Family and Friends,

Hey well first off I'd like to give a shout out to my mom who's birthday is the 12th, so happy birthday to the best mom in the world! I love you so much! Well I have officailly survived my first week in Belize. Its definitely different from El Salvador, and Im not going to lie I dont miss that place, but it is beautiful and the people are very accepting of missionaries. My companion and I are really getting along well and we're working hard to find those people are ready to accept the gospel in thier lives. So I just have to say, shout out to my grandpa who's a freaking beast at riding his bike because man...I'm struggling! ha We finally got bikes a few days ago and let me tell you, it's not an easy thing riding a bike everywhere all of the time, but hey it definitely gets us places fast than if we were just walking. 

This week we had two fun activities, the first was going to see the Great Mayan Race. Every year Belize does a huge canoe race and we got up early to go down to the river and watch them take off. It was really cool to see a bunch of people just rowing like crazy in thier canoes down the river. The teams even had funny names such as "Grumpy Old Men". ha On Saturday we had a mission activity where we did a carnival in the church for our branch. We played different games such as bobbing for apples, popping balloons with nail on a bike helmet, and we had face painting and music. It was a lot of fun and we had quite a few people that showed up. 

On Sundays we have an English sacrament and a Spanish sacrament and let me tell you, I haven't been in an English sacrament meeting since I left home. It was so weird to sing songs in English and to hear the sacrament prayer and the talks in English. But it was good. Well we're working hard to find new people and we've found a few positives so hopefully they will go to church and progress so that they can get baptized and so that we can have a stake in Belize. There are no wards or stakes in Belize, but Cayo (the part where I'm at) is so close, we just need a few more people to church and we will finally have the first stake in Belize. So pray that the people here will go to church and accept the gospel so that Belize can finally get a stake! I hope that you all have a great week!
Love,

Sister Ontiveros

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