So the next chapter begins in the Magnolia Coatepeque area of the Guatemala Retalhuleu Mission. As expected I had changes and I am now over here in the very rocky area of Magnolia. This area is very different from any other I have been in. For one, I don't think there is a moment from when we leave the house to when we return that we are not walking atop rocks. These rocks are going to eat by shoes super fast, and it is way to hot to wear boots. I feel like I am at a rocky beach although without a cool ocean breeze or the sounds of the waves.
The living conditions here are a bit different. It is a bigger house, but less water and more mosquitos. We have no water during the day and none whatsoever in the house. We have a pila outside to get water from and we shower by bucket. We bring buckets of water into the house as every time we have to go to the bathroom you use the bucket to flush the toilet.
My new companion is Elder Tufuga who has about 9 months in the mission and is from long beach CA. He is a convert to the church and is also an olympian volleyball player. What can I say I have had some good luck having some great companions on the mission.
We received some bad news a little while back, President Nelson isnt really in to good of health and as such isn't really able to travel for our multi-mission conference. This being said our devotional was canceled and was replaced with a video transmission of him talking to those in the Honduras missions. It was kinda a bummer that he couldn't come but I guess the message was what was really important and it was great to watch and see so many of the missionaries that we knew in the CCM there. We learned a lot in the devotional. There were more than a few things were stuff that I didn't really expect to hear, but those are the best messages and some of the things that we will remember most are the things we never expected to hear.
Working here this week has been fantastic! I don't know too much of the area and it seems like I came in at a perfect time when everyone in the branch wants to help in the work. I am very excited to see what happens in the future, because in the four days I have been here, we have left with members three out of those four days, and one person came to church for each of these visits. I think Im going to like it here, we are just going to need to see what we can do about getting some new beds and an actual fridge in our house. When I was in Rio Blanco I could leave a bag of water out and it would be cold when I went to drink it. Here I do the same thing, but it turns hotter and hotter I swear one of these days I actually burnt my tongue!
Sorry for the shorter letter - it's been a crazy week, having problems uploading any pictures as well. But will get that all figured out for next week, and will send some pictures of the new area.
Lots of love to all - and my parting quote to think about for the week, this from Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "We should certainly count our blessings, but she should also make our blessings count."
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