My Last Sunday...

My last Sunday was really great! We had a district meeting, so we were all down in Senahú. It was really cool because we got to hear Elder Holland speak Spanish. I didn't know that he spoke Spanish? Did you? The talks were really good for the Guatemalans. They were all about going to the temple, not spending more money than you earn, and the importance of the family. Really nice and simple.

I guess I should say something about the entirety of my mission... which is really not possible.

I'm extremely grateful that I went on a mission. This has been nothing less than a life changing experience. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Right now I feel like every emotion that I have ever experienced during my mission is hitting me all at the same time... so more than anything, I think I'm feeling confused, jaja. I'm really excited to see the family and my friends, and I am also sad to leave the people that have been my family for the last two years. I'll miss lots of things, but I am also looking forward to what's to come in my life. I know this is the true church. I have seen the hand of God played into my life more than ever during my mission. I'm thankful for all the prayers that have been answered unusually fast when I was thinking all was lost. I'm so happy I have been able to see how the gospel of Christ blesses families. These are all very real things. I'm grateful for my mission presidents,President Torres and President Watts. They put me where I needed to be and with the people I needed to be with. I love the Q'eqchi' people and the chance that I had to be with them for so much time. I'll miss living in the most beautiful part of the world with some of the coolest people I've met.

I'm so excited to see everyone, and how much taller everyone has grown.

I'll see you in two days.

Love, AARON DANIEL HOWARD

usan naq ink'a' tat'ane'q li solso' ch'iich' chiruuch inxikik jajaja wi ta tinkamq tqil qib' wi'chik

Tom Cruise is trapped IN DA CLOSET!

This week was super great. I got permission to go to my old areas on two separate divisions so I could chaq'rab'ink wib', despedirme, say goodbye. It was cool. I went to Teleman with Elder Escelante, and was able to visit most all of my converts. Then I was able to do a division in the Tinta, and in the morning we caught a truck up to Actela Santo Domingo. I said goodbye to Hermana Rosalina and her family. It was super good for me. I'm really happy most of the people that I baptized still remember the things that my companions and I have taught them. I think there is a really good chance that 3 of the couples that I baptized will go to the temple. I talked to each of them about it, and they still know that they need to go. Um... other than that, it is really hard to find people to teach in my area because of big meetings or work etc...etc.. There are never men at home. It's terrible. We did find one guy who seems like he's been waiting for us, but he wasn't home yesterday when we went to pick him up. This week we have district conference so I only have 4 more days to be in my area. Please do me the favor of inviting everyone that I may have missed. Especially Peter and Laura (even though they might not be able to come). Thank you for registering me for my classes.. PRICIATE-IT. I can't wait for the snow! Have a super terrific WEEK!
Love, AARON

I will be sad to leave...

Yeah, I did have a cavity, but it's fixed now.

Um.. well I ended up spending all week pretty much in the capital because my companion had to see a dermatologist. He has some crazy white spots on his face. Not much is going on in my area because we only were there for the afternoon on Saturday and then on Sunday, there was the election, so in Yalijux... 7 children showed up, and in San Francisco... 0. That was a really great week. I love my area though. I will be sad to leave it. My comp is doing a lot better with Q'eqchi'. It's cool to see his progress. Yesterday we sang again on the radio.. hey way are you in a movie but on T.V. MOKO NANTAW TA LI RU I don't really know what else to tell you. I think I might have found an opportunity to come back to Guatemala sooner than I think, and work for short periods of time with people... I don't really know though, but más de eso...

Yeah, Nikki congratulations!...I'm pretty sure I've met Justin Lake before, but I'm not sure.

I still got two weeks, Mom... but I can't wait to see you at the airport as well.

Have a great week !

Love, Aaron

We fly high, ain't no lie ballin'

This week has been hard. We set a baptismal date with the dad of this family (the rest of the family are members), but he is leaving to go work until January. (Otherwise we would have baptized him this week, so I won't be able to see that.) Our investigators in San Francisco didn't show up to church yesterday, so that is sad. My comp and I did, however, get on the radio (I can't remember if I already told you). We talked about the churches around the mountains, and invited everyone to church on Sunday. We did a service project, and built a path to the church in San Francisco and fixed up the landslide damaged wall. My comp is cool! He's crazy and fun. He is always singing, and freaking out the Q'eqchi's. He's learning Q'eqchi' really fast. Happy BIRTHDAY, Dad. May all of your wildest dreams come true. hahah Hey, what is everyone doing for Halloween? Everyone is being boring today, so we aren't doing much. I'm going to the cap tomorrow to see if I have a cavity... 'cause I think I might haha. Have a great week!
Love, Aaron

Ya know what the Midwest is? Young and restless...

Dear Family, Hey, this week was super awesome! I'm really tired though because the church has hired the truck that we usually take down into town. They are re-constructing the church in Se' Rit K'iche,' so we had to walk from 5 am to 9 am before we finally found a truck to take us into town. It's good though. This week we went to San Fransisco to church and it went really well (other than starting 45 minutes late), but it was cool. We couldn't get up to our area until Friday so we had little time to work, but luckily we have the branch president and the counselors working really well. We just buy them Pepsi each week if they go and visit the families that we assign them to. It works really well. Well that's great I get to talk in Sacrament Meeting as soon as I get home. (Aaron's mission report will be November 27th at 10:50 a.m. The church is located at 102 East 1400 South in Bountiful, Utah.) Um... as far as college goes, I really just want to have good teachers. So maybe Ben could look some people up on or something. I will do well if I have good teachers. Um, yeah, I don't want any more than 13 credit hours though. You should see if there is some Q'eqchi' thing I could do at the U. That would be sick. I haven't taken any of those classes, so don't worry. Um.. that's crazy I got my flight plans haha. If you could invite the Parsons that would be great and Cody's family. I would like Elder Jordan Smith's Mom to be there,... I've pretty much already invited all my former companions and most of my friends...oh if you could get a hold of da Pineae boyz (Joel, Morgan, Amilcar Jose Zelaya, Scott Wolff, the Golds etc...) Adam could probably do that for you. Ben's friends are invited as well (like Curtis, Big-Z, etc.. etc...)

Have a great week! IT IS FREEZING UP HERE RIGHT NOW!!!

Love, Aaron

Maybe I was the ocean, and you were the sandy beach; and every minute I was fallin' up at your feet

Hey Mom, I e-mailed the registration office and I forwarded the e-mail that I sent them to you. Right now I'm in Coban, so it wasn't a problem to scan my license. Um, here are some pictures of my life. We have zone conference tomorrow and my companion and I took a little short cut to get here. It was... pretty, pretty good. hahaha. I'm really tired, but that's because my comp and I have done some serious walking this week. We have been working in branch called San Fransisco. All the members live really far away. 3 months ago there was a really big land slide so we went to all the members and invited them to come help us dig it out. Even a really less active guy showed up to help us. It was really cool to see, but there are a lot of problems there. We did a family home evening with a really nice couple there, and we cooked them pancakes (which they had never tried in their whole life). We had them sit down, and we washed the dishes. It was fun. Sorry, I don't really know what else to tell you... tomorrow I will have been away from home for 23 months... wow..So hopefully that e-mail works out. Let me know if they don't e-mail you back or something, but thanks for helping me with that. Have a great week!
Love, Aaron

Utah is getting ready for me...

Sorry I didn’t write you last week… I was in a car accident… nobody was hurt, and now I need a new car. Just kidding. Thank you for telling me about that. Well, if it’s even possible, you could get the Audi fixed and that could be the family car. I wouldn’t even mind. In the mean time, Grandpa is lookin’ fly in the Audi tt. We didn’t have changes btw. We are staying together. I’m excited to stay in my area even though right now we are dealing with some serious problems…with people not fulfilling their responsibilities etc. etc.. Anyways, General Conference was awesome! I watched it on a 32’’ flat screen TV in English, so I was happy. Right now it’s raining a lot everyday and it's insanely muddy. Pictures: This is a waterfall that I really want to baptize in!! And the other picture is me walking… a lot. Anyways, I’m happy to hear that it has snowed! That’s good news. Utah is getting ready for me. Anyways, do you have any other questions, or is there anything that you want me to get for people… like Guatemala stuff? I don’t really know what you want me to bring home for everyone, so just let me know so I can get it. Oh, sorry I didn’t write you last week. The internet was insanely slow, and then my letter got deleted, so sorry.
Love, Aaron

Smilin' next to Opra and the Queen

Yeah, our baptism was really cool. I really like doing them in the river. This week was too short because we had a meeting in Se'Nauq' with President Watts. It was a great week though. We are just looking for families to teach, but its been a little hard 'cause the men are harvesting crops right now. So yesterday, I wish I was filming because we were walking, and there were kids shooting their sling-shoots across a gorge at a Pepsi bottle. I just walked up to them and asked to see their sling-shot. A kid handed it to me and I nailed the Pepsi bottle on the first shot, said good bye and walked away. These kids were shocked. It was hilarious. Yesterday was super muddy and rainy. It is the rainy season, but I don't mind. I love getting dirty. I slept in a hammock in San Fransisco (our other ghost branch) last night. It was a little cold. I'm excited for General Conference this week. It will be good. That's cool Taylor ate dinner with you guys, Sorry, I was trying to send more pictures but they aren't going through.... oh well..
Have a great week!
Love, AaRoN

Baptisms!

Yes, I did have my baptisms, thank you. They went super well! Everyone showed up like two hours late (which is totally fine). I gave a little talk about the Holy Ghost and my Branch President spoke as well. Then we went down to the river, because there is no baptismal font in the church. It was sick. I baptized the father -Victor Manuel Caal and my comp baptized the mom -Matilde Ical Ical. The three daughters wanted Elder Gutierres (who was there before us) to baptize them. It was sick. It was my comp's first time baptizing, and he did great. I'm glad everyone is staying busy with school and work and stuff. Um.. I don't really know what else is new... Yesterday I hit my 22 month mark... Today for p-day we didn't do anything 'cause there wasn't any power until just barely, but we just ate food and played cards... I love this place, it is incredible. I'm glad we still have a pink oven, haha. Thanks for the pictures. The pictures I'm sending you are of the family we baptized, Elder Smith, Elder Gutierres, and I in the river, the pond that is right next to the church and what I wake up to every morning, and a hike I went on last week early in the morning.
Enjoy. Have a great week!
Love, Aaron

And a walking soul

How's da hood mom? Sorry, I would add a question mark after that but the entire row of numbers isn't working, so just periods and commas today. So... I forgot to tell you what we did last week. We went spelunking, or cave diving. We went in Se Amay where there is this super huge cave that is supposedly like fifty miles long, but we just went into it as far as the elders knew. It was pretty cool, unlike other caves where you have to stick to a trail and you can't touch anything, but here no. We just went all over the place and caught huge crabs which we later cooked and ate. We found like a natural xylophone, (I'm sorry I have no idea how to spell that,) but that was really cool. We could just bang on it. I'm sorry, this is probably sounding all very dangerous but let me assure you that it wasn't. So don't worry, we are careful. Anyways, the crabs were good. My comp's mom wants to call you or something. I don't know if you're down with that, but maybe I'll just give here your e-mail. Ummm... we are lucky the pictures I'm loading will work. The first picture is me next to a huge bull that wanted to drink my dough water. The next is my area, (an amazing mystical land that I love,) and the last is my comp and I right after crawling out of some really tight dirty caves or guecos haha. I would like to acknowledge that yesterday was a very sad day for many due to what happened ten years ago, however for the Guatemalans it was a weird day because of the elections. We were not allowed to work "cause sometimes there are riots during elections, but nothing happened here. I think a guy named Otto Perrez won, but I actually still don't know. We had to walk really far 'cause there were no trucks to get around, but it was o.k... minus the rain, haha. There were only nine people in church and they were all kids 'cause all the adults went to vote, so we just did Sacrament Meeting and I talked about the Word of Wisdom, and the Branch President's daughter bore her testimony. After that we just colored for Sunday School. It was fine. This is going to be a really good week! We have a family that is going to get baptized, and so I get to do a division with Elder Dilworth till Friday, 'cause that's the only day that there are trucks. It's going to be really fun. Today we just played some soccer and hiked up a mountain to watch the sunrise but it was cloudy. Thank you for buying my ski pass. I am stoked Dad and Adam got a pass, exclamation point. I can't wait to go skiing. I am going to be taking tons of pictures in my new area, don't worry. I will be taking pictures of all the normal stuff as well as the beautiful stuff. Right now I am making a verb chart in Qeqchi and English and Qeqchi and Spanish for the mission... it's going to be big. Anyways, have a super great fantastic week. kk. love Aaron

Come a room, boy; Boy do you hear?

Dear family, I am doing GREAT! My new area is XYA'AL LI HUX (shtee AL lee hoosh). That means the juice of a sharpening stone in Q'eqchi'. I am so Stoked. I'm in the sickest area in the whole mission. It is so far away from everything. It takes three and a half hours to get to the nearest town (Se'Nauq') by truck. It is nothing less than a journey every week to get to district meeting and a place that we can use internet. There is not power in XYA'AL LI HUX, except a school and our house. We live next to the church in a missionary house built by the church, so we have a solar panel (It got finished like a week ago), so basically I live in the nicest house I have lived in during my entire mission. My companion is awesome! He's Elder Dallin Smith. He is really funny. He's really new in the mission, and he is from Virginia so he speaks with an awesome accent. He kind of looks like JOEL MORGAN, like his face. My area is awesome though. The people are so awesome! They always invite us to eat with them, and our fast and testimony meeting was awesome. Tons of people bore their testimonies. A lady asked for some money for medicine during church, and I was amazed to see that everyone gave her at least like a quet and then everyone went running to the branch president's office to pay their tithing. Its really different up here. The people are really nice and don't say terrible things to us. The only thing that they do differently is all the little kids ask our names like a billion times a day. It doesn't bother me at all compared to what I was being asked before in all my other areas. I really hope I get to finish my mission in this area. That is too bad about Bob, I remember him, but like you said he's with his parents and Grandpa Adams. Peter and Laura's house is four times older than I am. Sounds like it was built well. I'll have to go visit them and their dog. Well, I'm trying to send you some pictures but... the internet here is just terrible. It isn't loading anything, and it takes forever to do anything, so sorry. That's just how it's going to be for a while. Have a good week, and make sure you have got my ski pass for me. K, thanks <3
-AARON

Feels So Good On Da Top

I'm glad you had fun with Rozzi. This week was awesome! Our baptism just went great, and the best part is that everyone contributed. Even this investigator lady was there helping out with the food. The branch bought two huge cakes, I bought some toastadas, and my comp bought the drinks. The members came through on their talks, and there was all the baptismal clothing and everything. The marriage went well also, other than there was a car accident so there was a little delay. Luckily, I told everyone to be ready three hours early. Church was good. It was my last time there because I HAVE A CHANGE!!! Yes, I am super excited. I'm staying in Polochik so I am super stoked. Everything is good! Today we played some soccer against some kids and they just owned us, so we had to pay ("cause we rented a synthetic field) anyways. I think I'm going to finish my mission in the mountains. There are a lot of Elders that have changes in the mountains, so I might go in one of their places. I can't think of any other specific events this week, other than a lot of people were mocking us but that's o. k... These people are mostly in the valley so.. adios wates. Q' Love you all. N-Joy the pics... and school Adam, hahaha - Aaron

PS me llegás vos Adan nice PLUSEER (bracelet)

What Pump It Up

This was hands down the craziest week of my life... first off: on Monday we went to ELESTOR to do divisions with Elder Ch'ulak because we're going to have to do baptisms Saturday. I stayed in Teleman with Elder Chanchavac. In the night, I woke up at like 3 AM, and he was suffocating. Earlier that night,I got down on my knees to pray when I remembered... I need to fill up my water bottle. I went to the other end of the house to fill up my water bottle, then went back to put my bottle in the fridge (which is close to my bed). So I turned on the light and I see Elder Chanchavac on his knees grabbing at my bed and he couldn't say anything. I just saw bile, or a lot of spit, on the floor and then I heard him cough ''agua!'' I grabbed my bottle and threw it to him. He drank it, then whatever was blocking his breathing went away. I have never seen anyone suffocate like that in my life. It took me a while to wake up, and I had no idea what was going on. It was a serious miracle. The next day... my companion couldn't get back from Ch'ulak because the people that were going to get interviewed weren't there... so I called some other missionaries (Elder Dilworth and Elder Asencio), and they came, because on Wednesday we had to take papers out of Panzos and out of Actela (in Santo Domingo) so we had to be two places at once. They came, and we did divisions again and I went to Santo Domiink with E. Dillywacker. When we got to the Tinta (which is in the valley), the people said there were no trucks because the roads were destroyed. So I took my plastic, that I use when it rains ,to cover like the 25 pounds of books that I was going to take to Rosalina and her daughters so my sweat wouldn't destroy them. Then we started to walk... like fifteen minutes into walking, of course it starts to rain... so we walked in the rain up the mountain. When we got to the place where you take legal papers out (kind of like the DMV) nobody was there. We asked where the people were, and some people said that the workers just went to eat. So we went and visited a few people that I knew, and we came back an hour later.. Nobody.. so we are sitting there waiting, and the people around us just told us, ''Oh you can just come back tomorrow..(this was Wednesday, and on Thursday we had interviews in Senahu and zone conference on Friday) I could not wait. I asked some kid if he knew where the person who worked there was. He did, so I asked him if he could show us. We went to a lady's house and I knocked on the door. I asked the lady if she wouldn't mind printing off a paper for me, and told her that we had hiked four hours in the rain to get this paper. She obliged, and we got her paper. We went and talked to Rosalina (the grandma that I baptized in Sacsuha) and Arturo's sister (our investigator, who I also baptized in Sacsuha) and I just unloaded books and pictures. I gave them one of those memory games that you bought me because we always used to play that with them. I also gave them a little money so that they could come to the marriage and baptism this week. Then we visited a few other people and slept on the floor in the church. At 4:30 in the morning, we woke up and hiked down to the Tinta , 6 miles soaked and muddy in the same clothes. But we got the paper, and when we got to Teleman, there was no water, so we couldn't bathe, haha. Then we went to Senahu and we had our interviews. My mission president is awesome! He is so nice and considerate. His wife is also just awesome! She gave the coolest talk in zone conference. Yesterday, our investigators came to church and everything was all set up for the marriage and baptism. What happened today was just another story in and of itself, but basically we had to take the papers of our investigator and his girlfriend to Panzos to set up the wedding, and the mayor's secretary would not do it. He absolutely hates missionaries and told us that he was too busy, and that he wouldn't be able to get married for a month. I was ready to cry because there was no reason that they couldn't do it for us. But then I called a member that was working there, and basically he convinced him to do it for us with a price. I had to buy this obstinate guy a Gatorade and something to eat, so that he would do me the favor!! Some things in this country are so messed up. Anyways, that's all. I don't have any more time, but there are some pictures of my investigator family. The one that is getting baptized this week.. God hears our prayers.
Love, Aaron

My life is just awesome

My life is just awesome. I am going on divisions today with Elder Chanchavac again. I really like him. Cute is the only words to describe him. We finally set baptismal dates with some people. The son of Rosalina and his girlfriend decided to get married. I called Arturo and was talking to him last night and I told him that I really want to see them get baptized before I leave. (They had already told us at this point that they wanted to get baptized). He said that he would talk about it with his girlfriend, Maria, and now we are going to get them married on the 25th of August. They talked about it, and everything is going really smoothly right now. We taught them the word of wisdom... and he told us that other than his cocaine crops and his wife being an alcoholic, they don't have any problems with it. hahah No but really they don't have any word of wisdom problems, not even coffee which is usually a problem. We got super lucky yesterday 'cause we went to get them to come to church, but only the dad could come because the mom was having some problems with LIX Q'EHIL LI PUCHUK LI NACHAL RAJLAL PO haha. The district president was driving by and gave us a ride. It was nice. This guy is super funny and I love talking to him. I'm going to St. DOMIINK and then to Actela on Wednesday to get his birth certificate and another paper so that he can get married. I'm going to give his mom and sister some money so they can travel and see the baptism. It's going to be cool to see my converts from way back when. This week we have zone conference and interviews. My life is really busy. Hey, do me a favor and see if you can't get me signed up with UTAH FREESKIER SOCIETY because I'm almost positive that they do a student club discount for SNOWBIRD. If Cody is getting his season pass there then I definitely am going to as well. If Cody jumps off a cliff I am definitely going to do it as well. That sounds like a fun birthday for Adam... he should look into getting a pass to Snowbird as well. Everyone is traveling like crazy. That's insane that Adam is already starting school.. too bad, hahaha I hope you have fun in California and Europe... China etc... be sure to take tons of pictures and send them to me. The pictures I sent you are of the temple, the concilio, Elder Smith ,my dear Yumo, Elder Gutierres and me when we harvested some corn with Arturo. He and I also made some awesome cookies in the church for his 18th month mark and other stuff..

K, I love you! Have a great week -Aaron

Dolla Dolla Bill Ya

My week was just fine. Thank you. Hey! IDK could you ask Cody and Taybay and BraidDog where they are going to get their season passes,'cause I need to know? Cody can have my Pass Out Game if he can find it. I don't even remember where it's at. I thought I lost that. Speaking of drinking, yesterday my neighbor (the one who gets drunk all the time and threw a vodka bottle at our front door) was smashed in the street and had crashed his motorcycle. I grabbed it, and helped him bring it to his house and park it. He then told us he wanted to talk the Bible. We helped him into his house, read, 1 Corinthians 3 :16-17, and prayed. Poor guy ... oh I also took his vodka and dumped it out when he went to the bathroom.. sin? q' me importa pues. Hey, also this morning we were going to the Tinta se' CHIINT and we were in the back of this truck and we totally destroyed this little puppy. I felt it lift the truck up, and then I saw it flip up behind the truck. It was so sad! All the Q'eqchi's were going nuts. Hey HAPPY BURF DAY ADAM!! I'm a bring you something home for your birthday. Prolific flowers? WAS BEN ABLE TO GET TO WORK ON TIME!?!? JK I mean is he OK? No brain damage? Sorry. I had to write a really long letter to my Mission President today, so this is short and not too great. Sorry. I love you all. -Aaron

Razorblade Salvation

That's a lot of events... well, first of all I have to say that I am proud of Orion leaving on his mission, and for Taylor returning home. However, I maybe even more proud of how much of a man Cody has become since I last saw him, haha. That's really cool Michael and Lisa are going back to Turkey.

Thank you for the PICTURES!!! They are awesome. That's really crazy to see all my fiends all together. It's really good to see all of them as well as you guys. Rozzi is looking like she should be a baby model. Liza and Jeff's trip looks super sick. I want to go.

Why is Ben in an Audi? Who's is that?

Here are some pictures. The road I'm sitting on is my enemy. My comp and I run this thing often.
There's a picture of some hands. This is how riding in the back of a truck is.
There is me trying to kiss elder Chanchavac/the coolest tie I own.
There is a staircase that just murders me every other day that we have to walk up 'cause one of our awesome investigator families lives up there. They came to church this week.
There's some cows etc etc...

This week was good. We had a ton of investigators in church. We are teaching the son of Rosalina, the lady that I baptized in Saqsuha'. He and his family are really cool. We are going to go work in their corn field this week, and then pick some avocados off their avocado tree and make guacamole. It's going to be good. I'm going to the capital right now. I love doing this trip.;ldkajflsjLJSDUF=)S(DF&/#$#)/")(%/)"# right? Umm... I don't really know what else is new. Nothing...

I don't know that kid that got home. Different mission.

I do need to get my handwriting analyzed, don't I... 'cause it has changed a LOT!

K love you have a GR8 XAMAN

LAJ AARON VICIOUS HOWARD

There's a steel knife in my wind pipe

In the last picture the children are watching Aaron do Yo-Yo tricks.

One year older... another year closer to death.

So today I'm in Coban, which is good but goes too fast. I got to eat some McD's today so that's all I could ever ask for. I'm super tired, but it's been a pretty good day. I'm going to get some snacks for myself. Elder Chanchavac and Elder Xocop woke me up at 1 am to say Happy Birthday. My companion, Elder Hexem also told me Happy Birthday.

This week was kind of hard. None of our really good investigators came to church. I did the best division in my life with Elder Chanchavac in Ch'ulak. We went to all five areas, and went to all the branch president's houses... it was not a short hike. I went to Isabal to do a baptism for the sister missionaries. I have never hiked so much, so fast in my life! It was rough on my little K'iche' friend. He got a bunch of blisters on his feet that later exploded when we were running to get onto the last truck passing through this little village. We were stuck at (Chichipate) at night. It was really quite an adventure. N-E-wayz, I don't know what else to tell you.... did I already tell you that I was trying to catch a crab? It caught me, first on the finger (hard) ((blood)) and then I ate it... well most of it. IDK, I'm too tired.

Thank you for that little history of my baby birth. These are the types of things I can't remember. I was watching "Hunt for Red October" 21 years ago.

k, have a great week!

love, Aaron

Then I watch it leave through the wind. I guess that's why they call it pane.

This week was crazy. We had too many people to handle! We had 12 investigators in church, and it was so crazy! It's like a one man band, even though there are three of us (my comp, me, and my branch president). We are getting a lot more people to come to church now. We just need to teach a lot before these people can get baptized. I didn't have a change. I don't think it's really hit me yet fully, but I'm not going to lie... I was pretty ready to leave. It's just hard to be in an area for 7.5 months in a row. My companion didn't have a change either. Um, for P-day yesterday, we went up to this tiny village that is 3 hours away, and handed out a million pamphlets to all these Q'eqchi's, in this place called San Vicente way up in the mountains. It was really cool 'cause missionaries never had gone up there really, and the people were really cool. They were way outgoing and nice (very unusual). We just contacted a ton of people, took some pictures and ate a little bit. I bought this Yo-yo up there and was doing some tricks. All the kids were just amazed. It was awesome! Life is good. I'm running out of money 'cause the office elders never re-imburse me or anyone in my zone. I'll be fine though. That's super cool Peter and Laura are going to be neighbors with Richy Rich. I'm already excited to go visit them! I am also excited to go on this cruise!! I guess I didn't realize how awesome cruises are because as soon as I mentioned to my comp that I was going on a cruise, he started freaking out and telling me how good my life will be, as well as Elder Snow. They just told me about sitting in front of a pool on the top deck when some girl would come by with a cart full of fresh home-made cookies and brownies with cold glasses of milk, and you can just grab what ever you want. I'm very excited to go. I'm good; I'm just still in this area. Have a good week.
Love, Aaron