No one sees you cry when you're standing in the rain.

hi every body! life is good but as you could have imagined from the subject ya its raining and its stupid cold. life is good i suppose here in spain. something crazy is happening. i think spanish is starting to click its weird i cant really explain it but its really starting to click people talk to me and i dont even know their speaking spanish i just understand them. weird. mind you i cant understand everyone.(cubans) but its starting to click. this week has been pretty good. i made a whole lot of joven(young) friends. i love em their so funny. except alot of them want besos (the whole kiss kiss on the cheek thing) which we are not allowed to do. haha. so what on earth is going on with the economy? i hate not knowing whats going on in the world. would someone please explain. life is good. 2 of our bapizmal dates have been dropped (the bulgarians) they just dont wanna get baptized. and its near impossible communicating with them considdering that they do not speak spanish. oh well. thats life. Alejandra is still doing well she fed us last sunday and it was amazing! i love food...yup all food. we had zone conference yesterday. i cant believe this transfer is almost over. cool. i hit 6 months a week from tomorrow. cool i guess its still so little time. well as i said its raining and i miss yall but time is moving and i hope yall are doing well. thinkin of yallç
Elder jeff

HI EVERYBODY!!!

HI EVERYBODY!!!
its your favorite Jeff!!! me! things are going well here in spain im in Toledo right now. just visiting. some crazy stuff went down this week ive made so many new friends from PAkistan!!! they work in these places called Donder KAbabs. (really yummy things like SHwarmas) most of them speak english so i just go in and talk to my buddies and tell them about who i am and what im doing in spain and the love it. and then they give me stuff! drinks and last night they gave us food! their so nice, ive also met people from jordan. and a man who lived in Kowate and knew Dhahran!! wheri was born! things are really picking up here in TAlavera. our investigators are gaining testimonies. one of our best right now is Alijandra from nicoragua. she loves is but is getting scared to pray about it cause of what the answer might be. change is scray believe me i know. we also have a family from Balgaria (bobby) these peolpe are amazing this guy plays the Acordion and rocks it! melted my face!!!he has a baptizmal date for the 22 of nov. life is good i cant believe its p day again.wow. i got a letter from my sister this week and honelstly i have to say i havent laughed so hard in a while. i was in tears, it really made my day. i love yall dont forget me ok? cause im still here doing something i know will bless my family.
love yall
Jeff

someones no longer in Madrid

HI ALLL!!!!
how are things going in AMERICA!! home of the AWESOME! things are going well here in spain but as most of yall are wondering yes i have been transfered...i have left my first area in the city of madrid. and im now in a big pueblo named TALAVERA DE LA REINA! im in mountains!!! its in the south east...or west part of my missionª! my new companion is Elder Cutler from Salt Lake City...or the factory as he calls it(cause so many missonaries come from there) he is a really nice guy who both looks and sounds exactly like a duck. yup a duck. haha i have to bite my tounge pretty much all day cause i find it hilarious. he is a great guy though. and my new pizo is really cool. we have a beautiful view of the mountains and i sleep on a bed/couch thing that is both bigger and more cumfy than my last bed. its only the two of us here in the city. ya my area actually covers more than just the city. its kinda scary cause there are two gangs here in this city. the Nazis and the Skinheads...ya dumb i know. but its bad becaues of them there is a part of my area that we cant go in cause its unsafe. my companion actually got robbed about a week ago...but that was in another city. its funny cause i came in monday and yesterday we worked in the afternood cause in the morning we have distric meeting in another city about an hour and 15mins away. but i actually made friends with alot of Jovens(youth) and now when i walk down the street i usually get something to the effect of "PRINGLEY!!!" Its really funny i have da joven friends they actually thought i was from spain until i told them i was from Texas ya im not from america im from texas:) its really pretty here and im just bein me but back in Barrio 8 my old area we were teaching an old spainard and we invited him to be baptized and he was all for it. it was really cool cause we prayed for a date and we came up with oct 25 and then the Spirit told us to change it so we changed it to nov 1 and low an behold nov 1  is his birthday...wow. and this man does now believe in covincides.or however you spell that. things are good i hope yall are alll ok in Texas caues ihavent heard much i love yall and ill catchyall on z flip side!!!
with amor
Elder JEff

And so it begins.......

well here i am...yet again sitting infront of a monitor that can either bring me saddnes or joy...i cant decided. this week was good. last wednesday i went to a chinese food place and had some awesome food. it was really good reminded me of a time when i had similar food in england, a good memory. then on thursday we taught 3 lessons which is amazing compared to last weeks 0. in one of the lessons i recounted a story about how i learned that sacrifice brings forth blessings. and because of my natural acting ability i sort of exaggerated and made myself seem to be all mighty...ya my companion thought it was rather funny. ¨THE GREAT OBEDIENT SIR ELDER PRINGLE!¨ Friday was just a good day for the homestar. my companion is really funny he was just sitting there and started humming the "hey!" song the one that they play at sporting events....wow that was probally the weirdest way to say that. oh well it was funny. Saturday was really cool cause that morning we taught a lesson but whats even cool is that this guy we taught was a guy that i contacted and i got his address and i set up the appointment and we taught him!!! (yes he speaks spanish i did it all in spanish!) it was really cool teaching someone you found through your own efforts. and then i found a beautiful park in "entrevias" with this stunning lookout of the city in the middle of a arboleta(forest) and it also had an ampitheater it was soo cool im taking my family there when i bring them. then on the way home we saw a man mopping his car...yup just moppin da hood. little weird. sunday was cool cause the only spainard investigator i have ever had came to church with us. it was really cool! monday was pretty typical and on Tuesday (or monday night) i went on Exchanges with the zone leaders andi went into their area. so tuesday was really fun i got to tell my conversion story 2 times. but it was in spanish and ive never done that before but they understood. it was really fun sharing my story with some other recent converts. and then there is today. we went to the temple this morning and that was awesome and then we went to "Sol" and i went to "plaza mayor" its where the movie Vantage point was filmed. it was so beautiful and their were painters and i decided that im going to buy an authentic spanish painting at the end of my mission and its goign ot be awesome. im kinda sad now though...i really didnt get any emails today. i got 2-3 and thank you for those who wrote but i miss everyone and i like to hear how yall are doing...so if you wouldnt mind....WRITE ME! i love yall ill catch yall on the flip side in a week
still being my crazy old self
jeff

Sitting here waiting for something to say...

well well well look whos here yet again for another MADRID update!!!
things are going....well frankly really really fast over here in spain...im only like 7weeks away from 6 months....weird. but thats ok. things are going really well here. last wednesday i went to the mission home and got to play basketball and just hang out which was nice. but something pretty cool happend last tuesday. i recieved a package...FROM MY PRIMARY!!!! it was so cool it had socks and candy a new tie and a picture of everyone in the primary....except for the kids i taught...haha. i also got some notes from my little bros....Coulter...my nose is not that big....haha i loved it their all hanging on my wall now. almost everynote seems to be mentioning something about taco bell....as i recall it was yall who owed me taco bell for being so awesom...:) this week has been ok a little rough but good. my spanish is quickly improving and i have high hopes for becoming an excellent spanish speaker. i need to study lots but it shall be done. we had zone conference yesterday which was really cool cause its basically just a big training semenar and i just get to sit and listen and take notes. but everyone had to prepare a 3min talk on C D 50 13-14 and i had a funny feeling (da spirit) that i would be speaking (cause only 4 actually speak but they dont tell us till the time comes so we all have to prepare) and 3 people went and then they said the last name..."Elder Bringham".....hmm that sure was close to my name..MWAHAHA I DOTN HAVE TO SPEAK! and thats when my mission president stood up and said...."we want Elder Pringle to speak".....of course. but i did a good job from what im told aparently i impressed some people with da spanish. nice. life is good and time is flying my companion Elder Porter is going home next transfer....wow his time is almost up. and my time just seems to keep going faster and faster. i got my missing package from my father yesterday too!!! and on top of that i got a package from my mom!!! i love yall things are going well and i love my family. write me a letter if you have time...i have no idea whats going on in the world.
the things dreams are made of...
Elder JEff :P

here we are again!

Hey all!
good ol Elder Pringle here and things are going well. lets see the past week has been pretty crazy something pretty crazy happened...i can kindof speak spanish! weird right!?! ive become this contacting person! i just love talking to people and usually i can understand what their saying back to me! i love to just ride the metro and talk to whomever sits next to me, i get more addresses that way MWAHAHAHA! but ive met people from all over the world to name a few...egypt moroco paraguay bolivia argentina brazil china pakistan india peru canada germany basically all of south america and alot of people from africa! crazy cool! my companion is really good at z spanish and he helps me learn alot! of course me being a doof say some pretty dumb things sometimes....for example. the other night we were searching for a street and my companion was all like i feel like we sould go this way...so i was all like "le sigo" which means ill follow you. and then we found it! and he was all like look at me i found it! and i wanted to say somethin along the lines of rock on, congradulations or something nice....but i said....."mucho gusto" (its nice to meet you....) wow im an idiot.haha. i saw a hobo fort the other day too! rock on. so i got mail this weekª!!!!! but not from everyone i thought. i didnt get the package i thougth i was goging to get i did however get a package from my mom with a little photo album in it. i almost killed me looking at my sisters and my mom and dad, and my family up north. honestly there are times where this is so hard being so far away. my family is everything ot me. ive learned just how important my family is to me and how much i love them. and i know that familys can be together forever and thats the message im sharing with people here. i love my family so much and miss them everyday but i know the The Lord will bless me and my family so much for this time and hard work. i love yall.....AND JON!!!!! WHY ON EARTH HAVENT YOU TOLD ME YOU ARE ENGAGED!!!! im mad. haha. Feleizidades! anyways life is good i just bought a drawer of candy and im stoked! love yall faithfully serving
Elder Jeff

15?

hi all!
its your homestar here in spain! things are going well im alread in my second transfer! crazy right only 14 more to go. i have a new companion now his name is Elder Porter and he just got released as the assistant to the president for the last three transfers. he is awesome! things are going well pretty crazy cause president told me that i progressed so much that i didnt need to be with my trainer anymore...so he left and Elder Porter came in. there is only one problem with that...that means that i took over the area!!! I DONT KONW WHERE ANYTHING IS!!! haha our first day i got lost and i litterally almost broke down and cried...but i figured out how to read the map book and now i can get anywhere im actually rather impressed with myself. plus now im talking like crazy aparently i can speak spanish....or people just like looking at me when i talk...either way.life is good i cant believe how fast time is flying. today is my comps birthday so President and Hermana Farnsworth took us out to lunch to a place called Foster´s Hollywood an american resturant since 1971 haha pretty funny. i miss yall everyday but ill be home in notime. my comp goes home in November! crazy right time really does fly. i got 2 letters this week....from the Stake presidency...twas personalized with a Dear Elder and or sisters of the Klein Stake.. ya made my day...haha! i love yall be happy cause i really am thinking of yall.
forever me
Elder jeff;)