This is one of my favorite pictures from our walk. Julio always looks up at us when he has something important to say, not to mention that Maddie's a good listener, but he's never a burden; only a blessing.
I thought about my family in the crazy Utah snow as I watched this sunset...
Today I stumbled across another blog from a girl in my group whose blog entries are titled, "Day 14," "Day 24," etc. It actually made me feel kind of guilty that I'm not updating this as often as every day. So I apologize that I am not recording every ingredient of every meal that I eat or what time I wake up every morning, but I figure I should be doing things instead of staying cooped up trying to record them. However, after a nice walk with Julio and Maddie, I was again reminded of why I am here.
The López family is incredible. Faustino is an area authority Seventy, as I think I have told you before, and his wife is Consuelo. She is going through chemotherapy right now, but she is still so happy. It is not hard to tell at all that Faustino and Chelo (chay-lo) love each other very much. Today I asked them how they met, and it was the greatest, simplest story--somewhat of an accurate forecast to describe their marriage in total. Consuelo joined the church when she was 22. She didn't know the man who baptized her, neither did she know the man who confirmed her would be her future husband. So I asked her if it was love at first sight (amor a primera vista), and Faustino interjected with his small little smile, "Pues, era amor a primera mano" (It was love at first hand). They are truly an amazing couple.
Anyway, today's walk conversation consisted of more counsel from Julio. Our conversations are usually relatively simple, but never boring. Somehow they always drift back to fútbol (the trainer of Milan is about to sign to be the trainer for Real Madrid–trust me, we know all the details), but he is never afraid to ask questions or tell us exactly what he thinks. I wonder how it would be if everyone was that honest. Julio is one of the most pure-hearted people I've met; he doesn't change personalities for anyone, which is quite refreshing.
Maddie and Julio are my best friends here.
And when you're a good friend of mine, I expect you to make funny faces with me in pictures. Julio passes.
And now here we are at the close of another low-key, relaxing day in the city of Alcalá de Henares.
"And I'm on my way. I don't know where I'm goin', but I'm on my way..." –Simon & Garfunkel
Best post so far girl. "It's against the law" to have as much fun as you are experiencing right now. We look forward to your return, but we hope the time passes slowly for you so you can enjoy it.
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