Hola de Hermana, 18-3-13

Hola mi familia increible!

We had a good week, even if the dats weren´t as incredibly high as our first.  We were surprised by three meetings in Xela.  Wed a trainers meeting, Thursday group interviews with the Pres (an effective new invention with having so many missionaries, it was more of a pep talk than an interview, but we felt the Spirit), and Friday Hna S got to go to the temple with Hna V. 

Our birthday was nice.  Hna S and Hna G surprised me with a piñata, and we went and cooked spaghetti (hecho por Hna S, it was VERY good) with the family of Carlos and Luis.  Hna S had also brought back a cake from Xelapan.  We went with a less active grandma who knows the family with her grandkids, and they had a ball blowing up all the balloons mom sent in the package.  It was a very fun party. 

Our fecha with Carlos fell through as we found out he works domingos (so we´re working with them with that).  But we found an old investigator in the area book who had three asistences, and last night we put a fecha with him for 30 march.  Please pray for him because he has a couple issues to work through! 

Elmer also is pilas, (okay, I THINK that work translates to really smart and hardworking, they only use it in Guate).  We want to put a fecha with him also for the 30th.  Please pray for him!

Sonia is the about-to-give-birth-any-moment-wants-to-get-married companion of a less active Selso.  We went with them Saturday night and she told us she´d like to go to church but hasn’t felt well at all and doesn’t sleep well, so our mission leader gave her a blessing, and Sunday morning, she came out all bright-eyed and told us she slept soundly all night!  They both came to church and enjoyed it, so now we just have to figure out how to get her paperwork so she can get married. 

I love you family!  I can’t believe how fast time is flying!  Please share your light and testimonies with everyone!  This is the Lord´s work and it´s the most important on earth.  LOVE YOU TONS!

Hermana Ivy [-]

Fotos of us in Xela eating McDonalds, don’t know if you can see the green mango ice cream (the seasonal flavor right now).  Us with Luis´s family and me with the broken piñata.  It was fun.