Goodbye City...Hello Jungle!

(Elder Larsen was transferred to the Polochic (pronounced PO-LO-CHEEK) this past Monday.)

So, right now I'm in a place called Coban. Here I will stay the night and then tomorrow I will travel five more hours by micro-bus to my area in Polochic. It's one of the most remote places where there are missionaries in the whole world. As well as Spanish, I will be learning Kekche (Q'eqchi), the ancient Mayan dialect. Not many have the chance to do so, and I am excited and nervous at the same time. These next few months will demand alot, alot of work. I can't wait for you guys to hear what Kekche sounds like though...it's insane!
I didn't have any baptisms this last week unfortunately. We did set one baptism with a lady, but that's about it. We weren't able to find Gabriel so the only thing I could do was leave a picture for my comp to give him.
Just wait until you guys see the pictures of this place-it's gorgeous and incredibly rugged. More rugged than alot of places in Colorado. It's beautiful, wish you guys were here to see it.
Elder Jensen is sad that we are leaving for the Polochic. I will miss him. We are awesome friends. This is an awesome opportunity.
I love you guys, hope you are doing well! Fill me in on the baby, etc.
Love, Elder Larsen

Q & A: August 24th, 2009

1) How many people are you teaching? What are they like?
Answer: it varies weekly. we teach alot of less active members and such. sometimes we have maybe five investigators max. the work is slow here. the area we are in is very rich so people don't wanna listen alot. across the street though is extremely poor and very dangerous. we don't go there much. only to visit recent converts who, by the way, are very very faithful.
2) Was the picture of the carrot taken in your apartment? Do you live in someones garage or in an apartment? What is the street you live on so we can find it on Google Earth?
Answer: the picture of the carrot was at the house of our cooking lady. she only makes us lunch but the other day, seeing as my comp is from el salvador where pupusas are famous, she made us pupusas. we live above somebody's garage. it's pretty nice. we have a sweet view of the mountains, the city and i think two volcanoes. one is very prominent and pretty scary haha. we don't know what street we live on. it's a place called santa elena III. try that and if it doesn't work tell me.
3) What are the grocery stores like?
Answer: our grocery store is in this little shopping mall place with a bunch of fake brand stuff. i'm eating alot of cereal. nothing special really. there is one place we go called Metro Norte where there is a Sam's Club and a Wal Mart. they're not named that of course but they are owned by them. it's pretty funny.
4) Do you eat at any restaurants?
Answer: nope. they're dang expensive. wendy's is Q40 a meal. that's about average for the US but expensive here. tell Zack to look up the Quetzel Bird.
5) Are you walking or do you have bikes/car?
Answer: we definately walk everywhere. sometimes we ride in the back of someones truck or we get free rides from taxis. one time the police gave us a ride. our area is really big so my legs are growing alot haha.
6) Do you know we love you and miss you? :)
Answer: yes...i do.

MAILING ADDRESS!!

Hi all,

New mailing address is:

Elder Tayler Larsen
Mision Guatemala Ciudad Norte
Apartado Postal # 951 A
Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A.
GUATEMALA

Thanks!