Week 27...2/9/15...1/4 Mark!

Wow, this week was honestly so fast! I've been so tired all week because we have actually been working like crazy! We've met so many amazing people in the week that there's just not time to get to visit them all every day. I'm gonna let you all know about the people we've been teaching and just a few different highlights of the week. 

My comp has been telling me all about this food called ceviche that is from Peru.

They have it here in Guatemala but he says it's completely different. But one of the members who had learned from a Peruvian how to make it invited us over to eat. My comp was sooo happy! It tasted way good too! Also, we got back to playing soccer with our investigatores again. We invited a bunch and during the game, I scored 3 pretty impressive goals if I do say so myself. So I was pretty pumped about that.

Alright so here are some of the people we've been teaching...

Maria: she's someone we contacted into a while ago who has talked to the missionaries before. She's pretty cool and likes to learn and she's super excited because she and her boyfriends are getting married soon! So that's super awesome! She has a deformity on her right arm and has met with the Testigos a few times before.

Thank you Patty Maltez Riley for the photo of
  Volcan de Fuego

Oralia: Ok Oralia is amazing. She's the Girlfriend of a member who we've been teaching and she knows basically everything because her boyfriend has been teaching her too. They've decided to get married so we're going to hold their wedding on the 14th! She's gonna be baptized the same day! So that's incredible and we're super pumped about that!

Judith:  She's a girl that's 16 years old. We've taught here only like 4 times but she's already accepted to be baptized too! She's super smart and loves learning about the gospel. We are also teaching her sister and mom! 

Santos: We met this guy in the park one day when he walks up to us and asked us when we were gonna start teaching him. He was drunk then but we told him we'd stop by some time. Then he started talking to us about the Book of Mormon. He's read the whole thing and says he knows that it's true and loves studying it. We stopped by his house and he's been super positive only we've had a hard time finding him at home. But we're also teaching his family and his wife says he hasn't been drinking since the time we visited him last! So that's awesome!

So there are a few of the people we see during the week!

Thank you, Patty Maltez Riley
for the photo from Antigua.

I'm learning a ton as well here through reading the scriptures every day! This week was kinda crazy weather-wise. One of the volcanoes here in Guatemala exploded and we had a small earthquake which is normal. But in Malacatan ashes were raining everywhere.  Also, it started raining again and yesterday the streets were just complete rivers. That's basically it for this week!

Hope all is well with all of you that are reading.  Thanks for all of your love and support! OH, also I got a few letters from people this week! Thanks For those! They always are a very welcome surprise! Love you guys!

Love,

Elder Pugmire

1/4 MARK

(I was curious which tie he burnt.)  Which tie? Just one that I bought for 2 quets that the world is better off not having in full form.  Man, it was ugly!