What up world!
Just another week in Cerro Verde, living the dream. Story time. Tuesday was pretty different. We did divisions, where two missionaries switch areas for the day, and I had a new gringo come with me in Cerro Verde for the day. It was the first time I had ever been with someone who doesn't speak Spanish. It was quite interesting. I was all freaking out that I wouldn't have my trusty ole Mexican comp to fall back on if I don't understand, but then I realized I pretty much speak Spanish at this point so I was fine haha. It was pretty cool. It was definitely new for me because I had to teach all the lessons by myself because the new elder, Elder Aiono, can't really talk yet. It was so weird being on the other side of being a new gringo haha. It was a way fun day though. Aiono is seriously hilarious. The area he is in is super poor, so he freaked out when he first got to my area because he didn't know there were parts of Honduras like this haha. He was just like me on my first day here, marveling at the asphalt streets, dogs on leeshes, etc. oh, and the funniest thing happened. So he is a 6'3, 250 pound big Samoan kid. We were walking down a road and we hear a dog bark and then the sound of paws running after us. He TAKES off running (he was like high stepping), trying not to get eaten by what he thinks is a monster dog from the depths of hell. I look back and it's seriously like a teacup poodle literally prancing behind us. I LOST it and he was so embarrassed hahaha. He is like "its instinct! Any dog who chases us in my area is like half dead and infested with rabies. I lost my cool for a second, don't tell anyone" hahaha. Classic. We went to an appointment we had set with the crazy lady and her granddaughter was outside. We asked if her grandma was home and she is like "Yeah, she is. But you can't go in right now. She is meditating." Normally, I would be like "that's a horrible excuse, she just doesn't want to talk to us" but with her, I believed that without a single shred of doubt haha. It was a pretty funny day. Oh, that morning, Aiono got a package from his mom filled with toys to give to little kids, and one of them was a blow up dinosaur. So we took it to our area and took a ton of super sweet pictures haha. Wednesday was kind of a dud. Appointments were falling left and right. Not cool Cerro Verde, not cool. There was a US vs Honduras soccer game Tuesday and it was way funny because everyone kept talking trash to me about how bad we were going to lose and just being dumb. It was mostly drunk people who were saying it all haha. The whole time I was just like "The majority of people in the states don't even know there is a soccer game tonight, let alone the fact that we have a team. We don't care about soccer. As for me, I don't even care about sports that ARE popular in America, so your little soccer game is as about important to me as my Book of Mormon is to you, so stop trying to talk to me crazy drunk guy. We clearly have conflicting interests and I don't think this friendship is going anywhere" haha. But when I found out the next day that we won, I became USA Soccer's #1 fan just to annoy everyone who annoyed me haha. I luv sportz and America. Thursday was pretty interesting. We went with the crazy yoga lady and were about to start the lesson when she goes "Guys...I need to tell you something. I'm not a woman who lies. I'm not here to waste your guy's time. I have loved your sweet, sweet spirits coming to my house, but I can't accept another baptism." Buuuuummmer. It was kind of a downer, but I saw it coming since we started teaching her. She just enjoyed our company haha. She was SO nervous that we were going to hate her or something and never talk to her again. She was like "You are two great young men. I don't want to be in Mexico or Arizona some day, you guys see me and just think 'oh there is that lady who didn't want to be baptized. We hate her". Dramaaaa haha. We told her that we aren't going to curse her for not wanting to be baptized and that we don't hate her. She told us we were very attractive both physically and spiritually, and we went on our way. By far one of the most interesting investigators I have had so far haha. On the flip side, we had a sweet lesson later that night. We watched a short movie about the Restoration with one of our investigators. After, we explained a little bit more, and then I asked her how she felt about everything we had taught up to that point. She said, "well, last time, you asked me to pray about what you had taught and what I had read to know if it's true. I did. The night I prayed, I had a dream. A man dressed in white was standing in front of me, telling me to come, this is the way. I've been thinking a lot about that dream since then and I think everything you are telling me is true. I have looked in to a ton of different religions and never had an experience like I have had with you two." WOOOOOOOO. It was so cool. We are hoping she continue like that and will be baptized at the beginning of next month! Good times. Saturday we just spent the day inviting everyone to church and making sure our investigators are ready to rock. Elder Ramos is having some problems with his ear. He says he is like losing his hearing and it hurts really bad. Im trying to be sympathetic, but he is such a drama queen about it haha. If I had a dollar for every time he has complained, I could pay for an ear transplant. Ray Charles went blind and became a music sensation, I'm sure Ramos can make lemonade out of this lemon of a deaf ear and become something great. Sunday was pretty sweet. A family we really wanted to come to church came, so that was nifty. One of our investigators didn't go because she was seriously freaking out. What had happened was that Saturday night, she said her daughter could go to some state fair type thing in San Pedro, and the daughter never came home. She wasn't answering her phone and neither of her friends were, so the mom was super nervous. We stopped by later that night to see if everything was ok, and it was all good. It turns out the daughter was just being rebellious and staying out too long, she didn't die or anything. I was kind of confused though because I don't know why in the world someone would let their daughter go to San Pedro Sula, the murder capital of the WORLD, at night. That baffles me haha. Well, that's about it. Changes are this week, so I could either get a new comp, go somewhere new, or stay here. Oh, and Wednesday is the last day for Presidet Veirs and for the San Pedro Sula mission. There will be two new presidents and it will be the San Pedro Sula East and West missions. Big news! Oh, and today is day 200 for me. Stay classy!
Elder Shuga
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