Good morning and happy halloween! I havent seen a single pumpkin, child in a costume, or free piece of candy yet and i don´t think will sadly. But! i will get to see a bunch of drunk people mourning for the dead! A fair trade i say. Well today is a beautiful day here in Huehuetenango, its a partly cloudy day and the city is buzzing with anticipation for who will be the next president here in Guatemala. The elections are this coming sunday so there are posters and people every where showing their support for whomever they desire to win.
Apparently its gonna be a close one!
Well for this week i have few short stories and thoughts i´d like to share with you so i´ll start typing.
This last saturday we went to visit the family Gonzalas, a family we´ve recently started teaching. They seem quite interested and they said, they are going to attend church with us this coming sunday.
Saweeeet! anyways, when we got to the house their kids let us in and we sat down in the front room with the father as we usually do. The father always loves talking with us especially since he has been to the states for work and also has family there working too. So during our talk about the states he says "I have a question for you" and we said, "yes?" perking up hoping that it would be pertaining to our religion. He then asked us a very different question than we were expecting. "Do you guys have social security numbers?"..... That is never a good question coming from anybody that lives below the border of the states. Very nervously we replied "Yes??" concerned at what he would say next. He then proceeded to tell us about his cousin working in the states.. Illegally. He needed a social security number to be able to stay working there. So the father then asked us and i quote "would it be alright if my brother used your social security numbers until you go back to the states?"... That question was quickly replied with " No sorry (yes we included a sorry for some reason) but we are not able to be involved in those kinds of interactions while we are missionaries". And now might i add, HECK NO. Not only as missionaries but NEVER would i let ANYONE use my social security number! American or Latino! What did you think I´d say?! "Why sure! just leave it under the mat when i get home. Oh hey and could you also put that money that you stole from my savings account back when you´re done with it? that´d be great thanks" Anyways, he said "oh ok ok, its just he's in a tight spot and i just thought i´d ask for him." we resumed our conversation and eventually got talking about his home and financial status and how his experience at the states was. He said he wanted to go back really bad but didnt have the money. I don't know how close he felt to us and I didnt feel as though we were super comfortable with him yet, but his next question made me feel as if he was QUITE comfortable with us. "Do think there is any way that i could borrow 5,000 dollars from you guys? I just really need get to the states to earn some more cash. I would pay you back eventually for sure though."...... either i REALLY under estimated how close we were with this man or I am REALLY sure that the people here in guatemala think we just carry around thousands of dollars with us every where we go. We replied with the same answer that we gave him the last time, but this time he wasn't satisfied with that answer. I will finish the rest of this story later today because we have to leave now. But if we dont come back...
Until next time!
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