Santiago (James) has his passport!
He's never felt so official!
Santiago does not have his visa yet, but he will be able to go to the CCM as a tourist and from there he can get his visa to begin doing the work of the Lord!
The ball is rolling and Santiago is getting all psyched up about heading out to Guatemala in a few weeks!
The main picture on the blog is the Guatemala flag (obviously).
The temple James will be loving and serving pieces of his time in is so beautiful!
Population of Guatemala as a country is approximately 14,757,316 (plus one when he's there!)
The language of Guatemala is Spanish.
When it comes to the weather, Elder Santiago may be in danger of hurricanes, earthquakes and volcano eruptions, depending on which areas he'll be in.
He'll be eating some awesome food that is based on Maya cuisine, meaning it will most likely always include corn, chilies and beans. Fun fact though, some foods are commonly eaten on specific days of the week. For example, it's popular to eat paches (a tamale made from potatoes) on Thursday.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints currently has over 215,000 members in Guatemala. The first member of the LDS church in Guatemala was baptized in 1948. The membership grew to 10,000 by 1966. In 1984, the Guatemala City Temple was dedicated and membership had grown to 40,000. Membership quadrupled to 164 by 1998. The Church continues to grow and the construction of the Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple has been announced.
Hola mis amigos!
Me llamo Santiago (o Elder Hunt)
Translation:
Hello my friends!
My name is James (or Elder Hunt)
As a way to keep everyone up-to-date on my awesome missionary work for the Lord, my sister (Stephanie) will be keeping a blog. This blog will have pictures and letters and shout-outs to people. (There will be some links, which will show up in the color gray)
A little about me, I have been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Guatemala Guatemala City Central Mission. See for yourself!
In case you can't read the picture of the letter, I report to the Guatemala Missionary Training Center (MTC) on May 15, 2013. I will be speaking Spanish, so I'll be throwing a little Spanish in, every now and then!
For example, instead of saying "MTC," I'll be referring to the "CCM," or rather, the Centro de Capacitacion Misional.
While I am in the CCM, you can write me letters for free! Just go to this Web site here! Under Send Stuff, click on "Pouch." Look for my CCM (Guatemala MTC), click "write a letter," put in your information so I can write you back. Once you've done all that, you can start typing and I'll get the letter soon!
Stay tuned for updates, however frequent or unfrequent they may be!
