Week 60...9/28/15...Missionary memory, SANDRA REYES

Alrighty, where does the time go... I looked at my watch today and saw that it's the 28th.... I've almost got 14 months in the mission! What is this!???!!! Time is not even real on the mission! But this week started off awesome with a family night with the Bishop's family and 4 of our investigators! ONE OF THEM GOT BAPTIZED THIS WEEK! The pictures should all be coming on their way. I've just been trying to send them a different way than normal because it takes me forever to upload them all.

Sweet typical sunset with the Street right outside our house.

We visited The Benson again (a school that was paid for buy poorly used tithing funds, that got the family excommunicated but since is a private school they let us come in and teach a class anytime we would like) this week and had every one of the students write a bunch of questions down and then had them pass the papers forward to answer them all! There were a bunch of really good questions like ''Does God hear the prayers of people that don't go to church, or what would have happened if Eve hadn't eaten the fruit'' As well as some other good questions and a few questions like ''Si el Elder Blanquito tiene novia'' that one didn't end up getting answered unfortunately for the asker.

We've been looking for our golden family still and we thought we had found one but what happened was when we went to visit them they were super positive! So we were pumped and then they told us they were already members but hadn't been to church in awhile... So we were a little bummed that they weren't our golden family but pumped that we found them so we can help them start coming back to church! 

For our district meeting, we made plans about how we could help as many people make it to the General Conference as possible. And the main plan will be focus on working with the members. So we're hoping that everything goes well with that. On divisions in San Rafael, I spotted a sweet tweed suit for 3 Quetzales and it was too dope to pass up so we grabbed it. Ya, that's right a suit for a quarter... soooooo sick!!!!!!

Friday we had a missionary activity planned to invite a bunch of new investigators to visit the church. It was  "Missionary memory" where all of the returned missionaries decorated a room with photos of their missions and all of their records (souvenirs) Although it was supposed to start at 6:30 when we got there at 6 to help out there was nothing and no one there.  So we stressed out a bit but then once we adjusted to the ''hora Chapin'' we got everything all set up and got it started a little after 7:15.  We had the countries of Peru, Chile Nicaragua, Honduras y El Salvador, and of course GUATEMALA! Then we had a talent show after where every act had an investigator in it! So that was awesome!

Then Saturday was awesome! SANDRA REYES got BAPTIZED!!!!  We are so pumped! We worked all day and then got everything ready and then right at 6:45 we got to the church and realized the font didn't have a single drop of water in it.... and the baptism was supposed to start at like 7 (for any of you that know a little about baptism fonts they're not something you fill in 15 minutes).  But thanks again to the hora Chapin we didn't end up starting till like 8 after everyone showed up. Hermano Joel did the baptism (the dad of Joelito who gave us the reference).  Hermana Sandra was so happy! It was great!

Sunday, I went with Elder Gongora to San Isidro. We went walking trying to find a reference. But we never found them. However, we did save a drunk guy from drowning the river/street from all of the rain and ate 2 dinners with some members. So you could say it was a pretty good day.

Today we played soccer and I got fried by the sun. My comp is obviously tired because he just cramped up here on the internet and almost fell out of his chair. It was pretty funny.

But ya that's life!

Love,

Elder Pugmire