Wow what
a week!! I am really enjoying the Christmas spirit here right now. I hopped on
a bus one time and started singing ''I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas...from
the bottom of my heart.'' ha-ha it was hilarious and everyone in the bus
laughed. There are all sorts of ways to preach repentance! Good thing Guatemalans
laugh at literally everything because you all know I am not very funny ha-ha.
Elder
Wilkes and I are basically exhausted (what’s new!) from this week but it was
such a miraculous week! We had three divisions like always and we ended up
going to Puerto San Jose more than we asked to! It is a 50 minute bus ride in a
blazing hot bus with wind in the face each way. I was able to go with my good
buddy Elder Richins (he entered into the field with me from my group) and it
was a solid day down there. Apparently there was some volcano that went off
near Escuintla so we worked all day with these doctor’s masks. Funny moment,
about 5 minutes after I put on the mask I went to contact some old woman on the
street. She tried to avoid me but I am persistent so I kept getting closer
until she started sprinting away shouting ''Al mercado voy!''. So classic. We
drew little faces on ours to lessen the gringo-doctor-alien effect. We also
went to the beach again yesterday to pick up trash as part of a Mormon Helping
Hands activity. It was sweet.
Also mom,
this totally reminded me of you! This week was the primary program here and I
got put in as the designated piano player! The Guatemalan ninos were not in
sync with me really....I think its because they didn’t buy them pizza to get
them to come practice! But it really was so special. There’s something about
little kids pure testimonies that always gets me. One of my converts, Michelle,
that I baptized in October, went right up there and gave her memorized part and
bore her testimony!
We
baptized again this last Sunday too. His name is Edwin. Wow. What a comeback
story. I have seen lots of people turn their lives around in Guatemala, but not
many have come close to Edwin. He did everything imaginable but he repented and
changed and got baptized this Sunday. If Edwin can do it, we all can! That
gives me Hope.
Love you
guys so much. Cant wait to see you on Friday. Ill try my hardest not to cry
this time, but its always a surprise. I am 2 for 2 right now with a 1000
batting average ha-ha. We will see.
Feliz
Navidad muchachos!
December 20, 2015
December 21, 2015 Mormon Helping Hands - Escuintla Zone
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