So we finished another week here in Amparo, Coatepeque! And I'm pleased to say that we had a very successful baptism of a family of five, WOOOOO!! This past week has just been a complete blur. The whole week has pretty much consisted of divisions. Divisions with the zoneys to interview our baptisms and divisions with my district to interview their baptisms, lol, and then I have more interviews to do tomorrow so....YAY, lol!
I definately love the time I'm having as a district leader. The chance to be able to interview people and tell them, Yes, you're ready...you can receive salvation is something so incredibly amazing!
I`ve got almost 5 months here in Amparo and I think that this next change I'm going to be moved out...which is kind of a bitter sweet thing. I`ve grown really attached to these people and the elders in my district are all like my kids, lol. It's nice to know that they can trust me with any of their problems, no matter how big they are.
I attached some photos to this message, one of which is of my first pair of dead shoes, lol. I guess they just couldn`t keep up with me lol. The soles were already a little loose and the rest of the shoe was starting to fall apart. Then my companion, Elder Centeno, stepped on the back part of my heel and the whole sole just ripped clean off, lol. My foot just kinda destroyed the rest of it lol, good times- good times!!! So yeah I`ve finally gone through my first pair of shoes, crazy!
We`re getting close to Halloween and I'm dying to carve up some pumpkins...downer note...wah wah wahhhhh....pumpkins don`t exist in Guatemala!!!! AHhh, how`s a missionary supposed to celebrate Halloween without candy, scary movies, pumpkins, cold air, and colorful trees, lol??? I don't know... I guess I'm just a little bi-polar with these kinda things. One week I want to live in Hawaii or California and the next I want to live in a place like Maryland...I guess I'm just going to have to make lots of money one day so I can live everywhere, lol.
Oh! And the baptism of the family Renoc was an adventure in itself! First, we went to fill up the font and we ran out of water and there was only enough water up to our knees. Then, we got a call from our family saying that they had an emergency and needed to move the baptism up to 5 when it was scheduled for 7. Then, all of the members of the first presidency (Branch Presidency) were all out of town playing soccer in Coatepeque. And then, the power went out! Lol! Needless to say it was a crazy day. But around 6 o`clock, people started rolling in all of the members of the presidency showed up and we got started.
All of the kids went first, followed by the mom, and we finished with the father to be baptised. But the dads clothes were just a little too big and since there wasn`t enough water to begin with, part of his clothes would continually float up above the water and we would have to redo it, lol. But after the THIRD time with the father we finally had a completely successful baptism!!!!!! (I would have liked to attach some pictures of the baptism, but the family really didn't want their picture taken :)
And that was my week, divisions, pictures, and a baptism.
Anyways, love you all, see ya in a few,
Elder Marquis
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