More Missionaries!

Hey family, Well, another very busy week in the mision guatemala norte. Things are going very well. The mission is growing! This week we have 12 missionaries going home and 27 coming in! It's awesome to see. We are already seeing the effects of the new annnouncement that misionaries can now go earlier. We are about up to 200 missionaries. They say by next summer we will have about 250, as well as every other mission in the area of central america. And they are going to put 3 more missions in central america! How crazy is that! That's what I call the armies of Helaman! Unfortunately the mission has not had this many missionaries in a very long time so we are having to figure out how to buy beds, stoves, refigerators, desks, and a whole list of other stuff for so many missionaries. It's a stressful situation, but it's a happy stress. =) This weekend we have been doing the changes with President Watts and getting everything prepared for the transportation. It's hard to get so many missionaries around Guatemala City safely with all their suitcases and personal belongings. We also had ZL Council this week. That was great. We talked a lot about putting and accomplishing our goals. As a mission we have a goal of getting 4 baptisms per area every month. As far as the mission goes, there are not many companionships getting that goal. But, the good thing is that little by little there are more and more missionaries getting the vision of it and working hard to accomplish it. It's been a huge blessing in my mission to trust in the promises of the Lord and later recieve blessings because of having faith in those promises. The best part of the Council, not going to lie, was the lunch. We had a full on Thanksgiving feast. It was amazing!!!! Let me just say it is a huge blessing to have President and Hermana Watts here. They love us so much and do everything to make this the best experience it can be. Plus, President is such a good man. He's so loving and you can feel that he just wants us to reach our full potential. As far as exciting things that happened this week.... not much. Haha. It's just been a lot of work for the missionaries. We did go to Chili's for Pday lunch today and I ordered a Chipotle Bacon and Blue Cheese burger. Super good. Anyways, I love you guys. Have a great week. ¡Merry Christmas! Con amor, Elder Lloyd