June 20,2011

Dear Mom,

How are you doing mom? How´s life been treating you? What have you been doing with your time? Im guessing that you are pretty excited to go to Montana. Its a great place to been to relax. I have many great memories of montana. So what did you all do for dad for fathers day? They celebrate it here too but i think that it was on friday?

This week went really well but at the same time it wasnt my easiest week. Thats ok though b.c. it helps keep me on my toes and not get complacent. We werent abelto have the baptism this last week but we have it planned for this saturday and i know its going to happen this time.

We have also lately been focusing alot on talking to as many families as possible and it has shown incredible results. Last change i was fighting to find a hand full of new investigators in a week and now by talking with every family i see we are finding new families daily. We started teaching a family this week that i contacted a while ago in the saravia family´s house but we hadnt gotten an opportunity to teach them yet. All i have to say is that they are awesome. They are the Guerra Rodriguez Family and have 4 incredibly cute little kids. Especially the little 6 year old girl paula. The mom said she already prayed and got here answer that Joseph Smith really saw God the Father and Jesus Christ and the oldest son Samuel, 11 (super smart) said that he did as well. He said he just kept praying and praying with all his heart until a great peace came over him. They even invited us to eat dinner with them last night which was a huge act of kindness. The grandma was teaching us more Qui-che all night too which was really cool but its so much harder then spanish. She was sick and we were able to give her a bless and the spirit was incredibly strong. After trying to learn qui che and feeling the spirit so strong, i thought the spirit was taking over and was going to make me speak qui che in the blessing but i only spoke in spanish i think, haha. It was really cool though and after the blessing she blessed us and thanked us for coming to bring the gospel to her family and for helping them all. They are going to go to a family night with us tonight so hopefully i can take pictures. The only problem is that we have to get them married but we´re going to get it done.

Also in contacting families i found a house with about 10+ little Guatemalan girls and it was like a dream come true to me. They are to Lorenzana family and are really accepting but we need to help them escape the bonds of evagelical roots. The grandma had a stroke last we and we got in to the house through her when i was on divisions. She´s doing alot better though which is good. I really suprised myself this week when my comp left the area of how much i´ve grown and how comfortably i can talk to the people now. It just feels natural which wasnt a truth before the mission.

I was able to go a give a baptismal interview this week to a man in another area and it was really cool. His wife and kids are active members and he has alot of family members that are members of the church but he had had a rough life and hadnt made some very smart decision. It was incredible to see the power of the atonement in his life however. He has changed completely and is focused on being the best person and father possible. He said the change came mostly b.c. at work in his lunch hour he use to take a nap but he took a book of mormon one day and decided to read it instead of sleeping and he´s been doing it ever since. He said the book of mormon helped him make the change to be more of what his heavenly Father wants him to be. The book helped gradually change him until he made the decision to get baptized. It was great to be a witness of repentance and the power of the atonement and declare him ready for the covenent of baptism.

Some other news is that elder clark baptized a young man in one of my old areas (carolingia) on Saturday. It was a reference that he gave to the missionaries there. I didnt get to go even though its in our zone but im sure it went really well. I think he leaves Guatemala in the next week or two.

Just thought i would also tell you a story from the week I´ll make it short though. So i contacted an evan lady on the bus and she was pretty crazy. I just started talking to her and she was shouting and telling me didnt like the church and what not. I just talked to her casully and it got to the point that i asked her what she thought god wanted her to do. She said love god and her fellow man. I then asked her if she loved me. She said i love everyone! (waving her hands crazily around in the air) then i asked her is she love Christ and me enough to allow us in her home one day to share a message of Jesus. She said. No. Kind of sad. Atleast she didnt hit me though. I thought i was gonna have to through down on a sweet little old lady in the bus. Just joking but it was a funny story to tell.

I love you all very very much and am very thankful for all of your prayers and especially for the prayers of the people here in Guatemala. Work hard and remember that i love you. I know this church is true and that christ lives. Dont miss me too much.

Love,

Elder Vincent

Ps make sure heath gets his eagle done. Please please talk with dad and eric about where is should live.

people to pray for.

Family de paz

Guerra Rodriguez Family

Lieva Family

Lorenzana Family

Familia Saravia

Blanco Family

Aparicio Family