The Bunkers

Tuesday we had entrevistas with President Galli over Skype. This week we have been working a little with old area planning book and been calling people. We talked to one person named Roamir who is from Bolivia and hasn't been to church in about 20 years, we were able to meet with him on Tuesday. Wednesday we went and ate churros con chocolate with our amiga Gissel and she brought her friend Daniel. It was great and they both showed up for English class at the capilla the next night.  Daniel liked it because the group played soccer after the class and he was able to make some friends.  They are both from Honduras.  (Shout out to Elder Jeremy Coggins who is spreading the good word and serving in Honduras.) 

At the Bunkers in Barcelona

Friday night we showed up to teach Achmed but he wasn't there but his roommate answered the door and we were able to share a little of what we believe and give him a Book of Mormon. Saturday the hermanas in Sabadell 1 had a baptism that we went to. One miracle that happened this week was we had been texting and trying to get in touch with a lady and she happened to be on the same bus we were on and she scheduled an appointment with us.  

Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

Random food pic.  This is an African
dish.  Still not sure what the meat was.

I call this one the rice sand castle.

The Book of Mormon in Catalan.

Can you find the Book of Mormon in this picture?

I was surprised to see this sticker in Spain.

Sunrise

sunrise on the beach in Barcelona

Hola a todos. Last week we dropped Elder Rappleyea in Barcelona so he could catch a flight to his new area. It has been interesting without him because Elder Bucio and I are both new to this area. We have taken the wrong busses and trains a few times but we are learning our way around quickly.  We taught two new amigos last week and one this week. We had the big 3 zone conference with the Barcelona zone and the L' Hospitalet zone in Barcelona.  We were able to meet with a lot of menos activos. One ended up coming to church and another gave us a referral.  Also we were able to do some service and help out at a nursing home. 

with Elder Bucio

This week we had a lot of citas cancel. One miracle we had this week was when one of our citas canceled, so we went contacting and ran into someone we had previously met and were able to teach him the Restoration.  We were also able to meet with Gisell again this week.  We have been teaching her english and she has a lot of questions about church.  Hopefully, she will be able to come and see this Sunday.

Last week for pday we were able to get up early and make in time to see the sunrise at the beach.  It was amazing! If you were wondering what the sunrise on the beach in Barcelona looks like see attached pic. Next week are transfers.  I am hoping that both Elder Bucio and I both stay here for another transfer. (Stay tuned...)

Tenga una buena semana.

Elder Neuberger

more sunrise pics

mate on the beach

Elder Rappleya showing the ultimate companionship trust

sunrise on the roof of our apartment

sights around Barcelona

the future Rafa Nadal is somewhere on this court

Dia de Los Reyes

New Year's Eve from our roof

Not much happened this week. We don't have a lot of people to teach and are still contacting a lot which has been a little difficult during the holiday season. We were able to meet with two less active families this week. On New Years Eve we went to the American family in our areas house. One tradition here for New Years Eve is to eat twelve grapes at midnight. We also have access to the roof from our apartment so we went up and watched fireworks from there. 

One of the bigger holidays here is Dia de Los Reyes.  Which was this past week.  They have parades throughout the city and the kids put their shoes out at night so Los Reyes (the three kings/wisemen) will fill their shoes with gifts.  

Also, three elders in our mission are being deported back to the States due to a paperwork issue and since we are in a trio Elder Rappleyea will be leaving to go to San Sebastian this Tuesday.  Today for pday we went to Park Guell which was fun.

Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

my desk where I study

making fried oreos

name tag in Catalan

I love this drink from Brasil.

dinner appointment

views of Barcelona from Park Guell

Go Clemson!

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