hi mum!
 
Tell little Calvin I miss him. I can't believe the Guzys sold their house already! that is so weird, I am going to have to write Ryley! Good luck with your hearts tournament, i vote we do that again in 17 months!  
I got your Dear Elders and I love them, thank you so much! (yes I did beat Garcia) what they do is they print them out and deliver them so it is nice because I can read them whenever I want because I have them on paper and I get to hear from everyone more than just on pday.so send as many as you want and tell the world because I love getting them!  
I sang in church yesterday,so that was fun! I have another best Latina friend, her name is Hna Avila. She speaks pretty good english and she is like the sassiest girl on the planet so naturally we get along very well. She is this tiny girl from Guatemala city and she is super pretty. She leaves for the field tomorrow so she gave me a present to remember her by, it a little colorful coin purse with Guatemala sewn on the front and it's adorable. she has a matching one and she said she was saving it to give to her favorite companion but she wanted to give it to me instead, so sweet! it made my day!  
So I haven't seen hardly any bugs (except the giant belly up cockroaches in the chapel) but i am literally covered in bug bites; so they are here, they are just very sneaky. it still pours every single day here. One of the Latino elders hit the volleyball over the fence last pday so we now play basketball which is just as fun. it always rains during our deportes time so we play basketball in the pouring rain everyday and it's a blast! I always have fun with my travel group, there are 20 of us 10 girls and 10 guys and I really like all of them, i got really lucky! One of the Hnas in my district, Hna Barba, loves mother Teresa too so we sit around and talk about how great she is all the time. Hna Phillips is my best friend here, I feel like I have known her my whole life! I am totally that annoying girl in the group that talks about her family every second and I pull out my picture book like every hour. Everyone just thinks you guys are so good looking, all the hermanas ask if max and alex are single. ha ha! and Elder Wilkes has a neice the same age as Calvin so we are always debating which one is cuter. Elder wilkes is from Alpine and he is this 18 year old kid who is just brilliant,and so nice. He is the best Norte in the CCM at Spanish so I am lucky to have him in my district because he helps us a lot, it's like having another teacher. Hna Browns 17 year old brother died a few years ago so she has some really cool stories and she is so tough! Everyone loves her! and Garcia and Jorgensen are just hilarious and so much fun to have around. my teacher is an angel and everyone is obsessed with him because he is the greatest guy in all of guatemala, he is awesome! we pretty much have every personality in my district and we all compliment eachother very well.
Well I just figured I would tell you a little about my favorite people here since there is not much to report other than that because all I do is study and learn all day, which is great! I now teach in all spanish and I love giving lessons because the spanish just flows and it feels so good! I still have a lot to learn but I am on my way!
Oh and I actually go to the market tommorrow which I heard is super fun so I am very excited! We get a new group of Latinos and another district of Nortes on wednesday.

con amor,
Hermana Outsen

all the missionaries in the CCM who are going to Retalhuleu minus Terry (and the guy next to me is my teacher)

a few of my favorites at the CCM, Hermana Phillips, Elder Jorgensen, and Elder Garcia