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MY DEAR PEOPLE,

Remember the first time I traveled to a new area and totally messed up everything and got lost??  Remember how I have lived in Spain for a year now and should know how to travel??  Yeah, me too.  But somehow I managed to mess everything up again my last time around.  Let me just paint the picture:  I got on a train at 12:15 with Elder Rogers (thank goodness I wasn't alone) and we headed to Dos Hermanas.  It was a 45 minute trip and it was great.  When we got to Dos Hermanas, we got all of our suitcases and things and got out of the train.  As we were waiting for the elevator, an older lady holding a baby came up to us crying that her daughter was still on the train and that the doors closed before she could get out.  She had her granddaughter and her daughter’s bags and phone and everything and she was freaking out.  So we calmed her down, got all her stuff together, called some people and helped her get to where she needed to go.  What we didn't realize was that we only had 10 minutes to catch the train to Malaga.  So, in the process of helping this lady, our train came and left...........  We called the missionary secretary who figured everything out but told us that the next train wasn't coming until 5:30.  So here's us: Hermana Spangler and Elder Rogers stuck together at the train station for 5 hours, no food, 4 giant suitcases, and to top it all off, the lady had left her baby in our care (without telling us).  It was the craziest situation I have ever been in but we had a blast.  We couldn't leave the train station because our tickets wouldn't allow us so we found a bag of Oreos in my bag and a jar of peanut in his, and lived on that for the rest of the night.  Our train finally came and we arrived in Malaga, hungry but happy at 8:30 pm.  I don't know how I manage to do this every time.

But anyways, I LOVE MALAGA.  I am having a grand time and actually working harder than I ever have before.  We walk and talk and teach all day until we get back home and literally crash into our beds, completely exhausted.  It's the best kind of feeling :))  My companion is amazing and I am learning so much!!!!!  We have seen a ton of miracles already.  Including a family that we found on Friday.  We are teaching the daughter, Thamara.  She's 27 and super great!!!!  Her parents sat in on the lesson too and had so many wonderful questions.  We have a cita with them on Wednesday so pray that it'll go well :))

I am so happy to be a missionary and be able to serve God.  I want to work extra hard these last 3 months and put my heart and soul into this work.  I love the Lord and I love sharing the gospel with all that I meet-it brings me REAL joy.

Sorry this is kind of uneventful, but we are going to consejo today, AND I GET TO SEE HERMANA BAILEY along with 3 of my other companions :-)  I'm pumped.

Hugs & kisses & all my love,

The newest malagueña,

Hermana Spangler