Note from Mom: Gabe found out a couple days ago that he is NOT getting transferred! I wasn't too surprised because he only has been with his greenie, Elder Plewe from Texas, for the past 6 weeks. I know that Elder Plewe's mom was excited too because she had messaged me on Facebook and told me how she was praying they would all stay together (Elder Rhodes, Elder Taylor, and her son, Elder Plewe). Gabe was sort of thinking he or Elder Taylor might move, but I think he's content to stay too. He loves being in the same ward as the "Daguimar family" (even though Daguimar is the mom's first name) and they spent Sunday night there making Argentinian empanadas. She is so nice, she even sent me pictures as they were making them! So sweet. Love her. They will definitely be that special family that Gabe remembers after his mission. Them and the bishop's family in Cartagena!
Here are his notes:
Monday, October 13 - Monday, October 20, 2025
Baptisms
Amigos
Transfers
We had the baptisms of Fabrizio and Carmen this week and everything went pretty well. There were some funny moments like when the guy baptizing Carmen almost drowned her and when the guy who baptised Fabrizio forgot his name 3 times. But they were both super happy so it was great.
Leonardo sent us a breakup text today saying he would be moving to Barcelona, so that was tragic. But we still have Scarlett🙏🏼. She's hype and is always taking notes during the lessons. Jean (a guy we were originally really excited to be teaching) has been super lazy and hasn't come to church so we gotta flame him in our next lesson. Besides them everyone else we are teaching is pretty new.
We got transfer news and everyone in our apartment is staying in the same place🥳. So that's fun. I'm pretty excited to stay actually. This has been one of my favorite transfers in the mission so far.
Day-by-Day Notes:
Monday, October 13: We journeyed to Toledo today for P-Day and had a pretty hype day. Toledo has a lot of castles and cool, historic stuff to see. We ate Dominos and walked around sword shops and saw a torture chamber which was crazy. Then we had a district counsel and had some street contacting memes before bed.
Tuesday, October 14: I had exchanges with Elder Eng today in Toledo, and it was pretty good. Toledo is a really cool town. We had 2 lesson that went pretty good. Elder Eng was hype. He's from Cambodia and is learning English and Spanish. He is super nice though and pretty funny.
Wednesday, October 15: We spent all morning traveling to the hospital to go get my tests so I can get on Acutane for my acne. Then after we had a fire lesson with Scarlett and Abby. It was so awesome. They are great. Then we had some good street contacts and ate with Ivonne!! She made us pancakes which was gas.
Thursday, October 16: Elder Taylor, my companion, went on exchanges with the other elders of Aranjuez today (Adams and Chivers) which meant I was just with Elder Plewe all day. It was pretty funny. We met with Jean and he still hasn't come to church because he's too lazy to get up in the morning. Then after that, we had some hype street contacting and ate a lot of Papa John's pizza. We then had a lesson in Ciempozuelos with Katiuska and a member named Helena came and helped. The lesson went good but Katiuska is kinda weird. It also started pouring on our way home so me and Elder Plewe got soaked.
Friday, October 17: We prepped a lot today for the baptism and we had to build the font which was crazy work like always. Afterward, we did a little bit of studies and we finally had the baptism for Carmen. It went great and Mitchell (the ward member doing the baptizing) barely fit into the jump suit and his cute baby was crying like a maniac until he got to be held by his dad again. But Carmen shared an amazing testimony and everything was good.
Saturday, October 18: This morning we went straight to Valdemoro and did some hype street contacting. We only found one person which was some poverty success. We usually find way easier. But the people out today weren't for it. Then we went back and filled up the font for Fabrizio (9-year-old boy) and his sister. The baptism went well with only some minor mistakes. Very good day I would say.
Sunday, October 19: We had a pretty good day at church today and after church we went and learned how to make Argentinian empanadas with the Daguimar family. After we got done, she said it wouldn't usually take so long to make them but we were there😂. Then we did our studies and me and Elder Taylor got destroyed by some sickness. I was up all night pooping liquid diarrhea and it sucked. I wasn't sure if I would go to Madrid for P-day the next morning, but I decided to risk pooping my pants and go because we had gotten special permission to go to Madrid and spend time with Elder Gil before he gets sent home for his ACL surgery.
Monday, October 20: Me and Elder Taylor woke up super sick this morning but still decided to go to Madrid to see Elder Gil for his last pday. It was pretty fun, but I felt horrible the whole day. I almost pooped my pants on the bus. I was sweating. When we got back to Aranjuez, we had district counsel and then a call with the district leaders to set the goals for next month.
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