The Road so Far.
Started off in Orocuina with my padre Elder De Jesus, from the Dominican Republic, worked with him for 2 changes, had 5 baptisms, and then killed him.
Then came Elder Avila, from El Salvador, worked together most of the change, had 3 baptisms, then I had mini changes and was sent off with Elder Jones for 2 weeks.
Elder Jones is from Utah, we worked hard for a solid 2 weeks, had 2 baptisms, then he went up to Teguc.
Right now I´m with Elder Olivares, super nice Chilean. Probably the best person I know. Super innocent and nice and patient with everyone here. He shared with me his favorite scripture which is in Ether 12, where it talks about us having weaknesses so that we would be more humble, and then compared that to his really strong stutter.
Olivares and I get along great and everything is awesome. This week we climbed a water tower in the middle of nowhere - pics attached - and are having a blast! We also have 4 investigators who have baptismal dates for March, HOPEFULLY, they don´t fall through. I have faith. We have more investigators, but none others that are accepting a date right now. All chill in Guapinol.
Possibly my greatest achievement in the mission came this week when we were teaching a lesson on the beach. There´s this really ugly fish called ´´Cuatrojo´´ because they have 4 eyes to see above and below the water. I wanted to see how the looked up close so I picked up a rock and threw it out into the ocean, and nailed one right on the head. We weren´t sure if I had got it or not, until it floated to the surface bottom up. I left it with the member who was in the lesson and they cooked it and ate it after we left.
Weirdest thing I have eaten. The fed us the meat of clams in a soup, and then afterward informed us that the soup was actually just the blood of a bunch of clams. Kinda nasty and the clams were super chewy (and I guess raw) but I actually liked that. Just had it the first time this week.
Update on the parasites. My little friends were not killed by the medication they gave me, so I´m going up to Tegus this week to see a specialist. I think it´ll be cool.
Happy Valentines Day to everyone hope you all have a great week.
The pics: A slingshot I painted for a kid in the village.
On top of the water tower showing off my lack of muscle
High tide and Low tide
The fish I killed. (Proof)
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