Prayer is POWER.

With my girl Amelia! Miss the woman! (from her last area)

Here is Morgan's letter from Tuesday! My questions in green her answer are in red! She has officially been out SIX MONTHS finally! She said,

"I can't believe its been 6 months!! Seriosuly. It's been SO fast!! SO FAST!!" (Not so much for me!)

I told Morgan about this amazing cake I received this from a sweet friend this past Sunday, she said, "Tell Jenny Klekas, that I want that cake in 1 year! hahahaha mmmm sooo good!!!"

How are you! I am DYING about all the mosquito bites you got that you were laughing about? I hope there wasn't any BAD EFFECTS from them. Please BE SOOOOOOOO CAREFUL! WEAR YOUR DOTERRA TERRA SHIELD. If that doesn't work, find a really good repellent and WEAR IT LIKE PERFUME!!!! It is worth it!! Please take care so you won't get sick! (Morgan is covered in bites and just keeps getting more and more!)

Nah, i am fine!! Just itchy, but that's normal! hahahaha but ya, I am getting better at putting on repellent. Its definitely been hard to remember, but I know it is necessary!! hahaha but really, no one here gets bites, but me! haha and the members just laugh and laugh and call me colocha canchita!(Don't know what that means. She may have spelled it wrong because even a translator web site can't get it!)

We have had a slow week. Spencer has finals week this coming week. Not so slow for him at USU. I hope he does well.

Ya, he definitely can do it, he just has to think it. EVERYTHING STARTS IN OUR MINDS!! Everything. That is something I am learning this change. Prayer is POWER. I can testify of that. It has been a great week though. We have this great in investigator named Christian. He came to church 2 Sundays ago with a family and he is so great. He is so excited about everything. He will be getting baptized this week!! I will tell more about the investigators later!

How are your investigators? Do you have any there? How is your companion? Do you still get along great? Do you see Amy? She said in her blog you live in the same house and you may not get to see each other very often!

We have this investigator who used to have a hair salon, she always wants to do our hair and make up....the other day she told me to sit down because she didn't like my hair and so I sat down and she gut my hair....just the ends...just a little trim...but it wasn't just a little ....not a ton, but my hair is shorter...hahaha but healthy now, so all is well! (We meant to trim her hair before she left, but we forgot!!) We have another investigator who is so funny, but she is going to get married soon so she can get baptized, she just is waiting for all the papers that she needs to be married. We have another family who is gong to get married so they can be baptized. We have done divisions multiple times this week...which is nice, I go and WORK! I also get to know the members better this way. It is great!!

We got the newsletter from your mission home. We got to see you new mission president and wife. Don't know where they are from, but they look nice! She plays/teaches piano! That is fun for you - maybe!?!?!?

I finally get to play the piano again. I played in church on Sunday and it was such a great time!! SOOO FUN!!

What is the city you are in like? Tell me more - Amy said Sonora, you said Los Alamedas and Amatitlan. I am super confused. I got a map from your mission office and I am putting stars on where you are, but I don't really know where to put them! HELP! It is fun to be able to "see" where you are a little bit better though!

So our area...We have 3 different parts to our area. Las Alamedas, which is a residential area...The people are all wealthy. We have Proyectos, which is like the ghetto. It is my favorite area. I like the people there. I like all the people, but in Proyectos, the people are so down to earth!

Is your apartment nice? Is your bathroom facilities outside again? Do you use your bug net to sleep under now? How about cooking and laundry? You can tell us lots of good stuff! So feel free! Fill us in and tell us everything!

Our house is 2 stories...and we share with Hermana Funk and her companion, but they are going to move because right now they have to travel like 15 minutes to get to their area...so they are going to move and we are going to have this house all to ourselves. ITS HUGE. Not excited to clean it! hahha but it is fun, we go on the roof every night and star gaze and eat dinner and chat. It is so great! My companion has 5 suitcases of clothes. She started the mission with 7, so 5 is downsizing. But The only part of the house that is hard is if one of us is upstairs the other has to be as well and the kitchen is down stairs and the bathroom and bedroom is upstairs, so its kind of weird, but its great.

Please take care of Morgan and be safe and happy and focus on the work you are there to do! We still pray for you every prayer and hope you are healthy and strong and well taken care of. I have been telling people the only way I will get you home is to come there myself and D-R-A-G you onto the plane! I'm glad you are happy though! That makes a world of difference!

That might be true about dragging me on to the plane. I absolutely am in love with Guatemala and the amazing people!! I have realized so many things while being here. The gospel is for ALL types of people. It doesn't matter my situation, it is my decision if I want to be happy. Humility is not easy, but it is necessary...I am so bad at this part. LOVE is the key to everything...I have just learned so many things, I am still trying every day to put these things in practice and be better. I feel like my slogan of my mission is, Esforzar cada dia para ser un poquito mejor....Try every day to be a little better. I tell that to everyone, and I remind myself that everyday!! 

This week in church a family came. They live in Iowa..or Ohio...I cant remember, their son, Elder Peterson served here in this mission 2 years ago and they came to visit. So i talked with them a lot...all the members were asking me if it was my family...hahahaha only because we were the only gringos in the whole church...but I was talking to the parents both grew up in Utah...and the mom went to Olympus with Dad. She knows dad and Blair and Shelley. Her name was Kathleen Johnson...she is the cutest lady!! It was so fun to meet them and get to talk to them! What a fun experience for them!!

Love you so much!
Mom

Welllll I love you so much!!!!! KEEP BEING AMAZING! Oh, I have a new calling here in the district....Leader of Retention...aka I keep track of all the recent converts and the retention...it is great! I am grateful for the opportunity I have to work in this calling and try to be a little better every day!!

Hermana Oliphant