2011 Jan 3

2011 Jan 3

Hola familia! Yet another amazing week here in Canquixaja (that is the final correct way how to spell it)! We have started to move towards asking the members to give us references but they all seem to be kind of too scared to do so. So are working on that and I think that we are going to go contacting some more here because we seriously only contacted one person and that one person and his family agreed to let us come back and teach them. Just from contacting one house. So I think that we are going to shift some more of our time to contacting because the clinical definition of insanity is (or at least this is the one that I learned in that one Psychology class that I took) doing something the same way over and over again and expecting a different result. And I don´t want to be insane so I think that we are going to start working more with just contacting because it seems like it works really well here. And with those goody cups that you sent me, how can they not let us into their house? And I don´t know about fluent but I think that I might be able to speak some Quiche by the time that I am done with my mission. I think that like 2 zones outside of Xela have Quiche speaking areas and I think that Quiche is the most spoken native language here in Guatemala. The people here really are so appreciative when you try to learn their language. Not so much the Español people but the Quiche people seem to be really appreciate and helpful when I try to say something in Quiche. By the end of this week, I am going to be able to say (I WILL. it is a strong goal that I have) the man is big, the thief is mean, the house is small and some more stuff like that in Quiche! It is a hard language. In Spanish, it was kind of similar to English so that helped but Quiche and English have so common roots that I can draw from so that is going to be a little bit harder. BUT I´M GONNA DO IT! And capilla means chapel but they seem to use it for church buildings in general or at least that is what I have observed. They said that they were going to finish it in 2-3 weeks when we talked to them last week because they just needed to lay down the floor and touch up some walls so it should be finished in a weekish! So that is really exciting. But you guys went to see the rodeo museum?? That is so cool! That is the place who´s parking lot I drove into after blowing the tire after that job fair in the way nice hotel right above it! So that is crazy that you guys went there! I have spent a lot of time trying to write letters back to all the people who have written me. Right now, I have 2 done. And I have like 20 or more to go. So that will keep me busy. Missionaries just don´t have a lot of time to do stuff! But that sounds like so much fun driving in bad weather! Or driving period. My Comp, Elder Ronfeldt likes driving in bad weather too so sometimes we talk about our crazy experiences with that. And Tell President Smith hi for me! He is such a great slash worthy guy. The setting apart blessing that he gave me is so amazing. Like... shoot! ciento por ciento perfecto. And the ants weren´t really all that bad... just really salty tasting. I was talking to another Elder from Littleton today (Elder Robinson, I think) and he said that this past week that he ate a live scorpion (after cutting off it´s pinser and it´s tail) and he said that it tasted salty too. Thanks for your guys´ prayers. I can feel every one and I´m praying for you guys too. Love, Elder Froelich PS sorry... I may have forgotten to bring my camara to Momostenango today... I´ll try harder to remember to bring it next week so that I can send you guys a picture of me! I´ve been doing really good with taking random pictures just so you guys know!