Guatemala City South

hey mom and family,

man i had a good week this week. that is cool that brother huss was here last week. i wish i could of seen him. but i had such a busy week we worked really hard. and he is right, it is absolutely beautiful here. i love it here so much. and i am having so much fun. hey i have a question, can you go to the bank and just get that savings account closed of the 297 and just put that in my checking. i don't want them to charge me for it being under 300 dollars. and tell everyone i say thanks so much, that is so nice of them to send gifts and money and i love them all so much. i miss nanny and papa and grammy so much. and that is so cool what you are going to do for them. service is a really cool way to go about Christmas. and i know that is what Jesus would want from us and so i have been trying to put that into my contacts this week. for example i would say like, "i just love this time of year don't you?", and they are like "yeah i do", and i say "i love this time because it was the time that our Savior was born, and He came to this earth to save me and you. and He established a perfect gospel to make it possible that we can return to live with Him. all He wants is that we follow Him and keep His commandments. He wants nothing else. He wants us to be baptized in his church and enjoy this life with the blessings He gives us. i have received so many blessings in my life, like a family at home who loves me and has cared for me. i can live with them for eternity and i am so thankful for that. this Christmas all I want to do is thank my Savior Jesus Christ for coming to this earth and making all this possible. Would you mind if we come in for about 10 mins and share a quick message on how you can receive these blessings as well. and i promise you that these 10 mins will bless you for the rest of your life." Then they let us in and we share our message. it is so cool. because it is not like were making this up, we are sharing what we know. i love this gospel so much and i am so thankful for Jesus Christ in my life.

ha these photos were so funny. thanks for sending them mom, i love that picture of eric it makes me laugh. ha, but what will I wear.... haha.

so anyways, here are a couple things if you can find them would be cool. i saw this kid who had a mini Predicad mi Evangelio. like pocket size, if you can find that, i would love that so much. also this thing called the black bible, it is a old missionary tool and has every single scripture to every single question we get. i would like to get my hand on one of those.

also for my contacts, if you can find these things, here is a pic of it,and the solution is called clear care,

anyways and any news on the shoes, if anything you can just go with missionary mall because they have the guarantee, but an elder told me that they wear out quickly but you get a new pair quickly once they go out.

and also guess what, i had my second baptism yesterday, and i actually did it this time. ha, i was so nervous but it went good. it was awesome. i baptized, Ernesto Quej Cuc. he was so happy and so thankful for all the help that he has been receiving. that was a really neat experience.

also last week i went on divisions with the a.p.s with elder wood. but man we worked so hard, we were running to all our appt´s and were jut talking with everyone that day, it was the hardest i have ever worked and i was so exhausted when i went to bed. but i had so much fun with him, i hope that i have him as a comp when he is about to go home because he is so cool. but yeah i had a good week and we are off to montuferr now to go have a bbq with the senior missionaries and also play soccer. ha oh how i miss football. well mom i will talk to you later, i love you so much and am so thankful for all you do for me. you are the best. i love you and wish you guys a good week.

love elder daniel shipley

p.s. i will be on later today to talk to you, bye,