What a great week of the HEAT‏

Wednesday Had an awesome District Meeting from my new District Leader Elder Ramirez and learned a lot about virtud. Then we had an awesome lunch in a chinese restaurant. Then Elder Hales and I just got to work and really just found tons of goats but we were able to do a service for a random guy in the street who was cutting tons of wood. We took the axe and went to work and cut wood for him for more than an hour in the heat but then ended the service seeing the amazing sunset. Then ended it visiting my favorite family and a girl we are going to baptize. The Familia Delion with Alison! Thursday This was a day of tons of contacts! But also we went and had a visit with Frenando, a friend of one of the members, that went super well. I also fought with some Evangelicals but twas a good day. Friday Crazy day for us. Woke up early to go to Villa Nueva for a meeting for all the zone retention leaders (I am the zone retention leader for Santa Lucia now). Learned lots of what I need to do to help my zone and then Elder Hales and I got to work and we had an awesome lesson with the Familia Delion and then an even better Noche de Hermanamiento. But just a day spent in a bus. Saturday Today was a much better day, we were able to get lots more lessons in. We had our best lesson with the Familia Delion and even ended it with a pillow fight. Twas super fun and Allison is just getting ready for her baptism the 28th! Sunday First Sunday with my new little branch El Palmar, but it was an awesome one. I love this new atmosphere of the people. Learned lots of what the job of each member is and then we had a good day of working. Got to visit Alison and the Familia Delion and then one crazy kid who goes to church every week and even seminary and everything else but doesnt want to be baptized! Named Minor, hopefully I can be the answer to him being baptized, we will see. Monday Oh did we clean. The house was a wreck and well I wrecked it and clean the heck out of it. Elder Hales and I ended up cleaning for all of our PDay. It was great though and we had fun doing so. Then we got to have a good lesson with Familia Delion again to help Alison a little bit more and then the Stake President of Escuintla bought us dinner to end our night. Twas a good Pday.

I was cold and now I am HOT‏

Tuesday We had a great zone training and President Markham actually came and helped teach us how to be better missionaries. Umm and then Elder Halverson and I just went to work. Wednesday Just had a good day of working and finding new people to visit Thursday Had my last companionship inventory with Elder Halverson and it was good and we had a good day of working and saying good bye to people Friday Just worked and said good bye to people Saturday Lo Mismo Sunday Had a good Sunday and just said goodbye to people really Monday Went to a cemetery with Esmeralda to write down some family names to help her, then we just went and ate as a zone to say our good byes to everyone. and just finished the night saying goodbye to members Tuesday CAMBIOS! Woke up early to go to changes and well I left good old Chimaltenango and now I am in the coast in the Zone Santa Lucia in the area El Palmar with Elder Hales, another gringo, Its really really hot haha. Sorry its not a very great email. I forgot to bring my journal with me to help me remember about the week but I do know is that My last days in Chimaltenango Elder Halverson and I built a fort to sleep in to finish off our time together. It was lots of fun.

What a week

Tuesday Started it off with a good but strange District Meeting on charity. Then we taught Familia Alvarado, in the moment just getting them ready for their baptism that didnt happen... But then we taught Sergio who is the most prepared guy I have ever met. We taught him lesson one and just went super well. Wednesday Well this was a crazy day. We went and helped the Hermanas move from 1030 in the morning until 5 at night and then something happened to me and so we werent really able to work that day. But all is well. Thursday Much better day, Got the solution to my problem and then we just went out and worked. Went and visited Sergio and he was just waiting for us and prepared and excited to talk to us. It was awesome. Then we taught a less active family named Familia Rivera and well lets just say the lesson was more for me than it was for them. Then fought out that the wife of our convert is a drug lord. Thats great. No wonder he hasnt been coming to church. Friday Had divisions with the zone leaders and so Elder Halverson and I lost another day of working in our area this week. It went well but I learned a lot of what I dont want to do as a missionary and how I dont want to teach by going out and teaching with Elder Sanchez. Saturday Oh did we work hard this day. We visited Sergio who told us he had read the part in the Book of Mormon that we had left him and prayed and then just told us how much he knows that it is true and that he wants to be a part of it! How awesome is that. Then we tried visting the Familia Alvarado but the mom didnt want to accept us because now she doesnt want anything to do with us because she is now involved with the wife of our convert who is a drug dealer. Oh crazy are missions haha Sunday We didnt have tons of investigators but it was a good day. Especially since Sergio came and in Elders quorum when the Elders quorum president asked him how he felt and everything. Sergio just replied saying he loves it and even though this member brought him this week. Next week he is coming on his own! I love miracles like that. Monday What an awesome District Pday, we just met up in the church and everyone made there own food from their own countries. So we ended up having no bakes, yes I made Nathans grandmas recipe, grilled chees, pupusas, and chilekilas. All of it was so good. Then we went to the mercado as a district and Elder Halverson and I just had fun helping the Hermanas bargain for better prices. It was a good day. Spiritual thought Romans 5 vs 19 ¨for as by one mans disobedience. many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.¨ Timothy 4 vs 12 ¨let no man despise thy yought, but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. What kind of example do you want to be? Do you want to bring people to be sinners or to be righteous? Its your choice....

another week

Tuesday Started it off with a good District Meeting on Repentance. Then we went out and worked. We visited this member and to our surpise she had gifts for us. She bought me something to give to my mom and Elder Halverson something to give to his little sister. It was so nice. Then we spent hours looking for converts that moved into our area and when we found them we learned that they werent truly baptized because it was two little kids baptized with out permission by the Dad. Then we had a great lesson with Familia Alvarado and watched a video with them. Wednesday We went and visited the Familia Chilel, a less active family, and helped learn the importance of sacrifice in the church. Had lots of people make us wait at the door and when they finally would attend us, they would tell us they didnt have time that day. It was a tad bit frustrating. Thursday Started it off by visiting Fransisco and just taught him about the Priesthood and the importance of it and how he can recieve the Melchesidec, if thats how you spell it, here soon. Then taught this lady named Alma who just told us all the stuff she does to serve people and how she left her church because when she gave them clothes to give away she caught them selling them. She didnt like that and well was really open to accepting us. After that taught Familia Alvarado and it was awesome. The mom gave permission to the kids to be baptized the 7th of February! Wahoo baptisms. Friday We started it off by visiting the Familia Alvarado and just had a good lesson teaching them and helping them prepare for baptism and helping the Mom to have a desire to be baptized too. Then we had some good other lessons and some with other converts. But awesome part is that I learned exactly what to do when I get home to earn money to eventually open up a restaurant which is my dream. Saturday Did lots of contacting this day. And ended our night with the Familia Alvarado and taught them the Word of Wisdom and they accepted it and had no questions and just told us they were going to live it. That is how you know when a family has been prepared. Its awesome. Also Elder Halverson and I got in a little tickle fight in the lesson with Alma today when she left to do something real quick. Sunday A day of dissappointment. We had lots of our investigators that said they were going to come, even when we got to their house to walk with them, they told us they werent going to come. But its okay. After that Elder Halverson and I talked in sacrament about missionary work and I basically told the members if they dont have a desire to share the gospel they need to repent. Also taught them how to be a super hero. It was fun. Monday It wasnt a terrible Pday haha. We woke up super early to go to Solola to play socce with the zone Solola and I learned how terrible I really am at soccer. After that we went to Panajachel, super beautiful you should look it up, to go eat and see the lake. After we drove back and got home right in time to end Pday. Didnt get to buy any groceries so who knows what I will eat this week but all is well. After that we just visited some families.