Starting over again

Buenas!

This week has been very very full. We´re teaching a lot of people who need a ton of help. William is an investigator who has been without work for an entire year. He volunteers as a firefighter because he wants to help people. But he really needs an actual job. He finally found one, but he needed to pay to get some documents for it, and he couldn´t even afford that, so he couldn´t get the job. We aren´t allowed to give money, which is really hard. But we are representatives of Christ, and we get to promise them what they need if they do the things that bring them closer to Him. And that´s the most important. He´s super great and I know that he will find work soon.

We are also teaching Franklin and his family. They are really sad right now because Franklin is really sick, and isn´t really getting better. They can´t afford the medicine he needs, and so they´re really just hoping and praying. We visit them all the time, and we are doing all we can to help him with the little medicine we have. But we are also teaching them the gospel. They have a ton of faith, and I really can tell that Franklin is going to get better too. 

The biggest thing that happened this week was that we had emergency changes again. Elder Vargas had to go to Amatitlan. I was really sad to see him go, because we are already super good friends, and we were both learning a ton. I did give him a parting gift though. I noticed a while ago that he really likes Tortrix, which are these 1Q bags of chips that are suuuper tasty that they sell at all the tiendas here. And so I´ve been making a secret stash of them without him noticing, and I gave it to him on his last day here. It was something simple, but I think the idea really hit him deeply somehow. He was really happy. Elder Myler from Idaho is my companion now. He was struggling a lot with his old companion, and felt super sad. So the mission president sent him to be with me, in hopes that I can help him to feel happy again. He´s a really great guy, and he really wants to do good. I´m trying to show him a lot of love, and he seems like he´s already opening up a little bit. Now I just have to show him around this area that I´ve only been in for two weeks. That´s a little tricky, because I feel like I really don´t know enough to be able to teach him and help all the people here...but allí vamos. I´m sure we´ll be all good and know a ton in a week or two. 

The kids here play this game called Chamusca, and they´re super good at it. It´s basically two on two streed soccer with a couple twists. They almost always beat me. My comp and I only won once, and that was a great victory. But I think he worked too hard, because the next day he could barely move his back. Somehow he still went the entire day though, just stumbling along with really painful looking posture. I felt really bad for him, but he did it. He really wants to work hard, which is awesome. I´m really excited to put my all into helping him and the people here to change their lives and be happy. 

Love you guys!

-Elder Cloward

Dry cereal is good stuff.