HOLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Ok so this has been another loco moco week!! Guatemala does not disappoint!!! Ay yay yay.... hopefully, I will have time to write all that happened...ok first of all, DAD yes, STOP praying that the Guatemalans will humble and soften their hearts!! Yesterday, another tropical storm hit and it was UGLY!!!! Seriously, every day, I’m here I really think the world is going to end. It’s been nuts!!! Rain, rain and more rain, and it’s FREEZING!!! But, prestos todos prestos the church is true!!
The people say that the weather is the worst it’s been in a long time and that the rainy season won’t end this year til November!!! Noooooooooo!!!! Normally, it ends about now, but things have just been getting crazier and crazier!!! Seriously, it really is NUTS!! But it makes the work really interesting and difficult because the people say, si Dios quiere, no llueve!!! Or if Dios wants me to go to church or if your message is true, it won’t rain!! haha. That’s the kind of stuff you deal with here. I’ve actually learned to just try to laugh and love.
But yeah.....WE HAD OUR ACTIVITY....BIG WEDDING!! And it was a great success. It was this Saturday and over 40 couples invited other couples.... So there was about 80 couples that came.... 40 non-member family references!!! WOOOHOHOOHOHO!!! We were sooooo happy. So what we did and what I’ll be doing this whole week is we had every person that entered take a picture in front of the flowers and cake and we had them sign like a memory book with all their dats. And this week we will print out the pictures and go to every one of these houses to drop off the picture and share a message with the member family!!!!!!! I was SOOOOOOO happy and just feel like this is going to really help us TON!! But it was really nice. The people got married....ha-ha. That was soooo funny, ate food, cake, and then there was a dance after!!!! Goooood times.
The people had a blast. Now the hard part will be, getting them to come and feast upon the good word of God and not just the free food at the boda!!! This week will be KEY!! But the wedding was a success.... great activity hope to see fruits!!!! But oh man leading up to the activity was nuts.
I told you that Hermana Guaranda has been really sick. And things did not get better!!!!! This week she almost died on me it was the scariest thing of my life!! Without fail, after any meal she barfs and pooos and its ugly.... but the results of her test from the capital didn’t show anything. She doesn’t have worm parasites, just bacteria so she’s just been taking meds for that. But this week, we left our cocinera’s house and we were walking and she just like stops and is like shaking. Shaking. And I was like Hermana Guaranda...and she told me Hermana Garcia, I am going to faint!!!!!
Oh my goodness, I seriously looked at her and knew she meant it and just thought ¨what the heck am I going to do¨ She just starts crying and I’m just trying to think in sort of a state of panic. It was sooo scary. Luckily, we were next to a member’s house so we rushed there she lay down and was just shaking and crying. I left the house with their daughter to go run and find a phone and I called my president and we were rushed to the capital. CRAZINESS!!!!!
We went and she took blood tests and what not and know is doing better, were just waiting for the results of the doctors to figure out what the heck she has because its been weeks now, and she is still sick. They think that she has ulcers because of all the stress and what not, but nobody knows!!! Just pray that all will be ok with her. But daaaaaang. They think that I curse my companions because I always get the sick ones!!! The crazy stories. Blood gushing out of ears, fainting by the wayside. Ay yay yay!!! Craziness. But poor Hermana Guaranda seriously. She tells me everyday, “Hermana G, I am about to break to the verge of contemplating just picking up the phone and calling quits”. But I know she won’t!!! She’s strong!!! But just from everything!!! Her health, family, and just the work and experiences we’ve had these couple changes has just been crazy!!!! So I’m really just trying to do all that I can to be strong, but seriously sometimes I feel the same. Just like cracking. We just go home and start crying because it just gets overwhelming. But man hopefully something will happen from this activity!!!!!!! We’re praying!!! And well be able to BREATH!!! But yeah, the mission has been one crazy ride!!!!!
Oh yeah, yesterday we were street contacting and I was talking to this lady getting her number, address, what not and some creepy guy came and kissed me!!!!! And Hermana Guaranda whacked him with her umbrella!!!! pahhahahah. Mission stories!!! Don’t worry dad, I’m ok and he didn’t do anything else just kissed me on the cheek, but it was crazy. Actually this week, Hermana Guaranda almost killed two guys this week. We were having a bad day, walking in a storm, and like always this guy starts just screaming at us telling us that we need to repent and that we were going to hell and Hermana Guaranda just lost it and starts screaming back and with her umbrella a start going after him to like fight and I just was like what the heck??? I started screaming HERMANA STOP! STOP!!! And literally had to hold her back and just talk with her and tell her you cannot do that!!! Or were the same as him!! But she just lost it and was like enough, enough, enough!!!! But geeeezzz, In Chimal it gets crazy!!! The mission definitely has not disappoint!!! I have had crazy experiences...both good and bad but no matter what happens, I seriously just try to remember that this is the Lord's work and that I am here for a purpose.
Seriously, it is probably the most humbling experience of my life and each day I just am trying to do my best to learn what it is that Heavenly Father is trying to teach me...There is sooo much I am just trying to be calm and just learn whatever it is I’m supposed to. Don’t worry about me; we really are in the Lords hands. I can feel that! And KNOW without a doubt that that is true and that this really is the work of the Lord!!!!! I know that!! And for that everything that we go through really is for a purpose and helps us to come closer to Him!! I love Heavenly Father, the Savior and this gospel with allllll my heart. For this, I am here!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully, I can help others feel the same!!! I looooove you all with allllll my heart!!!!!!! The Lord loves you more!!!!!!!! Please have a good week and take care!!!!! Prestos todos prestos...the church is TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Hermana G!
First Companion MTC and CCM, Hermana Williams