Smokin' Hot

Hola familia mia,

¿Como les va?  Ojala que todo esté bién.  Todo está bien calidad aquí in San Andrés y esperamos que todo salga bién esta semana que viene.  Pero ¡que calor!  Ok, not going to write in Spanish.  Things are going really well.  We had a busy, hard, fun, good week.  Really things are going awesome and we are having great success.  I'm really tired right now though and I am really having a hard time typing.  Oh well.  

Not a lot happened this week.  We have been working and teaching like dogs this week.  We've just been trying to get things ready for the 3 baptisms we are going to have this week and the 2 next week.  Alex Colindres, Marcelo Gioveldo, and Merli Mileimi are going to be baptised this week and then the following week will be Toni and Bertha Cano.  We're soooooooooo excited!  We just picked up the baptismal clothes this morning and are going to buy some things for refreshments.  We are really hoping all of them come through.  

We got a new promising investigator this week.  Her name is Dania.  She just got married to one of the return missionaries in our ward and seems pretty interested in what we have to teach.  We have only been able to pass by twice, but we are really thinking that she will progress in a short amount of time.  

We got to go do service this Saturday morning with a recent convert from the other Elders' area in San Jose.  We all took our machetes and went over to clear out weeds in a garden.  It's called chapiar, and it's the worst idea ever.  It's pretty much weed-eating without the luxury of a weed-eater.  Luckily this time I walked away without chopping into my leg.  This was actually the first time I have used a machete since I cut myself in the last transfer.  It went well and then we were able to go to the guy's house to eat chicken head soup with tortillas.   Mmmmmm, yummy.  It wasn't too bad.  

I'm really liking jello here.  One thing about here is that sometimes it's so hot that you don't really even feel like eating.  But jello is like a mix between food and water, so it's become a regular item for me.  

This week has been a really good one with respect to the work and all the baptisms we're having, but there is one thing that has come as a surprise.  I don't know what it was about this week, but it seems like a lot of houses that we showed up to, there were people out showering in their front lawn.  It's so weird!  The weird thing is that when you walk up to greet the family and notice it, they don't think anything of it.  It's just weird.  It kinda makes me scared to visit them again.  

Well, I'm struggling with things to think of and it's almost time to go.  Not much happened as far as crazy stories or anything this week, but the work is going so well.  Have a good week.   You're always in my prayers.  

Love,

Elder Lloyd