Week 37...4/21/15...Training Elder Nahum Lagos

Let's just say it was one of those weeks. I accidentally brought a shoe from each pair to Reu to use after p-day last week and forgot my black socks... Typical me so you all know I haven't changed a bit.  Editors note:  I asked if he polishes his shoes and he replied, "I  usually polish at least once every week but they're just so dusty all the time!" 

ITSSS MONDAY... Alright if any of you have seen Ghost in the Stalls by Olan Rogers you'll know what I'm talking about. But it's Monday and so here's another email from me!

Tuesday we had the greatest lunches ever. 2 pounds of ribs for a total of 8 bucks included drinks and mashed potatoes. Almost everyone else barely finished because it was a TON of meat, but the sisters that were with us ordered two pizzas and I helped them finish it off by eating two pieces.

We went out to eat this big lunch because it was that last lunch for a lot of people here in our zone. 

More of the ribs = DELICIOUS!!!!

The two pounds of ribs we bought for $8.  They came along with drinks and mashed potatoes.

Me and a coconut!

So this week had some big changes and crazy news!

And by changes I mean another change already went by and Tuesday we were supposed to get changes in the morning to give us time to say goodbye and everything like a pack and stuff. But they told us they weren't gonna send them until 6 at night. So we headed to work and neither of us was expecting anything. Especially because it was 7 PM when we got a call telling us that..... MY COMP HAS CHANGES!!!!! With only three months here in El Codo he's headed to another place in Mazatenago. And other Big News... I'm TRAINING! AGAIN! We headed to the meeting to pick up my new comp who's also from Honduras! That was awesome! 

Me and my new comp.  None of the people from Honduras like to smile for pictures but he really is a happy guy.

 He doesn't speak any English but really wants to learn! I feel like I'm learning a ton of new Spanish because every country is different in how they speak! Man his accent is tough. He speaks really fast and has a really gruff way of speaking Spanish. We learned the English ABC's the other day so that's fun! He has only been a member for like a year and a half and he has a crazy conversion story where he turned his whole life around. Basically, his whole family is Evangelico, and he was always smoking, chasing after girls, he never would drink, but he avoided any religion because he thought that his family members were "fariseos" or Pharisees in his words. Basically, they would try to teach him about God, but not live the commandments. One day while he was going to ask his cousin for a lighter for his cigarette, he found the missionaries in the room. They set up a meeting with him. Long story short, he got baptized, quit smoking, never missed a day a church since he started taking the lessons. His girlfriend who was a Jehovah's Witness told him, look it's either the church or me, you decide. So he said, alright I guess you can move out. and then he got baptized. Super cool dude.

My ''grandpa" or my trainer's trainer and my two "sons" or elders I've trained.'

The changes! Elder Sherwood, Elder Fickes, and I  are ALL training this change! Elder Raymundo, Elder Vides, and Elder Lagos are our kids.

Me and Elder Black, my Old Zone leader Who's now one of the APs.

  Elder Saunders, one of my bros that went home Wednesday.

But this week besides that we don't have much more to report on except that we worked way hard. We got to our area and I told my comp to hang up his suit and we headed out the door because we had plans. We met a ton of new people to teach this week and we had 3 investigators show up to church! So we were pumped about that!

We are teaching this family ''Ramos'' and have been teaching them for a while. We had been trying to focus on the mom but this week because we were not progressing we focused on the Grandma. She ended up coming to church and accepted to be baptized! We are now working with her a ton and all of the family is super pumped! We got to their house and everyone was asking if they could go to church today! Not in the next week but the next day! It was pretty exciting but we told them the next week we'd send a bus right by their house to pick them up and they were stoked. I know the Lord is working in their lives and blessing them with answers to prayers. I know He loves us. I know He Lives. I know He listens and hears us.

Love,

Elder Pugmire