YOOO super calidad week this week. I forgot to write and email on Monday so I’m taking some study time to do one right now so my fault.
First of all my guy Angel made a cool covenant with God and was baptized en el nombre del padre, y del hijo, y del espíritu santo. Super sick baptism tho and funny story. We don’t have a baptismal font in San Martin. Our options were pay a lot of money and get a bus, or pay a lot of money and buy a little pool to be the font in San Martin for forever. However, our branch President called and said we didn’t have enough money for either. He was freaking out like what are we gonna do?? So I called the big guns for some financial help. Thanks to mama and papi England we were able to buy a pool and have the baptism. We got it out of the box and it was massive. We were too dumb to look at how much water it takes to fill. We were just more focused on the height of the pool that we didn’t check how wide it was. So the pool held 3,000 gallons and we spent all day Saturday filling it up. We called our mission leader Carlos and he made some calls and pulled up with a massive truck of a lot of water. It helped for sure but we only got it filled about half way. It worked great but next baptism, the Elders will just have to prepare a couple days in advance to fill it up. Again shout out to the Padres on clutching up for the baptism before I leave San Martin
So yes, I am being transfered. I technically am not supposed to find out until tonight but my comp and I got a call from President saying that Elder Barber will be a zone leader and that I will also be leaving. So they are white washing the area again. I was actually pretty upset. I’m ready to leave San Martin and I’m sure the new Elders will do great but man white washing an area is really hard and I worry that our investigators will not have the connection to the new Elders that they had with me and Elder Barber. I wanted one of us to stay for that reason but God has a Plan.
I was pretty upset at first but then realized wait hold up, there’s a lot of people here that I have trust in and that I’ve gotten super close with over the past 5 months that I just haven’t been able to get baptized yet. Whoever the new Elders will have a lot to offer that I couldn’t and maybe they need other missionaries to give them what I couldn’t.
My spiritual thought this email is on humility. I feel like San Martin is my home. I have my friends, little brothers, big brothers, and my Guatemalan mom(Sylvia) who I love so much and thought I would be the one to convert them and share a life changing testimony that would change their lives. I realized though to be happy about this change. I talked about it in my last email, change is GOOD. Whatever I have, I am going to my next area because I am supposed to. Also, whatever the new Elders have will hopefully be able to share what Sylvia and the rest of San Martin needs. I have gotten more humbled in my first 3 transfers than I ever have in my life and I am so grateful for it. Super sad to say bye to San Martin but I am pumped for the new area wherever it is. Who knows, might find my real Guatemalan fam in the next area?
God has a plan for all if we humble ourselves and love him!
Scripture of the Week:
1 Corinthians 2:9 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
1 Corintios 2:9 “Antes bien, como está escrito:Cosas que ojo no vio, ni oído oyó,ni han subido al corazón del hombre,son las que Dios ha preparado para aquellos que le aman.”
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