September 27,2010

I´m sorry that I´m being so vague. It´s hard because I´m already in an area that´s hard to find people. If I don´t say much, it´s because not much exciting is going on with the work. We walk a lot and talk with a lot of people, but it´s hard to get people, who have a hard enough time growing their corn and having enough food, to be interested in something that doesn´t directly involve those needs. They go to church and that´s all that matters to them, in that aspect. Apart from that, the decisions that a person makes affects everyone around them. So, sometimes things happen that I can´t do anything about, but I can find joy in my own little accomplishments, and that´s what I´m trying to focus on. Really, you don´t have to worry. I´m doing ok. A mission is hard work and is very sobering, but that doesn´t mean I´m having a bad time and that I want to go home. I´m just trying really hard to learn and to grow as a missionary really fast. It may sometimes feel like I´m neglecting to keep you informed, and it´s probably true, but I just want you to know that I´m doing my best and that I´m enjoying what I´m doing. I´m just focused.

We were discouraged this week though, because we had no luck with the investigators that we had, and have basically dropped them. They canceled the conference with President on Wednesday, and had nothing planned because of it. We didn´t want to go walk the same route that we walk every day and try to talk to the same people, so we made the decision that it was time to walk as far out there as we could until we reached an area we hadn´t been in yet. The second house we went to, we walked around behind the house and ran into a mom and her four kids. We tried to offer service and explained why we were there and found out really quickly that they didn´t understand Spanish very well. (Everyone here speaks Quiché and about half speak Spanish well.) But we managed to be able to help them pick some corn from the field. After doing that for a while, we offered, for the second time, our message about "Jesu Cristo." She was very eager to learn about Jesus Christ, but we knew that we wouldn´t get far with how little Spanish she knew, but we gave a prayer, explained a little about fOllowing Christ, and how baptism was a part of that. It was very basic. Then we offered to bring a member family that spoke Quiché with us next time, so that we could start teaching them. We put a cita with them for Saturday, but unfortunately, I kind of got booted out of my area all weekend, when one of my Zone leaders decided to surprise me with divsions without my knowing or being prepared, and the cita didn´t happen. It probably wouldn´t have happened anyway because of the rain. We just had rains for a really long time, but not a huge storm. The coast is what got hit, not us.

That´s been this week. I´m excited for conference. We go to the stake building in Momos to watch conference and there is a specific "Engleis" room that we get to watch it in. This week is also changes, so we´ll see what happens. I honestly think that I´m staying and Elder Crockett is leaving... but we´ll see. I might even train this next change.

Thanks for your love, and care. I´ll talk to you next week.

Your humble missionary son,

-Elder Landon James Crapo