soooo I got really sick this week, I don't know what I had, Zenteno told me it was dengue, but I’m better now so no worries there. I got to talk to hermana Zenteno because she is the new mission nurse (thats companion number 3 of Hermana Outsen to become the mission nurse) and it made me so slap happy, I love her so much! She is my number one favorite human on the planet besides you mom. 

   um... my roommate had a mid mission crisis this week. One morning she just struts into my room with a sewing needle and half of an apple and says, Outsen, pierce my ears! After drawing dots on each ear with a sharpie we managed to get the needle all the way through her left ear, but then the earring wouldn't go through. crap. It was quite the experience. I guess now I know that I can never work at Claires. 

    We ran out of toilet paper on Sunday and we cant buy things on sunday because of that whole dia de reposo rule so we are using notebook paper because thats what Guatemalans do. 

    Today we played paintball as a zone and then we sang Karaoke, It was fun. 

   yesterday we had a conseje de estaca with all the missionaries in San Felipe, the leaders of every ward, president Ruiz, and the stake presidency. It was super long but I learned a lot! estaca San Felipe is going to do great things in the next few years. My zone sang a special musical number and we sounded awesome! its probably because we are like almost all gringos so we´re NOT tone deaf. 

   On Saturday we had a baptism! They are incredible! We love them! We found them right before conference and they came and once they listened to the prophet they were sold! good stuff. 

   Alright well, I’m still in San Martin. The members have a new nickname for me, they all call me hermana Jefa which means boss. They told me that they are building a house for me on the corner right by the church because I’m basically just part of San Martin at this point. They are not used to having missionaries here for longer than 3 months... ha ha

   well, I love you lots! Miss you tons! hugs, kisses, exito. 

La Hermana Outsen  

hello! whats up! So I am super pumped up for October! We had a zone council and came up with tons of kick butt plans to get everyone that came to conference baptized in October and IM SO EXCITED! I may or may not have had an Im so sick of San Martin ive been here for forever attack but now Im over it and I love my zone so its whatever. 

  One of our plans for October is a 40 day fast! We made a list of all the people that came to conference that the missionaries are teaching. Our zone covers 4 wards and we each chose 10 families to participate and every family is going to take a day and fast and we handed out the list so that they can pray and fast for each person by name. So we will have 40 days straight of a family in the stake fasting for these people. Its going to be such a great way to unite the members with the missionaries and Im really excited about it!

    Two of the investigators that we brought to conference are getting baptized on Saturday! Luis and Kevin, they are cool. We love them! Today we went to Mazate and played volleyball with zona Mazate and went shopping in the marcado and ate at taco bell, Mazate is HUGE it freaks me out. okay well I love you lots! I hope you have a great week! Brillando en Brillantes!

love

Hermana Outsen 

 funny story! so today I left my shoes on the beach then went to play frisbee with my zone. De repente a big wave came up and took my shoes! so the ocean ate my shoes! mala onda. So Elder jorgensen gave me his socks, and Elder Medina gave me his shoes and I have been walking around all day like this, I look really dumb huh.

so on Wednesday we go over the bishops house for lunch and he struts out wearing this shirt! I don't know if you cant see it but it says Kazakhstan and has the kazak flag on it. ha ha ha what the... who knows where he found that! miss ya alex!! 

MUCHO GUSTO BABY MAE!!! SHE IS SO ADORABLY PRECIOUS A LA GRAN!! I cant wait to meet her! I WANT MORE PICTURES SEND ME MORE PICTURES! I love her! she's so cute! thats really exciting! 

    Well this week I was with my zone everyday doing area attacks and inviting the entire planet to conference and doing other zone unity things. We are just like a little family. it is unreal how close my zone is, its the best I love them! So... about conference. I didn't get the chance to sit down, listen, and enjoy conference. big bummer! I was so stressed out this week because the mission put a lot of pressure on the whole its conference weekend bring everyone in Guatemala to conference thing. I don't know about all the other missionaries in the world, but for Hermana Outsen Sundays are super mega stressful and conference weekend is just like 4 sundays packed into 2 days. We made the agreement as a zone that we couldn't go to conference unless we brought investigators. Me and Hermana Escoto had the blessing of attending all 4 sessions of conference but I didn't get to watch it in english because I didn't want to ditch my investigators and I was running around trying to make sure everyone was happy and settled in the whole time. So i just decided I am going to study each talk when the ensign comes out. but for the bits and snippets I did get the chance to watch I was very pleased!. As a zone we were able to bring 42 people between us 6 companionships and 2 elders only had 3 days in their area because they just opened it, so it was all worth it! brillando! granted our goal was 82.... ha ha its fine. we´ll get em next year. pero bueno. today we went to the beach!! SO FUN! SO PRETTY! We had a sandcastle competition and my team won. duh. Here is a pic. enjoy. congrats on the newest member of the family! I cant wait to meet her! 

 greeting from Retalhuleu! I love you all lots and hope you are happy. exito! Keep working hard! this is me and my comp, hermana Escoto. I love her, she rocks. shes from Honduras. VIVA CENTRO AMÉRICA 

Well we had a very zone oriented week. We were literally with each other everyday and it was so fun because we are all so close! We are like a little family. We did three area attacks as a zone this week to go invite all of Guatemala to the conference. We also had interviews with president, it went well, I passed. um I am having another brain fart and I cant remember anything about my week. All I remember is that I love my zone and my comp rocks, we get along great. Im happy! I love you lots. I think I will just send you a lot of pictures of my zone because they are my favorite people on the planet. They take care of me here in the mish. alright. se cuida. I love you to the moon and back and miss you lots! xoxoxo

 We made bananna cream pie for family night.  Thanks for the recipe G-ma

  saying goodbye to my hija Zentenito. I love her so much! 
 looooook who else I ran into! I LOVE HERMANA MINNICK

me and my new comp Hermana Escoto! the first thing she said to me was, oh so you are Hermana Outsen, I have heard so much about you. and I was like, uhhh from who. I literally have only talked to hermana Zenteno and no one else for the past 5 months. and she was like, well I know you, you are very well known.... I dont really know if thats a good thing or not...  but shes really awesome! really sweet and always happy. She talks EXACTLY like my other comp from Honduras (hermana Pacheco) 

Look who I ran into at change meeting! CJ and Elder Contreras! they rock. Every single person I saw at change meeting was like, hermana Outsen, are you STILL in San Martin?