Another week of mission life here in Guatemala!
The traffic here is INSANE!! They always have tonnnns of people in the back of the pickup trucks as a form of transportation. There must not have been enough room for all the groceries so they put THERE EGGS ON THE FRONT HOOD!!!! Of ALL the things they could have put on the hood THEY PICKED THE EGGS hahaha But the craziest part was watching the eggs balance and not fall as this guy drove like 90 mph on a sketchy back road!!!
So we were walking down the street to our next appointment and we saw a HUGE puddle but we didn't know what it was. At first I thought it was water or something but when we passed it had a STRONG smell of blood. When we looked it was all red. SO disgusting, right after that we got to the appointment we were walking to and she was PLUCKING THE FEATHERS OFF A DEAD BIRD WITH HER BARE HANDS!!!!! I seriously haven't gotten the urge to eat since this moment hahaha HORRIBLE
The very next day we had lunch with a member (keep in mind I still didnt have cravings to eat) and it was some type of a fried meat. The member asked me if I liked it and I said yes and she gave me more. As I took the first bite she told me "by the way its COW TOUNGE" hahahahaah my jaw just dropped and I was sooooo SO grossed out while finishing the tounge hahah The worst part is they WATCH MY FACIAL EXPRESSION THE WHOLE TIME and I have to FAKE IT hahaha It wasnt THAT bad. #GUATFOOD
So we have a PILAS member that gives us referrals ALL the time and they always end up getting baptized!! EVERYTIME we go with him and we are having a conversation with one of his friends he pulls us aside to say his friend has SPECIAL NEEDS hahahaah EVEN THOUGH THEYY ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL!!! He thinks every is SPECIAL!!! so rude!!!
We had an earthquake this week. We were going to bed and it started and honestly it wasnt THAT big and I was exhasted so I was gonna stay in bed but my comp FREAKED OUT SO BAD that she ran ONTO THE ROOF and she was screaming at me to do the same and I didnt want to cause its LITERALLY against EVERY earthquake drill I have EVER participated in but I followed her and all the neighbors saw us and it was so wrong hahaha literally dumbest idea is to go onto a roof in Guatemala in an earthquake because there are SOOO many wires. #GUATEDUCATION
I really miss all the pumpkin food for fall. But somehow the members knew cause a family gave us STRAIGHT PUMPKIN. Its literally a normal pumpkin cut and sliced and they eat it raw with forks. Not even CLOSE to pumpkin treats from home but it the closest we get out here in GUAT. #GUATHOLIDAYS
After a lesson I asked to use their bathroom and she told me it was around the corner. SO I went and I could only see a shower. SO I kept looking and looking but I only found a shower! So I went back and asked her again where the bathroom was and then she LED ME TO THE SHOWER AND SAID THAT THEY USE THE SHOWER AS A BATHROOM!!!!!! It didnt have a curtain and it was outside and facing the HIGHWAY SO EVERYONE COULD SEE ME!!!!!!!!! SO i went pee in a shower and I was pretty sketched out ahhaha #GUATBATHROOM
SO we had a baptism! We completed a family! Now they are all members YAY!! We were THE WITNESSES at the baptism!!! SO FUN! It was such a cool experience!
AND GUATEMALA IS GONNA HAVE ANOTHER TEMPLE IN COBAN!!!! Its really fun for us but its all the same work and IM PUMPED that im here on the mission to witness the miracles of the lamanites here in Guatemala.
I loved conference this weekend! (my last conference on the mission) I loved the talk from ulisses soares about taking up our cross. Its something that I didn't fully understand until now! We need to face hard things with joy in our heart. We cant say that we dont deserve trial because thats us saying we are better than Christ. He lifts our cross with us. It takes FULL humility to lift up a cross but I know its possible through chirsts example. May we bear our cross with dignity and grace to ultimately become like our savior step by step on the path through our gethsemane.
Con amor,
hermana Salisbury
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