carta 1/31

ok este semana fue un poco raro pero todo bien tratamos de tener un actividad pero no funciono....el barrio no nos apoya, es difici pero todo bien....vamos a ver que podemos hacer para ayudar el barrio y cambiarlo un poco....pero creo que esto pasa en todos partes....yo se que no hice tanto a ayudar a los misioneros tampoco...pero no se....

ok entonces estesemana estaba afeitandome y fui a usar mi maquina a hacerlo verdad entonces cuando abri la cosa habian unos ormigas q estaban ahi pero no me preocupo solo estaba haciendo la cosa....y me di cuenta de unos que estaban ahi en la razor....entonces pense fetch estos estan ahi de entro....a la gran....

entonces empece a take apart, la cosa y habian un monton ahi...fue horrible...eche cloro y todo a matarlos pero saber ahora estoy preocupado wue regresaran.....todo lo demas q paso en la seman fue normal...fuimos a la dentista y el mision quiere poner brakets en la boca de mi companero....solo vamso a ver q pasa con esto.,..saber de algo mas...te quiero

eldr pice

Okay this week was a little weird but it’s all good we tried to have an activity but it didn’t work… the ward didn’t support us, it’s difficult but it’s all good…we’re gonna see what we can do to help the ward and change it a bit…but I think this has happened in other areas… I know I didn’t do as much to help the missionaries either… but I don’t know…

Okay so this week I was shaving and I went to use my machine and when I opened it there were a few ants in there but I didn’t worry about it and then I realized that there were some in the razor… so I thought fetch, they are inside…

So I started to take apart the thing and there were a ton of ants in there… it was horrible… I put bleach in there and all to kill them but now I’m worried they’re going to return… the rest of the week was normal. We went to the dentist and the mission (president?) wants to put brackets in my companion’s mouth… we’ll just see what happens with that… love ya

Elder Price

response to David

David had asked him about where exactly his companion was from........this is the response he gave.

he is form the city there in managua im not sure exactly where but he said that he has never left the city the capitol....supposedly nicaragua is pretty big but who knows what that is big here is still smaller than texas which is big but its just normal to me right....but yea...

i really have no idea why i have had so many latino companions....its frustrating sometimes....but its probably for my good.....ok so i am out of time but i love you and will write better next week, sorry
elder price

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carta 1/24

ok la verdad es que depende hay muchas diferentes culturas y todo depende donde estas..entonces si y no....no conozco nada de nicaragua..solo que es bien pobre entre do todo de centro america es uno de los paices mas pobres....pero no se....el es un poco extrano y todo pero creo que es por la gente de aha y realmente no habla mucho, he tratado de hablar con el pero es dificil y no me pregunta nada...tengo que seguir preguntando si quiero tener un conversacion con el....es un poco dificil....no se si es la gente de nicaragua o solo es el hay unos gringos bien raros tambien pero no se si sea por el lugar o que.....

ok este semana como dije a mi mama fue bien por que el elder ballard vino y fuimos a un conferencia con el solo de misioneros...entonces solo hablamos de la obra misional y que podemos hacer a ayudar la gente chapin y todo de esto...pero si fue bastante interesante y aprendi un monton de el....

ok mi companero lleva 7 meses en el mison y es un poco "greenie" en la manera que es, creo que no se siente tan comodo a hablar con la gente y todo pero vamos a ver que podemos hacer para ayudarlo y mejorar su manera de ser....entonces vamos a ver

en mis 15 meses afuera del ccm he tenido unos 8 companeros y 6 de ellos son latinos...honduras, el salvador, guate, y nicaragua....
pero no se porque he tenido mcuhos latinos a ver que.....pero te quiero
elder Price

Okay the truth is it depends there are many different cultures and all so it depends are where you are. So yes and no… I don’t know anything about Nicaragua… only that its pretty poor out of all of central America and its one of the poorest countries… but I don’t know, he’s a little weird and all but I think it’s just the kind of people there and really, he doesn’t talk much, I’ve tried to talk with him but it’s difficult… I don’t know if it’s the people from Nicaragua or just him, there are some gringos that are pretty strange too but I don’t know if its because of the place or what…
Okay this week, like I told my mom was good because Elder Ballard came and we went to a missionary conference with him… so we only talked about missionary work and what we can do to help the people and all but ya it was pretty interesting and I learned a ton from him… Okay my companion has been in the mission 7 months and he’s still a bit of a ‘greenie’, I think that he doesn’t feel comfortable talking with people and all but we’ll see what we can do to help with that and improve him… so we’ll see.
In the 15 months since I left the CCM, I have had 8 companions and 6 of them are latinos… one from Honduras, el Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua…but I don’t know why I’ve had so many latinos… love you

Letter Home 1/24/2011

hey so not much new this week....my comp has like 7 months in mission and is from nicaragua like i said....ok so i guess that this week someting super cool happened...elder ballard came to guatemala...elder christofferson came too but he went to other places....and elder burton also went to other places he went to see the temple in xela...so that is pretty cool they are going to dedicate it this year sometime in the next 6 months i think somewhere around that time period....so yea that will be sweet but elder ballard is sweet he talked in english because he doesnt know spanish so that was good to here him and all that....he talked of the importance of the investigators praying and recieving an answer for themselves if they dont pray they will never recieve their answer so it was just that they need to do it and we need to follow the spirit to then be able to know what to say and when to have them take the steps and all that....

elder clark the area president talked about missionaries and when they get home they are "weird" well he said i think that they said of jose smith and jesucristo that they were not normal either....we came on missions to be better to change if we go home the same then we did something wrong for 2 years. we dont need to and shouldnt go homw and change right back...its not right....we made habits and are stilll making habits and to do stuff for 2 years and than go break those habits when we get home isnt something that should happen....so it was a super good conference it was just missionaries so that was fun to jsut focus on what he is saying and not have to worry if the investigators are understanding what he is saying or if they are just competly lost....so it was good to just enjoy it....

ok so i dont know if you remember that i said something about how gringos eat better than lats....well my comedor or the place that we eat lunch at she told me that she doesn't want to keep giving us food because my comp doesnt like anyhting that she gives us and it gives her pena i dont know how to translate that....its like she feels bad or she is a little offended maybe....im not positive...so thanks to him i don't know what i am going to do for lunch and i really don't want to cook so that will be fun to figure out i am going to try to talk to her and see if she will keep on doing it but i have till the end of the month to talk her unto it or fins someone new.....thanks a lot comp.....

ok so on shutting down im not sure what to say ....i think that really it is his diet i know that when i eat a bunch of crap that it is bad and if its the same thing with him to have a good diet and not just eat a bunch of sugar and stuff like that...i know its hard but i think its also a state of wanting to not shut down....elder ballard said something to the extent of just get over it and go on...he was talking about being excited and being happy in general...so really its like this if you want to be happy you are going to be a lot more happy than someone who doesnt want to be happy or isnt focused on being happy....so i think that is part of it too...on just wanting to not shut down...but who knows im no doctor...but that is what i think.. love you
elder price

Letter Home 1/17/2011

ok so i do have a new comp his name is elder molina i am still in the same area so that hasn't changed, its called asuncion.....its been good he is really different than elder velasquez but its only been a couple of days so we will see what happens here.....this computer is being retarded so im not sure if it will let me send pics but we will see what happens......ok so i ate this stuff i forget what its called but it was like bbq but it was some part of the bone, and i don't understand why but the gringos for some reason eat a lot more variety than the latinos...they always say that they don't like it but we just eat it if we like it or not...so its frustrating when that happens and stuff even the members say that gringos eat better and different things we are more willing to try new things....so that is interesting....love you
elder price

well you always can relate the most random things to something good......that is a good analogy. not sure why anyone would want to do that geocaching...but i guess that there are a lot of people in the world who say the same thing about the church right......good analogy...

so this week elder ballard comes....also with him will be bishop burton of the presiding bishopric so that should be legit...I’m looking forward to that, it’s going to be on Thursday and so that will be awesome...

right now we are preparing an activity. we are going to de the iron rod and have members and inactives and investigators do the iron rod and then talk about how important it is in our lives to always be faithful and strong...so that should be good that is next week so we will see what happens with that....but it takes some time so we will see if we have the support of the members...we are going to be inviting a bunch for that this week so that no one can say that they didn’t know about it...so that will be interesting....so pop hope that you are doing good and that you are helping out the misisonaries in the ward, because i know what its like to have a ward mission leader who doesn't help i have had some luck in my mission with some leaders...they are all not the most helpful....love you dad..
elder price

Carta 1/17

ok en espanol de guate es como puchicas...no se como a deletearlo o hijo de.....son of a..
pero hay differente modismos y todo pero saber como a decirlo exactamente...depende.....

ahora yo estoy bien...no estoy enfermo y todod y mi companero ya se fue...tengo un companero nuevo el es de nicaragua y es bien diferente que mis otros compas de antes...espero que todo sale bien con el y todo....pero toda via es temprano y vamos a ver que hacemos en estos dias....pero si es bien calidad....solo un poco raro....pero si....

ok este semana fue raro perque los cambios y todo. entonces realmente martes y miercoles fueron dias en donde solo empaco mi companero y se despidio de unos miembros y investigadores....entonces fue un poco lento.....y despues mi companero llego y queria poner todos sus cosas y todo de esto...pero si se llama elder molina y realmente no habla mucho. es bien callado y tranquilo....te digo mas cuando yo lo conozco mejor....te quiero
elder price

(I asked him how to say the expression ‘crap’ in Guatemala) okay en Guatemalan Spanish it’s “puchicas” I don’t know how to spell it, but there are different ways of saying it and all but I don’t know how to say that exactly… depends…

I’m good now… I’m not sick and already my companion left and I have a new companion. He’s from Nicaragua and he’s pretty different from my other companions… hopefully it’ll all be good with him… but it’s still too soon and we’ll see what we do in the next couple of days… but he’s pretty cool… just a little weird… but ya

Okay this week was weird because of los cambios and all. So really Tuesday and Wednesday we got my companion all packed up and he said goodbye to some of the members and investigators… so it was a bit slow.. and then my companion arrived and wanted to put away all his thing and all that… but ya his name is Elder Molina and he doesn’t talk much. He’s pretty quiet and chill.. I’ll tell you more when I know him better. Love ya
Elder Price

carta 1/10/11

pues.....este semana fue horrible. mi companero se enfermo.....el no queria hacer nada por que su cabeza le dolio y tenia fievre y todo....entonces fue bastante dificil aa hacer todo.....pero si y hoy me levante a las 4 con lo mismo y le duro como 3 dias entonces no estoy bien feliz de que va a pasar en estos dias....

pero el martes mi companero me levanto y queria un bendicion...entonces llamamos a nuestro vecino que es de el barrio y dimos un bendicion a mi companero verdad....y despues llamamos a la enfermera de la mision y el tenia calientura y todo su temperatura fue como 41 grados....mas o menos 101 y algo...pero tome esto despues de dar tylenol que baja temperatura....pero ahora yo tengo lo mismo......pero decidi a hacerlo desayuno....y hice algo completemente americano.....grilled cheese...oh yea i made grilled cheese and it was fantastic....it has been over 17 months that i ate that wonderful concoction.....

ok no se como es en espana pero aqui dirrecciones de casa son bien locos...es mas o menos asi...ok anda por la 41 avenida hasta que vea una tienda toma la proximo derecha y anda hasta que vea un chucho que siempre esta ahi..es la casa amarillo lado cualquier.....direcciones son bien chafa.....supuestemente el chucho siempre esta pero, saber.....entonces te quiero mucho espero que todo esta bine en utah..

Well… this week was horrible. My companion got sick… he didn’t want to do anything because his head hurt and he had a fever and all… so it was pretty difficult to do everything… but ya and today I got up at 4 with the same thing and it lasted him like 3 days so I’m not very happy about how the next couple of days are going to be….

But Tuesday my companion woke me up and wanted a blessing… so we called our neighbor that is in the ward and we gave him a blessing… and then we called the mission nurse and he had a temperature and all, his temperature was like 41 degrees (Celsius) more or less 101 (Fahrenheit) and all…I took his temperature after giving him Tylenol and the temperature went down…but now I have the same thing… but I decided to make breakfast and I made something completely American… grilled cheese...oh yea i made grilled cheese and it was fantastic....it has been over 17 months that i ate that wonderful concoction.....

Okay I don’t know how it is in Spain, but here house directions are pretty crazy… more or less it’s like this…okay walk for 41 blocks until to see a store, take the next right and walk until you see a mutt that is always there. It’s the yellow house on the side of whatever….directions are pretty bad…supposedly the mutt is always there, but who knows…hope everything is good in Utah.

Letter Home 12/27/2010 Pictures He's sent home

what happened with Caleb??? was he mad and if so why i feel bad I'm not sure what i said i knew that he would be quiet but he was like not even saying anything.....

OK so I'm not sure what is happening...i was talking to some of the guys here mainly elder moorhouse. and we were thinking of coming back to Guatemala in December so i need to work and save up some money because if i don't come back right away than i probably wont make it back if you know what i mean.....but I'm not sure what is happening and i have some time to think about it not a lot of time but i don't know what i want to study or anything like that, i need to do a lot of thinking and praying over the next few months so i can have some what of a plan when i get home....but I'm not too worried about it....are you on right now???if so let me know...Love you

Letter Home 12/20/2010

well i got the package yesterday and everything and i opened it yesterday......you were right there was not going to be any waiting...but yea so i was trying to use the camera right now to send some pictures that i took last night and stuff but i cant figure it out so we will see if this man can help me or not in a minute...i think i have to download something and that is a problem with places like this where its not my computer....

ok so this week yesterday we had our Christmas party as a mission, so the whole mission got together and that was way cool. i saw a lot of people that i havent seen in a long time and stuff...we watched a movie, well there was a movie on i dont think that anyone was actually watching it i think that everyone wanted to talk to there friends more that watch elf...yea it was a weird choice but whatever i dont know who actually sat and watched it and we didnt finish it fo whatever....

so last friday we had our correlation meeting with the ward mission leader and he said that i might have to talk, so i was like well that sucks, but i was like what do i have to talk about and what do you mean maybe....so he was like well the bishop hasnt told me yet but every third sunday the missionaries or him has to talk...so i was lke ok....so saturday morning i have to teach an english class obviously not this saturday that comes but normally...so i went to english class and than after i went to work....so than comes the only other time that i could, and since he told me 20 minutes i was like i have to do some serious planning...so i started at like 9 30...but than my comp just starts talking and wont leave me alone, i personally think he didnt want me to focus on my talk but i am not sure....than he finally goes to be and i was like finally i can concentrate but by than it was like 10 30....so i start and am working and working and than i finish and look at the time and it was 1 30.....oops!!! but i go to bed and am just laying there and my mind would not shut off..i laid there for like an hour so i went to bed at like 2 30....it was ridikulus...than when i get to church i find out that it was ward conference, ut i think that if i didnt put in the work i would of had to talk. noone knoew that it was ward conference...so i was rather frustrated but it was good and all...fun stuff...i lvoe you and i will talk to you on saturday at 9 my time....
elder price