Thank you for sunshine Thank you for Rain
Can't believe we are in December. Right about now I'm really missing some drives in the car with some fire Christmas music. Don't get me going on Mistletoe by J Bieb. The 75 degrees all day here doesn't bother me though. And I hope all of you had an incredible Thanksgiving. I'm not going to point fingers, but I had to explain this was only a U.S. holiday.
Intercambios w/ Raban y Denison
Hit 2-day divisions because my comp was in the capital, so I was with Elder Raban who I was in the CCM w/ and then Elder Denison who is a ZL in Tactic. But I learned that Coban is not a good place for the mission funds. Panda Express, Wendy's, Taco Bell, McDonald's with the fact of going from Rabinal which literally has nowhere to eat magnifies these spots dramatically and I just can't help myself. But the divisions were really cool, and we had an awesome experience that I'll share in my spiritual thought.
Juan Reyes
So, one Juan Reyes is a mission legend. Known for being top three craziest members in the mission, and I'm just lucky enough to visit him 2-3 times a week. Juan is truly insane but does love the missionaries and does want the best for us despite what you might hear him call us. It's all in good fun. But Juan has had a really hard life. He was living in the states and got drugged/jumped and has been living in pain ever since. Our last visit was a tough one. It was a tough visit, and I honestly felt tons of pressure. He was telling us about how he's been living in constant pain for 23 years and he has no one and he honestly just wants to be done. He was talking for a while and told us there was this opportunity to maybe go somewhere for treatment for about 2000 dollars. He said it seemed a little odd and he wasn't sure about it. Then he turned to me and asked me to give him counsel and tell him what he should do. I was kinda shook and didn't know what to say. We ended up talking for a second and we left him with a blessing.
Random things
🏀: Elder Ruiz and I went to play basketball and ended up having people try and recruit us to play with them in their tournament so they could win the chip. They called me Curry. Had to show them the picture.
👨💼: Had a good interview with president and we talked a lot about what is coming up. Then he took us to a fire restaurant and paid, so that was unreal.
🔡: Starting this week we are now going to be having English classes. Maybe this could break the cold streak of finding someone. It is going to be lit.
Spiritual Thought
So, this week when I was on divisions we went and taught this family with three kids in a super small house who obviously did not have a lot. We taught them and then we were about to leave when they asked us if we wanted something to eat. They brought us out taco empanadas. Of course, we couldn't say no, but we asked if they were going to eat with us. They told us no they were going to eat later but it was clear that they were giving us what they would've had for their lunch. It was clear that instead of eating themself they were going to feed us. It was a really humbling experience.
Not that I haven't seen this before or realized this before but in the week of Thanksgiving I thought it needed to be included. It's truly humbling going into these people's houses who have nothing and have never met you and yet they still put you first. There's so much to be grateful for.
I'm so grateful for every blessing I have in my life. For my parents for always being there to help me. For my brothers for always making it a good time. For my friends for spending all the time and having our reference games. For the late night putting green comps. For the blessing I have of my home. For my mom always having something to eat for me. For music. For having a healthy body. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be on a mission. For the opportunity to serve, to help others, and to learn. I'm so grateful for the gift of eternal families, temples, and knowledge of the church I was born into. I'm so grateful for the countless people who have been examples to me in my life and made me want to be better every day because of it. I'm grateful for every day I have and I'm grateful for the harder days that make the good ones mean so much more. I'm so grateful to be here in the Guatemala Coban/ Belize mission. And so many so many more
John 15: 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Hope you all have a great week, love you all. Special shout out to Aubs for gettttting her mission call🥳🥳🥳🥳. Stay tuned Wednesday. Going to be an amazing addition to the Guatemala Coban/Belize mission...🙏🙏🙏🙏.
Elder Wilde
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