Letters from Guatemala

November 7, 2013

Um...honestly. Where did this week go? Really. I think I blinked once. Big mistake.

This week we hiked up to Los Pinos and had a great lesson up there, we went to the Capitol for a reunion of trainers. That was really great. PResident Stay answered questions we had about doctrinal things and tambien how to help in our areas or with specific problems.

We (more like I) almost got eaten by a dog. I'm not sure what this dog has against us, but it lives on a corner that we pass relatively frequently. Lately it has begun to be rather aggresive. It came out of nowhere the other day and nearly ate my ankles for lunch. We screamed and threw rocks at it as well as ran. We are avoiding that route from now on.

Had some great lessons with a family where the mom is a less active member who wants to return to church and wants her kids to be baptized. The dad won't give them permission to go to church, however. Just a matter of time.

General Conference-for those unfamiliar, is a weekend every 6 months where leaders of the church give amazing spiritual talks and instruction for people of the world to stay on the path of Christ. It's incredibly powerful. However, Saturday...Only us missionaries and about 5 other members attended. Sunday was much better. I was unable to watch it in English for the first 3 sessions...kind of frustrating because the North American Elders could watch it in English, but at least I could understand it more or less. But, when my ex-President of the Branch showed up for the last session Sunday with his COMPUTER (not a laptop) I was so incredibly thankful and overjoyed! It was so incredible to listen to the talks in English with the voices of the apostles and prophets. http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2013/10?cid=HPFR100413105&lang=eng I felt so incredible after the talks, like my soul was made of something light and delicate and I was filled with a peace and joy that I didn't want to disturbe or lose. This...this is the Spirit. This is what I try to share.

Is it me or is it crowded in here?

Those are the quick highlights of the week.

Something cultural....

People live in this beatiful area, but they rarely get out to experience all the wonderful areas. I KNOW there are so many wonderul spots to go hike, but they don't know. Work and soccer. Literally...soccer is an addiction.