Hola family and friends from el Tejar
Guatemala,
I was transferred this week to the Zone
Chimaltenango, its in the mountains and its really pretty. My new companion and
trainer/2nd dad, your dad is your trainer, is Elder Ballesteros. He is almost
20 from Honduras. He is super cool, and he speaks pretty good English. We get a
long great. This week was the best week yet, and it flew by. I had my First
BAPTISM… so cool. I baptized this 70 year old man name Carlos E. He is a sweet
little old man who rocks the beanie and full sweat suit each and everyday.
…haha he’s so cool. So when you baptize somebody you say there full name..... Well here in Central America people have a minimum of 4 or 5 names.
This guy has 6 names, but I was able to get through the baptism without
problems. I already love this place a ton. We are in a ward and have a church
building, which is a cool change of pace. My companion and I were bored on p-day so
we took a bunch of dumb pictures for you mom! I have found myself being a lot
more like me lately. At the beginning of my mission I took everything
seriously, which is good, but I wasn’t having fun. I have since learned you
need to show your investigators that this gospel is a fun gospel that brings
happiness. That’s exactly our message; this gospel is the only true way to be
happy. I saw a lot of great things this weeks, had a baptism, my Spanish is
getting better and we work hard everyday. This mission and life for that matter
is what we make of it so I going to make it as spiritual as I can while having
fun. Funny story, here in Guatemala, they have fruits called leaches, (I don’t
know how to spell that in Spanish or English sorry), its pretty much a grape
with a pokey peel. Well this lady told me it was her favorite, so I took a
bite, with the peel, and I sat there and dry heaved for 5 minutes… haha I
didn’t know it had a peel but its good unpeeled. BTW saw a dude with a vintage
Steve Young jersey and I asked him if he liked BYU and he said no but he just
found the thing, lucky dude. Here in Guatemala, people take this scripture to
heart - 2 Corinthians 13:12 read it; it will make you laugh…. every one does it.
Spiritual thought Matthew 6:24 - No man
can serve two masters. This is so true put God ahead of everything including
phones and friends. Have a good week!
Love you all,
VA Pues
Elder Peacock
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| Dude I think that I messed up that picture |
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