Might look forming but it's good stuff

Alma 59-61 

The last time I read these chapters I didn't learn much but President Eastland did a personal study with us and I learned a lot.

Pahoran: president

Moroni: chief captain

Moroni was leading his army in a battle and they were getting destroyed and Pahoran wasn't helping by sending food and more soldiers. So Moroni was angry and sent a letter to Pahoran saying how bad of a person he was. 

Pahoran's city actually got raided or sum so he couldn't actually help Moroni, even though he wanted to. Pahoran wrote this to Moroni:

v.9 "And now, in your epistle (letter) you have censured me, but it mattereth not; I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart. I, Pahoran, do not seek for power, save only to retain my judgment-seat that I may preserve the rights and the liberty of my people. My soul standeth fast in that liberty in the which God hath made us free"

Moroni was wrong, but Pahoran didn't argue with him. Something really hard is knowing that what someone did is wrong and then not letting it ruin/change relationships or trust. Lowkey super hard to do, but it's what we have to try to do. 

- We found a mural of LeBron James

- We are currently in Cuenca, España. I will throw some pics abajo. The OG city of Cuenca was built on a lil hill/ledge thing and it is sick.

Love, Elder Ditto

Clay Court

Yo yo! 

Pictures: 

1. Today was super fun. I played tennis for the first time on a clay court! I felt like Carlos. Playing on clay is pretty similar but you can see where the call marks on the clay and I think if you are really cracked you can get some crazier spin. Elder Romrell pulled up too, I love that man.

2. This was after a miracle lesson during an exchange. His name is Douglas and he is from Guatemala. Earlier that day I logged into the Facebook account of one of the elders in that area (San Sebastian de los Reyes) and published some announcement's for a soccer activity their ward does every week. Douglas pulled up at like 7pm and played until 10pm and everyone in the ward was loving him, after we taught him with a recent convert named Richard and it was very spiritual, Douglas said many times that he had been looking for ways to have peace and joy but not finding it and he thinks now that Jesus and his church is the way to do it, he is right!

3. During the same intercambio (exchange) he drove to El Molar and it was really prety.

4. My mom is the best so she sent me a letter

5. Elder Romrell got me right

6. Madrid

7. A good lesson we had with a lady from Gabon, Africa and members from Nigeria and Cameroon helped out, they are super awesome.

During the exchange I played soccer in my church shoes and I got massive blisters on my feet, the next few days until now I have been duct taping them.

I am in Moroni 6 and will finish the LDM this week in Spanish!

We had a great lesson with a recent convert (someone who has recently gotten baptized) on Sunday with a family of members of the church from Columbia. We ate absolutely delicious grub and then shared a message about the Sacrifice of Jesus and the Sacrament and the spirit was totally there, I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and also that we have the chance to 100% focus on Him every Sunday in church, the sacrament needs to be a reverent time, do what you can to make it more reverent this Sunday! And if you haven't gone before, go, it's the best!

Elder Ditto  

Thanks Padre Celestial

Hola mis queridos amigos. El Padre Celestial, Jesus, y el Espiritu Santo balled out this week here in Torrejon de Ardoz. There was a plethora of cool miracles that happened and I wanted to share them with vosotros.

1. We were knocking doors on Friday at like 4pm and entered stealthy into a building and then started knocking those doors. Actually in Spain it is way more normal to ring there personal doorbell and not knock on their door. So we rang the doorbell of this house, they let us in (big W) then we taught them (big W), then the lady said, ¨our doorbell hasn't worked for 2 years, so when we heard it we had to come see who it was.¨ The Gospel is so important that doorbell had to work, because when we left she had us try again and it didn't work anymore.

2. We were walking around and saw two doods with groceries so we went over to help them, they turned out to be members of the church!

3. We had like actually 28 people play futbol with us on Saturday, it was low-key too many people but it was lit because we just used it basically as a waiting lobby for people we could teach. 

4. Four families pulled up to English class??? There was like two people when it started, then the fams pulled up. I love families!

5. We have 6 eggs and a little bit of rice, nothing else. So today after church we were like, uhh idk what we are gonna eat, then the Lord provided and members invited us over to grub.

6. A guy named 4136 (codename) has came to church 12 times and wasn't rlly that interested with meeting with the missionaries and learning in the past, but he went to YSA camp (a camp thing for 18 to 26 yr olds) and felt the spirit super strongly and today after church told us he wants to get baptized. The Holy Ghost is strong!

7. Jarome and Fabione (also codenames) hooly crap, if you are reading this far, you are a real one, and you have made it to the ultimate miracle of the week. They are trying to get married so Jaromiuos can get baptized and receive the Holy Ghost, its been like a 4 month process, Spain is trash in this aspect, and... idrk exactly how it works but they are probably gonna be able to actually get married super soon. It's one of those miracle you just say, Thanks Padre Celestial.

Paella

Love, Elder Ditto

Good Day Sire

I found an absolute sanctified banger this week:

Where can I Turn for Peace by Alex Coffey and Mitch Davis

3 Nephi 26:13, "...the Lord truly did teach the people, for the space of three days; and after that he did show himself unto them oft, and did break the bread oft, and bless it, and give it unto them." 

Ayo, did you know that?? After Jesus first visited the Nephites and instituted the Sacrament, he often pulled up to their church services to bless and pass the sacrament. Jesus for sure had some other important things to do but he made time to visit the ancient American continent for sacrament meeting. Go to church!

New companion, New Transfer

Flash back to the couple of hours I spent in the Dalles, TX airport on my way to Spain.  Excited for Cooper!!

Big shoutout to Cooper for receiving his mission call to Lubbock, Texas. I knew a little of the Texas anthem, "lone star ..." but I totally forgot it. You are gonna learn so much and help so many people Elder Ditto! He is gonna start December 23 so we won't see each other in person for a little less than 4 years. 

Someone wise once told me that what you do on pday is what your life is gonna look like after the mission. Today has been a very good pday hasta ahora. We planned the day, exercised, ate, cleaned, got ready for the day. I don't want to be a bum when I get back from my mission. 

This week we talked to a lot of Africans, I love Africans. - Elder Ditto