Going Back to my Roots!

That's right! I went to Venezuela this week! My first area! I didn't go back to visit people. Although I did run into a few people, and we had lunch with my first mama chapin. But nope! The reason? We went in search of the Familia Hernandez! And after running around a colonia for over an hour asking people where this family we lived, we finally found them. We wrote the address down wrong so that's why we ran around in circles for a while. We only found the mom and she was putting the nino down for a nap. But we were able to find out why they weren't able to come to church for the past 2 weeks. For work. It's always work. And why they hadn't been answering their phone. Becuase it was broken and they had taken it to get fixed. It's nice having worries taken away. The Hermana said that they'd probably be able to go to church on Sunday and we'll see what happens with them from there. It's hard having your reference from God disappear for 2 weeks. But it's nice when you can find them again. Sure it's not quite the results we were hoping to have in going out looking for them. But I'm happy that we at least found them and we can hopefully progress with them again.    

Anyway this week has been full of recorridos in the temple and talking to people. I've had several people tell me how great my spanish is this week. It makes me happy. I hope I don't lose it when I get home. But I'm losing my english. So there's that too. Mom and Dad asked how my english was doing last week. I think that's a sign that it's pretty bad. But whatever. Asi es la vida cuando solo habla espanol por 15 meses. But yeah life is good here in Guatemala. I'm learning more everyday and it's joyous. I think that's something important about life. Is making it joyous. Only we can make it that way. It's through our point of view and our actions that make it that way. So look at life with a joyous perspective and all will be well. That's all I've got for you people. I'm out!

Marley

p.s. Sorry it's short. This week has kind of flown by in a blur.