This week was a good week. We were able to baptize Susana. She is 20 years old and she is studying to be a lawyer, which is in stark contrast to other investigators that I have that are 20+ years old and can't even read. One day we were with a recent convert and he wanted to knock doors, which I hate, but we decided to do it. I am glad we did. We found Susana and her mom. Her mom had listened to missionaries before and had gone to church. We started teaching them and Susana was a fairly easy investigator. She was ready. Her mom still hasn't got baptized for some problems that we are working through but hopefully in August! In the baptismal service I saw an investigator that we have. I didn't even invite her but her neighbor, who is the Relief Society President invited her. She showed up late so I didn't see her until I left the bathroom after changing. I talked to to her and she tells me, "I want to do it on a weekday because on Sunday they get out too late." I was confused. I asked her what she was talking about. She said, "When I get baptized I want to do it on a weekday." Oh... Cool! So I put the date with her right there. We hadn't been able to teach her for maybe two weeks because she is always working. She always goes to church and that is what has converted her. Her name is Adriana. She is probably 65 years old.
So my dear chula mother sent me a list of questions to answer.
1) Is it still raining a lot there? I would have loved to have seen the thunderstorm you described! It rains a lot but not like it normally does. It's been kind of dry.
2) How did your baptism of Susana go last week? Read above.
3) Are there a lot of differences in the feel of the mission with the new mission president?President Spjut is a lot different then President Cordón. They are both great. President Cordón was more formal and more strict in a certain sense. He wanted perfection. President Spjut is also strict but in a different way. It's hard to describe if you don't know them. They focus on different things when they teach but both are fantastic.
4) What are you cooking yourselves to eat these days? I have actually been cooking a lot lately. I generally only cook breakfast because we have someone to give us lunch and there is a lady in the ward that gives us free pupusas at night if we want. I have been cooking, pancakes, french toast, bacon and hashbrowns, eggs, breakfast burritos, cold cereal, oatmeal, yogurt with granola, crepes, and some other things. I enjoy eating well.
5) I know Elder Solano is from Peru. What else can you tell us about him? Family, interests, hobbies, goals in life etc. He is the youngest kid in his family. His family is members. Before the mission he liked editing photos and videos, which is cool.
6) Did you ever kill the rat thing in your attic?Nope its still there. We aren't really sure how to do it. We have a machete in the house and we are just waiting for it to fall through the roof. There is a roof tile that is about to fall so I think one day it will fall through and we'll get it with the machete and have the neighbors cook it up for us.
7) Do the gang members have a lot of tattoos?The more dangerous ones do.
8) Do parasites really go away as quickly with medicine as you made it sound? Yeah it was really good medicine.
9) Were you ever told to drink a can of coke each day to kill the parasites? No
10) Do you take very many pictures? Yeah I've been taking more lately. I just have fear to take my camera with me a lot.
11) Will you send more pictures? Will you?
12) What do you do with your garbage? We burn it. No I'm just kidding that is what the people in the cantons do. There are some missionaries in some areas that burn their trash. There is a truck here in Nahuizalco that passes by collecting trash so we just set the bags outside and they get them.
W, W, We, wel, well thats all folks. Have a great week!
-Elder Rowberry
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