Note from Mom - We talked to Gabe on Sunday and then messaged a little on Monday. It seems like they are having a lot of fun in his apartment! In one of the videos he shared, Elder Taylor is slapping Elder Brinkerhoff with a piece of salami or something and they are all in the background laughing really hard. Lots of shenanigans with 5 elders in one apartment!
It also is good news that both of the new greenies they got seem to be really great. The one that is assigned to Gabe and his companion is named Elder Plewe and his mom already reached out to me on Facebook and said how happy she is they are companions and asked some questions about how Amazon Spain works!
It may be a little tough with only one bathroom for the five of them, and Gabe is sleeping on the couch because they only had four beds, but other than that they seem to be having a lot of fun. He uploaded a TON of pictures and videos this week with all the changes going on, and it seems like they are having lots of good times!
Here are his notes!
Tuesday, September 16 - Monday, September 22, 2025
(Week 1 in Aranjuez (Round 2!)
1. Companions/roommates
2. Crazy week
3. My return🙏🏼
1. So here in the Aranjuez piso, we got me, my ZL companion (Elder Taylor) and then our third new greenie companion that we are training named Elder Plewe. Then living with us we have Elder Brinkerhoff who was in Aranjuez last tranfer and his new greenie missionary named Elder Stucki. It's kinda crazy with 5 of us in this tiny apartment with 1 bathroom, but it's pretty fun as well. Lots of stupid activities. I'm sleeping on the couch for the foreseeable future. It's a hype couch though.
2. I got here on Tuesday and when I arrived there was only Brinkerhoff and Taylor here because the greenies hadn't arrived yet. So we had some good lessons and bought some stuff to make the apartment livable for 5. On Wednesday night, we went up to Madrid and stayed with some other elders. Then we woke up Thursday and went to pick up the new missionaries at the mission office right next to the temple. Me and Elder Taylor met Elder Plewe. He is from Texas and he's probably the best greenie we could get. He already knows Spanish pretty well and he's ready to work! The other guy living with us, Elder Brinkerhoff, got assigned Elder Stucki. He is from Washington. We traveled with them back to Aranjuez. As soon as we got home, me and Elder Taylor then grabbed more underwear and walked straight out the door to go back to Madrid for mission leader conference. Then, we were there all day Friday. But we have a woman who's getting baptised on Friday, so that's hype. Elder Brinkerhoff and Chivers had been working with her previously.
3. Church was hype. All the members were surprised and joked about me dying here😭. But after church, we ate with the Daguimar family(the goats)🙏🏼. I've gotten to know Bruno now, who was the oldest brother that was on his mission the last time I was here. He's really funny and nice and is actually going to visit Rexburg in a week so I'm going to try and get him to meet my family! Bautisa (the younger brother) is also still here and we are trying to get him to go on a mission.
It's actually been super fun so far. 0 complaints (except the bathroom)
Day-by-Day notes:
Tuesday, September 16: Today was actually hype. I arrived Aranjuez first thing in the morning and it was crazy nostalgia. We had a good lesson with a nine-year-old and his family and it was just me, Elder Taylor and Elder Brinkerhoff all day. I got all unpacked and it was lowkey super hype. We ate pizza and ice cream while playing cover your assets. So today was a good day.
Wednesday, September 17: We had a lot of organizing this morning to prep the apartment for 5 people, but after that we had a gas lesson with a Romanian family (mom and two kids). Then we had a lesson with a women named Carmen which went super well. Then we all traveled to Madrid because we will pick up the new elders tomorrow.
Thursday, September 18: We woke up this morning and we all went to the office to pick up the new missionaries. Me and Taylor got the elder named Elder Plewe. He is from Texas and he seems pretty chill. After that we traveled back home to Aranjuez and then me and Taylor grabbed another pair of underwear and we went back to Madrid because we have MLC tomorrow.
Friday, September 19: We stayed in Elders Gil and Malachowsk's piso last nice at it was sooo nice. I was a senior couple's apartment before they got it. Then we went to the office and had mission leadership counsel, which was really fun. It was quite long though. We also got to go to the temple which was amazing. After that, we got some of the technology stuff figured out for the area and we traveled back to Aranjuez. We planned some stuff for the transfer which went good. But it was a very long day.
Saturday, September 20: We had some crazy planning this morning. We planned the transfer and got a bunch of information for the APs. Then we planned exchanges and messaged some people in our area. We had some lessons in Valdemoro after that and they went really well. We met a lady over videocall named Cecelia that has a baptismal date for next week. (The previous missionaries had veen working with her before us.) Then we had a lesson with a family from Venezuela. The kids were super funny. Then we had a hype lesson with a man named Jean. He was hype and said he was coming to church tomorrow.
Sunday, September 21: We had a hype Sunday where I got to see all the members of the ward again. We also got to eat with the Daguimar family (my second family) and plan for next week.
Monday, September 22: We had some hype pday activities and bought groceries cleaned the house and then played golf with the gang. Then we all ate dominos.
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