First Week in Granada!

Note from Mom: Gabe is finally in Granada! We talked to him on Sunday and he was loving it so far! He said they've been super busy, but that's good! He likes his companion, Elder Cabrera from Brazil, and he said the apartment is pretty nice. He also said the ward is really nice, has a lot of people, and is super supportive of the missionaries. They also share the ward with two other sets of Hermana missionaries! Then, when we were messaging on Monday (P-day) he and Elder Cabrera were walking around sightseeing near the Alhambra. I ended up having to go online and book tickets for him and Elder Cabrera for March 2 because they really wanted to go in, but the internet at the church wasn't working and they couldn't get tickets! So, we will have to see how that all turns out in a month! Hopefully I did it right!

Here are Gabe's notes for the week!

Well it's the first week in Granada and it been super awesome. I took a train then a bus to get here on Tuesday, and we have just been so busy. We have had a lot of lessons but still have managed to find a lot of people on buses because we probably are on busses at least 2 hours every day😭🚌. 

We have a lot of cool amigos though. One of which should get baptised next week. He's an older Spaniard guy named Jose. He talks a lot about a lot of random things, but he's nice. 

My companion is also super good. He's from Brasil and has about 2 months more than me on the mission.

The ward is also awesome and super aligned with missionary work!

Day-by-Day Notes!

Tuesday, 27 of January: Today was super long! We woke up at 5:45 walked to the train station and went to Atocha where I then took a train down to Jaen and then a bus to Granada. When I arrived, we dropped my stuff off at the piso and went to the church were we picked up a young adult guy (Oscar) and we did street contacting with him until our lesson with a mother and daughter that have baptismal dates. After, we street contacted and got kebob with Oscar for dinner. It feels super weird to be in a new zone. 

Wednesday, 28 of January: We had some good street contacting this morning. We have to travel like 30 minutes to get to our area because the area lines are drawn super weird. But we had a lesson with a nice mom and son from Venezuela. After that, we had a super good lesson with a woman named Rebecca. Afterward, we went to the chapel and wrote some people and had a lesson over call which went well. After that, we traveled to a less active guy's house named Luis and taught him and his family. Then we got home and I am still super tired from traveling all day for the transfer. 

Thursday, 29 of January: We had exchanges with the Elders of Fuengirola today which was super good. I was with Elder Salmeron, and we had basically all of our lessons fall through. We did a bunch of street contacting in the rainy weather until we finally had a lesson with Anyoli. It went pretty well, but she wasn't ready quite yet for a baptismal date. A recent convert named Juan José came too which was good. Elder Salmeron has gotten a lot better since we were room mates in Cartagena, and it was a good day. We found a good amount of people.

Friday, 30 of January: Today was crazy busy. We had MLC online until 1:00, and then we took a long bus ride to the house of a member who had her amiga there. We taught them both, and it went super good. The member is named Cielo and the friend is named Paola. They all made us some awesome Venezuelan food. After that, we traveled back to Granada and had a super good visit with a less active guy named Jhoan. It was a very spiritual experience, and he also made us some gas pineapple cremes. Then we went to the capilla because we had institute, which went super good, and we called a lot of Amigos with some members who were there to invite them to church. 

Saturday, 31 of January: We had our weekly AP call and then we had ZLC, which went well. After that, we did street contacting with the goat, Arthur! He's 17 and from Brazil, and it was a great time. In the evening, us 3 went to the house of Alexandra and Francisco. They were being taught by Elder Pires and Elder Incardon a year ago. They were awesome and they accepted a baptismal date for the 22 de February! After that, we went to the chapel and had a good lesson with Albert (amigo with fecha) and Laleshkan (Recent convert). Bro loves smoking though😭. After, I called my Chinese homie and he was lit. 

Sunday, 1 of February: I had my first Sunday at church here and it was awesome! There's so many members. After church, we had the baptism of one of the friends of the hermanas. I had to do the baptismal interview one of the people we are teaching because his baptism is next week. He was kinda crazy😂. But then we visited Ivanna(daughter) and Christina(Mom) who live with other members and have baptismal dates. They are great. After, we basically spent the evening in calls with the DLs and planning.

Monday, 2 of February: First P-day in Granada! (From mom: I actually didn't have notes from Gabe on this day yet, but we chatted throughout the morning and he was touring the sites! Lots of cool pictures!)