Bus Money

new comp, Elder Hunt

 This week we had transfers.  My new companion is Elder Hunt and he is from Cedar Cedar Hills, Utah and is coming from the area of Alcoi which is 6.5 hours south of Pamplona. The man is huge and eats more than anyone I've ever seen. He also loves working out. He got here on Thursday and then Elder Diaz left very early Friday morning for Ferrol which is 7 hours east of Pamplona. If you are like my dad you have probably now googled these cities to see exactly where they are located.

Since we have bikes in our area we rarely use the bus. We have a rechargeable bus card that we use. Friday morning after using it for one person it ran out of money. Normally we can just pay with change but because of Corona the bus drivers don't accept change and no stores were open to recharge it. It was a huge miracle that the bus driver let the rest of us on the bus because the train station is like 40 min walking away and Elder Diaz probably would have missed his train. 

This week we were able to start teaching our amigos Fernando and Marina again, who we originally taught at the beginning of cuarentena. Also our district has changed and now includes the elders in San Sebastián. Hopefully we will be able to do some intercambios there because I heard it is a very beautiful city. (This city is worth googling). With transfers our district is now fairly young with me having the most time in the mission. 

Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

pics:

our new transportation

tortilla de patatas

pancakes

Zoom

Hola, there wasn't too much that happened this week. We had a lot of lessons cancel again this week so we tried to set up a lot of lessons for this coming week. On Thursday we had a short mission wide conference by zoom. We received news that we can start teaching amigos at the church starting the 15th and have baptisms starting the 25th. 

view from the top of Monte Ezcaba

It is crazy to think that I have been in Pamplona 3 months and have never actually met in person the people we have been teaching and those that will be baptized.  I have gotten so use to video calls that it is going to seem weird to talk to them in the same room.  The Bishop came by our apartment a couple of weeks ago to get something from us to take to a family we were teaching.  Because he has only ever seen me from the shoulders up on video calls he said, "You are tall".  I was thinking when he said this "and you are real!" 

We were able to teach the Betancour family this week about temples. Mari was super excited to learn about what a blessing temples are and is ready to start on some family history work. Next week are transfers.  I should be staying but Elder Diaz might be going.  I hope he stays, although I think he is ready for a change of scenery.  We have been taking advantage of our bikes during our exercise time.  Enjoy some photos of the countryside.

Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger