We had a very full week. Lots of rain, teaching new people, and finding awesome ways to spread the word of God.
Today, for our Pday, we all came to Rio Santiago and had a water balloon fight. That was really funny, and we got super wet. Another fun thing we did this week was an English class we taught in the church. It was super cool because a lot of people here ask me to teach them English, and we finally started classes for people. We taught them all how the alphabet works, and how to meet someone and introduce yourself in English. The people all said that English is weird, and I agree. But they were super excited and liked it a lot.
Before the class, we had an interesting experience because we got locked outside of the church, and nobody was there that would have the keys to let us in. We called everyone we knew that would be able to help us, and none of them answered. So we did what we always do when we need help: we said a prayer. We asked God to send us someone with the keys if he really wanted us to be able to teach the people in this way. And so then we opened our eyes, and a lady from the church was right there walking up to us with the keys in her hands saying "I´m here, I´m here!" It was super cool. God looks out for us, and He always listens to our prayers.
This week one of our police friends told me he liked my watch. I´m not sure why, because it´s a really simple watch that doesn´t really do anything besides tell the times and the day of the month. But he kept talking on and on about how much he liked and wanted the "beautiful watch" that I was wearing. He wanted to pay me for it, and I told him I didn´t really need money but I did need a way to tell the time. So he went out the next day and bought a brand new watch for me, and came and gave it to me so that I´d give him mine. The one he bought has an alarm and a stopwatch and a light that flashes rainbow colors...so I said it was a deal. It was really funny, and I still don´t really know why he wanted the old one so much.
My companion is learning a ton about how to be a diligent missionary. And he´s teaching me a ton also. He´s always joking around, but he has a really strong spirit about him and has some really strong roots in the things that are important to him. The people all tell him his accent is different, which makes him really confused. It´s very true, and it makes me wonder if my brother Josh will also have a weird accent in Spanish, because he´s serving his mission in the country that my companion is from.
We met this guy on the street this week named Adrian, and he was smoking, but he was really excited to hear our message. And then on Sunday, he came to church! Usually people need more time of learning before they feel comfortable, but he has a lot of faith and is really excited to learn about the things that God wants him to know. We are teaching a lot of awesome people right now, and it´s really fun to be able to make them happier every time we visit. God really touches the hearts of the people, because I don´t know why anyone would actually want to change their life just from the invitations we give them without feeling that they´re really going to receive blessings from what we invite them to do. Prayer and reading the scriptures everyday honestly changes people´s hearts, and even the lowest, most distressed and struggling person can find peace in Christ.
Love you guys!
-Elder Cloward
A Seiba, a huuuge type of tree and a symbol of peace here in Guatemala :)
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