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How you doing Tay?
Still losing weight? not sure.. i was at 262, then 202, then 215..
How was this week? alright.
What was your main accomplishment? I dont really know..
How are people progressing? a few are a little by little. I cant figure out one girl.. she doesnt want to get babbtized yet and i dono why.
How is the retention of your baptisms coming? huh?? i have 10 now
How about the progress of your companion? hehe is learning.. its hard when he wanders off onto templework when im trying to make sure they know what a prophet is..
Learning any Old Mayan words? nope--
this week was alright.. nothing much happened.. my comp did start our water heater on fire.. I redid the connections and we have hot water again.. Scared him though Anyway.. no one is online.. (still waiting for a belt buckle.. Grounded??) anyway.. things are good.. I dont know what else to write.. RELEASE DATE IS JAN 19 ayway.. catchyya lata

Candi, Taylor, Nikki and Scary Dude

Bowling King

Martin Luther King Day

How are things going with the greeny? he is good.. learning always. He's been out about a month. he is fluent in spanish and a mayan language

Do you get along with him? he is good.. I havent hated a companion yet
Where is he from? Totonickapan.. Guatemala
What are the challenges of training? I have to reteach everything
What do you like most about your days? Eating... or chilling in the church if we can.
What is the hardest part? daily¿¿ i dont know. just keeping busy
How long do you think you will be in your current area? who knows.. maybe 3 more months
Who are you teaching right now? Betty (needs to get married), Nestor age 17. needs permsission and he will be bautized the 3rd of feb, jeackeline, the daughter of a babtism in DEC the others arnt that close..

You spent money! What did you buy? i finally ran out of mission money. thoses 25 ties might not have helped (50 dollars)
How long is the weather usually "nice" for? its still hot and green... things will start to get wet in may (ish)
Anything new? Well we got permission to LEAVE our mission and go bowling. That was fun...

The server is down.. so i dont have pictures to send today.. Um we found a bunch of white chicks in the mall here (THATS RIGHT WHITE CHICKS!!!!) they are with the humanatarian services. We started talking for a bit untill a (LATINO from cali) started contaction in english. YEAH, she is jewish and doesn't believe in chirst... I know we should have read that section in preach my gospel!! anyway she asked if she didn't belive in christ but still did good things (like the humanitarian aid) if that would cancel out.. an elder kindly explained that Thats not how it worked.. We gave here 2 pamplets, and a BOM. and told her to talk to someone else when she sees us. she will be in guate for 2 years.

well this week went by alot smoother.. It was good. We had a babtism on saturday. LUIS EDWARDO de la ROCA... 9 años that went well..

I got my laser.. you can go ahead and get the red one now :). Did blaine get that belt buckle or not. I saw belts today but didnt know if he bought me a buckle or not. Anyway.. we went bowling today.. I scored 121... then i started doing tricks. I had to knock down 5 pins.. So i did it under the legs and got a spare... I have a video as well!!

So sounds like things are doing good at home.. MAybe you should invest in ALARM CLOCKS!!1 just put it in a diffrent place each night for candi!!! (shoot she can have mine!!) I think thats alll... thanks for the letters. Thanks Mom and Kim for the questions.

Elder Wood

Jan 12 2008

Who is your new companion? Elder Tzunux (sue noosh) from guatemala ( south coast)
Is he green? he has like 22 days now..
Which MTC did he come from? guate
How is training going? Holy skid... I have thought about home so much this week!!! but things are aight..
How well does he speak? well pretty much perfect spanishh.. Shoot if you through in a guatemala language he is bilangual.
Is he a scriptorian? havent really noticed yet
What is your area called? Called La Leyenda 1 (the legend) but more kown by Las villas How big is it? not to big.. nothing like salama
Can you keep your calendar full? dont understand the question. we have fairly busy days
Any new prospects? prospects_¿¿?¿?
Any good food we should know about? just cow tounge, stomach, and cow hoof. didnt try either of them . Stomach soup?? once or twice.. reconized it right off
How often does Sergio come to Utah? i asked the same question.. not sure yet.-.He seems to travel a bunch.
How is Guata's economy? not really sure.. the dollar is up to like 7.8 thats good for me!!
What is the greastest blessing the gospel brings into the lives of thepeople there? I´m not erally sure.. lots

OK mom last week i told you about the new office.. the number of the new office is 1202. not 202. Also my credit card expires in june..

FYI..
THis week was good. I FOUND A NEW BRAND OF SSKITTLES!!! its the brown bag.. it has brownie mix chocolate. ETC looks good ..
Other than that things area ok.. My new comp helps me work really hard.. In a good and a bad way. but its good encouragment.
We have a babtizm this week for a kid who is 9. his family are all members..
Well this week was good. thanks for the letters.. (i write by questions because i forget alot during the week)

Elder Taylor Wood

New Year, New life..the best life.

New Year, New life..the best life.

Since missionary work is the life blood of the church, missionaries must be the plasma. We received wonderful new missionaries who arrived egger to put into practice all they have learned in the Mission Training Centers. They are Elders Wixom, Chesley, Castro, Velasquez, Ralda and Tzunux, along with one very special sister, Hermana Castro. Welcome to the Best mission in the world!

Jan 5 09

Any new wonderful contacts? not that i can think of
Has Hermana Torres received her vinyl yet? not yet... but soon Should be coming.
Did you find any mapleine flavoring? i havent seen any..
Keep in mind you are probably the only missionary in the entire world, for the history of the world that has received this many packages.
2 elders in my district recieved 10 packages for december... I think im doing fine ;)

New Address
It will now be this... i thinkwe changed to tower 1 (there are 4 and it used to be 2), Level was 15, now 12, and it was office 1504 not office 202ç
this week was pretty ok.. we had changes this week and my little mexican companion (no its not racist im trying to use it in the state of love) left.. and i will be training this change. Im pretty sure he will be a latino but i dont know.. I will have him tomorrow.

Other than that nothing else is new.. Our investagater Betty still has to get married and maybe her husband needs a divorce.. But they have money and have bought us pizza and something like quiznos..

Other than that.. i dont know what i want in a package.. ressees penut butter cups, skittles, Just to name a few...
Anyway. thats all for this week.. thanks for everything
Elder Taylor Wood

Holy TIES

Mom has No Idea!

Christmas Dear Elder Herandez

I guess they forgot when Christmas was. Mid-November and they are opening up his Christmas gift from us. I made truffles and put them in the cream container so they would travel. Not very pleasant to look at though I am afraid.