First Week and a Half in Guatemala

Hola Familia! Wow things sound pretty crazy! Haha we survived

the earthquake, they say that they are pretty frequent down 

here, we slept right through it! We also ate caballo (horse) 

for the first time in my life! The kinda sad thing is, it 

tasted pretty good! Dad, my compañero says that you had a 

compañero in Spain named Elder Gibson!? Guess what!? (It may 

not sound that exciting, but is very coincidental--meant to
happen!) My compañero's uncle was your compañero!!!! What is 

even weirder is that your Elder Gibson had a twin brother and 

that twin brother is my Elder Gibson's father! What a small 

world! Wow, all those fires sound very scary, I am praying for 

you to be safe, and don't want many more of those. Things are 

going very great, making a lot of great latino friends as well 

as gringo friends. There are many Latinos here that have not 

had their shots, or had their wisdom teeth taken out, or have 

not received their endowments. Also, many of them come from 

part member families. It is kinda cool to the work rolling
forth like a stone cut from a mountain without hands you know!?

There are two latinos, one compañerismo, that really stand out 

to me. Elder Castillo and Elder Vaca. They are such killer 

people. Elder castillo is a handsome Mexican from Sonora, 

Mexico and I cannot quite remember where Elder Vaca is from. 

Both are very good at soccer! Oh my, the soccer here is so much 

fun! I love it. The latinos put every ounce of energy they have 

into getting that ball into the goal! Anyways, Elder Castillo 

received his endowments this week, and it is very cool. My
roommate, Elder Vasquez, got his wisdom teeth taken out--his 

stitches came undone, lost a lot of blood, and was borderline 

shock. The dentist was able to come help him, but it was a 

sketchy situation. Mom, I can only imagine how freaked out you 

would be if I had to do all that business alone! So glad to have 

that knowledge, however. We now have an latino exchange companion, 

and his name is Elder Pineda from Panama. He is very humble, and 

is pretty timid. I don't think he has much of anything. It's 

amazing how much of a sacrifice it is to send these missionaries 

on missions. I am extremely glad they do,because their testimonies 

are strengthen from it. All the Latins are very strong in the 

gospel and know why they are here.  Today is Pday and we will get 

to play some soccer for about 3 hours. Extremely excited for that! 

That's how things went down last saturday, and it is so much fun! 

Well the spanish is getting better everyday. I love it here, the 

food continues to be amazing, interesting at times, but it is 

very good. We went to the temple here for the first time on Monday,
it is very small. Each session can only fit like maybe 30 people 

max.  I love it here so much. The weather is surprisingly a lot 

like Utah. We had a HUGE rain/thunderstorm on thursday. The 

thunder sounded so clean. It was amazing! also Elder Gibsons 

uncle will call sometime soon i think. things here can be so 

hot and warm and then switch to
rainy just like Utah, kinda crazy! However, it is much more humid 

herethan in Utah. Love the humidity. I am almost out of time.

                            Love, Elder Hilton! Love, ya!