...Conference was awesome!!

Dear Family:

(..these are excerpts of Elder Marquis' letter )

Let me share a fun little experience. We´re teaching this one family....I really want to baptize a whole family....and I wasn't really sure how they were really progressing as far as the family as a whole. The dad apparently has been reading and praying about everything that we´ve taught him which is super cool. Anyway, we went to their house Sunday morning to bring them to the conference and they were like um..."We need a little time to get ready and how much is it going to cost?" (because we had to travel to the larger church building to watch it) and we told them that it was free and that we would be back in a little bit to bring them. About an hour later we came back and we were only expecting the Dad to go, but all 6 of them were dressed and ready to go...two of the kids I didnt even know, lol. Anyways we got them on the bus and the members just swarmed them and made all the kids feel welcomed and the parents comfortable. This conference session was their first time to church...I can't think of a better way to start church attendence than by listening to the prophet, lol. Afterwards I talked with them and they said they loved it and the kids got a little stir crazy a little way through so I let them draw in my notebook and showed them how to play tic-tac-toe. I'm going to go this Tuesday to try and place a baptismal date with them...so pray for them!!! This will be my first family baptism if they agree and a well need other 6 baptisms for this area. YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

Spiritual experience to share?
Just how completely awesome conference sessions are!! This was my second session here in Guatemala and I only have another 2 left. I don't know, lol, I didn't have any changes, same companion, same area, and sometimes it is hard to work with him.... But during the priesthood session Elder Uchtdorf talked about how pride is the downfall of all men and how we should never wish bad things upon other people and when we do so it's because of our own selfish, prideful desires. SOOOOO....sounds like a have a lot of pride issues that I need to lose here fast, lol.

1. Did you get the package the Zone leaders had for you?

Yup,I got it, that was the one with those papers in it, thanks.


2. That reminds me, I need to look for you a shaver. Do you really have power to have an electric shaver?

Yeah, most of the time we have power,lol.

3. How cool is your priesthood lineage? I LOVE to see it in print traced right back to the Savior!

Yeah, I like to whip that out sometimes when I'm teaching so they can actually see. Visual aid lessons seem to be the most effective here.


4. Did you LOVE the family picture album? I made that online at Walgreens. I thought that was pretty cool!

Yeah, that was pretty cool! Haven't see ya'll in a good time so that was really nice. And all the natives here love seeing what a gringo's family looks like. A lot of times the kids have never seen a white guy or an entire family of white people so that's always funny to see there expressions, lol.


5. Weirdest thing you saw this week? :)

Probably a family of 5 riding on a 100cc motorcycle with what looked to be a 90 year old woman at the back of it.


6. Have you seen your Mission Pres lately?What do you remember from what he taught you?

No, I haven't seen him in a few weeks, but supposedly he´s coming down this next week for a special conference with our zone.


Love ya tons!!!!

Elder Marquis