Week 19: A little early...First Transfer

 

September 20, 2022

Alright, another 6 weeks ahead of me. Except this time I'll be chilling in a neat little town area called Santa Rosa. I'll be leaving the busy city for the nice tranquil, rolling hills of the Guatemala City outskirts. City life is cool and all, but it ain't my cup of tea. I'll be much more in my element in the boonies. Couldn't be more excited. Really I was originally going to stay here, but something happened this Saturday and Elder Jenson and I, as well as the two elders in the neighboring area, tenemos que salirnos. Basically we were having an activity over in their area trying to find new people, and it was going really good. Until one of their investigators pulled up on his motorcycle. This guy was a gangster back in California up until he was deported, now he lives here. This guy was pretty upset because the other two elders were gonna meet with him at some point, but then had to cancel. His wife had prepared food for them and he said if she ever saw them again she'd kill em 😑. He then asked when they were gonna come visit him again 🤣. I was trying pretty hard not to laugh. They told him Wednesday, and then he said if they didn't show up, he'd shoot the one 🔫, and cut the ears off the other ✂️👂. I'm laughing out loud at this point. I've never been threatened to be shot before so I was enjoying this exciting new experience. He then made fun of my companion and se fue. Once I stopped laughing we decided we should definitely let the Mission President know what happened, so we did and he said it'd be best if we all took off to different areas. So that's my weekend wrapped up.


Spiritual thought: don't be a gangster

Happy holidays

~Elder Owens~

Transfer Day!

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