Happy 4th of July!

Hey guys, Another good week.  We started out the week really well.  On tuesday we were able to put 4 baptismal dates with the Gomez family, with Claudia, her two daughters Katharine and Evilyn, and her son Ricardo.  It was awesome.  When we were inviting them to be baptized it was really cool because we were able to see the spirit work on each one of them.  Each of them as we were asking wanted to say no and deny what we were teaching was true, but they each thought about it and the spirit told them to say yes.  We felt that this family was going to take a little more time to prepare so we put the date for the 28th of July, not too far away but enough.  That would be the last weekend before transfers so we are super excited for them, plus I'll get to see the baptism. =)  They're great but they may have problems with the law of chastity so we are going to have to work with them.   We finally got the Soto Xol family to church yesterday and it was so exciting to have them there.  They also really enjoyed the classes and the testimony meeting.  We Have received some great help from the ward and especially from some returned missionaries that are visiting with us.  That is the key to success in the mission, having a good ward that supports the missionaries.  The family didn't come to church this past week so we had to move their baptism a week back but they will be ready for the 21st of july.  We're excited.  William, the husband has had some major problems with drugs and gangs but it seems like he has turned a new page in life and the gospel will really help his family.  Maritza was already baptized 6 years ago but their son Victor has 8 years and will be able to be baptized as well.  They're an awesome family.  It's like the next familia Lopez.   Speaking of familia Lopez, they are awesome!  I have never seen somebody so changed by the gospel.  They are 100 percent committed to the gospel now and absolutely love it.  We went over last night and reviewed the story of the Liahona in 1Nephi chapter 16 and asked them questions about it.  They were able to interpret everything that the chapter was trying to teach them and applied it all to their life without our help.  I need to get a picture of them in their house and send it to you guys.  I'll try to do that this next week.   My companion was really sick this week and we missed a lot of time in our area.  Poor guy.  The good news is that we were really blessed by the Lord and received a lot of success even though we had little time in the area.  We had 10 investigators in church and a total attendance of 180 people in sacrament meeting so that's pretty exciting.  The church is growing here throughout the whole zone and it's an amazing thing.  We're hoping it keeps going up.  We have 31 baptismal dates in the zone and everyone is pretty excited for July.   I'm running out of time but I wanted to tell mom a little fact that I've wanted to tell her for a while but always have forgotten.  Apparently all of the world's Cardamom (Kardamomo in Spanish, the Norwegian spice stuff) is grown here in Coban.  It is a huge industry and is almost like a drug it's so expensive here.  The sack of stuff is worth more than 3000 dollars.  Pretty crazy huh?  Maybe I'll get into Kardamomo after the mission.  =)   Anyways, gotta catch a bus to the capital.  I love you guys.  Sorry for the short letter.  Sorry I couldn't get your letter mom.  Love,  Elder Lloyd