Hola from Patzicia.....

Hola Familia,

How´s it going? Thanks a ton for the emails, it sounds like things are going pretty well back in Orem! I love to hear all of the little details, and I love the ¨News in a minute!´´ Keep it coming! Christopher, I´m way excited to hear that you´re STILL playing basketball. Keep working hard. Tanner, I haven´t heard anything about you... What´s going on? How´s life? How are all the girlfriends? ha! Not until you´re 16! I´m sure that´s pretty tough while all the girls are wanting rides in your Golf Cart… ha

I don´t need other glasses for now... There are places here where I can go and get glasses if/when I need them. The thing that I know I will need for sure is Veramist. My Eyes are doing great because I haven´t been wearing my contacts. The muddy buddies were really good when they got here, they were a little melted, but still tasted great! Thanks a million for that, by the way.

It´s been a really interesting week. Our numbers were INCREDIBLY low, and really kind of pathetic! I felt like we were working pretty hard, and I know that it´s not all about numbers, but it´s still a little disheartening. It´s been quite the task trying to keep from wasting time here in the mountains. I´ve realized how great we did in Boca with our time... Here I feel like we waste WAY too much time, and I´m trying so hard to change that. It´s one thing when you have bad numbers knowing you´ve done EVERYTHING possible... When you´ve been wasting time trying to push people along... It´s another story. My companion is awesome but that´s something I really want to change. We´ll see what happens! I think he´ll be married before I get off of my mission. ha

Yesterday Elder Judd and I sang a duet in Stake Conference... There were between 700-800 people there, maybe even more. President Baldwin and his wife, as well as the temple President´s wife was there too... I was SO nervous! There was a part where I just sang alone and everything. My voice was a little shaky from the nerves but I think it turned out ok!

Last night we had SUCH a good night with the members, they´re really starting to help and support us! We were asking for referrals, and they are EXTREMELY receptive! I hope and pray and really think that things will just be able to explode here with all of the help from the members. I was so happy to be working and doing my thing last night, there is nothing better!

Just like I explained in the MTC, I´ve learned that whenever the good times come, harder times are around the corner, and vice versa. Today has been a little bit harder. We had a district meeting and the numbers of the whole district are way down too... My companion got up and was talking about how the mission isn´t how we think it is... We aren´t just going to baptize everyone we see and things like that. I felt like the meeting was really negative... We´re servants of the Lord, and if we are positive and if we do what he would have us do, we´re going to find and baptize the people who are ready... The secret is to WORK! haha

Dad, I´m learning Kaqshikel but at the same time i´m trying to keep my Spanish going... It´s really not required to speak Kaqshikel here, because almost everyone speaks Spanish. It´s been pretty interesting, but I´m definitely trying to put Spanish first. At the same time i´m just doing my best trying to enjoy everything that comes my way! I KNOW the Lord is guiding my life... Everything is happening for a reason, hard times, good times, EVERYTHING. If I just make the most out of everything I do, the Lord will mold me into who he wants me to be... I love that.

I love the Atonement. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love that my Savior knows me. He knows what I feel, he knows what I like! Never was the Gospel of Jesus Christ ´´Easy.´´ Elder Holland said, ´´Salvation isn´t cheap.´´ It´s so true... Salvation
isn´t cheap... but It´s possible. One day, after all of the trials, after all of the problems, after all of the sweet spiritual moments and tender mercies that come to help us keep going, we´ll realize that we have learned so much. We will have been through the required process it takes to become someone incredible. We will become SO much more than now in this state. We just need to come to know Christ in ALL that we do. We need to remember him and know his attributes. We need to remember and trust that we´re in his hands. We just need to learn from EVERY moment. One day, one incredible day, he will call for his sheep... If we´re faithful until that time we will be among those sheep. I love that.

I love you all so much. Just know I´m working hard and I miss and love you all like crazy!

Elder Micah Melville

Mom, just send everything to the mission home still... They´ll take care of it from there... You´ll be able to do that the whole mission. Love you much.