This week I am feeling like I wish it was Saturday everyday. Hanna says she does too! We are missing our Josh and were excited to hear from him this next Saturday :) I have two emails to catch up on so here goes #1..... Elder Smith said time is flying by and he can hardly believe in about 3 weeks he and Elders Park, Larson and George will be on a bus heading for San Salvador, El Salvador. He is still loving the Guatemala CCM and has become really close with his Latino Missionary companion Justin Beiber. Whoops I mean Elder Sierra :) They have really enjoyed knocking on doors together and talking to the people. The people are super nice and friendly. They are very open to learning about the gospel and especially receptive to the Book of Mormon. Josh really enjoys sharing the BOM with them because it is a history of their people and that is pretty exciting! Even the kids stop and listen! So far his tracting experiences have been really positive. Let's hope El Salvador is similar! A cool fact about his companion Elder Boyer... For those of you that have seen the movie Forever Strong, which if you have not put it on your list because it is really good. Well, Elder Boyer in the words of Josh is a beast rugby player and his high school team beat Highland in the Utah State Championship. Quite the accomplishment! He does well with soccer too which as we all know is way more important!! :) Elder Smith says Guatemala City is amazing. He is surprised to find quite a lot of crazy big houses and fancy cars. I'm fairly sure this is not where most of the people live! #2..... Elder Smith has just over two weeks left in the CCM (after this email) which is crazy to me. He is getting really excited about heading out and hoping that his first area is somewhere in El Salvador rather than Belize. He is trying hard to learn the language and wants to be somewhere that will help him master it. In Belize pretty much everyone speaks English so it would be easy to not learn as much there. It was a sad week for him because his Latino roomies left for their Missions. Josh and his companion Elder Boyer had become very close with them. In Josh's words "they were awesome!" Goodbyes are always tough but part of the whole process! The rest of the Missionaries did get to go on a bus tour of Guatemala City which probably helped lift their spirits. Josh thinks the place is amazing. So many beautiful things! City Plaza was filled with birds. He has never seen so many birds in one place. The local people were feeding them. They went to an underground market where the people had set up tons of stalls selling all kinds of stuff. Things were very cheap which of course sounds good to me! Josh is studying a lot trying to master Spanish which he appreciates but he looks forward to P-days, soccer and time to chill! He sounds great. I can tell that he is getting ready for the Mission field though. Which again is all part of the process! We love Josh and continue to thank Heavenly Father for this great experience.