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Monday, October 26, 2009

The Happiest Place on Earth!!!!

Here are a few photos of our recent trip to Disneyland!

Ellie, Aden and Zeke in their Disneywear!

Toontown!!!

They had the cutest seasonal mouse ears, shaped like jack o' lanterns!

The kids were great sports wearing them

The Tea-cups....a Disney tradition!

Dave and Ellie!

C for California Adventure!

The still tell the same jokes on the Jungle Cruise!

Dave and John "bonding" on the Matterhorn with our sweet friend Erika looking on!

Cousin time!

Space Mountain here we come!!!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Two Baptisms and the Priesthood!

This past Saturday was a GREAT DAY for the Pierce Family!

Aden received the Aaronic Priesthood and is now a Deacon!

Our friend Jairo flew in from New York for the special occasion!

Scott Sullivan and Bishop Gamblin also participated!

Elder Pierce got moved in an emergency transfer to a beautiful area called Valparaiso.

He says it is the most beautiful area in the mission.

But before he left his old area...

Two of his investigators were baptized!

Congratulations Ricardo and Juan Carlos!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Deep Thoughts by Elder Pierce

Um it is good to know that one year from this minute I will probably be stepping off a plane in Oakland, California. Cuz the way the changes work out I will actually get home on the 28th. It is a crazy feeling and it really does go by fast. Looking back at it and how much I have changed since I left it doesn't seem like that could happen in a year. Maybe not changes that everyone else can notice but I definitely can. I am having fun and even though I have been tried and tested my entire mission I wouldn't trade it for the world. However I also look back on it and realize that I have been here for quite a long time. Q'eqchi is sooooo hard to pronounce and hard to learn. I don't get it. They say that gringos learn it very fast but I am not seeing it. The hard part is that in the qeqchi culture they are all about public humiliation. They love making fun of people especially those that can't speak their language so they always make me feel dumb. Our ward is in spanish, but my companion likes to teach qeqchi people so thats like all day in qeqchi. This week is the second to last general conference of my mission wow. It has been raining quite a bit here so it is looking like i may have to buy some rain boots pretty soon. Especially if they send me to the mountains like I think they will. I am still in a pretty city area but if I go to the Polochic its like the straight up boonies. Like sheds for houses type thing no light and not much running water. Like Tarzan pretty much speaking some crazy Lamanite dialect. Other than all that things are goin good here, having fun and learning a lot. Love, Jonathan