Spain Wins!!!!!

Dear Family,

ESPAÑA!!!!!!!!!!!!! OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉEEEE OLÉEEEE OOLÉ!!!
ASDF
Yes we did watch the game and it was incredible!!! I know you all may think that I am a horrible person for doing so but just take a minute and think about it. I am in Spain and everybody loves soccer here! Spain is playing in the World Cup Final for the first time in history (94 years). There is nobody on the streets unless they are in a town square watching it... and drunk. Everybody inside is watching the game and there´s no chance you are going to teach them. We could go home and study, but we´ve already done that for a couple hours today. We are not missing out on history! It was a cultural experience anyway; the white handbook tells us to experience and learn about the culture!

Haha ~ terrible person. . . whatever. On the mission blog, I learned that the 12 most recently returned missionaries had their choice of what to do after dinner at the mission home the night before departure. You got it; they watched the semi-finals.

So about the game... it was one of the dirtiest games I´ve seen (on the Holand side). The goal was amazing! I can´t belive it took until the end of overtime for anybody to score. I have to say, Casillas is an amazing goalie!!!!!!!! The people here were insane after the game! We didn´t get to bed until about 1:30 because of all the noise and excitement! It was great to be here to experience the winning of the World Cup!

Anyway, enough about the game. I am down here in muggy Algeciras with Elder Bullen and we are enjoying it thoroughly! (The time with Elder Bullen not the muggy weather). It´s just way wierd being gone for two weeks and then returning. The only desire I have is to work but not get attatched to anybody. It´s wierd. Well it will be over soon enough. I´m just happy to be with a good man like Elder Bullen. He´s from Kingman, AZ. He´s a pilot. He´s Guapo! haha and He´s just awesome! What more can I say. Oh yeah, his mom´s email address is

The branch is way small here. However, we did have to go find more bread and water to bless for the sacrament! That doesn´t happen too often. I hope we get some more good ideas from each other on how to do missionary work and how to train a kid. President told us that they would be 2 weeks... I think but am not sure that they came in to the CCM last week and are going to be there just to learn a bit more spanish. If not then I could be here longer than expected. That shouldn´t happen though.

Thanks for the information about Tara. It´s nice to know about the mortal state of my friends. So they found it because of her headaches? I remember her always having a lot of headaches. Well, I will continue to pray for her and the family. Thank you!

I have included the link to Tara's blog if you are interested. Tara is an incredibly optimistic, beautiful (inside and out) young lady that had a cancerous brain tumor removed, and is now undergoing treatment. This is her story.

That´s a cool little memorial they had! They did it in the park? That is awesome! I bet it was an interesting funeral. What religion was in charge of it? Robert "Dizzy" Disbrow has been a Mesa icon for the past 14 years. If you lived here, you knew who he was. If you had visited here, you had likely "met" him. Here is a link that quickly tells you a bit about him. And a short video if you'd like to see him in action.

You are right when you say that people argue just for the sake of arguing... and it is probably one of my biggest pet peaves!!! I absolutely hate it! I will do my best to handle it well though. I got a little advice from Pres. Clegg and we´ll see where it gets me.

Anyway, this whole thing is just like two-week long exchanges. I don´t really know what else to write. Any ideas? hahaha

Con Amor,

Elder Heywood