Hey guys!
!
So
guess what happened? We finally had changes! But I'm staying here. That's good,
because I honestly expected to stay in Zacapa. But Elder Franco is staying here
too, which was a cool surprise.
One
of my closer friends among the other missionaries is Elder Cano- a big loud
catracho (person from Honduras) who returns home about the same time as Jodi
comes home. This kid is crazy, but he's a hard worker, and he loves to work!
I'll probably wont see him before he goes back to Honduras, though.
The
district hasn't really changed- Elder Franco is still district leader, and the
only person that left is Hermana Muñiz. So we'll see what happens when the
other hermana arrives. Other than that, nothing really interesting happened
with the changes...
What
IS interesting is that there's a huge Zica outbreak going on right now in
Zacapa. Zica is a minor form of the disease Chikingunya. Chikingunya causes
really intense pain in your joints, while Zica causes mild joint pain and a
rash that looks like chicken pox all over your body. We were out working one
day when Elder Franco stopped and said, "Dude, what's wrong with your
face?" I didn't feel anything at this point, so I told him not to be
racist. But then he said, "No, I'm serious, you have little red dots all
over your face!" I thought I had chickenpox all day... then I woke up and
my bones felt like lead. After a bit of stretching, I felt normal. After making
fun of me all day that day, Elder Franco looked at his arm and shouted,
"Ay Elder Reed, me pegó sus picasones!!" So we both caught Zica. I
didn’t take anything for it and I got better pretty fast, but Elder Franco took
acetaminophen and is still struggling with joint pain. Lesson to be learned
here: Never ever take drugs.
Another
interesting thing is that the owner of our house kicked us out the other day.
Our contract expired, and she said, "Get out." So we got out as fast
as possible. Right now, we don't actually have a home, so we live with the Zone
Leaders. It’s cool living with three other elders, but it was kind of weird at
first. Also, the Zone Leaders live far away from our area, so it’s kind of a
pain to walk so far every night to have a place to sleep.
Love
you guys!! We'll see what happens with this next change!!
--
Thanks,
Elder
Jeffrey Reed
(unspecified
Guatemalan cellphone number)
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