May 25, 2011

Hola! Sorry i dont have time to read the email and then reply to it! So ill just write and tell you about my week! So i got a couple letters yesterday which was way good! I got one from Dad, Liz, and Summer. So those are the only ones i have gotten from the family i have gotten 3 from Summer so yeah its good! Thanks for writing me. Also i love the emails you send mom so thankyou. This last week has been so long! It is getting more crazy now! Now my district is the oldest in the ccm so we are expected to ALWAYS be speaking spanish. Its pretty crazy. But its good because i can tell im picking up on it a ton. If i sit there and think about something i can pretty much say whatever i want. So its way cool. I also had a dream that was in partial spanish! That means im defnately picking it up! So im excited. Oh and i did a temple session in complete spanish last week! It was crazy! I actually understood a lot though. But the guy i had at the veil spoke only spanish and had no teeth so i had no clue what the heck was goin on! It was crazy! But it was a good experience. Oh and i go into the field in 2 weeks! Its crazy! And i have almost been out for 2 months! In like 2 weeks or so itll be 2 months. Time is actually going really fast! Its pretty crazy! Sorry i dont know what else to say! I wrote a letter to the family that ill send today so that took all my thoughts haha sorry. Oh but yeah i did go get my eyes checked and im getting my glasses tomorrow. Its my left eye that is worse. haha well i love all you so much and i miss you! Ill talk to you all soon!
Love, Elder Gunnell

Mission Home Address

So this is the best address to send letters to right now, and probably will be his whole mission:

Morgan Gunnell
Guatemala, Guatemala City North Mission
5a Avenida 5-55 Edificio Euro Plaza
Torre 1, Nivel 12, Oficina 1202B, Zona 14
Guatemala City
Guatemala

They said not to put "Elder" on the mail, just his name.

May 17, 2011

Hola! So this week is a weird week so thats why im emailing today. its just for this week. itll be wednesday for the next 3 weeks. How is everyone doing? good i hope. So today was probably the most fun day of my mission. We got to get out of the ccm and class and we went to this topogrophical map of guatemala and see the land features and everything. it was way cool. We also went to this market where they sell super cheap stuff. So i got some stuff for almost everyone of you :) im not sure when ill be able to send it so we will just have to wait and see. And after that we went to the mall and got to eat fast food! Mcdonalds never tasted so good in my life haha. It was awesome. And then we got to go to this super cool museum where we got to see a bunch of different cultural guatemalan things. It was way cool. Ill write a letter telling you all more. i dont have too much time to email haha. Anyways just a couple other things i gotta mention.. My eye sight isnt very good anymore! From where i sit in the classroom i cant read the board. One of the elders lets me borrow his glasses sometimes so i cant read it. So i am gonna see if i can go get some glasses of my own so i can actually see better. Just letting you know incase i gotta pay with my card. I wouldnt get them unless i need them and i do! And for some worse news.... i got made district leader :( nooooo! i was pretty bummed. I just found out today. Im not excited for some reason haha. just thought yall would wanna know. Sorry i havent sent any letters in a while. ill be sure to send some soon. probably at the beginning of next week it might be better if you are sending anything to just send it to my mission home cuz it takes a while to get here. So thanks! i hope everyone is doing good. im doing better! The language is definately coming. its pretty intense. Oh and for sacrament we did a musical number! it was pretty sweet. Anyways i gotta go. I love you guys so much! Talk to you soon!
Con amor, Elder Gunnell

May 11, 2011

Hey Family! I dont have time to read your email and then reply so im just gonna print it off and read it later. It was so awesome to talk to you all on Sunday! It was so great to hear everyone is doing well and that Mom and Dad had fun on their trip! I wanna see some pictures from it if possible! So on monday we went to this central park and we did some proselyting. It was insane! The latino that i was placed with spoke no english so it was rough. But we did really good. We both gave our Books of Mormon away and also some pamphlets. Everyone we talked to seemed super nice. Its funny how in the Stated people get annoyed when missionaries talk to them. But here people seem happy to talk to us! It was a super good experience though. I cant wait till i can communicate better. Its pretty hard. My comp did most of the talking but i threw in a little testimony here and there haha. Other than that not much has gone on. Its the same thing everyday.. We get up at 630 work out or play soccer and then sit in a classroom ALL DAY. Its just sooo fun... haha. Oh but i was out of cash so i took a little money out of my account. At the atm here it only gives us quetz.. Guatemala money. And i think its like 7.5 quetz to 1 dollar. So ill probably take a little more out soon just to have cash to be safe. Just letting you know. Thanks i appreciate it. Well i love you all so much! I hope everyone is doing good. Oh and did you guys say you have sent letters? I havent gotten any letters since i have gotten here :( haha its all good. But you can write me on Dear Elder as well. But anyways i gotta go! I love you all!
Con Amor, Elder Gunnell