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Hermana Canty's first tortilla (she actually didnt make this one hermana beckstrand did..the lady wouldnt even let her take the one she made it was so bad lol)

 Hermana Canty a bunny!!

  They were twinning on tuesday!!!

 the buses they ride everyday. They were the first ones on!! its usually never this empty!!!

Happy happy days!

hola familia!!!! how are all of you wonderful people doing!? i hope great!

well this week was really good! i had to go to the capital on tuesday to fill out papers for my visa, and i was reminded what christmas feels like when you arent in reu! we left reu at like 4 am and got to guate at around 8 and it was FREEZING!!! it was rainy and windy and so cold!! but this wonderful lady (who was a member of the church) literally gave us the clothes off her back! it was so nice and way warmer! needless to say the whole time i was there i was just waiting to come back to the warmth..but it was cool to feel cold for once! it felt more like christmas thats for sure!

on friday we went to xetulul!! its like a smaller version of disney in the middle of my area!! the mission came (we were only with like 5 other zones but the other went the day before) it was so fun! we got to wear soccer jerseys that the whole zone had so you could tell which zone was which lol it was super cool! our zone is super small so we got to ride more rides more often! it reminded me of when we went to disneyland lol we will have to come back and go to xetulul in 20 months lol it was a really fun, relaxing day and i got to wear jeans!!! :)

on saturday we had to go to san felipe (like 2 minutes away in a bus) and sing at a church thing. they broke ground for a new stake center! it was super cool to be a part of that and to see some of the first members in the san felipe stake!!! :)

but the thing i want to take most about is yesterday! no body came to church and we were super bummed! but our zone leaders told us that if we brought investigators to the christmas devotinal that it would count as an assistance (and we had investigators who NEED assistance in order to be baptized) so we worked super hard! and we went to visit vilma! it was like 5:50 when we went and the devo started at 7! so we went and visited her and she told us that she wasnt sure if she wanted to keep coming to church and doing the things we asked! she was busy working and couldnt find some products that she needed (she works for avon) so we helped her, and in 5 minutes we found all of the products she was looking for!! we then taught her about the blessings that god gives us and we invited her to the devo! at first she was reluctant (she lives like 20 min away, walking, 7 to 10 min in a bus from san martin and it was dark) but after some power of persuasion (a gift we have as missionaries) she agreed! the only problem..we had to find a member..with a car..who would get us to the devo! we ended with a prayer and RAN!! (i havent ran so much and so fast since the hurdles..and i had to still jump over dog poop lol) the place where she lives is super hard to find a bus or a taxi in the day much less at night..so when we saw an EMPTY tuk tuk we knew taht the lord was with us! we left vilmas house at 6:13..and made it back to san martin at 6:20! we went to our assistant ward mission leaders house bc he has a car! and he agreed to help us out! after trying to find another investigator who could come we went back to vilmas! we were able to drive clear to her house, back to san martin, and then to the stake center in san felipe, and still make it with 1 min on the countdown of the devo! HEAVENLY FATHER WANTED VILMA TO BE THERE! seriously though...we NEVER find empty tuk tuks in ajaxa (where vilma lives) and we never have those things work out! but they did! and the devo was great! vilma and her daughter (who isnt a member) came to the devo and they really liked it! i couldnt stop smiling and thanking heavenly father for his help!

miricales can happen and the lord will do his will..we just need to help him!!!!

other than that my week was super chill!! we have passed out so many tarjetas about he is the gift! i hope you all can watch it, it is like 3 min long! go to christmas.mormon.org and watch it! IT IS AMAZING!! i love you all so much and i know that heavenly father watches over us too!! thank you for your prayers and your support!! i cant wait to see you all in a few short weeks!! keep your faith strong and remember who guides our steps! I LOVE YOU!!! talk to you next week!

Hermana Canty

HELLO MY FAMILY!!!!! :))

how are all of you wonderful people!? i hope great!! i cant believe its already december, where has the year gone??? i also cant believe there is no snow here :( lol its definitely weird that its the 1st of December and i am SO hot lol but i wont brag too much because you all are probably freezing!!! Guess what i ate for lunch thanksgiving day..SUBWAY!!!! lol i hope you all ate some for me!!!

anywho, i decided that this week i would try to make my email a little better than last week´s!! but i dont have as many pictures...maybe at some point on my mission i can get a lot of pictures and a good email written in the same week!!..but i still have lots of time to practice lol

this week was a weird week! for the whole change we have had a schedule of one good week one bad week! and unfortunately this week was the turn for the bad week! (when i say bad week i just mean like we didnt teach too much and things like that) we didnt find any new investigators this week which is super sad but hopefully this coming week we can!!! we wanted new investigators so bad that on Saturday we literally contacted houses all day!!! it was hard because not too many people were interested in our message (here the PROMINANT religion is Evangelico..there are like 100000000 different churches..literally one on every corner but they are all different!) but we did meet some really nice people..eventhough they werent interested they were still nice!! but i just have to say..contacting is hard and not very fun!! but when all else fails..we have to do what we have to do!! :)

the highlight of this week though was thursday! we had a multi zone conference in Mazate (its like 45 minutes east..i think..of san martin!) we were combined with 3 other zones and presidente y hna ruiz spoke to us! the main message was about repentance and the atonement!! it was AMAZING!!! they showed this video about the atonement and missionary work and i just cried! there was a talk by elder holland playing that was saying that sometimes missionaries ask "why is it so hard? why do i have to do this? why dont people accept our message?" (all questions that i asked this week..) and he related to christ and his life and his mission! his mission was harder than anything in this entire world! and people rejected him..the son of god!!!!! elder holland said "in order for missionaries to truly understand the atonement, they have to feel even the slightest bit of what christ felt" needless to say hermana canty was humbled!!! i am going to print out the talk of elder holland and tape it to every surface of my house!! but it was a really good conference!!

we also talked about a new initiative that the church is doing for christmas and it is called "He is the Gift" it is to help bring others into the church! if you go to christmas.mormon.org you can find the video! and SHARE IT!!!! its times like these when i wish i was in a mission that used facebook bc i just want to share this video!! but i cant...so i am asking you to please do it for me!!! every mission in the world is using this as a finding opportunity!!! how cool is that! also..this thing is so big that the megatron in TIMES SQURE NEW YORK will have it playing for a month! also it is on the home page for youtube like 10 different countries!! please watch it and share it!!! :))

also..at the conference they talked a lot about people getting sick bc 150 of the 208 missionaries in my mission are sick in some way!!!!! so they gave us this pabellons (little nets to sleep under) to help prevent from mosquitos! and everytime i sleep under it i feel like a princess lol but sad news...elder fillmore had to go home (i came with him from the provo mtc) because he has been sick for like 3 weeks and cant walk!!! :( also hna beckstrand and the 2 other hermanas i live with have dengue...not super bad like whit did but they are not too good! so yesterday i had to go with the mini missionary to teach the lessons..

it was kinda scary!!! but also really fun! unfortunately all of the citas we had planned fell and they only had one that worked out! so we onyl taught one lesson yesterday..but I DID IT BY MYSELF!!!!!!!!! it was so weird because i have been so used to my comps leading the lessons (even in the mtc and ccm i didnt lead) but i did yesterday!! i know the lord helps me and i am soooooo grateful for that!!!!!!!

i also got a priesthood blessing this week because my left shoulder has been hurting pretty bad..thats what missionary life does to ya lol...but in it my district leader said "you are a solider in the lord´s army and will have the strength you need to fulfill your purposes!" it was super cool!!!!! :) ...sorry just a little random story for you lol

well i am not too sure i have too much else to say (other than our investigators didnt get baptized this week...but next week hopefully!!!!!) i love you all so much and i hope that your week coming up is great!!! i read this really good quote in personal study the other day and it says "love is also spelled t-i-m-e, time!" just remember to enjoy the time you have together!!!! thank you all for being such great examples to me!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Hermana Kelli Dawn Canty

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

hello family!!

i cant believe this week is already thanksgiving!!! wow! where has the time gone!! i hope you all are getting your stomachs ready to eat tons of food!!! i know i am ;)) lol well i just ask that each of you eat a whole plate of food for me too!!!! ;))

this week has been really good!! Tuesday was hard! we were kinda down about all of our investigators and such and weren't too positive! but when our lunch apt fell through we went to visit one of the investigators who hadn't been home too much recently! and she was  home!! it was great!! we had a really good lesson with her and challenged her with a baptismal date of this Saturday!!!!!! we have been teaching her everyday of the week to help get her ready! her name is vilma and she is the cutest lady ever!!!! 

we also have a little boy named José Rodolfo who is set to get baptized this Saturday! i met him my very first day in san martin!! he is super cute and really excited to get baptized, he is 10 years old!!!! :))) so i will be sending lots of pics home next week for sure!!! :))) 

one of the assistants to the president and one of our zone leaders came with us to our lessons with vilma and josé this week!! it was really cool to have them there and to see how other missionaries teach too!!! :)))

Satan is real and he will do everything he can to stop the lords work from progressing! i have seen that first hand this week but i have also seen how hard heavenly father works with people and how much he blesses people!! everyday i am thankful i know the gospel and have it my life!! 

i love you all and pray everyday for you!! good luck with everything and remember that heavenly father watches over us!! :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!! 

hermana canty

Pictures from our week

 Banana Trees

The cool jerseys of our zone!! 

 

a paper Hermana Canty made to help José prepare for his baptism!!!! :)

 The son of Vilma!!! :)

We made whole fish for Sunday dinner!! :)

A helicopter that landed in the field outside our house! We also gave a Libro de Mormon (Book of Mormon) to the pilot!!!!! :)))