I.N.D.E.P.E.N.D.A.N.T. Do you know what that means?

The pictures are great! By the way Ben, I already bought that hoodie for Liza at Christmas. Girl scout cookies are really good, along with good company, good Christian friends, etc.. I honestly didn't know that I was putting off that mood (frustrated).. I'm not.. I'M DOING JUST GREAT. Ok..k yeah, Dad obviously didn't spend enough time with me, otherwise he'd be great at lying. (note from Gina: I wrote to him about playing a game Matthew sent us for Christmas, which involves making up the origin of common phrases, like at the drop of a hat, etc. Then the truth is guessed at among the fake answers. Doug was really good at picking out the true answer, but not so good at making up fake answers.) Jealous of the family get- togethers, though. Rozz is getting bigger. I guess that's what babies do. What the freak are Peter and Laura going to Tucson AZ for? Um... yeah that's cool that Paul and Liza & Jeff did that though... (Note from Gina: Eliza and Rozzi showed up on our doorstep "selling Girl Scout cookies" to surprise us. Paul, Eliza and Jeff worked together on this surprise.) This last week was cool. We got a ton of people to say they will be baptized, and we're baptizing these 4 kids on Saturday. This freaking lady would not take el Libro de Mormon from me, and I asked her '' You seriously can't read the introduction and pray about it? ITS ONE PAGE!''... "No, my husband is blah blah blah... ''freak!'' So I tore out the intro from the Book of Mormon in front of her face and gave it to her and left. What else happened?... I cut my hand, and there was SO much blood pouring out of the side of my hand... someone helped me out, and we got a new person to teach 'cause of it. My comp and I just argue about hip hop, 'cause he thinks anyone can do it and he's wrong! Um, there was like a cloud of vultures (spelling?) flying outside our house, picking out all the dead bodies people dump into the barraco by my house.. That's about it kids.
''You know it's true.... everything I do... I DO IT FOR YOU!''
-Gob
''You've ruined the act Gob''
-Franklin (bleached white)
Heart, your most righteous son, Aaron

They Buy Me All These Ices

I live in a dump. This country is so full of garbage . This is karma hitting me for all the times that I left the house saying, ''I'm out of this dump!'' Seriously my house is surrounded by mountains of trash. This country will never progress. It costs 10 quets ($1.26) to have your trash picked up A MONTH, but people just dump it in the river. This country would be beautiful if it was owned by the US. Sounds like Peter and Laura's kids are about to embark in a really elegant life full of logs and flannel. JK, that sounds like a really happening party. Brother Sunderland would get 850 women all up in his grill. I'm praying for Chase and he will live! or else... or else you better have a new dog for me when I get home, or I won't come home. So my new friend is a tool, I don't like him. It's just been every other one is great and every other one sucks. So 2 days ago a member said something interesting to me ''¡f*** you!'' haha. I've been remorsing at the loss of my twin Elder Hunter, so I ate 28 oz of peanut butter w/a spoon. A gay guy sang to us in English and it was really hilarious and scary. I thought that I was going to get killed by this guy (chainsawface) that let us into his house (his name really was Jason). What else... ¡oh! I almost got kissed yesterday by this girl! She was like a half inch away from my face! I'm almost positive that I have fleas, by the way, 'cause I picked up this baby cat out of a pila (ghetto water thing)... you can use your imagination and just fill in whatever to all these open ended stories cause they''re not worth completing. kkk c ya drawoh noraa

I'm trying to find the words to describe this girl

I have a new friend,( probably for the better). He's cool though. He's from Colorado and he likes to mountain bike. Honestly, I don't know his name though right now... I heard Rosetta Stone works... maybe you should buy it for me. jk. I'm doing fine. ADAM, what IS YOUR NEW ART PROJECT?...and THANK YOU for your contribution to my outsider art (our sticker door). We're going to sell that thing when it's completely covered, for thousands of dollars and then redo our basement. I would like that talk in Spanish some day when I have a Latin friend. That is ridiculous (oh by the way saying ridiculous here is really bad for some reason). Ben's scooter got hit! But '' AT LEAST NOBODY WAS HURT!'' Thank heavens. Earthquakes are RIDICULOUS! I slept through a 5.5 the other day, so sorry if I die. All my district from the MTC went to Chile so they're probably all dead. I had a baptism last Saturday. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, someone committed to baptism 'cause I bought them a SNICKERS candy bar. Candy is the key to saving souls. K, so in this country for one quet (8 cents) you can buy a baby chicken (chic) that's dyed fluorescent pink/blue/green ect.. they are great. Every kid here has one, and they are treated like pets, I mean toys... and by toys I mean baseballs, haha. I might try and buy a few and just let them loose on our balcony. Also I have not been DREAMING. My entire mission I haven't really had any dreams now that I think about it... it's so weird, maybe it's 'cause I'm always having vivid flashbacks. Seriously a few days ago I had this flashback of going to Dick's Market with you (I was like 4 years old), and we're walking through the bakery and I went up to the counter where they have the cake and cookies and they had Sesame St. characters, dog bone cookies, and dinosaur cookies. and you bought me a green dinosaur cookie...
Anyways I like my new place. We have McDonalds so I've already gained like 30 pounds. LOVE YOU!
!A!A!R!O!N!

What if it is Mark Jacobs?

So, there were some problems (not with me) and I had an emergency change. So now I'm in this place called Atlantico or something, and I have a new comp. We are twins. He likes skiing, mountain biking, wake boarding, similar music ect... his name's Dallin Hunter. He speaks q'eqchi' 'cause he was in Peten forever, and he speaks Spanish and English ('cause he's from Utah), but he's leaving next week 'cause he's dying (done). So I'll have a new friend. My new apartment is amazing and it's 400 quetz cheaper. This place is way better. It's in zona dieciocho which is like the most dangerous zone in Guatemala, so they've issued every companionship a concealed weapon. jk Gangs...I don't believe in danger. Bodie Miller is the man! Skiing is amazing. My Mission President's wife wanted to know if she could have a copy of the talk that Grandpa Howard gave me before I left, about the Guatemalan land titles. Please ask Grandpa if he minds if I give her a copy (I have the talk, and was just wondering)? Don't ever send me anything! I can buy anything I want. I'm not in a 3rd world country. They have everything here, and it is cheaper. I told you if you want to buy me anything for my birthday or Christmas, you can just send me Freeskier and I will circle something. Actually just save your money, but you could mail me a letter and tape my micro sd card to the inside. Then I can send you the one I have now..... anyways I cant think of anything else to say.... HAVE A FREAKING GREAT WEEK! <3 Aaron

When I'm in need, I ain't sayin she a gold digger but she ain't messin w/no broke‏

These two girls are after me! They are. The area that I live in isn't great. There is no water at least 2-4 days of the week. This seriously puts me out of my comfort zone for so many different reasons that you don't want to know. Anyways, I wouldn't even mention it if it was anything mild. Thanks for the advice Dad, I can always use it. My mission feels like a dream. Samuel L. Clemens (or Mark Twain as he preferred to be called) wrote in The Mysterious Stranger that life is only a vision, a dream. All of us are but thoughts. Thanks for the PACKAGE!!! (Mom) I'm a paint you somethin'. I got it on the 12th. I almost felt more loved than Liza and Peter, but then I factored in Valentinez Day so.. I guess I'm still not number one. I love the ties! They are really pristine. Actually, I might even go so far as to say that they're ''Solid'' - Jeff Wellman. Not really much is going on, but I did get thrown out of my first house. We were teaching this elderly man and my comp was just asking him questions about some stuff in the Bible and after like 10 minutes he just freaked out at us and told us he was confused and we left. The bishop here is out of control. We have problems 'cause he doesn't keep anything secret (he tells peoples' confessions to whoever) and his wife is freaking annoying and loud. One of the members left the church when she went to an adult activity (dinner) and the bishop's wife said (loudly),''Oh, so you only show up when there's food?'' IDK we're having problems. I had an increadibly ingenious thought the other day (when I was daydreaming about skiing). SOLUTION: for my birthdays and Christmas you can just send me FREESKIER mag. and I'll just circle anything I like and you can buy it for me so when I get home I'm still on top of the skiing trends. Oh by the way, this is something we'll pan out the details more, but the minute I get off the plane when I get home we're going skiing, so just have my stuff in the car when you come to pick me up. Oh ? - my mission president's wife wants to know if she can have a copy of that talk he gave me. Um.... I rode in a (red three wheel ghetto taxi) tuke tuke k k k <3 U Happy Valentinez DAY. LOVE, your son aaaronnn

When I was 16 I bought my first Mercedes Benz, must a * 1000

> Speaking of cars, this is what everybody drives - seats murdered out, tinted windows and St. Mary stickers. About everything you can expect and more. Francis Bacon said something like ''if a person is sure in the beginning, he is sure to end up with doubts. But if they begin with doubts they will finish in certainty.'' This is good newz for me 'cause I have a lot in many aspects, but I'm trying to have faith juno. Oh, by the way, sorry for not e-mailing you yesterday. I went to the temple today, so today is my p day, and if you haven't seen the temple, and I'm sure you have, it's small, like there is more open space in our house. I can't wait for your package but.. on second thought you should probably refrain from sending me things cause the shipping alone could easily get me further than 200 dollars worth of stuff here... if that makes sense. Baptisms are cool. They are like parties here cause we don't have to do anything, and we eat, and people make fun of my Spanish entonces yo dije ''¡cayete tu boca!'', but they're fun. What do I eat here?... honestly I could eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on wheat bread for the rest of my life. That question, if you had to only eat one thing the rest of your life what would it be? This would be it, and I would be freaking happy. I'm composed of 1/3 of this, this is what built me. Anyways, I eat those for lunch, but we eat at members houses and we usually try and go to the rich people houses 'cause the food isn't so freaking gross. The best thing I have had so far is a Cafe Rio like thing, but it had pineapples and was made with sweat, blood, and love. I feel like all Latino food is the same though, just whatever the freak they have mixed together. I've eaten tamales a lot from this one lady and they're freaking killer (especially if you eat the bones they leave in it). Happy birthday Matthew! I don't know what else really has happened. We don't have anyone to teach. They built a new church around here that is out of control - nice. Other food - everyone eats beans on white bread. It's not really great. Fried bananas, choco-frutos, bread idk. Anyways, recently I'm loving reading. I'm making a list of books I'm going to read when I get back. I'm continually questioning my orientation, as I continually like EFY music. It's not gangster hip hop but it's all that I got. Have a freaking KILLER WEEK!!!! LOVE aaron hoWARd

Took a look in the miror and said, ¿What's up, what's up, what's up??

> Wow! Sounds like the family is really falling apart without me. jk. But should I be congratulating Ben 'cause everyone knows where mono comes from jaja? I'm jealous of Peter and Laura. Kayaking is sweet. Also Matthew, he's going to be able to go everywhere in the world. Tell him to come drug deal here and visit me! Although it would be stiff competition 'cause every other house is a pharmacia and you can buy ANYTHING without a Rx. haha. JAN's the MAN ADAM. Her class isn't for girls. Yeah my p- day is Monday. Yeah the address is just the mission home so send me CANDY. This place is crazy! Today I went to this market on the street and it's actually more like a cave than a street 'cause people are selling so much stuff there isn't any light. Um, my friend's name is Hess. I live in this neighborhood called Molino. There are police everywhere carrying shotguns. So minus the fact that they are controlled by a Gang, I'm pretty safe. Last Saturday we baptized this kid named Fernando Javier Angue Martinez. He's cool! I would try and send you a picture, but if I do anything with this freaking website it deletes my entire message (last week and this week it did). That's why the emails are short. Um, we're baptizing two more people this weekend, kkk by love U ---a-a-r-o-n---d-a-n-i-e-l---h-o-w-a-r-d