Letter #13

 Hola everybody!!

Sorry its been a little while! Not a whole lot has gone down the past couple of weeks ngl, so this should be pretty short (but no promises lol). 

First up is Halloween! (Or the lack thereof) 
So yeah... Central America doesn't really celebrate Halloween, but don't worry- we stayed in the spirit- ate lots candy and dressed up for our zone call😂.

What Central América does have however is Día de los Muertes; we spent a lot of that Saturday handing out water and helping people in the cemetery, all the decorated graves and people were super cool! I'll throw in a pic below. 

Something else I've been loving down here (as always) is the food... especially the tamales. Everyone's been harvesting milpa (corn) and making tamales and wow... they're incredible. If you ever get the chance to have homemade tamales, don't pass it up, they're a lifechanger!!

About the title: Everyone here has a hard time pronouncing my name, and the closest word in spanish to "Bagley" is "bagre" which means catfish, so that's what a lot of people have been calling me down here

As for spiritual, something that's stood out to me recently is thinking of Christ! The past couple of weeks me and Elder Toledo have talked a lot about the difference between good choices and great choices. Sometimes it's super hard to tell the difference, but something we can do to tell the difference is always ask ourselves, what would Christ do? This isn't always easy, but the more practice we get, the easier it will be to make the right decisions!

Anyways, that's about all I have! You guys are all awesome, feel free to lmk how things are going! 

Until next time,
Elder Bagley 🐟


Las vistas😎
Celebrating Halloween

Día de los Muertes!

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