Hola Hola!

Hey family,

HEY! Thank you so much for the emails! I really appreciate your support as always, and I can´t even begin to describe how awesome it is having people who are writing me every week, but not only that, praying and showing their support in so many ways. I really appreciate you all so much, and I just want to tell you that I LOVE YOU!

Last night we were in an appointment with a member of the bishopric, and I found myself telling them the story of my Dad, the popcorn man! haha they were laughing, and thought it was funny to hear about ¨el hombre de poporopo.¨ Also, yesterday morning I was telling my companion the story in english. Remember how we´d always get the red wagon out, fill it with popcorn, and if there was room for us we´d get in or just walk around the neighborhood giving everyone their ¨Sunday Night Popcorn?¨ haha That has left a huge mark on my life, and I´m so thankful for Dad´s awesome example. I think that helped us as a family a lot more than it did anybody else. THEN we could talk about ¨Melville Mingle.¨ Good times.

Christopher, I cannot believe that Thurl Bailey walked into your government class! hahaha I would pay BIG MONEY to see the look on your face! That is the coolest thing ever. It´s too bad you can´t go, do you have to give the shoes back? haha

Tanner, I´m glad to hear you are still practicing your ping pong skills, practice up! Just wait until I get back home and we´ll have to play.

So, having a new companion with me has really helped me realize a lot! I feel like i´m starting to get used to life in Guatemala, and the crazy things we see EVERY day just don´t fase me too much anymore! The other day we were in an appointment with an LA Gang Banger. He is covered with tats, and speaks English really well. We asked him why he had come down to Guatemala, and we got a whole lot more information than we were bargaining for... He told us that he had come down because someone killed his cousin down here in our colony, and he came back to take care of him(the guy who killed his cousin).haha I just thought, ¨Wow, that´s kind of intense!¨ We just kept teaching and left, and I didn´t think too much more about it. A little bit later my companion was saying, ¨That is so crazy!¨ I didn´t even think twice, he was even telling us stories about how he was in prison, and the stuff they have to go through in there in the prisons. haha Just thought that was kind of funny.

Also, my companion helped me realize something else that isn´t quite normal. There aren´t water heaters here in Guatemala like the ones in Utah, they are little things on the showerhead that connect to the electricity in the wall and heat the water right over your head. Every now and then when you touch where the water comes out it gives you a little buzz! haha My companion touched it and told me about it. He´s helping me realize a lot. Please don´t let this worry you, I really just feel like i´m starting to become a Guatemalan!

I felt so blessed to be able to hear the conference. One of my most favorite talks was from Richard G. Scott, on saturday morning. He spoke a lot about revelation, and how we can receive personal revelation. I learned so much and just could FEEL it. That´s what I love. We can receive personal revelation in our lives, but we just have to pay the price!

We are teaching someone named Maria Victoria. She is a lady who lives in the ¨projects¨ i guess you could say. Her son just went to sneak into the states illegally, and has been really worried for him. She´s progressing a lot and doing really well in the gospel, but the challenges just keep trying to knock her off her feet. It´s amazing seeing how much satan doesn´t want these people to know about the truth, and even more participate in the saving ordinances. She has a baptismal date for the 10th of October.

It´s about time for me to go, but I just want to say thanks for everything. I love you all so much, and miss you a ton.

See ya soon!

Elder Micah Melville

P.S. We didn´t have changes, we´re still here working hard in Monte María. =)