14000 Volts of Electricity.... I BELIEVE!!!!!

Hola!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe how fast the time is flying!!! This could be my last change in the mountains...no one knows, but changes are already next week!! I cannot believe it!!! So mom, if you don’t get a letter from me next Monday, DONT PANIC!!!! I am not dead, but we have changes SO, I will not write til Wednesday!!!! But the work in our area is slowly but surely progressing. As far as the work goes, this change has been pretty slow, but we are trying to do all that we can to change that!!! But hmmm.....what happened this week......we didn’t have any crazy people chase us that was good.....still have crazy rain storms almost everyday which is always fun!! Seriously the rain here is crazy!!!! Crazy!!! Crazy!!

Our investigators are coming to the church were just trying to help them progress!! The problem really is that nobody here is married and don’t have intentions of getting married, because they say it is too expensive or they have other stupid excuses. Here in Guatemala its not like the States, the bishop doesn’t have the authority to marry people so to hire a lawyer costs about 300 Q which people don’t have the money. The cheapest way is to get married through the muni which only costs 20Q but all that is standing in line and signing a paper which people don’t want to do because they have these cultural traditions to have big weddings....I don’t know it is sooooo frustrating!! But we are trying!!!! That really is the problem. We are thinking of having an activity where we just marry everyone!!! haha. I’m not even joking.

Yesterday, we were talking about it with a family and the guy kept saying he didn’t want to. They didn’t have money and that he was scared to get married. And I was like you shouldn’t be scared of any of that. You should FEAR GOD buddy!!! Because you are sinning!!!!!!! GET MARRRRIIIIEEEDDD!!!!!!! haha. We try to talk very, very clear so that they understand, but that is the hardest part about the work right now. The women want to marry, but the men don’t. But like my comp said it is not the men’s fault, but these women!!!! It really is frustrating but we are doing our very best and im trying to be nice!!!! but about that........haha. No really I’m trying. Pray for us!

But oh man cool story.... I’d say the coolest part about this week.....well it didn’t happen to me thank goodness it happened to my district leader but it is a pretty cool story.....anyways my dl and his companion had a really, really bad day. All their citas dropped, there were rainstorms, crazy people yelling at them on the street, and it was just not good. And I understand exactly how that feels...they just had nothing going on. So when they got home they were all depressed so they decided to climb up to their roof and just sit and relax. BAD IDEA!!!! the roof is tin and I don’t know exactly how it happened but there was a cable on the roof and I guess what happened is he was wearing a metal ring and it somehow attracted the cable and he got electrocuted with over 14000 volts!!!!! which I guess is a heck of a lot!!

He literally just immediately fell to the floor paralyzed as if he died. He just passed out completely and said all he could remember was that he was trying to breath, but couldn’t and didn’t have any feeling in his limbs, nothing. He said he just remembers fighting for his life and trying and trying to breath and move his body, but NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! He couldn’t do anything. He said in his mind he was just praying and praying that Heavenly Father would let him live, but he said he knew for sure that he would be paralyzed because he was gone. But as he was fighting to breath, his body just couldn’t so in his mind he just said to himself, “I hope I’m ready and closed his eyes¨ Crazy. Then he said he could hear his companion just screaming like a lunatic and he somehow had the strength to open his eyes and the words ¨blessing¨ just came out of his mouth and he closed his eyes again. But when the elder laid his hands on his head and said his name, he said he immediately could feel half of his body again.

He still couldn’t move or say anything but he felt a light enter his body. The ambulance came and rushed him to the hospital and the elder said he couldn’t remember anything more. He couldn’t remember anything after that. He just woke up the next morning was hooked up to machines and when he asked what happened I guess the doctor was in shock because he said he doesn’t know how it happened but it truly was a miracle!!! He said he got electrocuted with over 14000 volts of lighting which should of instantly killed him or AT LEAST blown off his legs and his arms but what happened well one the blessing, but two when they cut off his clothes all this body was scarred everywhere except where his garments were. He has a garment tan of just red and I guess what happened was the garments soaked up some of the shock and protected his heart!!!!


The doctor said that he cannot understand how the volts did not fully reach his heart!!! He said the damage is every where else on his body and around his heart, but SOMEHOW did not reach it. The doctor said it truly was a miracle and he still doesn’t even know how that was possible. But isn’t that the CRAZIEST thing!!!!!! What’s even crazier is the Elder was only in the hospital for a couple of days because his heart was still weak and needed to have the machines, but after that he left the hospital and is completely fine. Normal working again!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, if that doesn’t tell you the church is true. I don’t know what!!!! Seriously, He just said, ¨THE CHURCH IS TRUE¨ because I shouldn’t be alive and it was so, so powerful it electrocuted my heart and again I had to shout I BELLLLLIIIIIIEEEEEEEVVVVEEE!!!! Seriously, it scares me sometimes how true and real the church is!!!!!!

If my mission has taught me something it is 1.....I am sooooo blessed! Cant even believe how blessed we are 2......my daddy’s a hottie and I loooooove my family and 3.....the church is TRUE!!!!!!!! There are just things that happen on the mission where you cannot DOUBT that Heavenly Father protects you and that He truly hears and answers prayers!!!! It seriously is incredible!!!!!!!! For this reason, everything that we go through as missionaries is worth it!!!!! I cannot lie, my mission has been hard. There are sometimes where I just feel so discouraged and still feel like I’m just in a state of shock sometimes like I cannot believe that I signed up for this or that Heavenly Father sent me here!! haha. Seriously. It happens.

Guatemala has definitely not let me down. it has been an adventure i can never ever forget But I cannot doubt for a second that THIS IS THE WORK OF THE LORD!!!!!!!! That Heavenly Father loves me, hears me and helps me everyday to be able to do this. THE CHURCH IS TRUE....I KNOW that and THAT makes it ALL worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!! For this reason, we cannot help but just be HAPPY and love life....ALL of it!!!!!!! Good, bad, crazy because we are soooo blessed!!! Despite everything, I am LOVING my mission because it is teaching me soo much!! And I love Hermana Guaranda too. Hopefully we don’t have changes because it seriously is SO, SO, SO funny!!! but ohhhhh one more thing You wanna know tender mercies.....ok soooo I was having not the best day....citas dropped, people who don’t want anything, rainstorms, floating poop....you name it and I was walking past a little tienda and you will never guess.....ABBA DANCING QUEEN started playing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously almost fainted and was just like OH MY GOSH SISTER!!!! She was like what!!!! I told her THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!! I BEELIIIIIEVVVEEE!!! hahhahaha. She was like what? I was like DANCING QUEEN!!! DANCING QUEEN!!! hahahahahahah! And we had to stay!!! How crazy is that!!! Heavenly Father knew I was feeling a little down so he started playing Dancing Queen....in GUATEMALA!!!!!!! are you kidding me!!!!! Seriously I will forever testify to love!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is amazing!!!!! Family, just know that I love Love, LOVE you with all my heart. Seriously my eyes have been OPENED to just how blessed I am and I am just so, so, so, so, SOOO grateful for all of you, your love, support, prayers.....I start to cry anytime I think about you because I just cannot believe how blessed I am. I love you all forever!!!!!!! Hope all is well and hope you have an AMAZING week!!!!!!!!!!!! Prestos todos prestos.....the church is true!!!! really.

Loves!!!!!!!!!!!! Hermana Ali G!!!

Oh another tender mercy.......I bought 4 sweaters this week because it is getting really cold....one JCREW, one Banana Republic, one Gap and one BCBG....super cute.....all for the price of 45 Q.....or 5 dollars!!!!!!! I LOVE Guatemala!!!! it made me SOOOOO happy. So seriously don’t worry mom about sending clothes. It way cheaper here and sooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guatemala no ka oi!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!