So emailing here from Ixhuatan, The internet is very ,very slow. So on Tuesday I was informed that I would be working in two areas, so 2 houses, 2 areas, 2 branches, 2 cell phones, and twice the work.
My new companion is Elder Davalos, he is from
Sinaloa , and has been in the mission for 20 months. He was zone leader in San cristobal and has a lot of experience. I’m ready to learn a lot from him.
So the area Ixhuatan 2, is kind of big, there are a few paved roads and a lot of dirt ones. Everything is really spread out here. Since we are opening the area here in Ixhuatan we have gotten lost quite a few times. The house is really dirty and we sleep outside. It’s not as hot as I expected, about the same as Tapachula, but it is super humid!!
Our other area 20 de Noviembre is super small, about 5 streets by 4 streets, I already know it. All the streets are dirt and only about 800 people live there. A lot of the people are members, but almost all of them are inactive. The people are super nice, and almost all of them know us. Our house there is an Oven. Sooo hot in the night.
But I love it here, it’s so much better than the big city, it’s much more relaxed and not as noisy. But I know that this is where I am supposed to be and the lord has a purpose for me here and I will find it and fulfil it!!
so funny story this week, Wednesday we were teaching an investigator, so there were small chilies on the table , so I ate one, and it was really spicy, but not too bad, little did I know that I had chilly juice on my fingers, so I wiped the sweat off my face and my arm, About 20 minutes later my face started to burn and my arm too, and it was burning really good. Elder Davalos started to laugh because my face was so red! So the member that lived there gave me lotion, which just made it worse, and then she fetched from her garden some aloe Vera which helped a lot. But for 40 minutes my face and arm were on fire!! Lesson learned: Don’t wipe your face with chilly stained fingers.
So yesterday I accompanied a member to the church in Ixhuatan, because we have to be at both churches and they start at the same time! So five minutes before the meeting started, the branch president comes up to me and was like Elder Pug you are going to speak in the meeting today, I was like ok thank you. I quickly found like 4 scriptures and gathered my thoughts. I was pretty nervous. But it was a good thing that the 2 speakers before me took a ton of time, so my talk was only like 5 minutes long. But if it had to be longer I know that I could have trusted in the Lord and he would have guided me what to say.
Well I love you all, trust in the lord and he will provide a way!!
Love,
Elder Pugmire
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