New area, my 3rd son, Filipinos; and mom... I guess your
prayers were answered!
Note: We have been praying that he gets to see the rest of
Guatemala not just the capital.
Hopefully he gets to see some ruins and many historic sites before he
heads home.
I
got changed on Tuesday to PUERTO BARRIOS!!! Hahaha It is on the beach! It’s the farthest area away
from the capital.
I
am training my third son in the mission. His name is Elder S from
Bolivia. I just turned 20 and my son is 23 years old. He has been a member for only a year and two months
now. He just completed the year then came out. He is good, kind of
different, but good.
Monday
night I said goodbye to all the people I met in Alameda. It was so hard
to say goodbye to the people that I have learned to love. That one family again made me a
cake! But it was good. I
enjoyed my time there. Now I have to focus on the work to come.
(Hasta Siempre - Until always/forever - literal translation)
Farewell, Until next time or I'll keep you in my thoughts
On
Tuesday, I woke up at 5 in the morning to pack my bags. Then at 8:00, the taxi came and we went
to zone 6 for changes. They gave me the changes, I met my companion and
then we got on a bus to go outside the capital. The bus ride was 6
HOURS! Haha I have not sat that
long since the flight to get here. We left at 1:30 pm and got to Puerto
Barrios at 8:15 because we took a 15-minute pit stop. We had to find the
house and get the keys from the branch president because we are opening the
area. The house we have is
HUGE! It has a carport, 3
bedrooms, a patio, a huge bathroom, a kitchen, and a huge living room.
We
got settled in and got ready for the next day. The rest of the days of
the week have blown by like the wind. We are just working hard to get
things up and running, and I know and testify that the Lord is blessing us with
miracles. We found a guy whose name is A that is just covered in tattoos
that has just gotten out of jail a month ago. His mom and brother are
members and he went to church for the first time one week before we got
there. He wants to change and be a better person because he has not seen
his mom in his whole life. Because of problems at 9 months of age he was
taken from the family, and since then has lived a rough life. We have
taught him 2 times so far and he has dropped smoking, drinking, and drugs since
the time he left jail, and we have a baptismal date with him for the 30th of
this month. We also put another baptismal date for next month with
another guy that seems promising, and we are just working hard.
We found a lady from the Philippines. She speaks
Ilocano and we are teaching the family. She is from Iloilo something like
that. I told her that my mom is Ilocano too. I guess she came here
on a ship.
The
members here are good. Only about 80-100 people go to church every week
because it is a branch not a ward.
We also have a lot of reactivation to get done here. There are a
lot of inactive people in the branch here. I am the district leader. There are 5 hermanas in my district and
not many elders here in the zone.
Other
than that, things are great and the weather here is suuuper, suuper HOT and
HUMID! I sit at my desk to study
and I drip, drip, and drip with sweat. I am just soaked and covered with
sweat walking around the area and during our lessons. I love it though. I love the area. A
lot of work to be done, but we are ready to take on the area and see what we
can do to bring it up.
Until
next week! Love you guys!
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