Elder Slade Hirschi's Mission Retalhuleu Guatemala

8/21/19  Week 3 This week was really awesome, but also tough. I had a few times of anxiety and stress, but this week was super cool! Today we got to go to the zoo, and I saw some super cool animals. The hippo was pretty awesome!  The bus ride to the zoo was about 45 minutes and driving around here is crazy so I am glad I don't have to drive anywhere myself.  The weather is really nice and everything is super green.  We also went to Wendys to eat which was really good because we all miss regular American food.  And now I get to email home so today has been Great! Sunday I had to give a talk in Sacrament meeting. Like Alex we have to write talks every week in  the language we are learning  so Spanish for me and we don't know when we will be asked to talk. Well I was called to give my talk on Sunday. I didn´t do great but it wasn't terrible either haha. We also got to watch a movie about the construction of the Salt Lake Temple! It was super cool to s...

8/14/2019  Week 2 It´s SO GREAT to hear from you guys, I honestly love to hear how everyone is doing! I miss you guys tons but it  helps to hear what you are all doing! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Sorry I couldn´t tell you yesterday haha. Also  Happy Late Birthday to Karl and Lora!! And sorry if there is someone else I am missing. Anyways This week was much much better than the first week. My roommates are awesome and we have been  working on contacting and preparing to teach the first lesson. It is super cool to be able to express little ideas in  Spanish that I know to be true. This week I read in D&C 18  and verse two is a revelation to Oliver Cowdery about  how Heavenly Father testified unto him many times of the truthfulness of the work. I think it can also be  personalized for many of us. Heavenly Father has given us so many witnesses of the truthfulness of His gospel,  so now we have the duty to declare it to everyon...

8/7/2019  Week 1 Hey everyone!! It´s been a crazy first week here at the MTC in Guatemala, I´ve learned a lot and am getting kind of used to the mission life. I hope you guys received the picture with all of the missionaries at the Salt Lake Airport. There was honestly about 40 missionaries on the flight I was on. The teachers here are awesome! The food is pretty good, and everyone here is super nice! My companion is super cool and he is really good at Spanish.  M y companion's name is Elder Charles (Charlie) Wagner. He is from Minnesota. I have not been to the temple yet but I am going today around 2:00.   They have encouraged us to read the Book of Mormon in 20 days, and we are going to read it twice here in the MTC. Anyways it´s been super cool and I´ve learned a lot! Guatemala is super cool! The city here is similar or even bigger than Salt Lake City. The temperature is perfect probably in the high 70's and it rains a lot which is super nice. The other elders in m...

7/31/2019 Arrived at the Guatemala MTC July 31st 2019 Hey guys I made it to the MTC, it`s been a little stressful to get here, but when I came into the MTC I could tell it`s gonna be awesome. Thank you guys so much for all your support, I`m sorry I can`t write any of you individually. I`m glad to be starting my first month. Love you guys!!!