Wow, it's already
P-Day again. I feel like I just got done writing you all last week!
Not that I'm complaining though. Nothing in the mission is worse than a
slow week.
This morning we
were told the changes...... And I stay in Berlín for another
change! I'm very happy about that. I don't want to leave
Berlín. I love this town and the people who we are teaching here.
On the down side, my companion Elder Hernandez has changes. We were both
hoping that neither of us would have changes. We've become close friends
during the last few weeks. Lots of conversations about scout camps (he
participated in the Honduran Boy Scouts), computers, music, cars, motorcycles,
etc. I'll tell you next week about my new companion. Who knows,
maybe I'll be with another gringo.
Right now we are
teaching an amazing family, the Martinez Family. They're former
investigators who started receiving the missionaries about 9 months ago.
The sister missionaries dropped them a while back, but a sister from the branch
gave us a reference and went with us to contact them again. Thank
goodness that she did. The Martinez family are powerful (literally
translating the mission slang. Sorry if it seems a bit odd). They
are a very kind, loving, and humble family. We've had some wonderful
lessons with them. They have a great desire to learn about the gospel,
and have a baptism date for the 2nd of July. The only difficulty is that
the dad, Noé, works in San Salvador during the week, so we can only teach him
on Saturday and Sunday. But other than that things are absolutely
peachy! The son of the family, Frank, and his cousin Josué went to church
with us yesterday. They liked it a lot, and want to bring the whole
family next week.
That's it for this
week. Tune in next week to find out about the new companion and the
progress of our investigators!
Love,
Elder Colton West
El Salvador, San Salvador East Mission
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| This is called a "paterna" |
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| They are giant seed pods from a tree that grows here |
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| You open them, remove the seeds, and eat the white fuzzy coating (it has a sweet taste). Then you can boil the seeds in salt water and eat them with lemon juice and chile. They're yummy. |
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| Guacamole. Yum. |
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| Yes, I actually eat avocado now. I've learned to like it here! |
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A sign in the cyber cafe that we're in right now.
It's a good sign (ha! puns!)
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Dinner after our
Family Night with the Martinez Family
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