Elder Tadje in Guatemala

Hey everyone! I have faith in miracles. "For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today and forever." (2 Nephi 27:23) Big miracles, small miracles, they will always be there. For example: the shampoo here is super expensive- more than it costs for a week's worth of food. So I haven't wanted to buy shampoo- and here's the miracle! I have used the same shampoo bottle for 6 months! Since the MTC I have gone through my small little shampoo bottle and there's still about an inch left in the bottom! It may not be the loaves and the fishes, but I just know 1 shampoo has never lasted me more than a month. So if you want your shampoo to last longer, become a missionary!! ( or don't wash your hair I guess:) )  This was another good week. We did divisions with our zone leaders, and speaking of miracles!! If you're ever in Chimal and want to order PIzza Hut, do it at 9:28 at night. (2 m...

Hey everybody!!!!!  Elder Tadje here, still alive in Chimaltenango despite the crazy Chapin traditions running rampant in the city!!! But first off, I wanna start with a HUGE birthday shoutout to my brother Cameron who's turning 16!!!!!!! Crazy how fast the time flies. Happy bday bud! My first week with Elder Yepen was... interesting! He came with a super big desire to work hard so we've been going ham finding a ton of people to teach!!!! We're starting a bunch of ideas with the ward to try to get the leaders working cuz they're all kind of chambones. But we still love em. The best part is that he brought the cold with him!!!! This last week we've been waking up to a 50° or less house every morning which is always fun!!! Still no snow though.... But Chimal's been keeping things interesting!! Every fifth of January, every man in the city from tenish years old and up dresses up like a woman, drinking is optional but strongly encouraged, puts on masks ...

Hey everybody!!!  Sorry super crazy weekend so there wasn't really time to write a letter.... So we were sitting in a lesson with some less actives Sunday night, when the phone went off. I pulled it out to turn it off and saw that it was from President Cluff! That'll raise the heart rate a little!!  He told us that we had emergency changes- Elder Campbell got sent to the capital to be with a new missionary that wants to go home, and I'm am now serving with Elder Yepen, a missionary from Peru.  I hope you all stayed up until midnight cuz we were up until 4 packing suitcases!!!! Still running on that 2 hours of sleep...  But one thing that I've been learning through all of this is to trust the will of the Lord. Things may happen that we don't understand or may not even like, but as we trust in him and submit to his will we can begin to see that everything happens for a reason and will be for our good. Love you all, and I hope that Christmas and N...