That Missionary Life

Another transfer has come and gone, but for this one I won't be staying in Guayama. Honestly, I'm a sucker for a toxic relationship and kinda miss that place. Come back, Guayama, we can work through this  The good news is Caguas is going to be just as toxic. My second night, I had a gun pulled on me! Well, maybe not pulled on me, but just "brandished" in my direction. Very quickly declared my missionary purpose (I am here to help you get closer to Christ, NOT vice versa, if you catch my drift), and he wasn't even interested. Tranquillo, tigre! July 20th, 2026 Saying goodbye was hard, I spent the last 4 months in Guayama and met some pretty cool people. I did have the privelege of being invited to Mario's birthday party on my last day, we got to sing happy birthday and his mom even got him a cake. It was a very exclusive party, just us missionaries, him, and his mom, were invited. And they got me a Borricua hat, so it's official now.  I'm in a trio now....

July 6th, 2026 "Real friends, how many of us?" - Ye If you happen to find yourself in Guayama, Puerto Rico (it's been called the ugliest place in pr!) and you swing by the plaza on a Saturday evening, the odds are in your favor that Pentecostal preachers will be out in full glory, shouting into a cheap mic, plugged into a cheaper (but louder) speaker.  We always make sure to thank them for their faith and their work before we go elsewhere. Anyone preaching their beliefs (for the right reasons) is admirable, and we thought we had quite a friendly relationship going! We love to see interfaith relationship building around here :) Well, a reliable source told us that when we aren't around, they tell everyone "don't talk to those white guys with the ties," and make fun of us.  In all honesty, I'm disappointed. Because that is not what Christ would do. If Jesus Christ knew I wasn't going to the "correct church" (a concept they ironically don...

June 29, 2026 Que lo que? We've got a new mission president now! But his name is still "Paul H." He landed last week, and has hit the ground running. We had zone conference and interviews with him on Thursday, and true to form, I made a terrible first impression! I was on an exchange with Elder Mancía and we were in charge of getting to the church early to set up for ZC. So it's 8am, I'm looking like a bum in shorts and slides, haven't showered, already sweaty because the humidity doesn't quit in pr. And our new mission president and his wife pull into the parking lot, and see us in all of our unprepared glory. Rough introduction, but he was nice.  After saying hi, we SPED home and got ready as quick as possible (sometime Puerto Rico driving is nice, the speed limits are very optional). Interview and ZC went well though, hopefully he forgets about our first interaction.  Other than that, it's been a cool couple weeks. We put our friend Michael on date ...