Elder Jones just finished his 4th change in Guapinol so he´s heading out and opening an area in Teguc. We actually never ended up taking a photo together, sorry bout that, but we have only been comps for a little more than a week. My new comp, who I have yet to meet, is Elder Olivares, from Chile. I´ll meet him later on this week.
So this past week has just been for me to get to know the area, but Elder Jones caught Dengue, so we sent him to another area and we did divisions in Guapinol with a couple different Elders. I am somewhat familiar with the area, but it´ll still be a little bit of a challenge once Olivares gets here.
This week I learned a couple neat tricks to bring back to the states.
1. My honda (slingshot) game has majorly improved.
2. An investigator taught me how to fish with a shrimp, fishing hook, fishing line and water bottle. Super sick.
We then baptized said investigator (Merlin) on Saturday. We also baptized his sister, Lucila.
The baptismal service was actually pretty cool. There is no baptismal font in Guapinol, there´s just the ocean, and people don´t normally want to get baptized in the ocean. So normally we´d go to Monjaras to baptize. BUT... the pila water lately has been a sickly color. So we went to Marcovia to baptize, the area of the sister missionaries.
We went with the branches of Buena Vista and Monjaras, who all had baptisms as well. It was a huge service with many people, all of the Elders ended up standing outside the room for lack of space. We first baptized Merlin, then Lucila. Then Elder Anderson from Buena Vista went into the water with his investigator, and began to say the prayer. He baptized the man (about 50 years old) and when he came up, he was gasping for air. It turns out he had been holding his breath ever since he got into the water. It was actually really funny, and he wasn´t embarrassed so it was all good.
Last night we got into Monjaras with all of Jones´ bags (because he is leaving for another area), and ate dinner at a member´s home. Her name is Roxanna and she is in college. She was sick and missed a few days of school and asked us for help with her Math and Chemistry homework. A miracle happened and I remembered everything from High School and was able to teach her how to do it all. Suuuuuper dope. Maybe there is hope for me after all.
Wish you all the best.
So sorry for lack of pics, I forgot the cord to the camera.
Elder Anderson
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