Elder Scotty Pugmire's Guatemala Postings: Week 76...1/18/16...Beach and divisions

TILAPA! We took a trip to go and take photos by the beach.

So..... Wow. Its Monday. I blinked and it's Monday again. I can't even believe it! Time is going by sooo quickly! Honestly, I don't remember what happened most of this week because I spent most of the time on divisions. I'm sure you want to know about Carlos Humberto. He had a family emergency and had to return to his home before his baptism but is going to seek the missionaries so he can be baptized where he lives which will be awesome! On Tuesday I went with Elder Johnson to Pajapita!

Elder Johnson and jovenes we found doing back-flips off of the bridge they're standing on.

We ate some awesome cake and we had a miracle pass! A girl just had shown up to church and said she wanted to be baptized and had been talking to the missionaries in the Capital! So that was awesome! She got baptized this Saturday and I got to interview her which was awesome! She's super smart! And knew all of the doctrines of the church.

A typical flower in Guate

Then we went to talk to some other families that should get baptized next week too! We chopped plastic barrels to be used to burn as wood.

Me and Elder Johnson on division chopping plastic to use as firewood. Probably not too good for the environment.

Then we went and we're going to help a lady totillar her tortillas but Elder Johnson was way too strong and snapped the tortillador right in half! The lady was devastated and we felt so bad so we went and bought her a new one. Probably one of the first times when someone really wasn't too happy to have us helping...

Me and Elder Johnson

Then on Thursday we went to la Blanca and did like 5 interviews as well! We talked with some awesome people that are all preparing to be baptized! We're really excited for them!

Then on Saturday, we went to support the Baptism Gardenias had. A Joven named Harry got baptized and his brother baptized him! It was so awesome! Then I stayed with Elder Thomas to go interview the 3 families they have! All of them getting ready to be baptized!!!!! ONE OF THEM IS A FAMILY OF 7! They're all super pilas and all of them came to church Sunday! So they're all good to go!

The coco tree in barrio Gardenias

Then on Sunday, I ran up to Colomba to help out the Elders up there. They've been having some problems but, Elder Perez and I worked super hard and I think that they should be doing better this week!

I used an America tie today and was feeling really patriotic on MLK Day.

We went to the beach today which is why the email is short. I'm out of time! But it really was just that quick of a week! I'm sure this one will be just as fast. My comp is really baggy but we're working as best we can!

Love,

Elder Pugmire