Last Letter in Mariposa

Hey Fam! How goes it! You´re all freezing, sorry! Im here in about 78 degree weather and getting ready for changes this wednesday. La Mariposa has been an awesome area, we will see where I go next or if I stay. Some fun things happened this week. Sorry I dont tell very many funny stories, but most of them are kind of just like, ´i guess you had to be there ´ experiences but I will try to remember more of them to tell you. Something funny happens at least once a day, we are always laughing and enjoying our time walking up and down and up and down the hills of La Mariposa.

Some good news is that Hermana Izabel Arroyo got baptized on Saturday! She is so pilas! We couldnt pass by to bring her to her baptism because she was coming straight from Palin after taking care of her grandkids about a half hour away in bus. So we call her at like 530 when the baptism was supposed to start at 5 to see if everything was ok. she was fine and said she was on her way with La familia Juarez who are members and her neighbors. So that was great and a huge answer to prayer. This is nothing abnormal to start a Guatemalan activity 30 mins or an hour late, and dont worry, there were only three people there at 530 and we finally started at 6 pm. Before the baptism we had an interesting time trying to bake two cakes because no one from our Relief Society could help us, but we didnt have an oven rack. Part of the cake was burning, and it was during lunch and luckily our district leader lives in our area so we had to call them to bring us their oven rack. It was quite the series of events to get this cake together, but everything turned out in the end, thanks to our Heavenly Father. So everything went well with the baptism, man the look on their faces when they come out of the font does not get old! I love being there to hold the towel for them and to just see them beaming! They are just taking the first step to be able enter in God´s kingdom and they have no idea how many blessings they will receive from doing this and being faithful to the end. This gospel is so true, I just love it! Another thing about Izabel, she tells us not to pass by for her on Sunday morning because she is going to go with an inactive member who actually offened her many times and accused her of doing some bad stuff, but she just said ´it doesnt matter and Im going to pass by for her!´ pilas ella, passing by for inactive members on the day of her confirmation.

I got your birthday packages and other things, thanks for sending them! The treats and letters were great, thank you so much!!! We had an awesome opportunity this week to go paint a school! It brought back great memories of Peru! The principal I guess you could call him, of the school isnt a member but he was so grateful for our help and so humble, he lives in the elders area, so I think they are going to go visit him. Guate is great, love this place. La familia Santizo are still progressing we talk to them every week, miss them but they are doing good.

One interesting thing that did happen yesterday, is that Sebastian, the little rebel kid that was running up and down the aisles in the Primary Program, remember him? Hes so fantastic, but we were about ten minutes into our Gospel Doctrine class yesterday and all the sudden, hes eating a marshmellow and just vomits...I know mol will be upset if i give too many details, but you can imagine that it wasnt the most pleasant experience. So hna Jaquelin freaks out and leaves to go get the mop and then the little girl starts bawling her eyes out and yelling for her mom to clean it up in spanish of course, and then sebas throws up again. Poor little guy. He just spent the rest of the class in his underwear eating a sucker. Life is great, the church is true, if it werent, I wouldnt be here! Love you all and hope you have a great week! Tell Rach Larson Happy bday!!!! a christmas package is on the way for all ya´ll that says ´keep´.

love you! adios! Hermana Peach Wetzel