Hello World!
While the 31st of October was Halloween the people here
don´t really do much. They like to pretend that they celebrate it, but they
don´t. They call it the day of the witch, which is super lame!!! Who dresses up
as a witch these days???? Anyways, we had the "Day of the Dead" which
they supposedly honor all their family members who have passed away, I already
am not a fan of the holiday. I found it very disrespectful and irreverent. The
whole city was in the cemetery to paint all the grave stones and tombs bright obnoxious Easter colors, and we went to help a sister paint some graves. When
we were in the cemetery the place was more crazy than Wal Mart on Black Friday.
People walking around selling stuff yelling and screaming, climbing on tombs
and trashing the cemetery. I really found it to be disrespectful, but whatever,
not my family members who are buried there.
So this week... really uneventful. Here in the area "La
Espiga" we are looking forward to lots of changes in the near future. My
companion and I think we figured out why we both stayed here for another
change. Last night we found out that in the first week in December we are going
to have 80 new missionaries (already knew that), and the mission is going to
open 26 new areas in December!!!!!! That is crazy. So what we think is going to
happen, they are going to divide "La Espiga" area in two because it
is really big (one and a half towns big). And both me and my companion are
going to stay here when they divide the area to train the noobs!! I really lost
some sleep last night thinking about all that stuff! Super exciting! It will be
great because there are so many places we never have time to go to to work
because we spend all day walking. So that´s exciting!!
Well... nothing else exciting to report. This may or may not
be the shortest email yet! Oh yesterday our investigator
"niño pastor" (his actual name is German) came to church and it was great! He knows more about the Bible than all the
members combined, and all the young men in the branch are super slackers and he
whipped them into shape! He is a really disciplined guy. He works selling candy
on buses everyday to help feed his family (remember he is only 15 years old)! If
and when he gets baptized he will be a super sweet missionary!! I attached a
picture with him here. And yes, we have to wear suits every Sunday, its
terribly hot! Anyways we are excited for him, we set a baptismal date for
the end of this month!
So that´s about all we have got for this week! Also I
attached a picture of the "Vaughan Family Tomb"! I wish that My name tag said "Elder Van" because that is the only way that they
understand it! Anyways.. I hope you all have a great week. Love you!
Love Elder Vaughan!
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