day, and it was super fun, then we had interviews with the president, and it was good. President Watkins is different but he seems really efficient. He was like the chief financial advisor for Bank of America for a long time, and he´s really business like. He only speaks spanish with the missionaries which is a good thing. Elder Slack is understanding more and more each day. We had zone conference on Saturday and it was good, we talked a lot about the new changes and the things that are different, but it was good. Like always it got me motivated to work. I´m really trying to talk to everyone, and I´m learning how to leave every person on good terms whether they give us a reference or not. It´s easy to make people mad, so I try to avoid that. I want to learn to get them thinking, it´s hard to take their thoughts out of the world on the street but I think I´m getting better at it. We got back to Fuerteventura Saturday night in the middle of the soccer game, and right when we got to our apartment we heard everyone in their houses freaking out before the goal because they were close to scoring, and then they scored and the whole neighborhood exploded, it was hilarious, and then a little bit later the game ended and the antics began, and didn´t end until like 6 in the morning, we kept waking up to people honking and yelling and lighting off fire works, so by coincidence we were able to enjoy a few fireworks the morning of the Fourth of July. Thanks for everything! I miss you all a mountain, I´m going to send home some seeds of these white melons they have here that are AMAZING and also I´m going to send you prickly pear cactus pieces to plant that give these fruits that are also AMAZING, and I know those would grow in vegas,
Ráchel, tú tienes que practicar el Golf un monton o no vas a tener la capacidad de ganar padre nunca, y ya es cierto que nunca tendrás la capacidad de ganarme a mi, pero bueno, esta bien como un sueno supongo.

¡VIVA ESPAÑA!