"Open Your Ears And Hear, O Ye Ends Of The Earth...

.. for I am going to prove it to you by the Bible!"
-Joseph Smith
^we'll come back to this


Started the week with an exchange in Valladolid, which is an awesome city north of Madrid. I went there last year on exchanges so it was fun to be back, and the workday I spent with Elder Tufuga was great. 


Back in Alcorcón we had a really great week, tons of success and Spirit- filled lessons. 


Paula's family are coming along nicely, we taught them about the Plan of Salvation and invited them to keep reading the scriptures. We've noticed that they have a lot of respect for things written there, especially the Bible, so we do our best to back up what we teach with the words of God to His prophets. We're trying to help them have a good family scripture study habit.


Pedro's also learning a lot, with the epistles of Peter in last week's Come Follow Me, he wanted to know why everyone was talking about salvation for the dead. So we finished the Plan of Salvation with support from the Bible, and he loved it! He asked us if this meant that he needed to get baptized in the temple for his Catholic grandparents after he gets baptized. We haven't even talked about baptism yet but he's making big strides. 


Don't have a ton of time today, I'm in Talavera, the area where I was trained, for an exchange, tell you guys about it next week!


Christmas in Spain is still cool, the Church is true, and the gospel changes lives. Feliz Navidad! You'll hear from me then!


Elder Curtis 


Peruvian restaurant 
Live nativity in the town square
Plan of Salvation 





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