Anyway, I'm not writing a lot today becuase we'll be talking tomorrow!!!
I'm sending pictures in other emails so that you and the family can get a view of guatemala and the mission.
This week has been good - we're working on finding people to teach IN Sololá and not in the Aldeas.
The
temple trip was amazing. we got to see the new video. In English. we
had new translators and it was awesome. And it makes more sense of why
there's so much more pauses in the video when you watch it side by side
with Spanish and English. It made the translations flow better. Anyway,
it was amazing. This time, I realized the importance of obedience. It
definitely is a law on which the foundation of the world is based off
of.
We left at 1 in the morning (we got permission to not sleep
because we would have had to get up at 11.30 and only one hour wouldn't
have done a lot of good) and didn't really sleep in the bus. We went to
the Temple and after had a devotional with President and his family and
we got our packages. Thanks to you and mom and Laura, I had candy to
share on the way back home. We all opened our presents on the bus and
enjoyed them all together. I had some chocolate from Peru. Oh man, it
was delicious.
We have food rules in the mission. We can't eat pork or anything like it
(including sliced ham for sandwiches), no fish, no strawberries, no
grapes, lettuce, or ice cream from the street or any food from the
street. That's about it, I think. Otherwise, we have to wash it really
well (like let it sit in bleach water for a few minutes and let it air
dry) or make sure it has a peel (like bananas, papayas, etc). We eat
pretty well. Oatmeal or cereal in the morning (with yogurt if its cereal
and an apple), a really good lunch from our cocinera (cook), and
something for dinner after planning (usually cereal or oatmeal). We
don't go hungry we try to eat well. I feel fine - I've only gotten sick
from food once here in Sololá and that's because it was really rich.
Most of the time I'm fine.
To leave town we take a bus and it takes us to where we need to
go. that or a flete (the truck where a bunch of people jump into the
back). It's all pretty cheap. And in town, sometimes we take taxis or a
tuk-tuk - it's a taxi but it's a motorcycle. I think we're the only area
that gets to use tuk-tuks and fletes.
We had a Christmas miracle! We didn't have hot water for a really
long time (four weeks - the whole time I've been here plus some) [ Michelle only gets water between 7 am and 1 pm, anyway] and the
electricity was all funny and didn't work right, at all. So yesterday,
someone came and fixed it. And we had hot showers today. It was
fantastic.
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