Hi Mom.
First of all, Gaffganistan this is hilarious. I
love that guy ha-ha. I just remember one of his skits he starts talking about
he always dresses like a Mormon. That guy might have mental issues to be
honest.
As for the mangos, honestly I had never
actually eaten a mango before I got here to Guatemala. I had never actually
eaten one until my last area too. But in my last area I am not sure what it
was, but I ate one almost every day. They have some here that are about the
size of a football. Other than that though, we really don’t eat that much
fruit. I usually buy oranges in the super market because I feel like I might be
getting scurvy or something. There are fruits here, but not really. Since my
mission doesn’t have any coast there is not much natural fresh fruit here.
Literally the only things I eat are eggs, beans, corn, potatoes, rice and
chicken. On a rare occasion they will also give us fried platanos with cream.
It’s this giant banana that is really, really good. The ants were not something
normal. That was the first time I had ever seen anyone eat them but I had heard
that they do eat them sometimes. They come from this town an hour north of
where I am now, and they are crazy, crazy expensive honestly. It was a super
nice gesture from this lady to give them to us.
I don’t exactly know what to think about Alex
selling my wisdom teeth on E-bay. Honestly what kind of freak would buy teeth?
Speaking of the rest of my teeth. All of the dental work I had done before my
mission, it’s safe to say that Guatemala has undone all of that. Almost all of
the fillings that I had done have fallen out. Maybe it’s a tender mercy from
the Lord that they don’t hurt. But even if they start hurting I am not going
back to a dentist in this country. The last time I went was definitely the
first and only time I will get dental work done here. So I’ll just put up with
it till I get home.
This week was good. My comp, who I am zonie training, is super legit. He could be
my favorite comp that I have had. He is super smart and loves to work. We are
working really hard. It’s a little
frustrating when there are no fruits from the efforts, but at least it’s not
that bad. I could be serving in Europe somewhere still hoping for my first
baptism.
The rain went away this week. I don’t know what
happened but the sun settled in and this week was sooooo hot. We went to the
Zaculeu ruins this week. It was pretty cool I had never been before. It’s a
little cheap because the ruins aren’t 100% real. They have reconstructed
a lot of it but still it’s interesting. Also gave me a chuckle that there is a
sacrificial alter there that they still do sacrifices on. Also there is this
huge court that they used to play some kind of game in, but the thing is, the
winning team, the best player, at the end of the game would always be the
person sacrificed. How does that work? The motivation should be play well in
order to not die, not play well in order to have your heart ripped out by some
freaky priest. No thanks.
Either way, that’s all that’s new here, hope
you all have a good week.
Love you all,
Adam
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