May 26, 2010

Dear Mommy,

This week went really really well. We got a family (that we are preparing to be baptized) married this week. It was pretty cool and i son less thing to worry about so that is good. There have a lot of problems but the gospel message is slowly making a change with them. The little girls in that family are really cute too. I love them and will do everything i can to help them .

This week we also had our District conference. Elder Martino of the 70 came and presided. I dicided we think alot alot as his talk in conference was exactly what i{d been teaching only better and he said alot of things in this conference that i´d been thinking about. They talked alot about the family in the general session and about callings and home teaching in priesthood. It was exactly what needed to be taught. I´ll try and send you some notes b.c it was really good.

A talk i really liked was from My old district president from Taxisco. He talked about the importance of using the time we have well and making the right discsions. he said the people who are not at church for whatever reason ¨made the wrong decsion¨ not to go. It was also cool seeing and talking to people from taxisco again as they were here for the conference. The kids have grown up alot. i also talked to the branch president from Chiquimulia who has now been back from his mission for 2 years and has been branch president for one! Tell eric he should come here and be a branch president.

I amd doing really good and love being a missionary. I´ve been studing the april 2006 general conference talks and have some stuff to send you. I love you a ton and feel your prayers every day.

Love,

Elder Vincent

Dear Mom and OThers,

This week was really good. We had our Zone conference this week with elder Martino who spoke in the last general conference. He´s a convert to the church and served here in Guatemala with Blakes Dad. It was really really good and I learned alot.

The branch is good but there is alot to do. There are alot of problems and its always harder to fix in smaller areas. We are the counselors so we can take more of a direct approch.

Did your mothers day go well? How´d Briggs birthday go? Im hoping to get some letters written this week to send to everyone.

Its really really pretty in this area. I think you would like it alot. Really great lots of trees and mountains but no snow. I like birthdays better with no snow. :) I hope you dont worry to much and just enjoy life. Read the faith that Nephi has in 1 Nephi 3:7 and apply it to your comandment to prepare me and send me out on a mission. The Lord provides a way.

Sorry I didn´t write as much to you this week but I wrote alot to everyone else and dont have alot of time. Remember I love you and the packages were incredible. They made me feel like it was a normal birthday.

Tell everyone that I say hi and remember life is good and dont be afraid to talk to Heath if you need to.

I love you and appreciate you increasingly every week.

Love,

Elder Vincent

ps elder fortin wants a package too :)

May 2,2010

Dear Mom and others,

So just to remind you i turn 20 next week. Kinda crazy right. How are you all doing? How´s life in pc where its still snowing? haha sorry mom.

I just got transfered leaving 4 baptisms in my last area for this saturday but it really doesn´t bother me b.c i have helped build up the area there and now I am in my new area to build it up for my father in heaven and the people here. I would like to see the people get baptized though. They mean alot to me. Especially brandon the little 9 year old boy i baptized. I gave him one of the scripture readers, that you sent me, as a going away present. I put his baptism picture in it and wrote my testimony. He said he´s going to take the book with him on his mission so he can show the people (this is who baptized me and this is who confirmed me). Brandon was like a little brother to me. I told them they´re invited to go live in my room at home :)

So my new area is called Jalpatagua. It is in the same mission zone as taxisco but a different municipalidad (like a county) its in one called Jutiapa. It is alot like taxisco and almost as hot. Its really beautiful but once again there are a ton of inactives and we are the councilours in the branch presidency. I feel almost like I´ve been called as a reactivating missionary as much as a baptizing missionary seeing as none of my areas have had more then a 20% attendance when i arrived. Im happy with that b.c i can help build the kingdom in so many ways. Anything i can possibly do to help these people and my God I will do.

My New companion is Elder Quiros. He´s from Costa Rica and has been out 6 months. He speaks perfect english and always talks to me in English so i always talk to him in Spanish. He seems like a really really good Elder.

My area is about 15 minutes from the Border of El Salvador and like I said it´s alot like Taxisco. I will be sweating almost continually again seeing as its almost always over 100 degrees with the humidity. Its still not quite as hot as taxisco though. That heat was incredible.

There are 6 people in my District (including Elder Martinez my old companion who is now my zone leader). We are really seperated from them though. The closer Elders live about 45 minutes away and then the zls live about an hour 15 away. They all seem like really good Elders and we will do good things.

We had our district meeting and the inbetween city today called oritorio. It went really well. I focused on teaching faith and prayer and shared 1ne 17:49-51 and told them its not how can we reach this goals it´s how can we not when God´s comanded us. We just have to do our part.

I am really excited to be here in this new area and help people. I love guatemala. It is so beautiful.

Mom I love you dearly. You are definately the best mother i have ever had ;) Really thank you for everything and especially all of your prayers. There is nothing like the power of a mothers prayer!

With much love,

Elder Vincent

Ps i got your packages and letters from paige and marnie but im waiting to open them until my birthday