Sister Ivy Carlson - Madrid Spain Mission

Hola a todos! How are you all? Well, this week was absolutely insane. On Monday, we went to Alcorcon which is in our district! We had to ask our district leader for permission to leave our area, (and we wanted to go there to go to IKEA) and they said "you can only go if we're invited". Great! Our district is just 4 people, Hermana Kay and I and them, and they're both a little bit awkward but we said ok. The day was a disaster. We didn't even meet them or go to IKEA because we couldn't get there (it was across a freeway from where we were) and the bus didn't take our cards or cash. But it's ok! Kind of a wasted pday, but we're also kind of used to that after so many pdays in quarantine! On Tuesday we had zone conference and heard messages from our mission presidency! It was so good as usual, and I'm always impressed by how inspired our leaders are. They also announced that the Spanish government accepted their proposal, and they got permission t

Hola a todos!! How are you all? Sorry, it's been a hot minute... literally! I don't know why, but the sun is definitely a lot more powerful in Spain than in the United States! So last week Hermana Christensen and I went to Sol, which is in the middle of Spain! It was so much fun 😁 We went to Retiro park, which is also the park in the famous pointillism painting "Sunday in the park" and it was so beautiful. Also, I held a turtle!!! Best day of my life. This past week we had transfers! I'm still here in Móstoles, but my companion went to Pavones which is really close to the Madrid temple! My new companion is Hermana Kay! She's so fun and this week has been great 😊  It's been a teeny bit stressful because now I'm the one who knows the area and I have to set up the lessons and introduce my companion to everyone, but it's been good. A few of our friends are going through some really difficult things, so we've been staying in contact with them and