Stung by a wasp

Another week is gone. Yesterday i had a funny experiance. we have mangos like crazy. if you want one all you have to do is throw a bad mango at the tree and 5 good ones fall down. I had the misfortunine of almost hitting a wasp nest. well a savage beast landed on me and stabbed my right about my eyebrow. today its pretty swollen.

Mom did you call missionarry mall_ they probably want pictures. have at them they are on the website

Anyway we had a babtism this week. Juan Carlos Age 11. That went well.

I saw the hugest cow the other day.

We had our zone confrence this week as well.

I have a few pictures on blaines website. mostly just the best ones right off the bat.

my link to moms blog doesnt work.

Thats about it. I bought a hammik. And it rained 8 hours yesterday. i also bought somethign called a corte for 300 Quetz *7.6 quetz is 1 dollar* its 8 meters long and its basically hand woven fabric.

Wow i have nothing else i guess.

Pres. Torres

March 1, 2008 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that the new president of the Guatemala, Guatemala City North Mission will be David Jaime Torres - Rodriguez, 55, Millrace (Spanish) Branch, Taylorsville Utah Stake; former bishop and counselor, branch president, high councilor, ward Young Men president, Elders quorum president and missionary in the Central America Mission. Educator and member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Education Association. Born in Washington D.C., to Elias Rivera and Luz Rodriguez Torres. Married Maria Luisa Quesada, five children.
A stake Relief Society president, Sister Torres is a former stake Primary president, ward and branch Relief Society president, Cub Scout leader and missionary in the Central America Mission. Born in El Paso, Texas, to Jesus Raul and Julia Parada Quesada.
(information at the Torres' taken from LDS Church News. Jan 26, 2008)

What's the Price of Milk?

Well this week was alright. for pday 3 elders saw a members place and their was an electric guitar, drums and a bass. out of 8 elders i guess we had a drummer, and two guitar players. they jammed out for like 2 hours just putting music together. we might have a baptism this week but all our others have failed, we will see what happens. Im sorry the family is having such a problem with my problems. We have interviews tonight and i will talk to the president.
Maybe you could have had more parties, made me get out more. but things just happen. All you can do is DONT look back, because when you do you have regrets, and all they do is hold u back.
Maybe you did pray something to happen. I prayed to get shot in Paraiso and not die, to get poisoned, to have my health decline so i can return. have my body have problems with the food . nothing happened.
Two days ago a guy came really fast around a corner in a nice truck and tried to hit us. when he missed us, swirved and he slammed on the brakes (we thought it was a punk kid) and waited for us (but at that point we just thought he was out of control) well he started screaming in English and Spanish anything that is imaginable. well at that point i thought my pray was going to be answered. but he drove off, and i thought he was coming around for another try. Things just happen right? even in a good town...
I'm sorry that its so hard on you. but its not you thats doing anything, its me. and i don't want to continue. i don't care if i come home, go to Arizona, or any other place, just not here.
I will talk with the president, how I'm feeling ETC, as u said its between him and I.
as for the work people don't go to church. we have had 5 baptism dates just sitting around because they cant or wont go to church.
Hows the gas prices? Milk prices? anything else that has changed since i left? i think thats all i got for now.

What a World We Live In!

Things Mom Buys on Sale:
$ 2.00 - loaf of Bread
$ 2.69 - gallon of Milk
$ .99 - Dole 100% Juice
$ .89 - Small Red Delicious Apples
$1.99 - Fresh Express Salad Blends
$3.99 - Top Sirloin per lb.
$ .79 - Fresh Cantalope per lb.
$3.33 - Dryers Ice Cream
$4.06 - gallon of gas
$8.99 - 2 lbs. of cheese
$4.00 - 12 pk. Mountain Dew

Antigua Guatemala

ntigua Guatemala is the colonial capital of Guatemala, Central America's most populous country and a likely jumping off point for any visit to the country. This city of 42,000, ringed by three majestic volcanoes, is a haven of cobblestone streets and Spanish-language schools, of open-air cafés, gardens, and atriums hidden behind the heavy wooden doors of restored Spanish mansions. "Antigua is a walker's paradise," says writer Carl Hoffman. For the May/June 2008 issue of Traveler, Hoffman and photographer Peter McBride join an expat living in Antigua to embark on a back-roads adventure to find the hidden Guatemala, going far off the tourist trail.

Reminder

Taylor, you are one of my choice sons and I expect great things of you. I expect you to be a missionary. Satan is going to try to tempt you and keep you from accomplishing the goals you set for yourself but he will have no power over you.

Reread the letter I sent to you earlier.

Love,
Heavenly Father

Happy Mother's Day

It was wonderful and not so wonderful to speak with Taylor Sunday evening. The connection was terrible and we couldn't hear very well at all, but it was great to visit with him. All of the kids came home to be here when he called. They know he is struggling and wanted to be here to offer support and love. Joanna even came to our house when her family probably really wanted her to be with them for her birthday.
We took a family picture of us all together and thanks to modern technology we even painted Taylor in with us and it made it a perfect Mother's Day.

Elder Wolford

ElderWolford, from Salt Lake has been out 18 months. he is sick (this is a good thing, and means really really good) at the guitar, and has alot of faith. and emergency transfer is when well, someone gets run over by a bus and the new elder cant work the area because he has no idea whats going on. so the president takes a few elders and moves them around where he sees fit. so about 6 elders can be switched around for one emergency. so if an elder has cancer and goes home. if his companion knows the area the president just pulls one elder from a trio and puts him there. my comp wasnt the comp to the one who had cancer (if that makes sense) he was just one elder president pulled to make things work. i am in the zone Colban, area SALAMA, (Baja verapaz is the name of the area ) i am about 2.5 hours out of the capital. my area has a few good sized stores. a street with a flea market and a place where there are houses outsize of the little city.

Elder Madsen

Elder madsen is from california and has been out 17 months, he experiances no pain and always carries 2 knifes with him at all times, Mostly because he has been shot at. he is a go getter. I learned that public transportation sucks. he is very determined especially since he only has a few changes. after my comp got ran over a guy took us down in his SUV. we didnt give him a blessing untill the hospital, when your toes are open fractured and shattered and gussing blood we just decided to get him back ASAP. i had to help him and basically lost sleep from what i saw. we had 3 other people helping us

More Trouble

I honestly dont know what to do for the phone call. my last number was 4144-9921 i think my new one is 4144-9926. I dont have a cell phone. just a phone between the companionship.

This week was crazy. Starting with last monday. Mom i think you should research the transportation of guatamala. to sum it up. CRAM EVERYONE IN, well we only have a bus that goes our way every hour. So basically me and my comp had our TOES on the step of the bus, hanging out holding onto bars outside. Well try that for 30 min and it gets pretty exausting. Needless to say my comp fell of, got ran over, shattered his middle 3 toes, and had an open fracture on two of them. blood was coming out of his shoe. i spent 3 days in the hospital and they pinned two of the toes and they will be alright. as for the second toe (thats the pointer finger on the RIGHT toe) anyway it didnt have circulation and they did or will cut it off. I dont really know! I go back to the hospital today. i think they will only cut off half of it though.
the rest of the week we ran around like little chickens. to our area, and 30 min away to ours. needless to say, im beat and have no money.
and today. well the people went on strike because they raised the price of the busses, from 2Q to 3Q 7.6 = 1 dollar. anyway they had the roads blocked off with whatever they could find. and the people wouldnt let us pass. and if we did pass they would hate missionaries forever. well the news castors finally came and we bailed. we hiked about 2.5 hours around the mountian, and another 2 to the capital.
but i will be in the hospital for a few days. i hope.

As for my new area, i cant take it. to many hills. it doesnt matter if i spend 25 hours a day doing ankle rehab if im walking on roads made of rocks the size of basketballs. I rolled my other ankle today but luckly it wasnt the bad one, im a huge guy and its hard on my knees.

anyway, that about sums up the week.

I dont know what to do about the phone call.
Elder Taylor Wood