Hola Friends and Family

Hola Friends and Family,

This week just flew by. There wasn't anything too out of the ordinary this week. As of right now we have two progressing investigators that have accepted a date of baptism this month. This month we want to have a super mega baptism with our zone, so as a zone we are working together to bring the gospel to all of the people and invite them to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized. We are also trying to find ¨Familias de Oro¨ aka. Golden Families. Right now we are on the look out and trying our hardest to be in tune to the Spirit to guide us to a family that is waiting to hear the truth from the missionaries. Keep those families in your prayers!

This week has been a week of much rainfall. It rains so hard here that we have to cover all of our books with plastic bags in our backpacks and we have to try to jump over huge puddles. We have to be careful at times because the hills in our area cause huge currents of water to rush down the streets and flood the road, which causes the street to be really slippery. Yesterday it rained so hard that it started leaking through my umbrella and dripping down my neck, which was really irritating. 

Guatemala has been holding elections for presidency these past few months and this past week was crazy. There were parades of cars, buses, taxis, and people that were flooding the streets with signs and noise makers. It has made it a little hard to talk with people because they are either not home, part of the parades, or get distracted by the ruckus outside. Yesterday everyone voted and we thought that things would start to calm down but they've only stayed the same. At around 2 in the morning today, another parade of people and cars marched by our house and set off a bunch of fireworks. It was a little hard to sleep through that. I have never seen so many public displays for candidacy in my life. I don't know if there are places in the United States where people do things like this, but here it is absolutely insane! Everyone and their kids and pets march through the streets of Pueblo Nuevo holding banners for their party. It was also very interesting during church yesterday because the voting tables were right across the street from the chapel. During fast and testimony meeting, we kept hearing people cheering and shouting outside. It didn't stop us from feeling the spirit though. We knew we were in the right place at the right time.

Also, I cant believe I failed to remember this, but ill attach a picture of me and my companion. Elder Tumbaco is his name. 

Thanks for all the emails and support from everyone this week. Hope you all have an amazing week!