Thursday, August 9, 2007

hey guys

The Madrid mtc is amazing!!!!! i am having a blast. we went on an excursion around down town Madrid today. we saw the plaza del sol, and the plaza mayor. it was absolutely awesome. Also on Saturday we went to Retiro park to contact people. it was so hard to talk to people, let alone in a different language that i don't know very well. anyway the food in the cafeteria is prepared by Spanish cooks, and is awesome. We eat like kings. it is awesome living right next to the temple. there are only 31 missionaries here. 6 are sisters, on going to Madrid 2 going to Bilbao and 3 going to France. of the elders there are 2 going to Belgium, 4 going to France, 4 going to Barcelona, 6 going to Bilbao, and 9 going to Madrid.... that should add up to 31, and if it doesn't, oh well. we have gym every day except for Wednesdays (service) and Sundays. it is awesome. we played basketball one day, and the rims are a couple of inches lower, so tons of kids can slam dunk the ball. and the court is a European court with different lines. Also we can go to the store if we need anything during gym. i had to go once when we didn't have companions yet so elder Ott and I went there. they didn't have any face wash for come reason, the eggs were all brown eggs that were not kept refrigerated, their 2 litre bottles are tall and skinny, and they had an open air meat market that took up half of the small stores floor space. it was an eye opening experience! Every other day during gym we have gone to THE PIT. I guess its just a cool name for not such a cool place, but i love it. it is like a tennis court hard surface for playing fútbol on. it is like an amphitheater that is sunken into the ground, hence the name the pit. there is graffiti everywhere on all the walls. also there are three outdoor Ping-Pong tables to play on the perimeter of the pit. you can play that if you don't feel like soccer. soccer is awesome though. we have been having a world cup lately playing with the people who are going to our same mission. it is such a cool place to go! We haven't gone to the cage yet, because I've heard it isn't as nice, if you can imagine that. Anyway, i love it here. my companion is elder finlay, and he is an awesome guy. he went to Alta, and lives in sandy. we are in a class of 7 elders, 5 going to Madrid and 2 going to Barcelona. This is also our district, and our leader is elder brand, an awesome kid from bountiful. our teachers are awesome, hermana benito teaches in the mornings and hermana suárez teaches in the after noon. they both are natives, and served missions in the new jersey cherry hill mission (benito), and the London England mission (suárez). they are awesome teachers, and we learn so much from them, also it is awesome to listen to their true Spanish. the mtc president is awesome, and he is from the Olympus area. his kids all went to oly high. it is weird cause mail can only be sent on Friday and Monday mornings, and we receive it at 5 o'clock on weekdays. we have an hour for every meal, and so there is always a little bit of free time.


The other day the president took the new elders to a photo shop further in town, in a huge van. we had to go there to get pictures taken for when we apply for our residency in a couple of weeks. it was neat to drive around for a little while and look at the city around us. one other thing was that we have singing practice, and then perform in front of the temple on Sundays. it is neat to sing to the people of Madrid, both members and non members. Also the missionaries from all of the surrounding areas come. on Sunday there were like 14 or 16 missionaries from the Madrid mission. we had the opportunity to talk to the people after we sang. i talked to some of the missionaries to find out more about life in the mission, and other things. well i hope all is well, and i hope to hear from you guys from letters, and through emails at elder.miller(at)myldsmail.net. feel free to email or write me, and i will do my best to write you back as soon as possible. i hope all is well. the church is true, and god loves you.


love,
elder miller

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