Well... we celebrated and started off the new year with a baptism... Jose Domingo... and for those who don´t know, Domingo means Sunday in Spanish :) Domingo got baptized on Domingo to start his year off as clean and new as you can get! He is incredible. The day of his baptism he got up at 5 in the morning, along with 6 other Priesthood holders from the branch, to dig the hole in the cemetary for a son of a member who dies on Saturday. I´ll send pictures in the future. The baptism was great. Because of lack of transportation and other conflicts, not many were able to attend, but it was peaceful and beautiful. Domingo started going to church because of his friend of Jeronimo (that got baptized in October)... and just strengthens my testimony even more of how essential the members are in this work.
Have I mentioned how different life is here in Guate? There are so many Catholic practices and customs that are mixed into the culture that sometimes it is hard to decide if it is something Catholic or something Central American... and if it is or isn´t against Church doctrine... especially when it comes to deaths and funerals. We had to deal with a few doubts and attacks by members and non-members this past weekend that didn´t make it the funnest. We did the best we could to explain and calm everyone down that we ran in with. Life is interesting in a tiny, Catholic pueblito in Guatemala :)
We met a great family the other day. The dad is around 27 years old, the "mom" (who isn´t the real mom, but the woman of the dad) is 16, and the three children are 11, 11 (twin girls), and 12. It was interesting. The parents could not keep their hands to themselves while we were teaching... it was funny, awkward, and ridiculous all at the same time. We´ll see how it goes in future lessons.
We were going to watch the fireworks on the roof again, but the family in whose house we live got home late, so we couldn´t... we had to climb onto the pila to try to get a better view... but it didn´t work out too well :) But hey... it was my last firework show here in Guate... I couldn´t just sleep through it :(
Hope everyone is doing great and that you enjoyed your celebrations of a brand new year!
Love,
Hermana Marin
No comments:
Post a Comment