Hey everyone! It's almost Thanksgiving which obviously isn't celebrated here in Guatemala. But that's ok because we eat chicken every day for lunch anyway. And I guess that's pretty close to Turkey... This week was crazy!
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It grows on these huge trees where we just pull a branch and then strip off all of the coffee into the baskets that we carry. My hands hurt sooooo bad and I don't think that they ever will be clean again.
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But man it was such a crazy experience. We filled two HUGE costales of cafe and then This little Guatemalan Hermano Daniel carried both of them up the hill! It was insane! I don't think I could even lift those things off the ground if I wanted to! But he carried one, two times up this insane hill for like a mile!
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My comp and I have started to run in the mornings! We take a 10 minute run down to La Vega and then make the return which is basically death itself. The slope is sooo steep! But I've actually started to enjoy the run! Which is something I never thought would happen! I enjoyed it so much that the first time running up from La Vega I got to the top and I thought my 3 companions were right behind me, when I turned around they were nowhere in sight. Was super surprised and kinda worried that I had lost my 3 companions. Thankfully after a few minutes, they all walked around the corner, apparently, I was in a little better shape from lacrosse than the 2 soccer stars.
This week was interesting with all of our investigators. All of our investigators fell through so we're starting on a clean slate except for Leticia who called us on Thursday to tell us that she was going to go to church on Sunday! And She did! Later she accepted to be baptized this Saturday! So that is super exciting!
My word of the Week is Chapin. Chapin is what the people call themselves here. They are the Guatemalatecos and Chapines. So all of the Gringo missionaries are on the quest of the mission to become the most Chapin as possible. This week I was doing pretty good for the list!
We went out and cut wood on Thursday for Hermana Amelia for like 3 hours. We Cut a ton! Like 2 tareas which I'm not sure if it's the same thing as a cord of wood or not. We took some awesome pictures that I'm going to send once I get a different computer.
Then on Saturday, we went to cut/pick cafe. I know I probably should repent for that. But it was so crazy! We took this super long hike down this super steep slope where we got to this place where Hermano Daniel wanted us to cut coffee.
We went out and cut wood on Thursday for Hermana Amelia for like 3 hours. We Cut a ton! Like 2 tareas which I'm not sure if it's the same thing as a cord of wood or not. We took some awesome pictures that I'm going to send once I get a different computer.Then on Saturday, we went to cut/pick cafe. I know I probably should repent for that. But it was so crazy! We took this super long hike down this super steep slope where we got to this place where Hermano Daniel wanted us to cut coffee.
It grows on these huge trees where we just pull a branch and then strip off all of the coffee into the baskets that we carry. My hands hurt sooooo bad and I don't think that they ever will be clean again.
But man it was such a crazy experience. We filled two HUGE costales of cafe and then This little Guatemalan Hermano Daniel carried both of them up the hill! It was insane! I don't think I could even lift those things off the ground if I wanted to! But he carried one, two times up this insane hill for like a mile!
Life is going good though and the Spanish is coming so much better! Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! I'll try my best to form some sort of Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanks for all the love and support!
Love,
Elder Pugmire
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