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13 Merry Christmas

We email from internet cafes on the computers there. I have been have a great week here in Zunil. He are teaching lots of people but we are still having trouble getting people tochurch  which kinda sucks but I’ll live. It’s their salvation on the line not mine. HAHA. No I want them to come so bad because it seems like if they come once they will continue to come. We had divisions (switched companions for a day) this week and I went with Elder Wengreen from Utah and my comp went with the other to Elders in our district.

 Thats awesome that you bought a new cat and I think dad is getting soft. 

Our mission president made the whole mission a promise and the promise was if you are obedient to the rules and work hard you will have a baptism this month and if not you have an interview with him to evaluate what you are doing.Luckily  we had a baptism this sunday with a man named Ricardo Poz Chay. He asked me to baptise him and it was such a cool experience. I didnt think he was going to choose me because he has become friends with members at the church but when we gave him all the options he said he felt like I should do it. I love being a missionary so much. Even though at times I cant understand that the heck is going on the work is hard it is so rewarding. Also, during sacrement I sang which was super weird but they asked me to so I was like why not. Probably not going to see these people for a long time so sure. Elder Torres my comp has been doing much better and we haven't had any problems so far which is good but he hates one of our zone leaders and I just laugh whenever he is talking about him. 

Also,for the cat( this next part is for Chase) that is a terrible name.( okay back to normal)

 I hope that all of you remember what we are really celebrating tomorrow. The birth of JesuCristo and the sacrafice that he payed so that we can return to heavenly father and live with our families forever. Yo se que la Iglesia de Jesucristo es el reino de Dios in la tierra y el nos dio familias para aprender y progresar. Y se que los templos son las casas de Dios y nosotros podemos vivir con nuestras familias para siempre. Yo se Jose Smith fue un profeta de Dios en nuestro dispensación. El restauro el evangelio y tradujo El Libro de Mormon.

Translation

I know that the Church of Jesus Christ is the kingdom of God on earth and he gave us families to learn and progress. And I know that the temples are the houses of God and we can live with our families forever. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet of God in our dispensation. He restored the gospel and translated The Book of Mormon. 

 I love you all and I hope you have a great Christmas. See you soon. 

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So this was my first week with my new trainer Elder Torres from Mexico. He doesnt speak to much english, but we have been teaching lots of people and never really have a minute of down time which is good.  Also, he has helped a lot with my confidence in Spanish because he says I speak the best out of all the new missionaries in the field which relieved a little stress.

 Today was the 6 week meeting with all the new missionaries from my group to see how things are going. I can tell who has been working hard and who doesnt really like it here. We have a Multi Zone meeting this Thursday and we are going to have games food and a gift exchange. This week I have been training my trainer you could say. He was training someone else before me and there were lots of problems with him sleeping in and returning at 5:00 to call it a day. So not only am I showing him the area I am also helping him break his habbits and right now things are going good. He makes super good torillas which is a plus.

  I have been feeling a ton better. No more pink eye and no more Strep but I am still finishing my medicine as advised by the nurse. I do have a little cold now but compared to last week I’m 200 times better. I’m not sure what the plans are for christmas but I will let you know for sure next monday. We haven't received the plans for this christmas but I cant wait to talk to you guys. 

We might have a baptism this week Ricardo Poz but it depends if he approves the plans for the baptism but I think he will. I know this church is true and that any challenge you have you can overcome with the help of our loving heavenly father and his son. Because Jesus knows exactly what our pains feel like and I know He loves us more than we can even fathom.

 Love you guys lots and Ill talk to you this next week. Sorry I forgot to take pictures this week. 

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This week has been really exciting you could say. Yes, we do have running water but still not warm water. The milk does taste weird and it comes in a box. We aren’t allowed to drink any soda with caffine so I do drink soda but not any of the good ones. HAHA. We have a lot of rice beans and eggs and I like to buy avocados for a snack.

 For my brithday we bought a cake and some candles. Then that night we had an appointment with the Elders quorum president and it was actually a surprise birthday party with another cake and the super good milk and rice drink.

   On Saturday we had a branch party and there were tons of games and food and piñatas. It was a lot of fun. One of the games was a potato bag race and they had trophies. I got first and my comp got second so we kinda have these two trophies in our house now. On Sunday we had an investigator attend church and we were able to set a goal for the 22nd to get baptized. He tells us every week he wants to get baptized so he just needs the okay to get work off that day and its a done deal!  I am so excited for him. 

  Now for the super interesting parts of this week, On Tuesday I woke up with pink eye and it was all swollen and I wasn’t able to get medicine until today because our area doesn't have good pharmacies. Also, on Saturday I tested positive for Strep and last night I had food poisoning and was throwing up and was on the toilet untill 2:00 this morning. Then to top it off my trainer has changes so I will be getting a new comp to finish my training. So I have to show my new comp where everything is in Zunil because he probably doesn't know this area. But today I got all the medicine I need so I’m all good now. 

The scripture I found this week was Moroni 7:48 "pray unto the Father with all the energey of heart, that ´(you) may be filled with this love" 

Love you guys lots and I’ll see you soon. 

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Hey family things are going great here. We have so many investigators  that have progressed so much but they need to attend church in order to be baptised and it frustrating when they dont keep their commitments but I guess me and my comp are doing all be can. This last week has been absolutely crazy. We had to sleep with the zone leader twice this last week because we had stuff in Xela and there are no buses back to out area after 8:00 .  Also I was talking with a couple of the guys from my group that have been having trouble with their trainers not waking up until 9:00 (supposed to wake up 6:30am)  and not doing the 12 week training program with them.  I had to call and talk with president so that they could get switch to better trainers after their interviews with President last wednesday. My interview went good and ¨President Diaz said my spanish has gotten a lot better so that gave me some confidence which was nice.

 This Saturday we had our service as a mission and it was cleaning up all the garbage off a hill to this park at the very top. When we got to the top a lady locked her keys in the car so me and a couple elders had to pry open the door in order to hit the unlock button with a stick. Yesterday we went and watched the Christmas devotional  and it was super good and we got to watch it in english so I understood every thing which was nice. Today we woke up and got to play basketball some member and my vertical has increased from walking up so many hills and I can dunk now which is cool. After that we went into Xela and went to walmart and I bought all food I could ever want which was awesome and then we went to the Mega Paca and I found a BYU shirt for like $4 because I only have 3 shirts with me because Im dumb and didnt bring more. We also got to do some service on tuesday where we ripped all so part and this ladies  roof and then fixed it. So thats about it, I love you guys and I hope you are reading your scriptures. See you soon.