Familiar Faces

So this week was fairly normal, nothing too crazy to report on. Just the coolest thing ever... I saw the KELLEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! The new president and wife of the Santa Ana Mission!!! Wednesday I had to go to immigration to become a legal resident again, and while I was waiting talking with some other missionaries someone said, "Hey, missionaries from the other mission!", and in my mind I thought something like, "Ah, what chumps...", then I turned around and saw these two amazing people! It was almost like seeing my parents... well, they basically are my second set of parents. Vadawn Kelley broke the rules and hugged me so don't tell anyone. It was way awesome!!!!

In other news, next week we have changes and we already know that they are going to move both me and my companion. Below I attached a picture of what the areas of my district are. There are three areas in my current ward which is Alta Vista. I am in the area Alta Vista 2. Then there is a little house that I drew which is the church building for both of the wards. Now if you remember, I was in Las Canas before. For one change my area covered both Las Canas 1 and 2, then after that change they split my area in 2 and I was then in Las Canas 1. Hopefully that made sense. So the Assistants to President are in Las Canas 2 and they told us that they are going to switch areas with me and my companion. Alta Vista 2 and Las Canas 2, and it's because we have a big house with a garage for the car that they have... so in other words, I will be returning to the ward Las Canas again!!! At the end of the next change I will have spent 6 of my 11 changes in this district, attending the same church building... and who knows for how much time I'll be in Las Canas again hahaha.

Love God, and read the scriptures my children, be obedient and recieve blessings from God.

Sweet, later dudes

Elder Vaughan

The sky looked pretty cool, I found other parents! waiting for the bus after taco bell with the crew, savior of the world statue, and the picture of the areas of my district.

Search and Rescue

So this week was fairly normal but at the same time crazy. Our neighbors tell us that they hear noises from our house at the hours that we're not there... Like as if someone was trying to nail something into the wall... So, that's interesting.

Also the assistants came to our house at like 11PM this week and told us "GET DRESSED RIGHT NOW! WE GOTTA GO!" So we got dressed and went looking for a couple elders that had not responded. Long story short, I thought the gangsters had killed them, they were doing something bad, or they had beaten eachother up, because those two don't get along at all. We found them and they say that they were "Deep asleep" and didn't hear a thing. Just to let you know we were throwing rocks at the door and their beds are 5 feet from the door...... who knows what happened.

We had our first multizona with the new pres and his wife and below are pictures of them. Try to be like jesus my children and dont do drugs.

Vaughan

with the district and the new pres and wife

Emergency Changes... Or Not.

So this week was good! So the assistants called us Tuesday night and told us that me and my companion had emergency changes, and that the asistents were going to take over our are and that we were going to go to their area. Long story short, me and my comp didn't like that so we called President, he came to us and we had an interview with him. He told the assistants not to make that change until the end of the month (the normal day of changes. So that was cool. Oh and BTW if I do go to that area of the asistents I will be returning to my old ward, and my old area... before my area there was super big, but then they divided it in two. So I would be going to the other half of the area that I was in for only a short amount of time and in the same ward as before, which would be sweet if that happens, because I love the ward and the ward (from what I can see) loves me!

Also president Vasquez went home this week and the new president is President Duran from Honduras. I met him Saturday and he seems to be pretty cool. I guess we will see what happens with him!!!

Also we had the baptism of Roxana!!! Pics below. We were able to solve our problems with her and she was finally able to do it! So there is my week.

God exists and so does his gospel. So be good kids and don't be an idiot.

Nos vemos bichos

Elder Vaughan

Note: The last image below was sent to us from President and Sister Kelley, as they ran into Jesse at the immigration office in San Salvador this week! The Kelly's are serving as mission president in the Santa Ana - Belize Mission, adjacent to Elder Vaughan in the San Salvador East mission.

Birthday Pupusa Eating Contest

On this day 20 years ago I was born. Wooo hoo. I was born into the world vomiting and pooping all over the place, so what better way to celebrate the big 20 doing the same things I did when I was born? Yeah this little boy is a little sick.

So a week ago I had one of those weird evil spirit experiences. Long story short I saw a shadow of a human body move accross the wall of my house, when it disappeared a huge force came over my body that I had never felt before in my life. I couldn't move at all. Then it came to my mind to use the priesthood. As I got half way through the sentence the force got stronger and I almost couldnt talk, as if it was trying to keep me from talking. I pushed through and finished casting that shiz out. when I finished the sentence the force went away and I was left heavely breathing. Maybe I was just dreaming super werid, but that definietly strengthened my testimony of the priesthood.

Then this Wednesday we had a pupusa eating competition with another companionship here. Long story short, after an hour of downing pupusas I tied for second place with 19. The winner was 20. We had 20, 19, 19, and 18.5. The next morning I threw up like none other. Then the day after I threw up again then I was feeling back to normal. Then last night we ate two big dinners and I threw up again today in the morning... wooooo happy birthday! I should have stopped eating sooner, but my pride got in the way and I wanted to win. FYI, the winner was a lineman in football, a bigger dude and I was only 1 behind...

Love yall!!!

Elder Vaughan

Opening my birthday present, my pupusa competition count,

Sorry I look so ugly and crappy in these pics. About 5 minutes after opening up the present, I threw up....

Elder Perez, The Second

So we had changes this past week and my companion left. For the longest time they kept moving me around, but finally, I'm staying! My new companion is Elder Perez from Guatemala. Some of you might say "Hey what happened didn't he have Elder Perez from Guate as a comp?" Yeah, it's a different Elder Perez that was companions with the Perez that I was with. If that even makes any sense. He has about 15 months in the mission and is pretty dope.

This past Saturday we had a ward activity celebrating father's day and mother's day (the both of them together) and it was pretty dope. We (the missionaries) had to do a little skit there and it went alright, I guess, and one of my investigators has a mariachi band that he brought and they played there. It was pretty sick!

We also had a baptism this past week. An 8-year-old girl named Jenifer. Technically it doesn't count for us because her parents are members, but they are inactive, so I'm gonna count it for us because we did all the work to get them to church. Well, We might have another baptism this week. Depends on this woman. If she is still mad at us or not. She's been avoiding us and hasn't talked to us in over a week now... .

Later kids. love God and do good things.

Elder Vaughan

A Visit From Elder Renlund

So I'm running out of time, but this Tuesday Elder Renlund of the 12 apostles came here and talked to the three missions of El Salvador. It was a great talk. Mainly about missionary work and of the Seventy, ELder Alonso also came. What I remember right now and what I liked most was the testimony that I received of his calling as an apostle of the Lord, and realidad of the Church of Jesus today. I received a strong witness that those men have been called of God to work in what they are working on.

Bad news, we were supposed to have a baptism today, and the lady told us beforehand that she didn't want anyone to come, NO ONE AT ALL, and other missionaries planned their baptism for the same time . . . So, long story short, she canceled her baptism, won't talk to us, and said: "Let's just hope they have changes this week." So I guess we will see what happens.

Obey the commandments and dont do drugs.

Good bye, Elder Vaughan

Eating Butter

Sorry I forgot to write, and now I'm like out of time. But I played Uno with a family last night after dinner and the losers had to eat butter. It was lit. We didn't have a baptism this past weekend the lady had to work, but we will have it this coming Sunday. and the Sunday after that we will have one for a little girl (we should have one) other than that things are good. We had 8 investigators in sacrament meeting which was dope and I think the best from the whole zone (not trying to brag just stating a fact). But yeah that's pretty much it oh and tomorrow Elder Rasband from the 12 is coming to speak in a multi-mission meeting. A big meeting with all 3 missions of El Salvador.

Later,

Elder Vaughan

Pics of them eating butter, the birthday of the wife of our cook, and the view at night from our balcony.