January  18, 2010

Dear  Family and Friends,
     So Im writing this right now and the earth is shaking!! haha just swaying but kind of cool all the same.   
      How are things going?  How're things back home?  I've been praying that you will get my package soon.  I know you'll get it. Dont worry about sending me money.  Its safer to just take it out of an atm in guatemalan money.  Im glad Heath's doing good in school and bball.  Im really proud of him.  I love my brothers alot.
     So they send alot of donated clothes here to guatemala and so i see alot of cool/interesting shits/clothes.  This week i saw a springville fire department shirt that i thought dad would think was kind of cool and also i saw a t guy wearing a taylorsville days shirt and i thought natalie and her parents would think thats cool.  I've yet to see park city gear but i have seen some byu.  There was a guy in taxisco wearing a byu hat.  I see alot of cool jerseys i want to buy off people though (mostly bulls)
      This week we had a multi-zone conference.  We focused alot on talking about dedication b.c there was an Elder here who got hit by a car and has been in the hospital.  He was trying to teach the nurse there still and told here he wouldn´t eat until she got baptized haha.
       Im doing really good and this week is going to be great seeing as it is my 24th week (im not trying to keep track its just numbers are so easy for me haha)  Im really praying to get a baptism this change but the people have to be converted first and do there part.
       I called my old companion this week to see if he could check about the package and he told me a bout the baptism of Maria-Isabel, the little girl i had been teaching in taxisco.   He said it was amazing and that she wished i had been there to baptize her.  He said Sunday after she was confirmed she bore her testimony and that it was really powerful and that there wasn't a dry eye there.  Im so glad she was able to get baptized and come unto the Lord and be able to have the constant guidance of the Holy Ghost in her life.  I do wish i could have been there but truly im just happy she got baptized.  She is such a blessing to her family.
     Im really happy to be a missionary.  There is nothing i would rather be doing right now with my time.  I want to help these people and this place so much.
      Tell people i am praying for them alot.  I really pray name by name b.c i care about the welfare of so many people but i am here and am much more interested at the moment of how i can reach the people here.
       I love you so much and if there is anything i can do for you all please let me know.  And Eric good luck with tryouts.  You are a great strength to me.
          Love,
                 Elder Vincent