Week 43: Elder Young's "Top Ten Things I Love About Guatemala"

Top ten things I love about Guatemala

1. Quiche

2. I like how everyone calls everyone brother

3. I love the bread on every street corner

4. I love the rain

5. I love how you don't have to worry about prices because everything is a bargain when thinking in dollars

6. I like how everyone believes in God almost without exception. Everyone acknowledges the afterlife and the concept of morality. 

7. I love the humility of the people and the Corte that they wear to  symbolize their heritage and the fact that the old ladies are so not afraid to wear it.

8. I love the food and the fact that  you can get full every meal by utilizing the tortillas and it's very cheap.

9. I like how people actually talk to people in the streets, walk together, have Nokia telephones, go to church every week, greet strangers in the street, invite people in their house, and work hard. 

10. I love being a missionary, depending on the Lord in all my thoughts, words and actions. I love showing my love for Him by my obedience and constant course correction. If the mission is like the sea, God is the tidal wave. We can either surf it, learn tons, have a blast, enjoy it like crazy, allowing the power to take you along  as you do your best to stay afloatñ or you can fight it by trying to swim against it and get thrown down repetitively against the unstoppable force. I've  learned these past two days to go along with God's power and they've been great. I have much more faith. I am less stressed. I am trying my best. It's  going great.

Baptism of Angela and Milady. Amazing day. 

Week 42: Elder Young having a good week in Toto

Things are going well. We have 8 baptismal dates that should happen in May and will allow us to baptize weekly. We are preparing many for baptism and helping all the recent converts from the last two months stay active by talking with the members. We teach a lot of lessons and the ward is definitely growing and our Gospel Doctrine class is absolutely full every week. 
Additionally, we got a 19 year old young man to start his mission papers and a 60 year old man came back to church after 20 years of inactivity. Good week.

When you forget the keys. 

Moving apartments. 

Week 41: Elder Young in Totonicapan

Sister missionaries in Toto had neighboring areas. We gave them some references. I was giving the crutches to Hna. Bracamonte and Hna. Valdebenito because Hna .Bracamonte fell down the stairs. I was their district leader back then. 

Baptism of Ana Cutz. She sneaked out and got baptized without her family knowing. Then they later found out and stopped talking to her. 

Helping the sisters move their apartment. 

Blessing their new house.