I'm going to be short because we realized that my companion has less than like 48 hours of being here in Guatemala so we want to maximize his time teaching.
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| Me and my comp about to leave to sing in the choir!
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We just got the papers of a family that we are going to help get married and baptized tomorrow before my companion gets on his plane!
This week was all full of miracles, waiting outside the lawyer's office to get the wedding papers prepped.
On Tuesday my companion went to Xela to visit the temple for the last time! Luckily they sent someone that could go on divisions with me the whole day! It was awesome! Elder Wolfgramm and I worked super hard and as a result, left 5 people with a baptismal date! It was awesome.
Here's a summary of everyone
Felix, he was a reference of a member named Eduardo. He's about 55 and knows a little of everything. He's super awesome and has been through a lot. He used to be a heavy drinker and smoke 60 cigarettes a day! But now he's made some awesome changes in his life and hasn't been drinking at all and only smokes 1-2 a day. If you could all pray for him that he could quit completely so that he can make this important step in his life that would be awesome! He's so ready and knows a ton he just has to stop smoking so he can be baptized!
Mabe, another reference: She came last week to church and was the one that accepted to be baptized right on the spot! We went and we found out that Elder Wolfgramm had actually been teaching her 9 months ago! But now she was a lot more prepared and ready to make some other changes in her life. She should be getting baptized next week on Saturday!
Then this has been one of my favorite stories yet. Her name is Sandy. Sandy is a girl that has been through A LOT. She has had a super hard life and has tried just about everything to fill the emptiness that she felt. The misioneras found her and she loved the church but just felt uncomfortable being baptized when she knows how her old life has been. But Elder Wolfsgramm and I went and first, we taught probably the coolest English class that this group of Guatemalans had ever had, and then we had the lesson with Sandy. We taught about the love of God and the power of forgiveness and about how baptism cleanses us of our sins. Then we challenged her to be baptized on Friday. She sat in silence for like 3 minutes with her shaking her head no, no, no. You could see the fight going on inside of her. but finally, she just took a breath and Said. ''Si. What time?'' So we put a time and then I asked if she really believed if God loved her. She said she wanted to believe but wasn't sure. Because he had let her go through so much. I told her she was going to end with a prayer and then in her prayer ask if God really loved her. She did and when she asked the spirit just overwhelmed us all. She barely ended her prayer and started to cry and cry you could tell she had received an answer. Me and my comp just kinda slipped away and went to go teach another lesson to put two more fechas with Jackson and Lesley. They're the family that is going to get baptized tomorrow! I'll tell you more about them next week!
Today we went to some waterfalls and it was fun!
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| Photo Credit: http://eldertdwilcox.blogspot.com/ |
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| Photo Credit: http://eldertdwilcox.blogspot.com/ |
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| Elder Nielsen and I |
Elder Wilcox, Grahm, Nielsen, and Camargo
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| Elder Camargo, Elder Graham, Elder Wilcox, Elder Nielsen (my companion), and I |
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| Elder Nielsen and I |
A rock that just had the perfect ray of sun on it.
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Photo Credit: http://eldertdwilcox.blogspot.com/
Pugmire, Wilcox, Graham, ft: Nielsen
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This week we had a stake conference and it was incredible! We had a member of the Seventy, The Temple President, and also President Ruiz there! It was so awesome!
Love you all!
Elder Pugmire
The plants that grow on the power lines here. Kinda weird!
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