We Made it to Church :)

The kids were talking the other day about how smart I am (which I'm sure they do quite often) and how I know everything, and Mason piped in  "if you know everything then how did Jesus make us?"   He has asked me that quite a bit lately, obviously he didn't get a good enough answer the first time.  

We figured out Saturday night that we actually did not miss the bus to church last week but instead we were half an hour early.  Unfortunately, we did not wait around to find that out last week.  This Sunday was a much better experience.  It was nice to be on wheels again and to finally get out of our little town.  After the bus, we jumped on the metro (subway) and then took a brisk walk making it to church only half an hour late. 

I doubt you can tell but there are plenty of seats on this subway car, however the kids refused to sit. since all they wanted to do is hang on the bars and spin around the poles.  Kamree actually was dancing with a pole (not pole dancing) at one point.

 

The primary was ecstatic that we were not visitors but that we are staying.  No one in the presidency speaks English as far as we can tell, but the music leader is American.   Kaiya and Morgan are in the Valiant class together and Kamree and Mason are in the CTR class together. I think there are only 3 primary classes. The only other American in primary is an 11 yr old boy and he translated for Kaiya and Morgan in their class.  Kamree and Mason's teacher speaks some English so she was able to teach in Spanish and English for them.  

They were celebrating Father's Day at church so the kids were asked to sit in the front row during Sacrament Meeting to sing to the fathers.   After church the primary leaders had a primary Father's Day social that was really nice.  They had a yummy cake with strawberries and cream on top for everybody.

They do a Sunday School, R.S. and Priesthood in English a couple of times a month and Sunday we were able to catch the Sunday School in English. which was really good.  As we were walking out of church we ran into the missionary from Houston, Texas that was on our flights coming over here.  It was really fun to talk to him and see how the beginning of his mission is going.

  

This picture is taken at the Jensens' (a great family we met at church) highrise hotel room in Madrid not far from church.  It was their first time at our ward as well; they arrived in Spain a day after us.  They kindly invited us over after church and we had a great time talking about our week and a half of Spanish experiences with each other.

Next week we will try to get a picture of the front of the church to share.  Come back because it will be worth seeing!!!!