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| Hermana Haymond in the Capitol |
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| Alexis with her comps and the other sisters in their apartment |
Halloween was just a normal day here. I only saw one person in a costume. The big day here is the day after Halloween, Day of the Dead. It's kinda the same idea as memorial day. Everyone buys these little kites and flies them. So that was really cool to see! We bought some little ones just for one quet for the memories.
This week President Brough is having us do a 'Semana Perfecta'. This means that every missionary in the mission meets our goals of exelency. And each day there are different things to focus on. Like last night we tried to have as many lessons in the house of a recent convert. Today is to contact as many families as possible. There are different challenges and goals every day. And every companionship in the mission HAS to baptize. Otherwise it would not be a semana perfecta! We have two baptisms on Sunday. They are awesome! They're two guys in their 50's or 60's. We started teaching them separately but then we found out they're brothers! How funny is that! They are soo fun to teach. They're both so excited to learn about the gospel. It's seriously like teaching Primary kids every time. We have to keep them on topic and make sure they're understanding. It's so precious! We were explaining how this week before their baptism Satan is going to attack and try to make them not get baptized because they're so strong. And one of them said 'CHICOTE CON SATANAS!' Which basically means I'm going to show Satan what's up! Idk how to explain chicote in English but it's a good word to use. It was so funny though! This little old chapin guy. Ah! I love teaching them.
So being in a companionship of 3 white girls, we get a lot of interesting comments. A lot times the men try to yell things in English to us...Or at least they think they're speaking English. The funniest attempt at a pick up line we've heard yet was this one guy yelling 'Do you espeak inglish? Good good! Lady! INFORMATION!' And he just kept yelling 'Good good! Information!' Out of all the words in English to yell you pick 'information'? Gosh. The people here make me laugh.
Sorry this email is a little shorter. But hopefully the pictures make up for it. I'm still happy. I know I always say that but I really do mean it! It's so cool to feel just a teeny bit of the love Heavenly Father has for His children. Sometimes I'm so focused on how much He loves everyone in Guatemala, I forget that He feels the same way about me. It's just such a powerful thing to think about. I just wish everyone could feel just for a second how much He loves us. It changes lives. I'm so blessed and can see the miracles every single day! Thanks for all your prayers!
