Merry Christmas from Spain

Christmas Google Chat with Elder Kiffe

It was a great visit with Elder Kiffe, but very interesting too. When we started our chat we could see and hear him, but he could only hear us. His companion was having problems connecting with his family too. So he and his companion decided to go to a different internet cafe and try again. In about 10-15 minutes we reconnected. He could see and hear us and we could see him, but intermittently we couldn't hear him. He persisted and kept wiggling the connecting cord and readjusting his microphone. All worked out great in the end!

We thought we were taking some screen shots on Google Chat but later realized we were not clicking the correct icon! Sure am glad I took a few shots with my camera!!

 

The whole family got to join in. It was great!!!!!

Fernando moves to Malaga

  "We said goodbye to Fernando, he recently got a very good job offer in Málaga (after being out of work for a few years). He still visits every once in a while though."

Elder Hill, Elder Kiffe, Fernando and Elder Dancie

We love our Missionary!

P-day trip to Gibraltar .... "we went to England today for p-day! Well...Gibraltar, it was super cool there are lots of monkeys on top of the rock and they are pretty hilarious. I also ate fish and chips! It was really good. Then I bought a soda called Vimto, it´s British and Skyler told me about it, so I decided I´d try it out. It was weird hearing English so much, but with an awesome/funny accent and slang."

 The famous monkeys of Gibraltar.

 English fish and chips.

New Companion

 Elder Kiffe's new companion. Elder Burbank, He is from Phonex, AZ.

 Translate please. I've come up with: "Information to thieves. We Steal the neighboring home." or "Information to thieves. We're home to steal the neighbor." Looks like a door mat Elder Kiffe saw in Spain. What do you think?

 

Zone P-day

Elder Kiffe trains a new companion

 Elder Kiffe will train Elder Burbank in Algeciras.

(That's Elder Bird behind Elder Kiffe. He's from Boulder City, NV)

Elder Kiffe receiving instruction from President Deere

with the other missionaries who will be training new missionary companions

More pictures from Zone Conference

As they say in the mission "this is Levi's 3 generation picture". L to R Elder Gochez trained Elder Scheible and he trained Elder Kiffe.

In one picture, all of Elder Kiffe's companions so far in the mission!

L to R Elders Scheible, Chumbipuma and Mendoza.

A companion we didn't know about!

Elder Rojas was Elder Kiffe's companion for 1 day in the mission home when he first got to Spain.

Zone Conference

Zone Conference in Sevilla with the San Fernando, Sevilla 1 and 2 Zones. 

Can you find Elder Kiffe?

More pictures from Algeciras-Cadiz

 Last p-day he went to this little Pueblo (town) that was really cool, 

"everything has an old feel about it".

 

  Drinking from a fountain, " made me think about the video game Prince of Persia. When you want to save your game you go to the fountain of water and drink from it".

 

   

  Real Spanish bulls!!

 

 

"Super pretty lake during the trip when our branch went up to Cadiz 

for stake conference in a bus on Sunday."

 

Port of Algeciras.

Pictures from Tarifa Spain

P-day trip to Tarifa. 30 minutes south of Algeiras. The southern most point in Europe.

Elders Kiffe, Chumbipuma, Mambo and Hill (L to R)

Wonder where he got that Vegas T-shirt?

 Something he doesn't like about the sand evidently!

 The haze cover mountain in the distance is Africa.

 

 

 To one side is the Atlantic Ocean......

To the other side is the Mediterranean Sea!!!!! Pretty Amazing for a boy from the desert!

Elder Kiffe gets a package from his brother!

Hand-made wooden pen. Made by Elder Kiffe's brother. With his initials burned in!

 Best pen in the mission!!!

All the necessities of life. Peanut butter and Hot Tamales!