This week was crazy. We traveled almost every single day of the week to go to some meeting, training, practice, or other. It was frustrating not being able to visit all of the members and investigators, but we learned a ton. I´m learning a ton about planning and organization, because we literally have the potential to forget to visit people who are hoping to be able to live with their families forever and ever, and that´s really scary for me. I´m doing all I can to help them and I love them a lot, so I´m glad to learn how to have time for all of them.
Something interesting about Guate is the animals. The streets are filled with chuchos (dogs) and pollos (chickens). Almost everyone has at least one dog, and I´m not sure if they own the chickens or just let them walk in their yard. But I´ve seen chickens do some really funny things, especially when they´re mad. The dogs can be a little more dangerous, but if you put your Book of Mormon in between you and the dog, It never bites you or the book. I guess the words of God is powerful for animals as well as people. There´s this one house with a huge field of weeds and tooons of chuchos that just hide there and then run in and surround you when you´re in the middle. I´m not sure why this family has an army of chuchos that hate people, but that´s always fun to get out alive when we go to visit this family. Don´t worry, it´s all good.
Every year on December 7th they have this tradition where they "Queman los diablos," or burn devils. They get these devil piñatas and just burn them in the streets. Some of them have explosives and fireworks attached, so they´re actually super loud and kinda dangerous. That evening was really funny, because we couldn´t really teach anyone when we were surrounded by smoke, fires, and crazy people. Felt like we were actually in the underworld or something. Interesting tradition there...
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| The word "calidad" literally means "quality." But the people here use it to mean "cool." And it´s actually hilarious how much they say it. It´s becoming a part of my vocabulary now. |
We haven´t been able to teach much this week because of all the traveling, but we had some great families come to church for the first time this Sunday. This Sunday was special because we had a testimony meeting, which means that for an hour, the members who want to get up and share what they believe and how their lives have been affected by the church. It was fantastic this Sunday. There were only around fifty people including kids, but so many people wanted to share their testimonies, and they honestly made me cry. These people are so humble, and understand so well how much God is loving and blessing their families. The meeting went for almost two hours just because there were so many people who wanted to share what they believe. I love these people.
Love you guys!
-Elder Cloward
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