Fugitives on the Lose!

So Tuesday was exciting. Some Columbian drug dealing fugitives were on the lose in Escazú. Police cars were EVERYWHERE, officers were running in all directions, and while we were visiting Kenia y Sergio in the more ghetto part of the area a helicopter came in flying low and on the search. Pretty intense stuff. Then of course news of the hurricane passing by, but then turning and hitting Nicaragua as per usual. Not gonna lie, I was looking forward to a nice hurricane experience. As odd as that might sound. =P

Speaking of such, Kenia is doing fine. The burns have healed for the most part, however Sergio and Kenia as a couple are on the verge of splitting. Sergio flat out doesn´t want to get married, and Kenia is tired of waiting for him. She´s made the decision to move to another past of San José, Hatillo. Luckily, that area is part of my zone. I called the elders there and passed along her number. I also gave Kenia the number for the elders there. Supposedly she´ll be moving within the week, however it´s up in the air whether it will really happen or not.

Jarvin is doing good, we have his baptism planned for this weekend. Sunday was a bit of a pain though because we had the service planned for the 14th (Sabado), but the bishop wants to do it after church Sunday. However, Pres, Gálvez said NO to this after Janiel´s baptism. Janiel is doing okay too. We´re working with the leaders to get him ordained to the priesthood soon.

On the flip side I got some bad news Sunday. Our ward mission leader, Rand Layton, is moving back to the states with his family. Things just didn´t work out here for them I guess. It stinks because now we´re back to square one without a mission leader to help us out organize our efforts with the ward. None of the other leaders respond to us, except for one of the counselors for the young men, Brother Baker.
As far as fallout from the Halloween party, there´s been some friction between a few members and the bishop, but nothing major and nothing out of hand.

Sunday was also the start of something new for Barrio Escazú. They´re tearing down the capilla here and are building a much more spacious stake center in it´s place. Estaca La Sabana will be split come June or July of next week into Estaca La Sabana and Estaca Escazú. So, while things are under construction Barrio Escazú has been moved to the stake center, which is in San José centro. So to get all the members there, since only the gringos have cars, they rented out a bus to make the trip to and from church. It was pretty funny riding back from church in the bus literally FULL to the brim.

Thursday we had interviews with Pres. Gálvez. The Zone Leaders had a capacitation on finding and recognizing los escogidos. It was a pretty good meeting altogether. At interviews I got a letter from Tylan. Good to know the guy´s still kicking in Ghana. Can´t believe how fast time is flying though.

Elder Muñoz has been suffering from homesickness this last week or so. Birthday came and went, and Muñoz has just been sad. I´ve been trying my best to keep his spirits up, but thinking about home at all just makes him more depressed. Poor kid.

Okay well I don´t have much else to tell you guys about the week. Today I saw an old and grey nicaraguan man dressed as Moses. That was a funny site, not gonna lie. The sandals, the robe, the staff, just priceless. I wanted to snap a picture, but I was kind of afraid he´d see me and try to turn my camera into a snake. And that would just be bad. =P

Take care, have a great week, and stay safe. I love you all! I´m doing fine and livin life, no worries here!

Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie