Change is Good - part 2

Hola. This week has been very crazy. I got moved the day before transfers to Barcelona. I am going to miss Alicante and our amigos there. I am now serving as a mission secretary and am currently in a trio with Elder Johns and Elder Boden. This will be different for the next several months. We still have the opportunity to teach people, but most of my day I will be helping with all of the behind the scene activities that help the mission function.  

Another Alicante sunrise

We live in a seven man piso with the media specialists and assistants. Which is a fun change since it has been just me and my companion in all of my previous areas. We are all together for most of the day in the mission office. Which is located in a very nice area of Barcelona. Not too far from Camp Nou (all of you soccer fans should know what that is). Tuesday and Wednesday we ended up just driving people to the airport and train station all day because of transfers. It was fun to get to see other missionaries. Other than that I have just been trying to learn what to do, and there is a lot to learn. Also Wednesday it was Elder Gomez's birthday so we got pizza. 

¡Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

Lamborghini dealership

beach volleyball on pday

view from apartment in Barcelona

pizza for Gomez's bday

new comps Boden and Johns

w/Elder Hunt on transfer day

the castle in Alicante in the distance

picnic at the park

district hike in Alicante

Change Is Good

Hola. This week we were able to meet with a lot of returning members including a lady from Bulgaria. We met with Juan Pablo after a youth activity and 3 other young men stayed to help us out in the lesson. We had a really good cita with our amiga Sofia and she shared her testimony of prayer with us and she also came to church this Sunday for the first time. She has been one of the people I have enjoyed teaching the most while here in Spain because I have seen how much God has changed her life in such a short amount of time. She has gone from not believing in God, to praying to him for answers and personal revelation and attending church. She is originally from Uruguay and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. 

Castell de l'Alcozaiba

On Wednesday we had intercambios with the Elche Elders. Our ward has started group English classes. With a beginner and intermediate class. Each class has about 10 people, so we have started helping out with those. Also we had to go to Benidorm this week to clear out the piso/apartment where the missionaries used to live. With missionaries finishing their missions and no new missionaries arriving because of Covid restrictions the mission is not renewing the leases in these areas. Next week is transfers. There is a chance I might be leaving Alicante, but I will just have to wait and see.

¡Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

playing headbands at district meeting

views from the castle

Conejo y Llaves

Hola a todos! This week we were planning on going to Barcelona for intercambios but Spain has set some restrictions due to Coronavirus so we weren't able to go. However, we were able to meet a few new people. On Tuesday we met with a guy named Andres in our english class. He is trying to make some changes in his life and we could definitely see the light of Christ in him. Sunday one of the young men in our ward brought his friend Juan Pablo to church so we are planning on meeting with him this week. I am always grateful for member missionary work. This week a lady from Russia in our ward gave us some food to take home and included was a rabbit. Does anyone have any good rabbit recipes? If so, send them my way.

Enjoying the view of Benidorm

We have also been busy with taking cars to get them fixed because they are going to sell the cars in some areas where we are. The one car would not start because the battery to the key was dead. Last week it was the key fob at the church, and now this week the car. And then to keep with the theme of key issues. On Friday we somehow managed to get locked out of our piso even though we had the keys. The lock on the door broke so we had to call and get a locksmith to come. Maybe this is a sign that I should study about Priesthood Keys. When they are used correctly they never fail. I hope everyone had a great Halloween. 

¡Tenga una buena semana!

Elder Neuberger

Two thumbs up for the missionaries

with Elder Mahling

rabbit