hello how are ya? So changes were this week, I am still here in San Martin with Hermana Zenteno to finish the second part of her training, WAHOOO!. hermana Valeriano and Hermana Laiche are still here with us, WAHOOO!! So we will continue to have a blast together and work hard for at least another 6 weeks, WAHOOO! An Elder from my group came to the zone so now there are 3, its a good time. It was fun to catch up with him, this is the first time I have seen an Elder from my group in the field because they have all been in the mountains the whole time and I don’t see mountain peeps. Speaking of the mountains, this change they closed a bunch of hermana areas and opened up new ones in all these new places. When I first got here there were 5 all elder zones but they have been slowly easing in hermanas almost every change for the past year and as of wednesday there is now only one zone of only elders. HERMANAS RULE!

    so... I am really sorry that the only thing I ever talk about is Jorge and his family but they are such a huge giant miracle, and they are incredible and I love them so I cant help but just talk about them all the time. So last sunday Jorge received the Melchizedek Priesthood, QUE CALIDAD! we have this investigator, just another crazy guatemalan who likes to listen to la palabra de dios. He was telling us about how sick his wife is with her heart problems, old age, and broken hip and stuff and he was really distraught, so we told him that an hermano from the church could come and give her a blessing. So instead of asking my idiot district leader who makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall every time he talks (bless his heart) we asked Jorge! He was really nervous but he accepted! So me, my comp hermana Zenteno who I love so dearly, my super cool mission leader Rony who I also love so dearly, and Jorge who I especially love so dearly made our way to hermano Baldemars house and I had the privilege to watch Jorge give his wife a priesthood blessing, then heard him teach and testify of the authority to a humble family. It was one of the greatest and most spiritual moments of my whole mission slash life! HOLY CRAP I LOVE MY MISSION. MISSIONS ARE SO COOL! Okay so that whole blessing thing went down Saturday night. Saturday day I was really sick, having some stomach issues, I will just leave it at that, all the details are much better left unsaid. And Rony said it was probably better if I stayed home, I will just go with Jorge. And I was like, HA HA HA HA GOOD ONE RONY, I WILL NOT MISS THIS! So I went. and I was all happy and feeling a whole bunch of spiritual power and stuff, totally forgot about how crapy I felt, on cloud nine.....then I threw up during the blessing... luckily this guys house doesn't have a floor so I just threw up in the dirt and he was like, oh don’t worry about it, the ducks and dogs throw up in here all the time, just leave it. ha ha ha, it was really embarrassing, but so worth it, still the best moment of my mission, regardless of the barf. It reminded me of a story that my favorite elder in the mission told me about how he threw up in his first bap. then his comp and bishop gave him a blessing and he was throwing up in a bucket as they continued to give him the blessing, ha ha ha ha! oh guatemala and its freaky food that just kills us gringos. 

     Oh and on Friday I met this little 10 year old boy and he kept telling me that he was from the united states and that he is the bishop of the mormon church in San Andres. So I was like, oh cool, whats your name, and he said Luis, I told him, thats not an english name, if you are from the states you have to have an english name. so he said, okay will you give me an english name, youre canche. and I said okay how about Russ, now he goes around telling everyone his name is Russ, literally EVERYONE. 

well that was my week. I love Valeriano! We are so excited to be roomies after the mission because we love being roomies in the mission! okay well I love you to the moon and back, have a safe trip to Seattle and tell Sam to WRITE ME! 

love,

Hermana Maren Marie Outsen