Well, time is running out on these emails... there are only 2 more left after today. No, I'm not baggy, it's just a statement. We'll get the sickness out of the way first. Today we went to Tikal and I didn't feel well at all while we were there, and during the hour and a half bus ride, I was NOT feeling well. We got to Pizza Hut, I jumped out of the bus, ran inside and barely made it to the toilet... first from one end, and then from another. I made about 4 trips to the bathroom in less than an hour. I still have a 2 hour bus ride back to Sayaxché and I am going to be praying nothing happens on the way!

Stress is related to what it's always been related. My companionship and worrying about a certain companionship in the district, but in interviews this week I talked to President about how I feel about each area in the district. I really wish we had more time in our interviews with President, because sometimes there is a LOT to share. 

Overall, our interviews with President and Sister Watts were EXCELLENT! My interview with President revolved a lot around the specific challenges being presented in the district. I only have one more interview with President in about 15 days! It was my last interview with Sister Watts, and therefore, was about 30 minutes, as opposed to the usual 8! It was phenomenal! I wrote all about it in my journal, but it's a little too personal for the wonderful world of cyberspace. 

I'll jump to the miracles of Saturday. In the morning we had a great lesson with Denis, teaching him about the Sabbath Day. Right before we were about to leave after lunch, we got a phone call from Familia Morán letting us know they would need to cancel the visit. We were grateful for the call, and I thought "Maybe this will let us teach Marvin and Raul". There was only one problem with the canceled cita... We were going to meet a member, Nohemí, there to teach them, seeing as Nohemí used to be friends with the daughter and we needed her help to resolve some friendship situations. We tried stopping by the chapel where she was supposed to be... not there. We stopped by a tienda and called her, and she wasn't with her mom. Nothing left to do, so we went and had a cita with Marvin, who has been gone for the last 6 weeks, so teaching him was a miracle in and of itself! I hope his life has straightened out, and we will be here to support him as long as he is still in Sayaxché! 

At 3 we went close to familia Morán's house to meet Nohemí and let her know the cita had been cancelled. We were there from 3:05-3:13 and she never showed up, so we left. Surprisingly, that happened to be another miracle. We'll get there. After realizing Nohemí wasn't showing up, we went and tried to teach Raul, whom we hadn't taught in more than a month. It turned out perfect! He had some free time and we had a great lesson with him, showing his true desires to find the truth as he reads through the Bible and the Book of Mormon! It was a miracle to find him unoccupied with some time to talk to us!! 

We were then led to a less-active woman named Bruna, whose husband Amilcar we began teaching last week. She greatly needed our visit and the message we shared with her. We also saw the less-active family of Domingo Tiul, and then went to teach Darlyn and familia Mota. When we arrived, Hno Mota wasn't home, and thus we couldn't enter. After about a minute of standing at the gate and talking to them, Hno. Mota arrived and we had a lesson with them! Yet another blessing! 

The greatest blessing and miracle of the day came when we got home, and called Nohemí to see what had happened. She had arrived at about 3:15-3:20 and she DID go to the house of familia Morán and was able to talk to Thelma for over an hour and "make amends", which was FANTASTIC!! We had been waiting for that for nearly a month and a half to help familia Morán get to church! Had she been at the church, she wouldn't have talked to Thelma. Had she been with her mom, she wouldn't have talked to Thelma, and had we not left when we did, she wouldn't have talked to Thelma!! The Lord has a purpose prepared for His children, and what in the moment may have seemed to be "fallen plans", turned out to be the workings of a miracle of God. He loves us, and knows how to help us come closer to Him.

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray