It's going for sure. Thanks for praying for my family. I hope they can get baptized, 'cause they are threatening to move to my old area, Santo Domingo, where they WILL go inactive. I don't know what to do. Their baptismal date is right before they are planning to move, maybe. The lady (Rosalina) is about 50 -she doesn't actually know- I love asking people things like ''How old are you?'' and seeing how often people don't know. I also wanted to see how much these members knew about the church. When we had a family home evening with them, we sang, prayed, and we started to talk about the scriptures. I asked them what the scriptures were. The word of God. O.K., good answer. O.K. now, from what two books do we read to learn the word of God? Um.... the Bible... and.... The Book of Joseph Smith. Great answer! They know who Joseph Smith is. Right now I'm in Senahu, using the worst internet on the planet. Hermana Torrez gave me blankets to give to Q'eqchi babies; oh, and Halloween candy!! I have my interview in a few minutes, and zone conference is tomorrow. Umm, IDK what else happened this week... The district president came and presided and spoke in church. He told everyone that if they weren't doing their simple callings in church well and on time they don't have a testimony. It was some really harsh Q'eqchi, but really needed. You guys should go to Braden's homecoming for me. I miss seasons, I'd like to see some colores other than the green of the banana trees and the gold on q'eqchi's teeth.
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CHEERILAQ EERIB'!!!!
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Aaron

Please don't waste my time time time

That's crazy Ben got in a bike accident. I hope he's doing better and wears a helmet. Jo'k'an aawi' rik'in lix tz'i' laj Peter (the same with Peter's dog), (wearing a helmet that is)). Um, if you must know, I want whichever of the two Harry Potter ties looks more classy -but I don't want it if it's silk ,like going to get ruined. Get me the more durable one, and if possible, the classier one at the same time. K, I sent you some pictures. Hope you get 'em. So this week, we found this super great family and I taught them lession one. I told them they needed to get baptized, and they figured I was right, so they're going to get baptized on the 30th and I'm stoked. Lix Rosalina, Lix Lorena, and Lix Lady. We took them to church and it was good. The only thing bad that happened is that the Mom of these two girls just got up and left during Sunday School, out of nowhere. Luckily the church gate was locked and she couldn't get out. I went to talk to her, and ask her why she was leaving, and she just told me ''I need to leave.'' "O. K., hold on." I said. I went to go get the keys, and when I got back she was gone. She went to the side of the church and went to the bathroom. I told her, "Oh there's a bathroom in the church fyi". She was like, "Oh I'm fine now." Sorry, I don't know if you understood that. Other things I've done this week.... I helped pull down a seba -a giant tree- with a bunch of Q'eqchi's. This week a parade passed by our house, and my comp got owned by so little girl, jaja. We were watching it 'cause it was crazy loud, and a little girl came up to my comp and said ''Do you want some candy?'' "Yes!'' Well then go buy some at a tienda'' haha. Anyways, that's what's happenin'. Love, yr son

I Got Me Some Bathin' Apes

I am in Sacsuha' right now, and it is so great. We have a house that's really good, 'cause the bathroom works and there's almost always water (oh, there's always power in this house too). We also have a microwave, and we're getting a blender next week. I took elder Goodwin's spot, and now I'm sleeping in his bed every night and eating all his food he couldn't pack. My church is sweet. It's the Stake Center, so it's really nice and has air conditioning. (It's that one that you saw a picture of me standing in front of with the construction workers... and Mom, just because they're brown doesn't mean they're construction workers). So my companion is Elder Gonzalez, and he's a... nice kid. I like him just fine. He's from Nicaragua. He's been in Polochic for almost nine months and he cannot speak a lick of q'eqchi. I teach everything. He's DL here. I think I'll be in this area for 4 1/2 to 6 months, so I'll be learning a lot here. Conference was great! I liked the Saturday sessions better. Especially the talk that English General Authority gave. In my notes it says : wear shoes. That was in priesthood I think, so sorry if you have no idea what I'm talking about. That's cool Adam went to priesthood w/out his date, but with his date group. Only in Utah, right. All the missionaries slept over at our house 'cause everyone lives unreasonably far away. There were like a trillion people making food and destroying my house. Seriously destroyed. I cleaned from 4 30 am this morning to 8 00. My new thing is waking up early though. My new thing is waking up at 5 30 am every morning so I can study an extra hour of q'eqchi. I have to do it, or I'm not going to be able to do anything. My comp knows nothing. He has a 50 word vocabulary. Love the kid, but 9 months COME ON!!! That's crazy Sharon Neville is getting married. I played with her when I was 3. All these people are getting married no me llega esta casaca. That's really cool you're taking an institute class. I really loved my Preparation for Eternal Marriage class, probably just 'cause Dr Marcas Martines is the man. I'm happy though. My new area is going to be awesome! The members are still pretty crazy and apostate, but it's WAY better than St. Domingo. Now I have to use all the q'eqchi I don't know, and do and say everything and its crazy. Anyways nekexinra k k k
HAOAWRAORND

Admittedly, I'll probably take it Subliminally

What am I doing? GOING! Yeah, I got a change. I'm out of that apostasy. There will no longer be missionaries there 'cause of how bad things are. This may or may not be the best coming change of my life. Right now I don't know anything 'cause they do changes on Wednesday now, so I'm going to go back to my area tonight and pack, give my area and my comp. a big five-fingered hand, and leave forever. Today I packed one of my suitcases and hopped in the back of a truck, ate breakfast (beans, eggs, cheese tortillas and a strawberry smoothie). Then I went to district meeting to talk about how there is nothing going in my area. I played Bible Memory with Jeff G and Adrian G. Now I'm in this great internet place ('cause the owner kid has a great taste in American gangster hip hop.). Seriously, I looked at that picture of Matthew and you in front of the Frank Lloyd Wright house and recognized it before I read your letter. I'm a be an architect when I grow up, and build the biggest buildings. That's so crazy my friends are all coming home now. Braden gets home in less than a month, Cody in three months. Smart move, Paul, to rent out the condo, btw. Thats cool you got to go to that General Soc Soc CH'UTAM so close that if the prophet sneezes you have to wipe your glasses off. It'll be December before I get my November Liahona but I'll check his talk out. Sounds like you had a great time in Chicago. Sorry, I never have much to say, and it's usually complaints, but seriously, my area and companions have been ridiculous ever since my third change. La Laguna hadn't had a baptism for 7 months before I got there and Santo Domingo has only had 4 baptisms in the last 12 months (NOT NORMAL). I'm lookin' up though, seeing the light.. better and better timil timil. So these pictures are me: wanting to go skiing (by the destroyed road) 15 miles away from the church, after sweating off 10 lbs of water, jumping off a waterfall getting soaked etc...

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I MAKE MY WAY TO THE USA...I KNOW, I KNOW H.E.L.L.O.

q' tranza Hey, so I'm not getting back at you for not writing me the other week. There was just this capacitation meeting, so all the zl's and dl's were in Senahu. We couldn't have our combined p-day district meeting until today (Thursday). So that's what's up. I'm still in the same area. I was just in Elestor ( the area by the lake ) for p day. This picture is of me drinking an amazing shake thur. We have changes next week. YES! and I'm set up for the worst to happen. (At least I won't throw over a table when I get bajared from DL to senior comp: like my current companion). A prayer of mine was answered the other day though, when I was told that I was to be senior comp for a week (in Santo Domingo, my current area) with E. Minero. Elder Lara went to his area and I was senior comp with the coolest Salvadoranian I've met here. This kid is hilarious, and he acts just like Jack Sparrow. He is being accused of making out with some member, so he's having crazy problems. I don't know what to believe, but I had the best week ever working with him. We got every member in the church to come teach a lession with us, and it was crazy. I baptized my first Q'eqchi on Saturday. (He was 8, so it wasn't ''my baptism''), but it was cool, 'cause E. Minero and I just got to the church to put some stuff away, and my branch pres. was like, ''Hey, we have a baptism but nobody know how to do it and nobody has clothes so would you mind doing it? O. K. cool, so I learned how to baptize in Q'eqchi. Elder Lara is my companion. Regarding Cody's letter, that sucks he has bed bugs that are killing him, and that he broke his shower. However, I don't have a shower right now. I use rain water collected in a garbage can, and I've had fleas and all sorts of animals biting me my entire mission. Thanks for sending me those letters, though. Thanks for the positive advice. muy agradacido. Next week will be good. Things are lookin' up. Send me some pics of Chicago. I think my area is going to be closed, 'cause of how crazy people are, and how no one I have ever taught has ever come to church 'cause it's just too far away , and the living conditions are really really xiik'ob'a bad, no power or water. My comp is becoming crippled 'cause of his bed, (the bed I slept on all last change) which really screwed up my back and I really want to go to a chiropractor now ect ect... Anyways, sorry for not writing for so long but ,what a do¿ luv Aaron