..for a day the veil is lifted and they can see...

Alright everyone, so this week was super cool!

We did end up being able to go to the temple in Xela, which is sooooo cool! You can see all of Quetzaltenango from on top of the hill. Something else that was pretty cool is that when we were there the stake from Coatepeque was doing their service that day so I also got to see all of my buddies from La Blanca and Amparo, so fun!!


Also we are getting a lot of hits off of all of the visits to the temple...I think that we are actually receiving more than any other area...this past week we got about 100 references. We've only been able to contact a hand full of them though, but 3 of them want to get baptised so...we're definitely going to have our hands full in these next...45 days hahaha.

It's amazing how powerful these visits are. But it's kinda like everyone that's going there never knew that all of this stuff existed and now it's like for a day the veil is lifted and they can see everything that they have been missing out on their whole lives...pretty good time to be in the mission!


We contacted one guy that went to the temple and his wife is a member but he's not...anyways, we got to his house and taught him a little bit more and he is going to be baptised this Saturday. We found another woman who her whole life has been against the church...mostly because of the FALSE rumors she's heard but she really enjoyed it and going to start going to church with us this week and wants to be baptised..

There is so much work to do right now...one of the biggest challenges that I have right now is trying to make a good organization system for all of these referencias so that no one falls through the cracks or doesn't get contacted! It is pretty fun I like to have work to do with out having to try and make work for myself to do.

Anyways, Dad reminded me that this week is Thanksgiving, but this year we're not going to be doing anything too special...but hey, if we can get a few more baptisms out of the day, I'd say its worth it lol..You guys just need to takes lots of photos so that I can see all the family!!


LOL, just a little funny story...so that area Ayutia that's like an hour away, we found another way to get there and we have been borrowing bikes to get there faster, but the trail to get there is SUPER narrow and there are A LOT of rocks...Anyways, my comp was taking the lead and we were cooking just running the trail to get there faster...and to have a little fun while we had the bikes....and I looked over my shoulder for a second to check out the scenery for a second when BOOM!!! My bike smashed into a rock and I went flying over the handle bars and landed in a nice pile of rocks, haha. Man I got a good little shiner by my rib cage and my leg was looking a little yellow after, and my shirt, hahaha, well....it's not much of a shirt now, haha!! But yeah.. I was just laying there for a minute because I had the breathe knocked out of me. Looking back it's a lot more funny than when it happened, lol....then on the way back we decided to take the main road because we forgot our flash lights and again my comp was in the lead...when all of a sudden BOOM!!!! I just see my comp flying through the air and his bike doing like a million flips in the air, lol!!! The poor guy ran off the road, lol..good times, but all is good...just haven't been able to go to the gym this past week...but this week back to the schedule!!


It's so crazy this change passed by soooo fast and now....I'm starting my last change...it feels a little weird to say that one day I'm not going to be a missionary...I feel like I've been doing this my whole life....but supposedly one day...approximately 45, this is all going to come to an end...weird!!!


Anyways, I did get the pringle cookies, ( mom sent Snickerdoodle cookies, wrapped and put into a Pringles can ) lol, pretty cool idea! And they were good!! Thank you so much!!!


Love you guys!