How did we celebrate New Year’s here
in Guatemala? Well we celebrated by knocking doors and not teaching any lessons
because I think even the dogs were drunk here in Zacapa hahaha to be honest
that day was a little hard but we made it! We talked and waited out the night
until midnight to watch all the fireworks go off and then woke up at 6:30 again
the next day to hit the streets. Still lots of drunks but a little better haha!
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Do you like my hobo picture? That
was our dinner and we threw it on a stick that we found and that is exactly
what we thought we looked like--a couple of hobos! Too funny.... It´s true
though it´s something like a gourd. Here it´s called a Tecomate. It looks
like it´s heavy but it actually weighs nothing--only the water is heavy. It´s
super cool and super interesting. The best thing about this water bottle is it
keeps the water fresh for like a week! If you put cold water in it, you can
leave it out in the sun for a week and it will stay cold and fresh. Wow! That
is just what we needed for here in Zacapa! Where was this incredible creation 6 months
ago? ;) I thought it was awesome though. I feel like a real Guatemalan or
something haha!
These pictures were taken while we
were on divisions. I was with Elder Reed in his area which was exactly what I
sent you...a huge forest jungle looking thing. We crossed rivers and everything
over rocks and under trees and wow it was like I was in Narnia or Lord of the
Rings or something! It was super cool and we had lots of fun. He´s from
California so we got to talk English the whole time except when we were in
lessons! That was super fun.
One of the most spiritual
experiences we had is when we were teaching a young 14 year old about the
Restoration of the Gospel and we were explaining how it happened to Joseph
Smith. We opened the little pamphlet to the picture of Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ standing above Joseph Smith and we just allowed the spirit to
testify to this little guy and wow. The spirit was incredible! After we bore
our testimonies and left. We talked about it all the way home. I´m almost
positive that little guy will be baptized shortly and it was fun to be there
for that lesson.
Most scary or interesting experience
of the week…probably New Years with all of the drunk people. Some nice and
friendly, others the exact opposite! Needless to say we didn´t take the bus
that day... Too scary haha! We may have been yelled at a few times but nothing
too crazy ;) The truth is, it was a fun day. I think the drunk people here have
the gift of tongues or something because they are always trying to talk to me
in English and some of them actually do a pretty decent job... I don´t know if
it´s the alcohol or what hahaha!!
We have recently had some trouble
with people that are robbing the missionaries here in Guatemala. The ATMs
that we are using with the church credit cards...somehow people have hacked
into it and when you try to pull money it goes to another account. Yikes! It´s
kind of a big problem and the mission is working overtime to solve it. As for now.... me and Elder Vasquez and are
sharing money and for now we´ll survive off of Pan y Agua (Bread and Water ;)
It´s awesome though. I love all these missionary experiences!
Happy New Year!
Love,
Love,
Elder Lott
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