Cowboy with a Hat and a Plan...

July 21, 2104

Howdy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I just need boots but they don't have my size so I will have to settle with the hat.

Well this week was okay... It has been a little bit hard here in San Juan mainly because of illness. My comp and I have been sick these past couple of weeks but we are hanging in there. 

This week I didn't have changes so that means I will be finishing my mission in San Juan Ostuncalco. I have been a bit down lately with the situation here in San Juan but I am doing just fine now. I just decided that I cannot change how people think but that I can do my part so I can stand before the judgement bar with my hands clean and a clean conscience like it says in the scriptures. I am just going to start to love the people and try to create leaders for the branch. I know that it is, according to the knowledge of the world, impossible, but I will start and the Lord will finish. 

Couldn't take it anymore.  Had to buy one!
It's a lot cheaper than in the United States.

Right now my comp and I are focusing on the possible leaders in San Juan. As for the zone we are doing good. Last month we baptized the most in the whole mission and looks like this month we are going to do the same. bbbbbbuuuuttttttt we are a little bit worried because we are going to have our whole zone training missionaries this change, That means no experience soo my comp and I are working to try to make a plan to help the newbies get a hold of the mission. It is going to be a little bit interesting. My comp is going home this change and then I am going home the next. All I can say is poor guy who is going to be my comp for the last change... no just kidding. 

Tonight we are going to chuj it up. (It's that sauna thing that I sent pictures of a while back.) I'm way excited. Well I love you guys a ton and sorry about the lame letters there is just nothing to write about now days.jajajaja

El ùnico Vaquero Misionero
en San Juan Ostuncalco

One Very Tall Guatemalan!

July 14, 2014

Well I'm not going to lie to you guys I really don't have anything to talk about anymore. The culture is normal to me so nothing is really interesting. I am to the point where I am Guatemalan. I find my self buying food like the Guatemalans, I talk like the Guatemalans, I have even picked up the "Hora Chapin" (Guatemalan hour). In my house i was never late to anything and now if I'm a half hour late it doesn't even phase me. I now crave tortillas with my food, I put ketchup on my pizza (yuck), a snack that cost 50 cents is a rip off, I can't eat anything if its not spicy... I am just all messed up, so it will be fun getting used to the US culture again. 

This week was a good week. Today we played soccer against Xela Oeste. We are both part of the same stake so there is always a lot of competition between us. This month we tied for baptisms (11) so we had a soccer match to see who won...and we won 6-2.  They were really bummed. We acutally have a really good team. We are both already so sore. I love you guys so much and in 3 months from today I will be hugging you guys.

Elder Reinhold

Earthquake and Temple Visit!

June 7, 2014

Well let me just start out wow the earthquake this morning was so strong I went running out in the street. They told us that it was 7.1... Well needless to say we now don't have power, and that means that the water will go out in about 5 hours.  Who knows when we will have it again. Our branch president just called us and told us that we have to go to the aldeas (villages) to see if all of the members are ok. 

This week I found out that I might be staying in San Juan for the rest of my mission. It is not for sure, but we will see. This week was absolutely great and also horrible. My companion and I were sick all week. It's just like a common cold but it is so hard to get rid of because as missionaries we are always getting wet and always in the cold. All the members just tell us why are you guys outside you need to be in bed sleeping all day. Well its a good thing that we have a conscience or we would be in bed all day sleeping, but like we always say "La Obra del Señor no se para." "The work doesn't stop."

The great part of this week is that we were able to go to the temple. MY FIRST TIME IN 22 MONTHS. It was great. It was such a relief. I can't even tell you. I felt so rejuvenated when we left. It made me realize what power the temple gives us. I want to make it a priority when I get back to go to the temple once a week at least. 

There is a crazy blind guy right now just swearing at us in this internet cafe we are in, in English and in Spanish and in Quiche, because we won't give him money. Interesting... 

Well anyways, the life in Guatemala is really special. 

I miss you guys so much and am just trying to finish up good and strong. Well I have got to get out of here before the crazy guy comes back hahahaha.

Elder Reinhold

Life in the Villages....

This is a member washing clothes in a water hole.

You have never been so happy to have a washing machine.

June 30, 2014

Hey family,

This is the school in the village of Monrovia.

This week was pretty uneventful. The truth is that I really don't have anything to write these days. I guess you could say the big news is that we met the new mission president today. President called me when he was in the airport in Panama and thanked me for all of my work. I was a little bit sad when it finally hit me that President Bautista is gone. Today we met the new mission president. He is really nice but seems very serious. He is super spiritual. Well my time has run out but I love you guys.

Elder Reinhold

This is an average house in the villages that we go to.