Category: Spain Málaga Mission

Here are the highlights from this past week in the Madrid CCM: Last week, we went to the royal palace of Madrid. It’s a very ornate, very beautiful building with a lot of history behind it. I have some pictures of it, but as always, don’t know when I’ll be able to send them out.…

Yesterday was the one month mark of me being a set apart missionary, I didn’t even notice until I was writing in my journal before bed. It’s insane how fast the CCM is going by, and weird to think that I’ll be out somewhere in southern Spain in less than two weeks. On Friday, one…

This past week, I’ve officially crossed the halfway mark for my training in the CCM. I thought six weeks was going to take forever, but time here passes in the blink of an eye, especially when you’re learning a new language. Here are some highlights from the week: Elder Hollowell (sorry, probably spelled his name…

Well, this past week has definitely just been settling into missionary life and getting used to the daily routine of being in the CCM. So unfortunately, that means my life here is pretty steady and not a lot of overly exciting things happen, but the Spanish is definitely coming along well, and I’m learning how…

It’s weird that I’m writing this at 8:30 AM but all of you are probably asleep right now. I still quite haven’t gotten used to that. Luckily, I had basically no jet lag, so I was really able to hit the ground running. Life is busy here in the CCM. Super busy. I thought I was busy at…

Despite many headaches while flying, I finally made it to the Madrid MTC. After my flight out of Colorado Springs on Monday returned to the gate due to smoke coming out of it, my trip was rescheduled to the next day. Due to the new flight taking an hour longer than expected to fly into…

In only 10 days, I will be entering the Madrid Missionary Training Center to begin my missionary service in the Spain Málaga Mission. ?? To receive my weekly updates, comment or message me your email address. The updates will also be posted to my website, jaredstark.us. I will be giving a farewell address at 1:00…

Just finished a minor renovation of this website in order to shift its focus to my upcoming mission. More on that coming soon…