Turkey Dinner

Ok, so this last week was nuts!

This last week we had mission changes. Which means we were super busy in the office. I’m learning a lot and my organization skills are coming in handy now! There are so many papers and so many people asking me for stuff! I’m also trying to be more worthy of the Spirit! And I’m trying to avoid thoughts of home (its impossible) haha but its all good.

Monday- we were in the office almost all day. We were finishing all the changes with president and getting all the mail and stuff ready.

Tuesday- we went to our Mission President´s house and gave a presentation to the new elders and sisters who came in that day. Then we took them out to work......... Something president always tells us to do is to destroy the new kids so they have a good expectation of how they should work...so WE RAN ALL DAY! I was SOOO dead. The kid with me had a super good attitude so we were laughing and having a good time! Then we went into the office that night and we were there until 2am... So that was fun, especially because we woke up at 4am the next morning.

Wednesday- we had changes, and they are just the craziest. I also got to see my companion from the MTC.

Thursday- we had P-day and we were pretty dead so we just tried to sleep but we also planned our P-day de distrito.... We are going on a road trip to Santiago Atitlan (you guys should look up pics of that place because its sick) CRAZY STORY TIME-That night we were knocking doors, when someone just burst through the tin door with a knife in his hand and he was covered with blood. He yelled ¨I’m killing right now¨......... My comp and I looked at each other and we thought we were so screwed, then he said he was joking with us and invited us in....So naturally, we went into his house. He had the knife in his hand because he was about to kill this HUGE turkey! And I said ¨wow that thing is huge and then he asked me if I wanted to kill it, I didn’t really want to but the guy kind of freaked me out so he made me do it haha. So I killed the families dinner. Haha! That was interesting!

Friday and Saturday- I don’t really know what happened. The days just blur together.

Sunday- GOD BLESSED US SO MUCH! This week we had 9 people in the church. We had a new family come to church and they are so PILAS!!!!! The night before church the family watched The Best Two Years.... haha I don’t know how, but they thought it was funny.

We are doing well out here. IT’S FUN! We have been working like crazy and God is blessing us COMO LOCO!!! Thank you always for the Prayers and SEPAN QUE LES AMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ELDER KENDALL

Getting Ready

I won’t be able to write this week. We are getting ready for changes and I guess that means we are super busy! We have to sort all the mail and get all the numbers ready! It's going to be nuts!

I love you guys! 

PDay

SO WHATS UP!!!!!

As District Leader I’m in charge of our district Pdays, SO WE WENT BOWLING!!!! We went to this great place, it was huge and we had unlimited bowling!!!  We bowled for 2 hours and then we went and played pool for a little bit! 

Later that day we went up to the top floor of the house and we put mattresses on the floor and started wrestling!!! It was a ton of fun, the assistant right now was a state wrestling champ he just destroyed us!!

Out in the field, the Herrate family of 4 is getting ready to be baptized this weekend! They are super pilas and kind of rich (comida).  I’m stoked to see them get baptized! We have also been finding a ton of people to teach lately! I’m in the same stake that I was in before,  El Carmen (my old area) is about 20 minutes from my current area.  The only thing that sucks about this area is the church is still very far away.  They are about to finish the new church in our area and that is going to make it a whole lot easier to bring people to church!

WELL I LOVE YOU GUYS A TON AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!
Branson

PS I don’t have any pictures from the field because its super Peligroso in this area, so I don’t take my camera!

Office Work

I had emergency changes this week. I guess they needed someone new in the office. I’m pretty sure I'll be here for 4 changes because that’s about how long everyone stays in the office. My job is to do everything with the mail, registering the missionaries and the cars. Yes I can be in a car now!

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday I’m in the office helping with any problems in the mission. We leave the office at 3:30pm everyday to preach the gospel.

President put me with my first gringo comp! Elder Bentley is from Orem, Utah and he is actually pretty fun! We live in a huge 4-story house. It's very nice and we also have a weight room - so I’m stoked to get in shape! Now I'm the District Leader of the APs and the other people in the house! It's nuts, I feel like I’m living in college!

Right now we are preparing a family of four to be baptized and we are super stoked. This week we had a baptism. Right now we are a companionship of 4 people! So in this baptism photo there are my 3 comps!

Everything came at me so fast this week so I forgot about a lot of the things that happened but you’ll be hearing a lot about the experiences I have here in the office!! I love you all and thanks for everything!

LOVE YOU A TON

Branson

First In Line

Hey Hey Hey!!!

This week started out so good because we had some people come to church that are going to get baptized this coming Sunday!!!!

We started out this week by doing some service, it took so long because we dug a four-foot deep hole that was 10 feet wide!! This same day when we were studying, my comp went to the bathroom and while he was in there he started yelling. I was confused until he came running out of the bathroom with a lizard on his face haha it was so funny!!

We had a lesson with some new people and at the end of the lesson they gave us some cake, so we were eating and they brought us something to drink.......... and I swear I didn’t know! I took a sip of it and it was COFFEE!! I drank coffee during my mish and my comp said I was first in line to go to hell haha ;)

For PDAY we went to Antigua and that was the sickest! We had a photo scavenger hunt, then we went to the Cerro de la Cruz, which has an amazing view!!!

Other than these things we are working hard!! Keep praying for Hermana Cloudia this week so she will be baptized!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!
-Branson

Shout Out

HEELLLOOOOOOOOO!

So I know I haven’t been writing a lot lately and I’m sorry for that!! I really do want to talk with all you guys because I love you! I also want to give a shout out to all the moms; you guys are the best;) I loved being able to see and talk to my mom on Mother's Day. I seriously never had 40 minutes go by so fast in my whole life!! I feel like it didn’t even happen!!!

A few pictures from the Mother's Day Skype Session.

So this week we have been working super hard, but we didn’t have a lot of people come to church because of Mother's Day, but we are preparing a couple of people to be baptized in these next few weeks!! We also are going to get a couple married, so I’m stoked about that!!!!! FAMILIES!!!!!!

This week for Pday we went out with a couple of guys and played FOOTBALL!! Real football, not soccer, and when we were playing a bunch of little kids came up and wanted to play.  It was the funniest thing ever. They would just catch the ball and throw it to their friend, it was so funny!

We also did a little bit of service making some TOMS ;) they were totally real... hahaha!

I LOVE YOU GUYS A TON AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!
-Branson

It Rains so Hard

HELLOOO!!!!!!!! SO FIRST OFF - I'M SO EXCITED TO SKYPE ON SUNDAY!!

This week we have been working super hard and we are starting to see some miracles! We had a family and two ladies come to church this week and we are getting ready to baptize them!!

I know it is summer there in the states, but it's starting winter here in Guat right now!! It rains EVERYDAY! And when it rains... IT RAINS SO HARD!!!!! My comp and I try to use umbrellas but they don’t work so we just put our scriptures in bags and GO!!!

This week was good because my friend in the mission just got put in as my district leader so I'm excited to have him as leader!

I don’t have a lot of time this week but next week I’m going to write a really good one!!! HAHA!  

I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS!!!!!

Elder Kendall