...God does work in mysterious ways...

This photo of Retalhuleu is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Family and friends,

This week was pretty cool...as far as investigators go its a big Plffffffhghghf! So this week we get to go out and find a bunch of new people to get them ready for conference this coming weekend. We have some pretty cool little activities planned for this coming Friday..a little cook out and movie...nothing huge, but it will be fun..and hopefully be a reactivating party for the members.

The attendance was pretty good yesterday though. We are going back up every week it seems...yesterday we had about 75 with 8 less active members and both of my recent converts...so, it feels good to see some results from our work, lol!

Also pretty cool...Brandon Moroni was born this past Miercoles (Wednesday) and seems to be doing fine. They were a little scared there for a minute, because he came early but all is good and they are both going to be fine!

Also some more good news....but nothing is for sure....President Uchtdorf might be coming down to dedicate the Quetzaltenango Temple, and supposedly he wants all of the missionaries from missions Xela and Reu. to be there for the temple dedication!!!! So hopefully we will be able to see that!!!

Right now the entire focus of the mission is trying to find and prepare people to go to the open house this coming November so that they understand better the LDS people... and of course with the final goal of getting them baptised, lol!!!

Lol, while I was in Coatepeque a few months back, me and my comp. were walking through the park and we contacted this guy named Angel. It was a pretty cool little contact and the guy was really cool, he even spoke English which was cool. We got his dates and everything but then I had changes and wasn't able to talk to him again. But yesterday we were eating lunch with a member family La familia Gomez...and you'll never believe who walks into the house...ANGEL!!!! Turns out that his wife is the daughter of this family and he was like, Marquis! I've been trying to call you man, what happened?!?!? LOL, so it was pretty cool! The guy is super cool and is going to go to conference this coming Sunday and said that he would like to hear our message. Sadly I don't work in the Coatepeque area anymore but still, I think there is a very good chance for him. What are the chances of meeting a guy in one city in another area that isn't yours and is positive, and then for him to walk right up to the house that your eating lunch!!!! God does work in mysterious ways, lol.. so that was probably the coolest story for this week...hope all goes well for Angel.

Love you guys, and make sure to take good notes for conference,
Elder Marquis