Baptism for Sharon and Michelle

Buenos Dias!

Well Sharon and Michelle got baptized on Saturday it was amazing! It was sad their dad didn’t know about it. But it was really amazing to see them be baptized, the spirit was so strong.

That was most of our focus for the week so now we are kind of like, now what? But yesterday we were hugely blessed! About two weeks ago we were talking to some members in the street. A woman came by and asked if they had seen her niece, she hadn’t come home in a couple of days and the police were looking for her. We asked this member where the lady lived so we could go visit her later in the week and teach her and the girl’s mom. On Thursday we went to the house and talked to the aunt and the mom, and it turns about the girl had been drugged and all of this crazy stuff. We set up an activity for the next day to met the daughter Jackie. On Friday we had an activity with Jackie and some girls from the branch. We watched El Mano de el Maestro and talked about our worth in God’s eyes. Then we did facial scrubs with sugar and honey, which the girls loved. Then Jackie went to mutual with the other girls. Here comes the crazy part.... on the way to church yesterday Jackie asked “so how old do you have to be to be baptized?” What!! We told her 8…she’s 13 and then she said she wanted to be baptized. On the way home from church she asked how long she had to wait to be baptized. I thought to myself, “girl, 2 weeks!”

The mission really is amazing! I am so grateful to have helped Sharon and Michelle be baptized. There really is no greater joy then helping someone come unto Christ and be baptized. I know that baptism in just the first step in our journey and that God has blessings waiting for us if we are true to the end. 

Oh, I should tell you I am not in a trio! Whoo! This week we helped a member cut her dog’s hair. Ahh this dog was so ugly before…she had dreads. It took two days to cut this dog’s hair. But I must say she looks a thousand times better. The elders said she was ugly, but she is just an ugly dog so what can you do? The best part is these members brought their dog to the baptism on Saturday. Only in Guate do you have dog running about in the church.

Love you all and miss you!

Hermana Davies 

5 questions – Clothing

1. We really liked the pictures of you in native dress. How often do local women wear the native dress?

All the time. It’s really normal to see the woman dressed in corte.

2. Is there a men's equivalent?

Not really, in some places in Guate, but nowhere I have been. So I’m not really sure what it looks like.

3. Where do most people buy their clothing?

Well they have this amazing thing here called Pacas. So what I think happens is Goodwill or the DI (I have seen a lot of stuff from Utah) sells the clothes they can’t sell. The clothes come all packed together in a big block tied together by string. Then people go to the warehouse and buy the paca and then they sell it in their store that is called a Paca. There is also a store called MegaPaca. Which is more amazing because they have really nice stuff there.  I think target and Wal-Mart sell them old clothes because I have seen a lot of stuff there with the tags still on the clothes.

4. How do most people do their laundry?

By hand in the pila. It’s a big sink that has a washboard built in.

5. How do you do your laundry?

Our landlady lets us use her laundry machine. So I use that about every two weeks, but I wash my whites by hand in the pila. They turn out a lot brighter that way.