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This is the kids class singing the chicken song..........it's a song I used to teach the missionaries at the MTC only they had to do it in Spanish :)

Sorry I haven't written in a little while. We've been pretty busy. On Saturday we decided to go into Guatemala City to see Star Wars III and then go to the temple. Both were great. It felt good to be in a big city too. Sunday was really neat. This Saturday the primary kids are going on missions for the day so sacrament meeting was dedicated to them. The bishop talked about how he had interviewed them all and then called up a couple to share their testimonies. One was a girl who got baptized the Sunday I got here. It was so powerful. Then the bishop called each child up and gave them their callings. On Saturday they will go out and knock doors offering copies of the book of Mormon, pictures, and even teaching. I think it will be really successful. On Monday we went back up to Xetonox to do more digging and moving dirt in wheel barrows. I love the people there. The kids love us and they always end up feeding us lunch. They wanted to hear some songs so we sang them hymns. Hopefully everything will work out soon with their water project. On Tuesday I got to go to a school and help out with the English classes. The kids were soo cute. They are getting ready for their English extravaganza on Friday night where they will sing and do skits in English. That night and Wednesday night we taught our free English classes at the church. I teach the beginning adult class. It’s a lot of fun. On the first day I made them sing and dance to a chicken song I know but they had to do it in English. They are good sports. Yesterday 4 of us got to go out to a couple little communities and teach square-foot gardening. the first place is called La Joya and there is a women’s group (it's pretty much like relief society) that gather ever week to make sure everyone is doing okay and to work on projects. A lot of them are widows because of the civil wars here. They are amazing women. The second place is called Palo Blanco. We taught the school kids. It’s a great community. Most of the parents can't read or write but they want so badly for the kids to have more opportunities than they have, so they have a small school that meets for one week then is off for a week so they can help work for their parents and then back in school for a week. The kids are so eager to learn. They were between 13 and 17 and so attentive to everything we said. I doubt you could find that in the states. I’m in Antigua right now. We are working at the orphanage today. We were up with the babies. They are so tiny. Hopefully I can get a picture out of two of the kids. They are so sweet. They just want to be held. Tomorrow we are taking off to Tikal so we will be spending the weekend seeing the sights on the way up there. It should be really neat. I think that's about it. Thanks for the emails. I love you all.Kirsti