Week 33 In The Field - A Change to my Weekly Emails

Hey guys, I always feel bad that I don´t have a lot of time to write after answering the emails I get each week.

To fix that, this week I bought an ancient piece of technology- a typewriter!

People here in Guatemala still use typewriters and there are a lot of people who fix and sell them. I picked one up for like $50. I´m going to type my letters beforehand and send the scanned image of my letters through email. I hope this isn´t a problem for anyone, let me know if it is. 

Images 1,2, and 3 are my weekly letter. Images 4,5,7, and 8 are poems that I´ve written. Image 6 did not turn out well so I´ll type out what it said. It´s a poem I wrote based on my feelings on the Plan of Salvation:

An infant is born and life begins
Playgrounds, date nights, a couple of kids,
Retirement, nursing home, life comes to a close
As a gravesite is annointed with a final rose

To the mortal mind this is the plan:
Your time is short, so go as fast as you can
Learning´s only good if it gets you some treasure,
Life, after all, is nothing but pleasure

But have you ever thought: perhaps there´s more?
A life that comes after and one that´s before?
What if this life was but a mere blink?
In an infinite chain but one lousy link?

Maybe then life isn´t so much about pleasure
But more about families and staying together
Preparation, faith, and working for something better
Because life, after all, is something forever.

Love you all!

Elder Dawson and his Ward MIssion Leader's Son

My typewriter

That´s really neat about the family history stuff. I sometimes share Benjamin Franklin Johnson´s story of his first experience with the Book of Mormon with investigators.

What would your guess have been?

I would have guessed Taiwan to be honest.

So excited that Jayden is going to Colombia. Hopefully I get a Colombian companion soon so I can learn some stuff about Colombia for him.

Does someone still do your wash for you?

Yes, 120 Quetzales a month. About $15.

Now that you are closer to the temple, will you get to go?

Yes. Every other change (or once every 3 months).

Is it wetter and colder in Mixco? I can send you some warmer things. 

Yes it rains every day but no its not very cold. But don´t worry about it because I can get any article of clothing I want for like 50 cents haha.

Is there a Walmart you can go to on your P-days now?

Yes. The only lame thing is that we have to come back in a cramped bus so its hard to buy lots of things. But I can have peanut butter now and Dr Pepper and similar things.

Elder Dawson