Misión Coban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, it is true, Coban mission! How awesome is that?! That was some huge news in our mission this week. I actually didn't know about the split of the mission until this past monday. What's going to happen is all of the zones in our mission outside of the capital plus the new CHISEC ZONE will be one mission. Then all of the zones in the capital, consisting of 6 stakes, plus some of the zones in the South mission will form the East mission. So, there will never be a Guatemala North mission again. Weird huh? I must admit, I might have to take a bit of credit for opening up the Coban mission because of the investigation we did in Chisec, Raxruha, Fray, and Playa Grande. Just kidding, I know that the Lord guided us through everything we did. You really can't imagine how awesome the new Coban Mission is going to be. There will be no lame areas. Usually everybody wants to get outside of the capital in the mission, but that isn't a problem now. You either go to coban, Peten, Polochic, or Senahu, all of which are sweet! Needless to say, I am excited. This won't happen until July of this year though, so we have a couple of months to prepare. It actually shouldn't affect me too much. One thing that is sad with the split of the mission is that half of the missionaries will not have President and Hermana Watts anymore. Also sad is that President will now be the president of the East mission and will no longer have any of the really awesome parts of his mission. Oh well though, the Lord has His own plans. This week was pretty fun. We got to take our truck on a road trip with president Watts through Senahu, Polochic, and Coban to do the interviews of those zones. The fun part is that that's all in the mountains in Senahu and Polochic on dirt roads. It was soooo fun driving through these mountain roads. There were all sorts of muddy parts and rivers running through the road and I got to drive a truck through it. That place is like Jurassic Park. Other than that, it was nice to do the interviews and training meetings with the Elders. It had been awhile and the Elders really needed it. It gave them a lot of ánimo to keep working and also helped them refocus. It was a little sad though, because we found a couple of problems with some of the missionaries. Oh well though, it's better to find things out than to have them hidden. Transfers will be coming up this next week, on the 5th of March. Elder Willardson will be leaving so I'll be getting 1 or 2 new companions. That should be fun and keep me busy. I'll have 1 month to teach them everything about the mission. We are getting a total of 40 more new missionaries this change, putting our total up to 247 missionaries. ¡Hiiiiijuela gran máquina! In 3 transfers we've received 106 new missionaries. Everybody is training at least one person and some are training 2 at the same time. I don't even know where we're going to stick um all. Haha. Should make for a nice stress-free week. =) I really have gotten used to the stress though. I just kinda go with the flow. Today was awesome because we were able to go to the Coban 3rd ward, where I served. They are doing so great. Every aspect of a ward is in full functioning order, which is a big deal in Guatemala. There are people for every calling and they are working with the missionaries like dogs. The missionaries are never without a member when teaching investigators and are only going from referral to referral. It's awesome to see how much the work is changing and how the Lord is preparing the way for huge growth in the Church. And now with 58 new missions, we're going to see some awesome things. This church is so true. There isn't a shadow of a doubt that it is. It's so humbling knowing that the Lord is using me in this time of great growth. In fact He wants to use us all and will if we give him the chance. Now we just gotta see when Coban gets a temple. You know, 30 years ago Boyd K Packer made a prophesy in a meeting in Guatemala that there would be temples in Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, and Coban in the near future. Well, there are temples in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango. Ahora les toca ahí en k'ob'an. By the way Mom and Dad, I am so proud of the missionary work you are doing. And congratulations for your new calling as the missionary prep teachers. There's nothing better than missionary work. Well, have a great week! Love, Elder Lloyd