08/26/2013

Oh man, what to write. I don't quite understand why sometimes I just have no idea what to put after a full week of activities!

First, yesterday we had two more baptisms. It was Letisia and Everildo, the mom and brother of Gustavo, who was baptized a few weeks prior. How exciting that they now have each other as a support system in the gospel!

 

All those that came to the baptism this Sunday.

 

Everything went pretty well. We had a bus come again, but it was nothing like our last Baptism Bus.

;-)

 

Second, this Saturday the women in the church made pan de elote, basically cornbread. There aren't many people that have an oven here, but I was able to see just what an 'oven' looks like here. It's a big stone dome. Calidad! They made lots and lots and lots of pan! It was kind of crazy just how much there was! They gave us some. Then someone else gave us some...then we ate a lot in the Noche Mormona that night.

The stone oven! How cool is that!

 

 

Also this week, we went to the capital and were able to go to the temple. We arrived the night before to sleep at the house of some Hermanas in the capital so we wouldn't have to wake at 3am. We ended up making dinner with a family from the ward of the Hermanas. It was delicious, but a little weird because of the stark difference in lifestyles. I kind of wanted to return to my little village. The temple was wonderful, as usual and we got to spend a good amount of time with our District, which was very enjoyable.

District de Cuilapa. Yes, they're goofs. 

 

A night picture of the temple in Guatemala City. Tropical trees included.

 

 

Besides that, we had dinner with Agustin and his family (almost his whole family) and that was so much fun. I love the people here. Really, they are so wonderful and friendly. It's so wonderful to be able to be here and spend 18months getting to know people I would otherwise never had had the opportunity to know. And, when you share things of the gospel and have wonderful spiritual experiences, those relationships are so much more significant. It's going to be tought to eventually leave. :/

 Dinner with Agustin and his family. You can't see the people on the ends, but you can get an idea. We had a great time! 

 

We took family photos for Magdalena and her adorable kids. And.. Wow...I am really tall

 

That's all I have time for.  Love you all!

-Hermana Schultz