"...its been hard. But nothing TOO hard. Just worth it."

Delicious little fruits.

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The houses here are LITTLE.

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This is Marisol y Angel

My girl Yolanda and her sister and step father!

Thomasa and Jorge

Me and Sonja. She is soo cool!

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My friends at the Macarone. The wonderful Evans and Claudia!! The pizza place. 

They always give us extra cheese and pepperoni for freeee! Claudia cried when I told her I had changes!

Rosemary and her family!! LOVE THEM!

My girl Elisa...one day we will see her famous playing soccer! and Dana who is a member!

Brenda and her kids Katerine, Carlos and Angel. Angel almost cried when I told him I was leaving. 

He said...AWWW NO SE VAYA. Or in other words, DONT GO! and then ran out the house!

SILVA and WILMER. Silva wants me to marry Wilmer...hahhaa she also told us 

she lied to us the first day and told us her name was Sandra. But its really Silvia. 

She decided to tell us the truth because decided she liked us!

Tommy and his family!! Tommy is the kid on the opposite end of me who is going to be baptized.

The zone - (I believe!)

"El Distrito Poderoso"

"The Mighty District"

Here is Morgans letter from this week. I wrote her Monday and sent the letter, but I was not aware that it only went into my draft box---so, she didn't get a letter from me this week. I felt terrible. I have sent it now, so next week she will wish she didn't tell me she didn't get a letter because there will be two! At least she will know I really did write her! She sounds good - sad about transfers, but good!

(I am not fixing her spelling this week - sometimes you all just need to see what I have to decipher. This week is one of those weeks! =} She really just types so fast she doesn't take time to check it at all!! And, that is okay!)
Lisa


Well I didnt receive a letter for week whatever number it is. but its ok. I will just explain to you all about whats been going on here.So i told you about how i fell off the curb. Wel i cant tell you how grateful i am for the many miracles i see every day. My knee is increasingly getting better. I am back to my normal walking speed. I am grateful for that, i dont feel like such a waste of time. I can actually work with ugency again. My knee feels a little odd still, but i would go with 95 percent perfect. I am grateful for the prayers and for the miracles. My Heavenly Father is aware of me and for that I am extremely grateful.

I have to tell you about an amazing family. They had been listening to the Elders back in like october until like february. Well the elders left the area and they never heard from the missionaries again. Well we found them the other day. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. The husband has a Quad, he used to go out and do visits with the elders. They are great. Their only problem right now is that the wife is working sundays. Carol and Enrique are going to be a miracle family here in Proyectos. I know that! Wow, so many miracles have been happening and so many are going to occur in the next few weeks here. I am excited for the progress of the area.

So turns out Tommys mom is actually a member. Slowly we are learning more and more about Tommy. Its amazing. He didnt go to church sunday with us because he went to visit his mom, so we had to push his baptism date back til the 31. But he is excited and he is doing great. He started to get a little teary when I told him i was being transferred. Which made it really hard for me. I did really good at trying not to cry. No one noticed. I have a cold so they just thought i was sniffing due to the stuffy nose. Good timing to get a cold right!? haha He was really disappointed. But I know that he will be a great, strong member. He is a great example to me. One of the happiest kids ive ever met..

The other day we were talking with a less active man in his door when this family walked up to us and asked if we were from the mormon church. Linda and Ezequiel are their names. Well we explained to them who we are and they asked when we could visit them. We told them to give us 5 minutes. So we finished with the less active and went to their house where they were waiting for us at the table. Well, they are from El Salvador. They moved here a year ago and they had talked with missionaries there in El Salvador but since theyve been here in Guatemala they havent talked with any. Well we went and visited them. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. They loveee to talk, so we have to control the lesson really well, but they are two little miracles. They are so cute. I am excited for them.

Ana Lucia told us she wants to get baptized. She just wants her daughter to get baptized with her. Her dauighter Camila is being a little stubborn. She grew up in the catholic church and i think she is just afraid of the change. Well Ana Lucia told us she will be baptized but she will do it with her daughter. So we are praying a lot for Hermanita Camila to have a change of heart. I know she will. We just need to see another miracle. But i know HEavenly Father is a God of Miracles so we will see them.

Wel its true, I am being transferred tomorrow. I cried like a little baby when they told me. I didnt think it would be so hard, ok ya i did. I LOVE the people in this are. I would live here in a heart beat. I am just in love with them all. It has been reallly hard saying ggood bye to people. I wont get to say good by e to Marisol and Angel before I leave, but i kind of had a feeling i would be leaving so at least I got a picture on Sunday with them. Also, I called Heyson today in the morning and told him and he was super sad. He doesnt live here in our area, but he told me he was going to come today so he could say goodbye. Ay, he was crying on the phone, i just love that little guy. HE really is an incredible kid. I cant express enough how grateful i am for the opportnity that my Father in Heaven gave me to be able to be in this area. I leanrned more in my time in tis area than i ever imagined. I have learned to really love the people. That is what makes it so hard for me to leave. But i know another wonderful adventure will coe.

I have some funny and weird experiences i can tell you about.

For teh past 4 months here in Proyectos there has been this man, and every day ! literally every day, and every time we walk past he started yelling at me to try to get my attention. Lets keep in mind hes probably like 35 or 40, there are a million people in proyectos, and he has no shame. He is always yelling Canchita, deme su numero. Como te llamas? Solo deme mi un oportunidad. Or in english. HEy white girl. Give me your number. Whats your name. Just give me a chance. hahahaha ah I always just ignore him. But he has no shame and all of proyectos just laughs as we walk by. WEll yesterday he was doing it again and we were talking to a family and all the sudden this little 10 year old kid walks up to me with a half sheet of paper and says, El quiere que le llama. and hadns me a piece of papaer with the guys phone number on it. ay no. I just looked and the kid and said gracias pero no. And we walked away. As we turned the corner we diedddd laughing. But they man just needs to move on. ha too funny.

In church on sunday we had some random guy in sacrament meeting. When we walked in he was just sitting there all alone. So we went to talk to him and we thought he was maybe an investigator from the elders. so we got talking to him and he told us his name and such and then all the sudden he looks at me and says...Soy Dragon....aka im a dragon. At that point we knew he was on drugs. We went to go talk to other people. We look up on the stand and he is up theret aking his shirt off. So we went to go tell him to put his shirt on and he did...but put his head in the arm hole. So he had his face covered like a mask and then like a cape on the back. Ayyy no. The elders showed up and sat with him during sacrament meeting where he was making car noises, talking about the devils water, and chicken and meat and it was reallly uncumfortable. The elderfs finally took him out side and he stayed out there. IT was really odd.

I can promise you that the mission is the best time of my whole life. I havec never been so happy. I am grateful for every experience. Even as hard as the changes are, i know that they are worth it. We learn new things through our experiences. I am grateful for the spirit and the guidance of the spirit and for all the miracles we have seen through the spirit. I know the Lord has perfect timing. I know that when we see trials, only better things come. IT has been a hard week. With my knee, getting a pretty nasty cold including fever, having transfers...its been hard. But nothing TOO hard. Just worth it. I am so grateful for every experience. For every trial. For every miracle. I love the scriptures. I love my savior. I love you allll!!

Hermana Oliphant

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