7.6.17: The Rain in Spain

I am half way done with my mtc experience!! Que?! The weeks are starting to fly by already. We learn so much everyday, I think my brain is really close to MAX CAPACITY! 

It is fun to be in a smaller mtc because I really have gotten to know everyone here pretty well. I adore all of the other hermanas! They are just adorable. I think some of them are more mature than I will EVER be, jajaja. ALSO EVERYONE here has some sort of musical talent (except me, obviously), but oh well...what can we do??!
By the end of every day we are laughing ourselves to tears because we are hysterical and EVERYTHING is funny at that point. 

One of the best parts of this week was the parque. It is a big park in the middle of Madrid, kind of like Central Park in New York with a bunch of paths and trees and fountains, etc. I didn't hand out any Book of Mormons and most people didn't really want to hablar at all, but I did have the good fortune of coming across some old Chinese ladies doing tai chi... WITH FANS!! Of course, I made my comp go up and talk to them with me and they invited us to join-- who were we to decline?! It was a beautiful thing, hahaha. They invited us to come back every day at 11... I wish!! By far one of the highlights.

Also, on Tuesday we had all of the native speakers join us, which is awesome, but also very intimidating because they speak Spanish very well, and also like 100,000x as fast...wish me luck! It is so fun to interact with people from all over the world! Diversity is a BEAUTIFUL THING!

Today for pday we went to a plaza in Madrid. It was pouring rain the ENTIRE TIME, but it was fun just to get out and remember that the world still exists!

Thanks for all of the love and prayers!
-Hermana Barton







4th de Julio



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