Hello People,
Spanish is coming along fine. It really helps having 3 more fluent people in the class. They were all in Spanish emersion programs.
Thats no surprise Hill is the starter (BYU football). Louisville would have been one of the teams I might have picked (basketball). How has Real Madrid done against the team from Turkey I think? Its not La Liga (soccer team). They are also in the European club championships. The Masters is today (pro golf tournament). I will try not to think about it to much. That sounds way windy when you went golfing, but I’m sure it was still fun. How is the conference going? Are you getting a lot of leads. It looks like it is going to rain today, but I have an umbrella so I will be good.
Things really are to expensive here. General Conference was really good. This was the most I’ve ever gotten from Conference. It seemed like there was a ton of things about missionary work. President Monson’s talk about missionary work really helped me know why I am here. It was kind of strange to watch live Conference knowing that you all were watching the same thing. It made me a bit homesick, but not bad. I was completely fine. I have not talked in a British accent to much, but I have a bit. I need to work on my Spanish accent more than anything. My teacher has a way thick accent.
Just for the record, I would bet a nickel Tiger is going to win the Masters. What is the betting line? You should pay the $4000 and go for the weekend. It would be quite fun, but you should actually do it in two years so I can come also.
Sometimes we get kind of distracted in our class, being in a building all day. This sister and I are quite alike and laugh often. But we get things done, and some of our lessons have gone really well. We are getting better. Last night we had a surprise one with our teacher and his girlfriend about the law of chastity. It actually went way well. My time is running out so tell mom about anything I did not send to her.
That’s good you finally got a couch. You just need to do cabinets now.
It is really cool going to contact people every week. Even though we can’t speak the language that well, they can still feel the Spirit. How is everything at home? Did Tanya come over often while Dad was gone or did you just stay in St. George? When I get back you better be a pro golfer. Okay? Then we can all go in St George.
We go to the temple every Pday. It is a pretty one. We are not too close to the city center. It takes like 17 minutes to get there by subway. Did you get the letters I sent home? I finally bought stamps last week. They are not cool looking though. Maybe I will find some someday.
Nutella does not taste quite the same. I think it is something different. They must make it or something. I would like some golfing pictures. I have none of those. I am excited to hear Holland speak.
Well this past week has been good. We have finally had a few days of sunshine. Although one day it was pouring and we played soccer and it was rad! Today we are going to Real Madrid soccer stadium. It’s called the Santiago Bernbau. We get to go on the field, the locker room and the press box. It sounds pretty cool. The Egyptian temple was closed. People said it was kind of disappointing anyway. So we took a gondola over the city. That was cool. And went in some stores and bought some stamps.
Last week at the city center we found a guy from Nigeria, he was already a member but sounded like he was struggling a bit. We talked to him for a while (in English) and told him about General Conference. Speaking of which on Saturday we watched in live at 6, then Sunday at 11 we watched Priesthood. At 2 we watched another, tthen at 6 we watched live again. We are watching Sun afternoon tonight. I have not seen Elder Holland speak yet.
They do cook with a lot of olive oil here. They made paella the other day and it was good. My companions are from Montana and Cedar Valley California or Modesto. I’m not sure. I hope Modesto though because Monsters vs Aliens is in Modesto for a bit.
Chocolate is good here and the oranges are amazing here. I met my mission president the other day. They came and stopped by the MTC. We didn’t talk for too long though.
All of my roommates snore. I don’t wake up to often though. There are four other people in the room, probably will be more soon though. Eight more are coming tomorrow and 8 more italians next wednesday. There are 6 girls and 2 other elders in my district. They are going to all of the missions. We are the advanced Spanish class. I was district leader but they switch after three weeks. I really didn’t do too much, more just passed things along. We still play futball (soccer) almost every day. All of the teachers are way good. Teaching the fake investigators is good. It helps me know the scriptures a lot more. One of my companions was in a Spanish emersion program so he is almost fluent. I really like all of my teachers. One has a super thick accent.
Well farewell.
Love
Elder Jason Kinghorn
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