Week 55: VISITS WITH THE GUATDOC

First week in my new area went really well!!! Im already getting the mental gps in my head haha Thats the hard part about being in a mission without smart phones, we have to memorize the area just by sight hahaah  

SO I got to take care of my comp for a  couple days!! She had a really bad infection that gave her a fever and she legit got up at 3 am one night to go to the bathroom and she passed out while walking there and HIT HER HEAD!!! Of course I was OUT so i didn't wake up until I heard her crying for help and oh my heck it was so scary but she only ended up with a headache the next day!! We got her all checked up with a GUATDOC and shes doing SO much better! 

When we went to the GUATDOC I was scared hahaha We were in the PUBLIC waiting room and the GUATDOC came out to give a shot to a patient. SHE GAVE HIM A SHOT IN THE BUTT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. Then she dramatically threw the needle on the ground and it slid all the way to the other side of the room hahaha omg I was so shocked and I was reminded AGAIN that im in Guatemala hahaha I sat there with my jaw dropped. #guatlife

So this week I had my first experience with black magic. I am surprised it took so long to happen because there is a tonnn of witches here. We were in a lesson and long story short this old man started acting super weird and my comp and I started feeling weird and all of a sudden the trash can moved from one side of the room to the other just BY IT SELF AND THE OLD MAN JUST LAUGHED!!! We left so quick and we are NEVER going back!!!! 

Then I had the biggest cultural shock when we had lunch with the richest family ever hahaha We walked in and it was literally a mansion like legit I walked in with my jaw dropped and I wouldn't even speak hahaha I felt so weird to be in a house like that. My comp leaned over and told me, "you act like you've lived in a cardboard house your whole life" hahaha literally best lunch appointment of my life.  

To end the week we were doing service with a little old lady haha We were peeling beans with her for a little but then we had to go, then she invited us to an atol (Usually a little cup of hot oatmeal) so we sat down and she comps out with a HUGE plate full of this atol de elote with a huge scoop of black beans in the middle. It didn't have ANY flavor hahaha it was the hardest thing I have ever force fed myself ahah And the lady was making perfect eye contact with me the whole time haha I know there was a point when I started tearing up!! I was praying the whole time that padre celestial would somehow make the plate disappear!! But I finished and threw up a couple of blocks up the street.

 

This week I have been thinking a lot about the importance of our bodys. It literally is the house of our spirit (a gift from god) We show our love for God as we take care of our bodys and we should NEVER let anything or anyone get in the way of the love and care of our bodys. As we understand the importance of the plan of God we will understand the importance of our mortal body. 

Con amor,

Hermana Salisbury