"Don't worry about being successful. We are going to be successful - there is no doubt about it. The Lord has sent [you] to earth at the time of the harvest. He does not expect [you] to fail. He has called no one to this work to fail. He expects [you] to succeed"
Baja Verapaz is the cradle of the Rabinal Achi´, the epic poem that is one of the most important works of the pre-Columbian period.
In addition to this example of ancestral culture, we find in this Department the Biota of Quetzal, one of the few protected sites that preserve some examples of the national bird and symbol with its prodigiously beautiful and colorful plumage.
Other attractions of Baja Verapaz are its archaeological sites, the powerful Matanzas River with its 225 meter waterfalls and the Chixoy River dam, surrounded by an impressive natural landscape.
Wednesday I will meet the new President. There i will talk to him
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Nothing for the past 2 weeks.
“I did not provoke the fight, so I feel no remorse for what I was forced to do. We were arguing and, seeing that I was right and he was wrong, he decided to fight to cover for his stupidity. He swung at me first, but being in top condition, I was able to block the punch neatly with my head. Whereupon I jumped to the ground, knocking him down on top of me. Then I placed my ear in his mouth and poked his finger several times with my eye. His teeth hurt so much from the strength of my ear that he became irate and tried to kick me, but I cleverly blocked the onslaught with my ribs and face.
“I scrambled to my car in hopes I would get away and save this man from my deadly hands. Before I could start the car, he pulled me from the still-open door. I then proceeded to swing at him, but only managed to hit myself in the head. To this I said,’what’s this? Two against one?’ that was the final straw. I lost all control. There will be no mercy! Taking him in my death grip, I pounded him in the knee with my stomach then hit him two or three times in the fist with my teeth.
After that, he didn’t even try to pick me up off the ground, he was to chicken.”
It’s all in how you look at life!
omen from Santiago Atitlán make daily trips to the lakeside, just below the village, to wash clothes by hand amid the pirogues that the men of the village use for fishing.
The baptism.. His name is Juan Carlos, and he is 11 years old. we just tought him and we was really a great investagator. goes to all activities and everything.
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.
We had our zone confrence this week as well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
but i will be in the hospital for a few days. i hope.
well i got my area... its about an hour ride on a bus out of the capital on a huge mountian. my comp is elder madsen, my area is Nacahuil (knock a will). anyway my new district leader is a real jerk, so i only got about 15 to 30 min this week cause we missed the bus that only goes every hour.
I dont have fleas anymore and my feet are doing PERFECT with the adition to a few things.
A chicken hatching out of its egg is an amazing thing to observe. It is not a quick process, as the little chick begins first to peck at the egg until finally a crack begins to appear. It then must continue pecking, struggling, and working until finally the chick is able to immerge from the shell that for a time nurished it, but is now holding it back.
