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Thanks
to everyone for the letters! Since the new missionaries come tomorrow,
today was kind of our Pday. I love getting the emails and dear elders
and the letters. Mom I got both of your printed letters. I´ve also
gotten dear elders from Kevin. Mom, can you send this to MK? I have a
lot to tell you just about today. So many things happen here.
Today we had a field trip and it was so fun! We went to the
relief map. It´s a map of Guatemala and it´s outside. You can look it
up, I´m sure. President Rogers who is the counselor in the MTC
presidency told [showed?] us the area and he pointed out a lot of cool stuff.
Then we went to the Mercado Central. That was awesome! We saw lots and
lots of things. I guess that´s where you went with Kyle, Mom and Dad.
I bought a bag for 50 quetzales. Its very pretty and colorful. Random
not: My hair is even curlier in Guatemala. We saw lots of cuts of meat
hanging, and beautiful flowers and baked goods, dresses, bracelets,
earrings, all that cool stuff. I just bought a bag. After that we went
to the Mall. The modern mall. We went to a museum that was attached
and we ate lunch there too. It was nice to get out of the MTC.
Yesterday and today all of the old Nortes and the Latinos left! There
is only our zone (two districts and 20 people) here. And it is weird.
Hra. Wilkinson and I are the only ones in our hall!
A few notes:
Dad thanks for your notes. I love to read them over and over. I liked your signature line last week. Spanish is cool.
I am excited to hear more about Baby Tew! I like to hear about
your lives and Scotty and Adam and your branch, Doug and Dani. Thanks
for the advice as well. I am seeing many miracles at the CCM, Dani :).
Mom the Deck looks great and you do too! I´m glad you had fun with the Binghams and I hope Sara feels better soon.
Something cool from last Sunday: The counselor in our Branch
Presidency, Hno. Barrios, spoke to us. The whole sacrament meeting I
had been trying really hard to focus on what was being said, even when I
couldn´t follow some parts of the talks. But I still tried really hard
to undestand, and I did understand quite a bit. But....Hno. Barrios
stood up and he talked about being focused. He talked about three
different times in the CCM when people were able to be focused on the
important things and what happened to them. He talked about Captain
Moroni (if every man was like him... shaken...) the people who heard
the voice of the Lord in 3rd Nephi, and Joseph Smith who saw a column
of light. He told us that when we focus on the things that are really
important, we are able to see a column of light too. The cool thing,
was that I knew exactly what he was talking about. I was trying really
hard to understand Spanish, and I was able to understand. I felt like I
was seeeing a column of light.
Also, Dani, I am very glad that you read Little House in the Big Woods.
I got called to be the Music person for the CCM. That means that I
have to get musical numbers and pianists and stuff. Woo hoo!
We taught a real live person last Saturday at CRE. Our teacher,
Hna. Ayala 2 (she has a twin who teaches here too, named Hna. Ayaala 1)
brought her cousin and her sister to the CRE house to be taught. They
are miembros menos activos. I´m not sure if that´s right. But,
we taught her cousin, Carlos. We definitely felt the Spirit there. We
talked about the sacrament, the covenants we made and now renew, and
how we are blessed with the spirit when we take the sacrament. He said
he would go to church this Sunday. It was fun becuase Hna. Ayala
talked to us before we went and told us that teachers had referred their
friends and family. And that the teachers wanted their friends and
family to be taught by good missionaries. Another companionship taught
her sister. That comanionship really struggles with Spanish, but its
amazing that they can teach!! Another companionship taught an
investigator who works at the CRE house, cleaning.
This morning and yesterday morning at gym, it´s only our zone.
So, (almost) all of us played four square together. It is really fun.
It really reminds me of playing ping pong with you, Paul. Some of the
elders are super ridiculous, just like you when you play with me. It
makes me think of you ALL THE TIME!
But tomorrow it will get crazy again. We are expected to speak a
lot more Spanish these next three weeks. So... I will be, I guess.
Sometimes I don´t try very hard, so I asked the people in my district to
remind me to try harder to speak in Spanish. Well, it´s time to go.
I´m not sure if I will have time to write a letter tomorrow or not.
Love you all thanks for your prayers and love and support and emails. Love, Marybeth Tew
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