March Zone Conference

Thanks el Presidente y Hermana for the fotos.

Well another week gone. i still have a little cough and some flem but its nothing like it was before.. at least i can walk up a hill without dieing! This week was decent. once again we are found with NO investagaters. but needless to say we have been working with the ETERNAL investagaters. Specifically a 16 year old kid named Nestor. I have been working with him for 4 months now.. he has been in church and seminary for about 7 months now. When we finally babtized him yesterday.

We also had the WORST day on saturday.. Suposably we had to plan an activity to do but they young single adults said they would do it so we didnt worry about it.. Needless to say we didnt do ANYTHING that day!! but what can you do?

Well this next monday we have changes... so i dont know what will happen.. I think my companion will go to coban and speak a mayan language (he knows 1 mayan language but he will have to learn another but they are slightly simaliar.

anyway thanks for the letters.. as of now we are dried up as an area.. and changes next week.. But thats all.. no questions this week. Mom can you find out how many people are living in delta... so i can say how big my home town is.. alot of ppl ask

The Hair Game

14 months

Well another week past. Still sick but doing a little better!
This week was normal. First of all.. I started buying a few Dvd´s I though why not. they are like a buck fifty and i can get 1 to 3 movies on a disk.

Next we did a little bit of service. Like working on the REAL mine! I exited with minor injuries. Like the war in Vietnam but worse.. I was getting shot at from every direction!! We would use a pick axe and hit the rocks when the rocks really started flying. HIT THE DECK!!! or SNIPER!!! whichever you want to use. Rocks flying around like bullets!! Just then A Zinger right into Private Xcaban!! A fatality!! MAn.. a few died but i tried my hardest to be humble and save them.. Then i decided, (after a spliting blown blister) I gota save my self.!! So thats what i did. Running to Home base with the 7 up in hand!! But seriously.. I coulda died!

Anyway.. nothing much is new,, Still sick.. But a little better
Anyway thanks for the letters.. not sure what else to write..
Wood

March 2, 2009

Well im pretty sick. 3 weeks now and im starting in the bronciotus.. this week we had 4 babtisms. Enrique Caño, Beatriz caño, lesly (daughter) and jeackalinne (cousin) that went good.. we are gona confirm jeackalinne next week.
Well i dont really have much to write about.. I have just been sick ETC!! anyway.. sorry its a bad letter.. i didnt have questions so i dont know what to write..
Wood

Conversation between Kim and Tay

Taylor,
I really hope I haven't missed you already this morning. Especially since I've held you in suspense all week. So here's the news you've been waiting for: The new bishop is Bishop Channan Day, First Counselor: Scott Sandavol, Second Counselor: Ron Arrington. That's all of the changes for now, but we expect several more in the coming weeks.

Colton woke up very sick yesterday morning, but Josh had to be there to be released and I was needed to play the organ. We decided to take him just in his street clothes, and Josh would take him home right after he had born his testimony. Colton didn't make it that long. He gaged on the bread during the sacrament and threw up in the chapel. Josh was on the stand, and I was still at the organ with no clue this was going on. Mindy McBride and Ron Arrington took him out and cleaned him up. What a day. I'm hoping that next week marks the start of easier sacrament meetings as Josh will now be able to sit with us and lend his assistance.

Colton's preschool teacher, Mrs. Kathy died last week. I went to her memorial service on Saturday. It was the first Catholic service I have ever attended. I was surprised to learn that the service was uplifting and focused mostly on the resurrection of the Savior. But the spirit wasn't the same, and the insense made me sick.

Oh, and here's some news. I don't mean to rub it in, ok well just a little. Last week Bashas had this crazy deal. You could buy a 5 pack of mac & cheese for a reduced price and it came with a $2.50 off coupon for tombstone pizza. Not impressed you say? Well tombstone pizza was on sale for $3.50 so the coupon made it only a dollar. Still not impressed? Well, they ran out of tombstone and were substituting Dijorno. That's right. Dijorno for $1. No we did not stock up on them for you. That's a lot of mac & cheese to buy. But we did think of you as we enjoyed our pizza.

So, on that delicious thought, I will let you go.
Love you,
Kimberly

Pizza for a dollar THATS REDICULOUS!!!!
What are they like. How many people usually attend? My ward there are 200 each week. In SALAMA there is 100 in the branch.
Are they wards or branches? depends on the area.. if your out there is always a branch.
Are there several strong members or do a few carry the majority of the responsibility? here the members are amazing
What is your relationship with the ward as a Missionary? Its not like UTAH.. EVERYONE knows the missionaries
How often do you interact with the members? Daily!!
Do you get asked to speak very often? NOPE!! THANKFULLY!! Etc...
Elder Taylor Wood

Missing Cowboy Life in Utah

Lasers in Guatemala

Feb 9, 2009

Well nothing much happened this week.. We had divisions, and 2 babtisms in our ward. one was ours..Antonio Caño he is 14 years old and pretty golden.. We put a babtism date with his mom and dad for the 28th but it will probably be the next saturday.. We are still working with his sister (age 17) but she is a SR this year and has alot of work.. Its hard to find them .. Anyway there are changes this next monday so i might be in a new area and i might not. No one knows..
Well i got more letters from Girls and x missionaries than i did family. Nikki is probablly my only faithful writer THANKS NIK!!!!
Anyway, sounds like everythings good (accually i dont know about ANYTHING.. so let me change that..) Im Assuming that everything is good.. Thanks for the letters (wait... i need to change that also) Thanks for your support.. Untill next week.
ME!!

Bus Race

First i have a list of things to write about.. I need a photo of the house and a photo of my hotwheels.. ..

We had a meeting with elder Rasmand from the 70. it was a good little devotional.
Modern transpertation. dont worry mom we dont take the buses (anymore) . Well their objective is to go as fast as possible so they can get more into the bus and earn money. well they like to ¨Battle for passage¨ or race so they can get in front of the other bus.. Needless to say.. a bus hit a truck, then rolled.. killing the bus drivers wife, and the bus helper.. He said .. GO GO Dont let them win the race.. dont worry.. Anyway.. they flipped and 2 died, 6 in the hospital.

anyway.. i was getting into a hichike today and i ripped my pants.. We got off at a members house (not near our destanation) and they had a sewing maching.. just so happens my companion is a tailor.. He fixed them in less than a minute and within 5 minutes we were took our next hichike to our destanation.

anyway we have a babtism this friday.. NAme Antonio. he is 14 years old and the cousin of a babtism from DEC.. that will go good.
anyway.. thanks for the letters.
TELL steve thatcher i wanted the steelers to win but i thought they played NEXT WEEK.. Needless to say he owes me a candy bar and a MT DEW (I accept VISA, or packages)Elder Taylor Wood

Blow Out!

Kims letter
- No questions for you today. Just the usual.
Baptisms? Yes one on friday,. a 14 year old kid who is the cousin of a babtism i had in Dec?
Neat Spiritual experiences? Not really
Funny life experiences? so you know how we NEVER TAKE BUSES¿? maybe not.. today i was asking for my normal hitch hike when a truck stoped. We jumped in as normal just when i hear a RIP!!!! yeah my pants ripped.. about 6 to 10 inches... I thought about sewing my pants in the truck (because i had a needle and thread because i just sticked my name in my bad.. BAD idea.. didnt want to do it. anyway.. we got out of the truck and we werent quite in our destanation... stopped at a members house. and there it was A SEWING MACHINE.. just so happens that my comp is a tailor.. who´da thought¿? What happened this week thatyou might want to remember someday? PANTS RIPPED
Find out that kids name that knows me..
DONT SLAUGHTER PEOPLE.. (The family played Catan and Kim slaughtered us) you need to be humble like ,me... I´m the most humbile person i knowElder Taylor Wood

1_26_09

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

Great BAPTISM!

(USB thing broken so no pictures for a while)

Bumber... sounds like your thanks giving is gona suck just like mine..

We had a babtism this week. IT WENT AMAZING. this guy is so golden. he showed up at his babtism 45 minutes early. and its a good 45 minute walk from his house. Anyway, i bought him a hymn book and a triple combanation. we had about 75 members show up for the babtism. Imagine 75 members for a babtism when the church asistance is about 115.!! So far its the most members ever in a babtism.

On the down side. I got a change. I really liked it in Salama and didnt want to leave.. then again i did have 7 months there. Anyway i am in guatemala city. Zone 18 in a place called La layendo (the legend). you can google map it. zona 18 la leyondo in guatemala or something like that. The area is WAY small. My last area was just enourmas. As well as another new area i have a new companion. Elder Hernandez from mexico. he seems kinda cool. Guess i better get to this spanish speaking part of the mission.

Anyway.. Mom... talk to the Olcotts about them comming. I can get a good pair of shoes for like 80 dollars here (550 Q and its 7.5 to 1 dollar) anyway.. dont send the shoes unless its free. because i will jut by them here..

The members here are amazing (from what 2 members i have met here) the WARD.... not branch. has like 250 active members and our cook.. YEP THAT TOO... cooks for our 3 meals. It will be a good area but its small so i dont want more than 4 months here...

Anyway things are fine here... Something nasty happened in the newspaper.. A bunch of guys attacked a prison in guatemala and they chopped off their heads.., then they burnt their bodies.. The bad thing is, IT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE.. anyway, Its not like the good ol USA!!
(Taylor also sent me the papers address. I babelfished it and Taylor was very kind in his description of the events.)

Mom did you want to pick me up from guate or not... didnt really get an awnser from ya..

Things are fine. i talked to my cook in my first area and that was fun.

Thanks for everything, WOOD