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;)

good ol 13 i love it.

why hello everyone! MWAHAHAH i love doing that...i guess its time for another email!
i cant believe its wednesday again its crazy how fast time is flying! last thursday my mission prez came over to our pizo to see if we were keeping good care of it. we are getting some new stuff but i did something not so smart while he was there. while we were in the kitchen i was all like "if you touch the sink and the toaster oven at the same time....you get shocked. i found out the hard way." but the best part was my buddy Elder Dorner then proceeded to show my prez the shocking exp....ya he told us we werent thinking...haha luckily he thinks im funny. or retarded. so friday rocked cause as we were walking home from the day we went through a park and this group called us over and forced me to play their guitar! and im not one to argue with a potential investigator....even if they are all drunk.... so i played that horribly out of tune plastic and metel stringed guitar...and LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT!!! i felt so got to play again, they were taking pictures of me playing and of people standing next to me....they must have been really drunk...but GUITAR! on the metro the other day i sat next to a little 3 esk year old girl who accidently bummped my arm. so i glared at her with wide eyes and inhaled through my nose really big and she burst out laughing and commenced to punch me to whole ride cause i kept doing it haha it was awesome! ya thats pretty much all the cool things that happened to me this week.
ok so im going to tell yall about a typical day in the life of Elder Pringle
i get up at 730 everyday and work out for 30 mins then i shower and eat. i usually have a smothie of sorts and breakfast borritos. :) then at 9 i start personal study for an hour. it when i study the scriptures and study for my investigators ( people we are teaching about our church) then at 10 i start companion study for an hour. we plan lessons that were going to teach to said investigators and talk about what we learned in personal study. we also do a practice of sorts in spanish. then at 11 i have a half an hour of spanish study and then at 1130 we hit the streets. we schedual appointments with people between 1130-3 where we teach. if we dont have any appointments we go talk to people in the streets or on the metro or busses and just tell people why were here in spain. its pretty fun to talk to people from all over the world. mostly from south america. alot of poeple think its really cool what were doing. just sharing something that made me happy in my life. then from 3-5 we have medio dia. we go back to our pizo and eat and do another half hour of spanish studay and chill. then from 5-930 or 10
30 (depending if we have a lesson or not) we hit the streets again. when we get home we plan for the next day (every hour we have planned) this is something i konw you like dad, its good cause its teaching me how to plan and follow through with those plans. and then we go to bed at 1130. thats a typical day. on Tuesdays we have distric meeting at 12 at the chaple (all the missionaries in my distric meet) and on wednesdays i have dia de preperation till 7 in which we hit the streets. on thursday after studies we have weekly planning. were we plan for the next week in depth planning takes about 2-3 hours. i love it though. on friday we meet with the ward mission leader to talk about how our investigators are doing and what we can do to help them. and sunday we have church from 1030-130 and then after medio dia we hit the streets again. lots of walking but i love it. its really hard at time missing home and my friends and music and the language can be tough but my language is coming and the blessings are huge. i love yall write me if you can its sad when you get no actual letters. i like to read and re read things....but still i love yall. rock on
only 91 left crazy right
Elder Pringle

#12

well looky here its another dia de preparación!!! MWAAAAHAHAHA! things are going well here, wow alot has happened, first and foremost...last p day after i emailed yall.....my companion gave me a hair cut....:( im sure alot of you are laughing right now...i have a buzz and my head looks all small ug oh well at least i look the part of a missionary. cause my hair was getting a little long and knowing me i would not comb it but mess it up and go out haha. go me. last friday we had interviews with the mission president and we got the day off and went to his house and had a bar-b-q (a utah bar b q) so in reality we had hamburgers. haha. silly people from utah. not know what a barbq is.but that was fun. then on monday my companion and i got on a double decker train to get to a far region of our area....little did anyone one know that the stop we were looking for decided to change names....we left madrid....my area is a small piece of madrid....we left the entire city....................oops. haha in actualality it was really funny, my companion was hyperventalating and what not. fun stuff. than that night we had companion exchanges and i went with one of the zone leaders. twas fun weird but fun. i like my area more. the elder who i was in place of was the organazation freak....this was information that his roomates should not have told me. haha. so i moves some of his stuff on his desk..........and his bed. i personally thought it was hilarious. and i made sure that it was ok cause i was with the other zone leader who said it was ok and funny, and that he would find it funny.....well aparently he doesnt know his companion very well. got a call and got to hear alot about respecting other peoples stuff. a little dumb but thats life. oh well i thougth it was funny. he then asked if he could do anything for me(as all zone leaders do) and i told him to sleep well, he hadnt seen his bed yet HA! curse my dumb sense of humor. oh well things are going well here in spain. wow im in spain. my spanish is coming along and i got a letter from Brother McIntosh, Thanks Bro MaC! i love yall things are going well
being a missionary and yet somhow still a crazy me
elder Pringle

CRAZY!

hi everyone things are going well here in Spain. for the most part i seem to be surviving...i live for Wednesdays cause i have them off :) haha kidding i really love it here its crazy hard work but some pretty crazy things happen too. for example yes i have another weird story. the other day it was rather hot(thursday the 10th :)) so my comp (companion) and i decided to buy each a huge juice drink thing...turned out to be a way bad idea cause well it was gross and i now had to carry it. so we had an address that we need to check out and we found a man from Conga there so we started talking to him and it was really cool cause all of his friends were from Conga too. so because of my in ability to speak spanish i was just listening and then i heard "SMITH!!"......i looked up and about 150yards away was the grungest looking man i have ever seen his hair was half in dred locks and half not..then he saw me look up and he shouted "MORMONS!!!" and he started heading over....when he got closer to me and saw my juice....so he got all sneeky and started saying "....zumo zumo zumo zumo zumo..." (thats juice in spanish) he then proceded to take my drink basically dump it on his face...and then gave it back and then slinnked away saying "zumo zumo zumo zumo...." like i didnt notice....i almost died laughing but i managed to hold it in mostly cause of shock haha.oh man that was so funny and my comp didnt even notice...haha. that same day we thought we saw kids jumping on a trampoleene near a dumpster...we got closer and saw that it was indeed a bed frame....haha funny stuff. things are going well here... ive been thinking about how much time i have, everyone says if you think about it it goes slower...i dont konw about that. cause soon it will be winter...then summer again, and then it will do it one more time and ill be home...i dont have alot of time at all really...:) im resisting to say anyting like "SWEET"! ROCK ON!" and you konw basic jeff stuff. the work is moving foreward i have alot of wonderfun investigators who love coming to church. its tough but i know i will be blessed for it. i love yall and i miss you all more than you know. oy by the way i got 0 letters this week....or packages for that matter haha broma. love yall write me if you have the time.
today i week 11! only 93 more to go!
Eler Pringle

Week 10

hi everybody!
things are going really well here in spain! its my preparation day (wed) and we traveled up to Tolado which is this amazing place with castles and cliffs and is really just mind blowing! i cant believe its already been another week crazy right? this week was awesome the mission is great, alot of work....ALOT OF WORK. why didnt anyone tell me this was going to be so crazy hard?!? haha broma its not bad at all i love it actually. althought i do feel as though i walk to France and back everyday. alot of stuff is going on. i went to church on Sunday and i was all ready for a nice relaxing sunday...oh my gosh think again. in the lieing MTC they made sundays seem all nice and happy. in my ward (barrio 8) we had 126 people there....and everyone of them tried to ask me questions....at the same time. and they werent like oh where are you from get to konw you questions either...they were like "de dondé esta clase?" and like a billion other questions i couldnt answer nor understand...then i was supposed to stay with our investigators (we had 3 come :)) and then my comp went to talk to someone else then when i wasnt looking the left the chapel and then i couldnt find my comp and all in all i think my brain just exploded and i just wanted to cry. ug very stressful. but im making it. we have 5 new investigators too the work is moving even though most of the time no one is home...but i love it my spanish is coming, very slowly i think but still i guess for 10 weeks im doing pretty well. alot of fun stuff happened to me got mistakin for a jehovas wittness, flipped off and a whole lot of teenagers like to talk to me...they know i cant understand them. haha oh well.plus a drunk guy came up to me and started talking to me to what i thought was the sacrament cause he was all like "agua y pan" so i was all like ya and started talking to him about it cause my comp was off talking to someone else. then my comp came to the rescue and it turns out the guy just wanted money from me...man im dumb somtimes. speaking of time, time is flying i always feel like im waking up then getting back into bed...crazy. well i cant think of much else life is good and i love my family and all yall. write me a letter if you get the chance i got one this week from my Stake....it was very personal and had lots of love. (haha i didnt mean to be quite that sarcastic haha) mucho amor yall
only 94weeks left!
i love yall
Elder Pringle

7/2/08

hi everybody!!
well im in my first area bario 8 its about thirty mins metro ride from the temple so i really didnt go that far. its cool though my new compañero is really cool his name is Elder Parry he is way stoked to be here and i think things are going to be really good with him...why didnt anyone tell me a mission was so much work?!? dang oh well life is moving along. i invited my first person to be baptized last night (my first night in the field) he wanted to but he is getting deported back to paraguay.(elder mcintosh) and the funny thing is that he told us that and my comp new but stupid nuevo elder pringle dosent speak spanish so i looked like a total noob but my comp was happy cause he wanted me to do it. thats why he didnt tell me about the deport thing...jerk. anyways ive been out not even a day and im bushed....sweet. i love yall and ill be seeing you soon!
serving faithfully
Elder Pringle