Well this week nothing new happened. It was a fairly boring week. We stayed the night in Barbarena on Tuesday for Multi-Zone conference on Wednesday with Elder Ochoa. The conference was nothing too special but still a lot of fun to go and see Elder Ochoa and all the other missionaries. I have also been cooking a lot more for dinner. My comp and I worked out a wonderful compromise. I cook the food and he does the dishes. It is the best thing ever!!! We also went to Chiquimulia as a district on Saturday to have a lesson with one of their investigators who could be baptized this next month to help him get over his doubts. It was a crazy giving lessons with 6 missionaries in house and I do not think it was very effective. Other than that not much happened. I am doing great and having the best day of my life. Having the best day of his life, Elder Gruber
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Well this week was a slow week. We did not do much. On P-day we made brownies as a district in the Guazacapan chapel (they were just alright) and played pass with a Frisbee and did penalty shots with a soccer ball. On Wednesday we had to wake up at 2 am to catch the bus that left at 3 to go to a new missionary meeting (for Elder Hansen) in the capital with president. We got to the capital crazy fast. We were there at 5 am and it did not start until 8. We got there so early because president gave us permission to take the bus that leaves our mission (goes the other way through Esquintla) so we would not have to stay in Barbarena for the night. We walked around the streets of Guatemala for a little bit until Dunkin Donuts opened at 6. We then ate breakfast and studied a little. The meeting was good and we got back home at 6pm. This past Thursday was independence day here and it was crazy. There was a carnival going on, loud music blasting everywhere, school marching bands played, a small firework show in the night, and just general chaos. There is also a room in our house that was locked and we wanted to know what was in it so we took the windows out and crawled in, to open it from the inside, and now we have two bathrooms. It was quite the adventure and it payed off. That was about it for the week. This next week we will stay in Barbarena again on Tuesday as Wednesday we have a multi zone conference with Elder Ochoa. It should be a lot of fun. I am healthy and staying dry. Things are going great! -- Having the best day of his life and sweating like crazy, Elder Gruber Got my shoes fixed and resoled for Q100=$14.
This week was a fairly good week. On Monday we went to Barberena as a zone to have a zone pday and that was a lot of fun. We had a water fight, passed a frisbee and football, and then had an "amazing race" type competition. We stayed the night there in Barberena and had a pizza party with the other elders. We woke up early Tuesday morning to go to presidents house for breakfast. We crammed 22 people into a 16 person bus. It was so tight and not worth it. Presidents house was cool and it was a really good breakfast. It was also good to see president again. On the way back the bus we had rented left, so we all took a public bus which was a lot better. On the bus as a zone we sang I am a Child of God for everyone and that was actually really cool.
On Wednesday morning we gave service husking corn for an hour. It was nice and actually really relaxing. We found the jungle in Guatemala too. Part of our area is just walking through nothing and there are little houses just in random places in the forest. We found some massive spiders and had fun exploring. Also went walking through large corn fields and contacting the house at the other side. I also had divisions with Elder Lindquest in Guazacapan and a member family gave us dinner. On the table was a large jalepano and I asked if I could eat it. They all said yes and as soon as I bit it they all started laughing and said I was going to die. It did make me tear up (First time eating a chile here) and they all loved it. It was not bad and I actually enjoyed it. Love eating spicy things. Our pool of investigators is growing and we are slowly activating the youth here. I gave a talk again on Sunday, no surprise, and had a great week. Oh, I can not remember if I wrote this or not but a couple of weeks ago I ate the stomach of a cow. It was nasty. -- Having the best day of his life, Elder Gruber This week was a good week. The first couple of days it rained so we continued our river crossing adventures and walking around all day in wet/soaked shoes and clothes with just dry hair. The rest of the week, when it was not raining, it felt like we had just got out of the shower with how much we sweated. The work here is progressing little by little and we are finding more people to teach. My comp is awesome and we get along great. I am healthy and of course having the best day of my life. We had 24 members in church 2 of which are young men 18 years old that we reactivated and are helping them prepare for a mission and the Melchizedek priesthood. We are working with 2 other inactive young men as well. We are working just as much to activate people as we are working to baptize. Not much else happened this week. We also realized the potential of a rope swing in our house (will send a video of Elder Lindquist using it- one drive will not upload at this internet cafe that I am at today) and had fun with a bird that an investigator owns. I must of startled the bird because it bit my finger. I said, "ouch" and the bird started laughing at me! It was a bird with attitude, but would also "talk" a little. Not much else, just living it up here in Taxisco in the hottest place in the mission. -- Having the best day of his life, Elder Gruber |