Oh yeah, happy mother's day to the greatest mom out there! I wish you could be with me right now in Spain to celebrate! It's quite the beautiful day(: But thanks for all that you do for me! I definitely would not be here right now if it weren't for you! Thanks! You're the greatest!
So, I saved a few events that happened this week for this specific entry because all of the events deal with churchy kind of things. Hur we go folks:
A week ago was the first time we attended the church here in Alcalá de Henares. It was kind of weird because all of the meetings are out of order. 1st: Relief Society, Priesthood, and all those other things that normally happen during third hour. So because of the dumb bus, we arrived like 10-15 minutes late to this meeting meaning we sat in the back. There, I could barely hear anything and there was a baby that would not stop crying so I just kinda gave up on listening. Oh well. 2nd: Sunday School, which is the only hour that is the same. We all go to the single adult sunday school. It's located in this superrrr tiny room that we have to fit 40+ people in. Yeah, it can be a little crowded.. 3rd: Sacrament meeting. There's nothing different at all about it except that it's in Spanish and it's the last meeting of the day. I guess they weren't lying when they said the church was like the same all around the world haha.
Basically after that meeting I thought that I was barely even going to talk to these people at all and that I would see them maybe once a week. Ha. I'm normally wrong when I make assumptions like that. You'd think I'd learn. So, Wednesday lots of us attended FHE with the single adults here. It was actually really fun. We kinda played Taboo with movie titles. I chose Titanic and all I had to say was.. Oooh! It's about a boy and a girl and they were... (cue ocean hand motion) and then someone guessed it. I guess I'm better at explaining in Spanish than I thought hahah. After the activity ended, Bethany and I started to leave because I didn't feel good from my hunger pains, but we didn't quite make it home until 11:30. Two of the guys offered to walk us home, so we ended up talking on a street for quite some time. It was really fun. The guy I was talking to, Hugo, is from Paraguay I believe. He's trying to learn English and it's really fun to help him out and stuff. But at times he was really hard to understand. There were lots of Uhhhhh? Cómo? Blank stares etc. People, conversation is like way different than writing Spanish. And it's way harder! I don't think it helps that my ears are like awful too. I feel like everything goes in one ear and out the other no matter how hard I try to listen sometimes! I obviously have lots to learn. I guess that's why I'm here right? But anyways, the ward members here are super nice, really fun to talk to, and helpful with improving our Spanish! I also had the opportunity to speak with a few the following day at Institute, but not as eventful as FHE of course.
So today, church was kind of normal, but after church was when the fun started. Immediately after church, Bethany and I hopped on the bus to go to Luisa's daughter's house for a barbecue. Yeah, they're slightly different here I guess considering I got tricked into eating pig's blood! Rule of eating in a foreign country: If someone offers you food with a not so familiar name, ask what's in it before eating it. Before eating the pig's blood, I ate something similar to sausage or something in bread, but then they were like - hey! try this thing. It's called this and it's way more delicious than the first. - uhhhh ok? (took a bite) Ummm. I think that's a negative.. - Oh well you just ate pig's blood. Cool eh? - Uhhh I think I need something to drink now.... But most of the other food was normal. Not so much the salad of anything and everything, but we had ribs and a little bit of steak. Oh yeah, the people there were super nice. Two of her daughter's entire families were there along with her niece. They're quite comical. I think one of her grandsons was wearing my high heels at one point? But yeah, it was definitely a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Definitely will never forget it!
Well, I hope you all have a fantabulous Sunday! And happy mother's day again Trish! Hope your mother's day dinner is a little more tasty than mine was! Peace out my friends (:
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