May 6, 2014

Hey mom and family!!!

We had quite an eventful week. Wednesday we went down to Tiquisate to do interviews with president. We had to organize some things so president could do the interviews with the missionaries. After we finished, he gave us permission to visit some of our recent converts. Elder Finch was also in Tiquisate and had some converts he wanted to visit. I've included some pictures.  One is of Mama Ina, our cook. She made us a nice lunch everyday. Tiquisate is nice and hot. I'd forgotten how the heat was on the coast. And I was there for basically half my mission! 

Mama Ina

Thursday night we had to come into the office to do some work. We finished at about 10:45 and headed for the house. As soon as we pulled into our neighborhood one of the sister missionaries called me, frightened out of her mind. Someone was knocking on their door and they couldn't get a hold of anyone from their ward to come over and see who it was. We flipped the truck around and headed for their house. On the way there we got a hold of president and let him know what was going on. They don't live super far away but they live in a part where all the house look exactly the same. It took us a minute to  get to the house. When we arrived, we couldn't see anyone because of how the door is set up plus they live on the second level. Elder Finch and I  jumped out of the truck (there were four of us in the truck) and started up the stairs. It felt like something you see in a movie! We keep creepin up the stairs, waiting for whatever could be on the other side of the corner...we move around the corner and there standing is a.....chick of about 18 years. She turns to us and says, "Buenos noches Elderes all normal!!" We asked what she was doing at the sister's house at 11 at night. Turns out she had been kicked out of her house and was looking for a place to stay. She was a member so we talked a little more with her and then she decided to stay with one of her neighbors. We let president know that all was ok. After she left we talked with the sister missionaries. They weren't scared anymore, just upset that they had been woken up at 11 at night. By the time it was all said and done we got back to our house at about 12:15 in the morning. 

Adventure number two: Friday we had a meeting with the new missionaries. Afterwards, while we were eating lunch. I got a call from Sister Brough. Another sister was having a asthma attack and was passing in and out of consciousness. We were pretty close, so they sent us to take her to the hospital.  As soon as we got to her, we gave her a blessing and headed to the hospital. There was a ton of traffic on the way and she kept passing out. Her companion was with us and helped a lot. She kept her calm until we finally made it to the hospital. They got her stabilized and by that night she was good to go and they let her go home.

Well, I just keep having great adventures here in my last weeks of the mission! I'm loving it and learning so much!!

I love you all!! Elder Rucker

 

Good old Guatemala!! My companion and I had to go do emergency changes on Sunday--bright and early at 3:30 am. When we got back from picking up the other elder we saw this.