Proverbs 3:13
What a great week here at the Guatemala MTC! Elder Flygare and I have been progressing each day and things get repetitive but that just makes us more excited for the field!
On Tuesday we got to go the the open air market, El Mercado Central De La Ciudad de Guatemala. It was really awesome to see all the natives here and get just a little taste of what Guatemala really is.
Before we went to the market we got to go to Wendy's. Everyone pigged out and got a ton of food. I got a triple cheeseburger, fries, a coke, and a frosty. Got to read a spanish newspaper in the restaurant and read just a little bit about what's going on in the world.
We went to a relief map of Guatemala as well which is basically just a scaled down version of the entire country roughly the size of a football field. You can see all the geography and the terrain and where all the cities are and it was really cool to hear the history of how they made the map because it's like 100 years old. Basically an early 20th century Google Earth.
At the market I bought a giant hacky sack (Which was later taken away by the presidents wife when she saw me playing with it during free time :( ), a Guatemalan soccer jersey, a shirt, a woven bag, and a tie. Flygare got a huge machete and some other stuff too. We were able to converse with the natives at the market and stuff which was awesome. Downstairs they have a food market and the leaders are like "It's so gross, this is why you can't eat at members homes because this is where they could be getting their food" but I thought it was awesome. Fruits I had never seen before, people standing on mountains of melons throwing 20 pound fruits to the bottom so they customers got what they wanted, crazy. Wish I could have brought my camera.
Placed my first Libro de Mormon at the Market. We haven't really gone over street approaches or placing copies of the Book of Mormon or anything and I was a little nervous but I just walked up to a guy and said, in Spanish of course, "Hey man, I have this book for you. Will you read it?" Lame approach, I know, but now I have experience and I'll do better next time!
Saw a guy peeing in the street and a woman breastfeeding in public so that's Guatemala for you.
Saw a Favela thing from a distance. I've seen pictures of places like that before but thinking that God's children live there is so sad and so real. Sisters and Senior missionaries can't even teach there. Very humbling.
We have roommate who used to be an atheist and then came back to the church. Flygare asked him if he used to go to Atheist Church. Haha!
Got a new afternoon teacher and we all miss our old teacher.
Running out of time, sorry.
Taught a lesson, quoted first vision, got my fake investigator to do a real cry because she felt the spirit so strongly
One day I saw more rain than I've ever seen in my life.
Conference was so great, I'm bummed I;m running out of time to talk about it. Go read Christoffersons talk from morning session, it was my favorite.
Happy birthday to my Mom!
Gave Flygare a priesthood blessing to give him some peace with learning Spanish. What a powerful experience. Words flowing from the Lord.
Love you all so much. The church is true, I know that now more than ever!
Elder Dawson
So how was conference for you? How was the notebook that you made?
It was great! I took notes during every session and learned a lot. Conference is really powerful as a missionary especially because you're seeking to learn not only for yourself but also for your investigators. The notebook was sweet and I have a ton of information on all sorts of topics. I'm hoping that it will help when I need to give a talk because once I'm done filling it out I'll have some quotes and scriptures and stuff for like 150 topics from tattoos to faith to repentance to happiness.
What was your favorite talk?
I really like Christofferson's talk on Saturday Morning. He started with the Shakespeare Story from King Henry the V and had a lot to say about the importance of agency and our role as God's children. I also loved the idea of Moral Relativism. It was a really dense talk, hopefully I can ready it again. Got to wait for the Ensign to come out.
Will you leave the CCM on Tuesday the 14th? Tell us what happens - do you stay at the mission home that night then go to your assigned area on Wednesday? Will you probably not be able to write that week?
Yes I will leave that morning. Not sure what happens after that but I'll keep you informed. Don't think I'll be able to write next week.
Did you get the letter Elder Konold's mom sent for us?
Yes I did. Thank you!
Tell us about the Market. How did you get there? What did you get? Did you get to go to Wendy's too or anywhere else?
I'll include that in my email.
When do you go to Walmart?
We don't go to Walmart, I'm not sure what Aunt Jennifer was thinking. Maybe they used to do that? We got to go to the small market which is a stationary store, a convenience store with snacks and stuff, and a church oriented store called Nauvoo or something that sells church movies and posters but isn't a distribution center.
October is suppose to be the month with the most rainfall. Have you noticed a change in the weather?
No it actually has been less than normal as far as frequency of rain goes but when it does rain I guess it rains a lot harder.
Which towel do you like better? The normal one or the microfiber one? (Wondering for when we shop for Jayden)
Probably the normal one.
What other stuff do they have for you to buy at the CCM store on Pdays?
Hacky Sacks, scripture cases, wallets, soap, shampoo, aze, loofas, shoes, sandals, soccer jerseys, t shirts.
Anything they have strictly warned you about when you leave the CCM? (like...mosquitos, areas, superstitions, food, etc.)
Dengue Fever, Rabies, Mosquitos, superstitions about cold drinks. We had a health run down thing and they told us about animals and diseases that you can catch and stuff. Bats are kind of a problem. You can carry around a bottle of ammonia and water and spray dogs with it and that works for getting them away from you. Stuff like that.
Anything we can send you?
Don't think so, thanks!
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