Just going to start this weeks email off by bragging a little bit about my area. My area is huge, one of the biggest in the mission, and so we get to spend a lot of time in different cities and pueblitos. And in buses, but our main route is shut down for labor disputes so we have been walking a lot. But anyways, one of our little areas is called Olocuilta and it has a subsection named the Pupusodromo. One street, 30 pupusarias, and the world record for biggest pupusa ever made. Can't make this stuff up, it almost brought tears to my eyes my first time there. Other thing that brought tears to my eyes was accidentally spraying pepper spray in my eyes, that happened this week.
Along the lines of food tho, which there has been a lot of this week, one of my favorite lines to use when explaining who we are, is frijoles del alma. As I mention in almost every email, there are a lot of people struggling here and nearly every day we meet people that are just trying to get beans on the table. Really makes me realize how blessed I am, and I am so grateful for the food and care I have in my life. Including the boiling hot soup we get when its 95 degrees outside and my tie is 10 shades darker from sweat, the cactus with honey, the millions of lemons we get gifted daily, and the time my comp split his pants eating breakfast. But for as much as we eat and enjoy the frijoles del cuerpo here, our main purpose is to share the frijoles del alma. This week we had our ups and downs, a baptism fall through, a family come back to church after years apart, a hike through the jungle at 5am for someone who turned out not to be home, a former missionary who wants the gospel for his young family, Tomas getting ready for his baptism this Saturday, and a whole bunch of miracles. And honestly that's what we are here for, the good and the not so good. Because at the end of the day, when I am cleaning the dog poop off of my shoes and drinking my kolashampan, its all about the frijoles del alma. Some people are going to want to listen and are going to accept our message and some aren't. But that's alright, because all we can do is offer. And that's what we do. I have really come to love these people, even the ones who think I am in the FBI or who have had a little too much to drink so they don't exactly have boundaries. And for that, I want for them to have this message in their lives.
One more thing I love about this place is praying with people in the streets or in homes. Its kind of a cultural thing but when one of us prays, the person we are with will like back us up and hype it up during the prayer when we say something they like. Really helps with my Spanish confidence and reminds me of my football days when Coach Mendillo would hit us with those amens and affirmations during the team prayers. Hope everyone is doing well, thanks for all the love and support!
Salud!
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Elder Moulton
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