I thought you would like to see what I look at everyday

She is one of our investigators.  She's really nice and gives us food all the time!

hi mom! I am so proud of Alex! I really wish I could have been there to hear him speak but I was thinking about him yesterday and I know he did great! Please give him a huge hug for me on wednesday and tell him that the gift of tongues is a real thing. But he doesnt have do even worry about that because the people are going to be able to feel his love the first second they meet him. I feel really blessed to be able to serve together! COOL! being a missionary rocks! So May first is the big day huh? my companion and I are a little bummed because she gets home on the 14th of May and I told her she could go to the wedding in my place but I guess now she cant because she is going to be in Guatemala. and to answer your question, yes we get along great! no problems there.

   Well this week we had interviews with president. My interview was like 4 seconds long. I walked in and he was like thanks for being so easy and then I walked out. We have some really disobedient elders in the mission which is really lame. Then he bought us pizza. 

    This Saturday we had a big stake activity. IT WAS SUCH A BLAST! You all need to put this on your bucket list right now, to attend a church activity with Guatemalans. They are always so fun! They are so easy to entertain and they make everything so fun! they are just so loud and crazy and I love it so much! What we did was all the missionaries took pictures of families in their ward and we printed them all out and glued them in book of mormons. Then at the activity we gave them their book and had them write their testimonies and we are going to go out with them so they can give their book of mormon to a friend. Hermana Prince and I were in charge of handing out all the book of mormons and explaining it and helping them write their testimonies and every other missionary in the zone was in charge of walking around aimlessly. It was pretty crazy because all the older people cant write so they told us their testimonies and we wrote them for them. I am no spanish expert but I am 90 percent sure that everything they told me made no sense. but I just wrote it anyway and tried to fill the holes in. All the old people here are crazy, it rocks! Tons of people came and president Ruiz spoke. Then we all went outside and every ward was in charge of a game, so it was like a carnival type thing. it was so much fun! I was just running around screaming and sweating and I fit right in with all the children. and all the adults because they all do that too. It was great! Even though they dont have a lot of money they just deal with what they have and make everything so fun! its awesome

   Well tell Alex I love him a whole lot! and you are worlds best mom so I don’t doubt for a second that we will both get our own personal emails every week for the rest of our missions. Love you to the moon and back! 

Love,

Hermana outsen

dont you worry about me for one minute mother dear. I honestly love it here so much, it is just really hard sometimes but then other times its really wonderful and when you find the right people it is so easy and rewarding. sometimes the hardest part is seeing and understanding the horrible situations these people are in and not being able to do anything about it or help them because a lot of times there are situations that we cant get involved in. That was the hardest thing for me this week but this week was fabulous! 

    ha ha sounds like the whole family is living it up in vegas! have a blast but behave yourselves! I cant believe Alex leaves so soon, how are you feeling? I hope you dad and Jackie dont get bored with your tiny little family! and thanks for the pic of Ty and the letter, he looks so good! and so cold! 

    Well this week was pretty crazy in the streets. It was like Catholic week or something (I am sure they have a better name for it but I cant remember it so I just call it Catholic week. So there was this huge fair with a bunch of fried food and rides! The rides look just like normal rides at Lagoon except they are much smaller and man operated. For example, you know the big ship at Lagoon that just rocks back and forth? Well they had a ship except the guy so goes behind it and pushes it and thats the ride. he was all sweaty and it looked really hard and heavy, I tried to get a picture but it was too dark so you cant really see it. this fair went on for like 5 days straight and we had to walk through it like 3 times a day because it is the street we take to get to our house, it was super cool! They also did this thing called black Jesus (I am sure that has a better name too but thats what my companion calls it so there ya go) It is like a parade and they have this big float with a black jesus hanging on the cross and they set off freakishly loud fireworks and stop by all the houses that have a little table set up and some kind of ritual with a bunch of smoke and chants and stuff. It was very interesting... I think they do it in Mexico too so you can ask maxy about it. 

    okay so now about them mormons! We had a conference on Saturday with the whole mission! like every single missionary in the Reu mission!! All 220 of us! that like never happens. it was really fun to be all together and see everyone. elder Cook was going to come but then he spoke to the Quetzaltengo mission instead right next door, bums- but it was still super cool because Elder Soaras came and spoke to us! He is in the presidency of the 70 and he gave a super good talk on humility last conference. Spanish is his 4th language! He is from Brazil and he is awesome! he talked a lot about how a mission is not a sacrifice, its a privilege. and then he told us how we can be true representatives of jesus christ. it was a really good talk! I loved it! conferences are so awesome. they always give me so much animo! 

    Well remember that whole Brighton spill I gave last week? yeah...scratch that. Hermana Giles went home, I guess Guat was too much for her or something I dont know. Hermana Sanchez called me and told me and she was really sad and felt like she could have done something better. I just told her how perfect of a trainer she was for me because she really was so good for me. She rocks! okay well I hope everything goes perfect for the farewell and please give Alex a big huge hug for me and tell him I love him! Love you to the moon and back mommy! Have a fab week!

Love,

hermana outsen

dont you worry about me for one minute mother dear. I honestly love it here so much, it is just really hard sometimes but then other times its really wonderful and when you find the right people it is so easy and rewarding. sometimes the hardest part is seeing and understanding the horrible situations these people are in and not being able to do anything about it or help them because a lot of times there are situations that we cant get involved in. That was the hardest thing for me this week but this week was fabulous! 

    ha ha sounds like the whole family is living it up in vegas! have a blast but behave yourselves! I cant believe Alex leaves so soon, how are you feeling? I hope you dad and Jackie dont get bored with your tiny little family! and thanks for the pic of Ty and the letter, he looks so good! and so cold! 

    Well this week was pretty crazy in the streets. It was like Catholic week or something (I am sure they have a better name for it but I cant remember it so I just call it Catholic week. So there was this huge fair with a bunch of fried food and rides! The rides look just like normal rides at Lagoon except they are much smaller and man operated. For example, you know the big ship at Lagoon that just rocks back and forth? Well they had a ship except the guy so goes behind it and pushes it and thats the ride. he was all sweaty and it looked really hard and heavy, I tried to get a picture but it was too dark so you cant really see it. this fair went on for like 5 days straight and we had to walk through it like 3 times a day because it is the street we take to get to our house, it was super cool! They also did this thing called black Jesus (I am sure that has a better name too but thats what my companion calls it so there ya go) It is like a parade and they have this big float with a black jesus hanging on the cross and they set off freakishly loud fireworks and stop by all the houses that have a little table set up and some kind of ritual with a bunch of smoke and chants and stuff. It was very interesting... I think they do it in Mexico too so you can ask maxy about it. 

    okay so now about them mormons! We had a conference on Saturday with the whole mission! like every single missionary in the Reu mission!! All 220 of us! that like never happens. it was really fun to be all together and see everyone. elder Cook was going to come but then he spoke to the Quetzaltengo mission instead right next door, bums- but it was still super cool because Elder Soaras came and spoke to us! He is in the presidency of the 70 and he gave a super good talk on humility last conference. Spanish is his 4th language! He is from Brazil and he is awesome! he talked a lot about how a mission is not a sacrifice, its a privilege. and then he told us how we can be true representatives of jesus christ. it was a really good talk! I loved it! conferences are so awesome. they always give me so much animo! 

    Well remember that whole Brighton spill I gave last week? yeah...scratch that. Hermana Giles went home, I guess Guat was too much for her or something I dont know. Hermana Sanchez called me and told me and she was really sad and felt like she could have done something better. I just told her how perfect of a trainer she was for me because she really was so good for me. She rocks! okay well I hope everything goes perfect for the farewell and please give Alex a big huge hug for me and tell him I love him! Love you to the moon and back mommy! Have a fab week!

Love,

hermana outsen

dont you worry about me for one minute mother dear. I honestly love it here so much, it is just really hard sometimes but then other times its really wonderful and when you find the right people it is so easy and rewarding. sometimes the hardest part is seeing and understanding the horrible situations these people are in and not being able to do anything about it or help them because a lot of times there are situations that we cant get involved in. That was the hardest thing for me this week but this week was fabulous! 

    ha ha sounds like the whole family is living it up in vegas! have a blast but behave yourselves! I cant believe Alex leaves so soon, how are you feeling? I hope you dad and Jackie dont get bored with your tiny little family! and thanks for the pic of Ty and the letter, he looks so good! and so cold! 

    Well this week was pretty crazy in the streets. It was like Catholic week or something (I am sure they have a better name for it but I cant remember it so I just call it Catholic week. So there was this huge fair with a bunch of fried food and rides! The rides look just like normal rides at Lagoon except they are much smaller and man operated. For example, you know the big ship at Lagoon that just rocks back and forth? Well they had a ship except the guy so goes behind it and pushes it and thats the ride. he was all sweaty and it looked really hard and heavy, I tried to get a picture but it was too dark so you cant really see it. this fair went on for like 5 days straight and we had to walk through it like 3 times a day because it is the street we take to get to our house, it was super cool! They also did this thing called black Jesus (I am sure that has a better name too but thats what my companion calls it so there ya go) It is like a parade and they have this big float with a black jesus hanging on the cross and they set off freakishly loud fireworks and stop by all the houses that have a little table set up and some kind of ritual with a bunch of smoke and chants and stuff. It was very interesting... I think they do it in Mexico too so you can ask maxy about it. 

    okay so now about them mormons! We had a conference on Saturday with the whole mission! like every single missionary in the Reu mission!! All 220 of us! that like never happens. it was really fun to be all together and see everyone. elder Cook was going to come but then he spoke to the Quetzaltengo mission instead right next door, bums- but it was still super cool because Elder Soaras came and spoke to us! He is in the presidency of the 70 and he gave a super good talk on humility last conference. Spanish is his 4th language! He is from Brazil and he is awesome! he talked a lot about how a mission is not a sacrifice, its a privilege. and then he told us how we can be true representatives of jesus christ. it was a really good talk! I loved it! conferences are so awesome. they always give me so much animo! 

    Well remember that whole Brighton spill I gave last week? yeah...scratch that. Hermana Giles went home, I guess Guat was too much for her or something I dont know. Hermana Sanchez called me and told me and she was really sad and felt like she could have done something better. I just told her how perfect of a trainer she was for me because she really was so good for me. She rocks! okay well I hope everything goes perfect for the farewell and please give Alex a big huge hug for me and tell him I love him! Love you to the moon and back mommy! Have a fab week!

Love,

hermana outsen

 

Don't you worry about me for one minute mother dear. I honestly love it here so much, it is just really hard sometimes but then other times its really wonderful and when you find the right people it is so easy and rewarding. Sometimes the hardest part is seeing and understanding the horrible situations these people are in and not being able to do anything about it or help them because a lot of times there are situations that we cant get involved in. That was the hardest thing for me last week but this week was fabulous! 

    ha ha sounds like the whole family is living it up in vegas! have a blast but behave yourselves! I cant believe Alex leaves so soon, how are you feeling? I hope you dad and Jackie don't get bored with your tiny little family! and thanks for the pic of Ty and the letter, he looks so good! and so cold! 

    Well this week was pretty crazy in the streets. It was Catholic week or something (I am sure they have a better name for it but I cant remember it so I just call it Catholic week. There was this huge fair with a bunch of fried food and rides! The rides look just like normal rides at Lagoon except they are much smaller and man operated. For example, you know the big ship at Lagoon that just rocks back and forth? Well they had a ship except the guy goes behind it and pushes it and thats the ride. he was all sweaty and it looked really hard and heavy, I tried to get a picture but it was too dark so you cant really see it. this fair went on for like 5 days straight and we had to walk through it like 3 times a day because it is the street we take to get to our house, it was super cool! They also did this thing called black Jesus (I am sure that has a better name too but thats what my companion calls it so there ya go) It is like a parade and they have this big float with a black Jesus hanging on the cross and they set off freakishly loud fireworks and stop by all the houses that have a little table set up and some kind of ritual with a bunch of smoke and chants and stuff. It was very interesting... I think they do it in Mexico too so you can ask maxy about it. 

    okay so now about them mormons! We had a conference on Saturday with the whole mission! like every single missionary in the Reu mission!! All 220 of us! that like never happens. it was really fun to be all together and see everyone. elder Cook was going to come but then he spoke to the Quetzaltengo mission instead right next door, bums- but it was still super cool because Elder Soaras came and spoke to us! He is in the presidency of the 70 and he gave a super good talk on humility last conference. Spanish is his 4th language! He is from Brazil and he is awesome! he talked a lot about how a mission is not a sacrifice, its a privilege. and then he told us how we can be true representatives of Jesus Christ. it was a really good talk! I loved it! conferences are so awesome. they always give me so much animo! 

    Well remember that whole Brighton spill I gave last week? yeah...scratch that. Hermana Giles went home, I guess Guat was too much for her or something I dont know. Hermana Sanchez called me and told me and she was really sad and felt like she could have done something better. I just told her how perfect of a trainer she was for me because she really was so good for me. She rocks! okay well I hope everything goes perfect for the farewell and please give Alex a big huge hug for me and tell him I love him! Love you to the moon and back mommy! Have a fab week!

Love,

hermana outsen