Hey mammy! and pammy!
Welp things are just
dandy! We had two baptisms this last week! Which are always stressful trying to
plan them an help make everything go smoothly, but I have noticed that baptisms
will NEVER go as you would like or planned but that is what makes it fun
right;) always keeps you on your toes. So it’s been raining a lot, and wit the
rain the river fills with mud (they should call it the muddy season) well all the
water comes from the river, so the shower head is constantly clogging and when
we went to fill the baptismal font ( it is a portable pool) the water was SO nasty!
We thought shoot how can we filter this? So we went and got socks and put those
over the hoses so the socks are filtering the water, it worked great! So we
left, well came back and the socks were BLACK! And the water was super sketchy
also. The socks couldn’t handle it, so we baptized in nasty sketchy swamp
water, but I survived.
Oh elder Behymer wrote
me, told me to say hi to you guys, he sounds like he is doing well. he is going
to love Paraguay and the mission field; there is a missionary from Paraguay in
my district, super humble and super spiritual stud.
The divisions with
elder pierce went well, I went to his area; it is a hard area, super-hot
because there are no trees and the people are really closed off there, but I
helped him with his contacts and how to talk with the people better. He is a
great missionary super funny we had a great time together. And it looks like we
are probably going to do them again this week to help them look for a new commodore
because his comp doesn’t want to look for a new one and they are going to get
kicked out at the end of this month.
One day I will upload
all the photos that I have taken, soon I will do it don’t worry, and you can
see all the photos that I’ve taken. And also the ones from the waterfalls! Also
that wasn’t my first time on divisions with a gringo, I’ve done them before
when I was in San Jorge, but I did them with people from my group with the same
time as me, so they were an adventure because neither of us could speak very
good. But they were fun.
So the real changes
are July 11th, but I don’t know what will happen, Elder Lagos goes
home on July 18th one week after, so who knows what will
happen, or if I will stay in the area for another 6 weeks (9 months!!!) that
would be crazy, I hope not but anything is possible, and whatever happens
happens for a reason so I will find that reason. The reason I stayed this last
change was to baptize these 2 people! I was frustrated then but I knew there
was a reason and look! It is awesome how the Lord works. This is his work not
ours, we are on his errand not ours; I will do whatever he or President Stay asks
of me because they know better!
Yes there are missionaries
up in Barrios, also in Santo Tomas which is like 5 minutes away, I would love
to be up there working, which would be my dream! But I am just happy to be out
of the capital enjoying the rural parts! And I bet after this I am going into
the cap and will stay there the rest of my mission. But WHO KNOWS!
Yes I keep my journal,
I filled the first one
you sent me off with, and now have another one the same size, and that will
last me this last year, I write in it every day, it’s a habit I’ve gotten into,
so don’t worry:) and in order to open up an area President stay would have to
talk to the area presidency and get permission and everything figured out,
there is an area up there called Livingston, missionaries where there about 20
years ago, I would LOVE to go there, you travel by boat to get there, that is
like everyone’s dream to get called to open up there, but it won’t happen,
there were a lot of problems 20 years ago so that is why it closed, and there
are a lot of witches and sketchy stuff up there. Also I took out a little of
money because we ran out! We are traveling so much to do baptismal interviews and
divisions that I had to take money out, so that is why I took out a little
sorry.
Well the pictures are
of the sketchy water, our "filters", a girl we baptized to complete
the family, and you will see the family picture when I upload them all. a Jewish
park we found while on divisions! And the last one if you zoom in where all the
people are looking, those are AK 47's and a whole bunch of drugs! There was a
huge drug and gun bust on the route right in Teculutan. It was awesome. I saved
the article for you guys to see in one year.
I am so thankful for
you guys, I really can’t express how truly thankful I am for you guys! honestly
I have the greatest family in the whole world. we are so blessed, literally we
have so many blessings, we have so many reasons to be grateful to God and give
thanks for all the wonderful blessings that we have. I wish I could express how
thankful I am for such great parents that I have, for ones that love me and
support me and have taught me the difference between right and wrong. You say
you are proud of me, but really you should be proud of yourselves because I owe
it all to you guys! Guatemala is CRAZY! I love it, it is such a different pace
of things super crazy, but I love it, I love this gospel. Baptisms are amazing,
the spirit was so strong, and it truly is a wonderful thing. I know this church
is true, I don’t get why not everyone is a member it is AMAZING! and we receive
so many blessings because of it. I love you guys, truly thank you for
everything and for everything that you do for me! I am so glad to hear that
everything is going well, and I love you all!!! let me know if I can do anything
for you.
Elder Call
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