HOLA HOLA
so i just want to start out with what i mean in my titile. they say that the last change is full of miracles and i truly believe that and its amazing. this week we taught froilan and he came to church with us on sunday, loved it and said everyone was super friendly! he made friends and man it was great. then right before relief society, me and my comp went outside to talk to a guy whos wife isnt a member to make a cita with them. in walked a young family timidly to the front gate. we went and greeted them. they just wanted to come see the church and were worried it had ended. we told them there was still an hour left, some of the men in the ward took the husband giovani under their wing and went to priesthood and we went with rosa the wife and her 2 small children. the ward was great with them and inviting them to their houses for fhe and everything. we got their address and phone number and will be visiting them this week! they are a miracle. no one invited them they just came!
estuardo is getting baptized on saturday! his mom is super stoked and planned the snack but itll probs be a dinner by the end, she is gonna ask her brother in the usa to send her 50 dollars! what what! 
this week we had a lot of people ask if me and my comp are sisters or cousins. because we are both white and curly haired. shes the best!
so story time. ...one day when we were sitting in the park a guy about 80 years old came up to me and stopped in shock then told me to wait a minute while he dug for something in his shirt pocket. pulled out a little rose. handed it to me...and we talked to him for a bit then he booked it when we invited him to church. then he came back and told me to keep the rose safe because he had stolen it for me from the catholic church across the street. and in one year from today hed be waiting for me in the park..then he left. me and my comp almost died laughing. she stole a rose from the church! what the heck.
well i hope you all have a great week! i know i will! i love my area my companion and the people here. i am so lucky and blessed. until next week

xoxoxoxoxoxo
hermana woods

hola hola
so this week was great! i am now in xela centro the heart of quetzaltenango where central park is and everything! we actually live like 2 blocks from the park! its a dream come true! my new companion is hermana Bingham from spanish fork utah. she has 4 months in the mission and she is super cool and i feel famous because she plays for the byu soccer team! everyone thinks we are sisters because we are both white and have curly hair....so  today because we are right by all the cool tipico stores we went and seached for cool guatemalan stuff. its the best! 

here because we are in the center, there are sooooo many tourists...gringos from the states europe  and ocasionally from china or japan. mostly studying spanish and living here in spanish schools. they are the only people that dont like to answer when you say hi in the street! its a bit different and i so do not want to have to go to the states again! people here are so much nicer. yesterday we made a goal to talk to a few tourists and see how it went. the first old couple and they were from holland and they were soooo  rude. it was super awkward so we tried talking to a guy eating pizza and he just got up and walked away.... we did the last attempt on 2 girls sitting on a bench. one was from north carolina and the other from germany...thankfully they both spoke english because they sure didnt know spanish. they were super cool and nice even though the german asked if we were going to be nuns....nope jaja. im so not used to seeing so many gringos here in guatemala. 

This week we already had divisions with the hermana leaders. i went with hermana yriarte to her area and it was super fun. we had some great lessons and i loved it.  
today we sprayed our beds and almost the whole apt with bug spray because we are getting attacked by fleas. cant sleep because when the bottom of your foot wont stop itching its almost impossible! hopefully that helps our situation! 
we had ward council and a stake presidency member came and macheted the whole ward council. it was scary then he tore us missionaries apart. i wanted to tell him dude ive been here for 4 days, this is my first sunday....but oh well jaja. welcome to the ward hermana woods! 

fun fact right this second there was just a strong earthquake for a few seconds! everyone of us here in the internet stood up ready to run out and me and my comp just stared at eachother. i havent felt a strong one like that in a long time! cool! earthquakes!!!!

we have a baptism the 30th of may! for estuardo. he is 9 and the son of a recently returning less active family. my comp and her trainer helped activate them again so its cool to see their progress! they are a cool family

my first day here on tuesday we were walking and a member from a different ward called us over to him on the street and told us he had a reference for us! maribel. he introduced us and we made a cita to come visit her again. in our first lesson she was so positive and we are so excited to keep teaching her. she wanted to come to church but she  couldnt because she went to her sisters in a different town. but hopfully this week! 

we have some other cool investigators but we have our work cut out for us to find some new ones! especially if we are doing the mission standard of at least 10 contacts a day.

well i hope you all have a great week! and be safe

xoxoxoxoxoxox
hermana woods

hola hola

so last week i didnt have time to write!!!! it was a little crazy because we went and hiked to laguna chikabal. so beautiful and man i got sunburned! it was supposed to be raining and cold but it was clear skies and hottttt. it was an adventure. at the bottom going up we all were like .....yeah why are we doing this??? ya no aguanto.... we were dying of heat and the climb was all uphill. the last time i went about a year ago we went in a pickup but this time we made the whole thing on foot. we got to the laguna and there were a few people there doing mayan ceremonies in the altars so that was cool to see. we made lunch and played games just enjoying the fresh air! a guy from spain named manuel came hiking in so we gave him food and talked to him for a while. he says there are lots of missionaries where he lives. he is here in guatemala alone till the 16th just traveling and hiking around. i took lots of pictures of our adventure so ill send some. stay tuned.
this week i celebrated my birthday and it was really good! puchica i had many cakes shoved in my face and even an egg with flour and confetti dumped on my head..... that was hard to wash out jaja.....other than that it was a normal day where we put a baptism date with nicolas! it was great.
on friday morning the secreteries called us and told us that they are closing our area. so we needed to inform the land lord of the house and start cleaning and packing. tomorrow we find out where we are going at transfers. i just finished packing this morning and im not sure how i got everything to fit. i have alot of stuff.....its bittersweet leaving because we have a baptismal date with nicolas for the 6th of june, but i know God knows what hes doing and my last transfer will be a whole new adventure. i cant believe im saying my last transfer. time goes by way toooooo fast.
this weekend we mainly just tried to get around to everyone to say goodbye and make sure our investigators were good and inform them that the elders would be visiting them after we leave. and mothers day was perfect! we wore corte to church and 
i got to talk to my family and it was so good. even though the connetion wasnt the best....sorry mom....the internet in this town isnt like it is in the city!

but anyway i hope you all have a great week and get ready to recieve a ton of pictures to make up for not writing last week....
take care
xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
hermana woods