Buenos Dias!
Well, I feel
like time is flying by so fast! I feel like it was yesterday that I wrote you.
In some ways it’s nice time flies by, but not always because I feel like there
is so much to do and not enough time.
This Sunday
was crazy! Basically this Sunday was D-day for our baptisms for this Saturday
the 27th. We were running around Jardines making sure everyone got to church. Luckily
the Bishop drove past us and took some of our investigators to church while we
ran to get the rest. The past couple of Sundays have consisted of pulling
people out of bed and doing little girls’ hair. It’s worth it.
This
Saturday Marta should be getting baptized. She is a really amazing lady. The
only thing that is holding her up is that she wants to talk to her son in the
States before she does it. It’s really interesting to see how people live with
their families separated across the continent. Zara will also be getting
baptized with her son Carlos. Zara is 29 and Carlos is 9. They were basically
members all they needed was to be baptized.
So as a Zone
leader we do divisions with the Hermanas every week. This week I will be going
to Momus. I am pretty excited because I was born in that Zone and it’s not very
common for Hermanas to be sent there. So I will enjoy my 24 hours there. The
Hermanas don’t report their data to us but we call them to see how they are
doing with their baptisms. This month we have a goal of 15. If they reach the
goal there is a very special prize! I really haven’t been able to do
anything as a leader yet because our splits got cancelled because the Hermanas
were sick and because of changes. But I’m pretty excited to start!
You have all
been asking about the weather. Its pretty much like spring/fall. It can be warm
in the day but it gets cold at night. And it's pretty cold when it rains. I don’t
think it ever really gets hot in this part of Guatemala except in April. Before
the mission I thought only Australia had opposite seasons from the rest of the
world. False Guatemaltecos call this time of year winter. They don’t teach that
in school.
In other
news I have a few medical remedies that will surely change our life. These are
what I heard this week:
- Knee pain?
Rub egg whites on your knee and the pain will soon be gone!
- Throat
infection? Chamomile is a natural antibiotic and is anti-inflammatory. Make
yourself a nice cup of tea and your throat infection will soon be gone! (fyi chamomile
and honey basically cure everything…hair loss, cold, head ache)
Warning!! Do
not use these remedies without direct supervision of a Guatemalteco
grandma. My comp and I laugh all the way home when people give us
medicinal advice, I will keep you posted.
This week I
was reading about the Anti-Nephi Lehis and how they buried their weapons. I was
thinking how they really understood the atonement because they repented of
their sins but they truly gave them up. They feared their souls would be lost
if they took up their weapons again. How often do we repent of the same sin
over and over again? Part of the miracle of the atonement is that our sins will
always be forgiven. But how much more would we be blessed if we truly gave up
that sin that we always come back to? Our relationship with God and Christ
would deepen and we would become more like our Savior Jesus Christ.
I love you
all and miss you!
Hermana
Davies
Sorry I have been slacking
on the questions but here they are:
1. How many Elders are in
your area?
Two…Elder Pinchi from Peru
and Elder Quntanilla from Idaho
2. What’s it like working
with them?
It’s good. We haven’t had
any issues with stealing investigators. They are also pretty cool because they
planned for a member to give us a cake when we made 8 months. (We may have reminded
them more them once.)
3. How often do you work
with Elders?
Not very often we basically
do our own thing.
4. What are the best
qualities you’ve seen?
Most of the Elders who have
been in my area are selfless and always try to give and serve.
5. What’s the biggest
difference you’ve seen between the sister and the Elder missionaries?
The Elders I would say are
more like little boys. Most of them are 18 while most of the Hermanas have a
little bit more of maturity :)
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