We just returned from a week in Spain. First we spent a couple of days in Madrid for AAA training (Assistant Area Auditors) with the AA (Area Auditors), the Area Controller and his team, and the AAAs from Spain and Portugal. It was so great to get a better picture of the things we need to do. We are so impressed that the focus of the church in every one of its departments and leadership positions is on the individual. We have seen a focus on this quote by President Monson: "Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved." In everything we do, we need to make sure the people we work with feel loved and appreciated, no matter what!
And for a super extra wonderful Mother's Day celebration, Robert and Tiffani flew to Madrid to spend a couple of days with us. Thanks so much to Javier and Helen Benito and their family for their awesome hospitality. We always feel so welcome in their home in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Cervantes.
We went to walk around Alcalá and visit a few sites, and IT RAINED AND POURED! We were so cold and soaking wet when we got back. We should have taken more umbrellas :)
At church we ran into our good friend Peggy Ryskamp. Several years ago we went to Spain with her and her husband George to do Family History work with a group of BYU students. Great friends!
Robert's and Tiffani's flight left early Monday morning, and ours left late that same day, so we took a train to downtown Madrid to re-visit Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor. Notice how many people are on their phones on the train. :)
After all that cold rainy weather in Spain (hmm, we thought Spain was supposed to be sunny), it was great to return to our home in lovely, warm and windy Praia, where the stake president welcomed us with a new assignment: to be a part of the YSA committee in the stake. So fun! So grateful to feel needed. :)
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