Hey guys what's going on? Sorry, this email is gonna be a little short because I'm short on time. This week was great though! First of all, on Tuesday our Mission President came to all of the Zones and we all got to watch ''Meet the Mormons'' in Spanish. It's like a super big deal because it hasn't been released yet here in Central America and President had one of the only copies! So that was super cool!
That day I went on divisions with Elder Fickes! It was super chill and the coolest part of the next day was we went and taught these two people that I know from San Pablo! THE TORTA GUYS! They always come up to San Pablo to cook and sleep every night but they live in Malacatan! They are super cool and always give us discounted tortas and the lesson was super good!
Wednesday I went on divisions again with Elder Toala because my comp went to show Elder Solorio the area of Tocache. We had a miracle happen. We contacted a house we felt like we should visit and we ran into a lady who says she was a member and was going through a really hard time. We were able to share a message with her and she gave us like three family references to go and teach! So that was awesome as well!
On Thursday we went to contact one of the people we met a few months ago. His name is Santos P. When we met him he was super drunk but knew a ton about the Book of Mormon! We had seen him like three times since the first time and every time he was drunk. The miracle was when we visited him he was sober! He introduced us to his family and told us he used to work for the mission office or something like that and he really liked to study the Book of Mormon but he had given his away to someone! So we gladly gave him another and he was super happy to get back to reading it! We're going to go visit him again this week!
Elder Lagos had his birthday on Saturday and I gave him a deck of cards and the promise to teach him some tricks. Then we left in the morning to go give service at this school. They were building three new rooms and so we with the branch went to go work construction. We mixed all of the dirt, concrete, and rocks on the ground and then carried it by buckets or wheel barrow until we finished! Man, it was tiring! But still super cool!
But ya that's about this week hope everyone is well!
Have a great week everyone!
Love,
Elder Pugmire
P.S. I didn't include this part in my letter home because I didn't want mom to worry. But after we were done helping with the school floor, we went to play soccer on the cement cancha nearby. After a little bit, we were just playing around and I started playing with my arms in my shirt trying to be funny (fair enough right, like you don't need your arms to play soccer....wellll...). Anyways, I suddenly realized I was the only white guy on the field, the ball was right in front of me and there was only one guy between me and the goal, and if I could score armless, I would forever go down as a soccer legend in these member's eyes. So as I skillfully moved the ball around my opponent, my foot caught his ever so slightly. I soon noticed two things, 1. I was falling, and 2. I had no arms to stop myself. In desperation of window elbow rolling, I landed on my face, elbow, and knee. On the ground, I examined myself from the privacy of my own shirt and figured my face was just scraped up and no serious harm had been done. Well, that was until the members gasped and pointed at the "hole" in my arm. I ended up having to go to the hospital in Malacatan in the back of a pickup/ambulance to get 7 stitches. Everyone was following us thinking about what could have happened to the town Gringo to warrant a ride in the ambulance. Somehow, I never knew how or if we ended up paying anyone, maybe the church just picked up the bill somehow but who knows. We just smiled and waved to make it seem like it wasn't a big deal. It was a sketchy hospital, but everyone jumped right away to help me out! I felt kinda bad because I feel like there were a lot of people in worse condition than I was in just in the waiting room. But ya, that was my gift to Elder Lagos, happy birthday, one experience he would never have with any of his other companions.
Hermano Daniel, Elder Solorio, Elder (first name not missionary) Romeo, Elder Lagos, Hermano Romeo, and his sons.
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