After my last letter, they let us go to a little mart around the corner and buy a little candy and it was like Christmas because they don't exactly give us tons of access to food or anything outside the fence. The only thing we get to go out to do on a regular basis is the temple. Speaking of which, we went to the temple this morning and the president of the MTC and his wife went with us, so that was cool. They're super sweet. Also, apparently Elder Stewart emailed our mission president before he got here and we can use backpacks in our mission because of the ¨mountainous terrain¨ so that stinks [because the packing instructions said that backpacks were not allowed, so Will only brought a messenger bag with him, much to his chagrin]. Also one of our two teachers leaves the MTC this week to start selling his designer ties which I think is kinda funny and not something I expected from our tiny Guatemalan teacher.
Sundays are a blast because we get to take a break from Spanish but not before they essentially have the Hunger Games and call missionaries up at random to give a 7 minute talk in Spanish. Luckily, I haven't gotten called up yet but you never know. Two more Sundays with a chance of that happening. Pray for your boy because that is not fun since were the only district in our Sacrament Meeting [main church meeting] that doesn't natively speak Spanish hahaha. [Mother's note: I suggested that he might prepare a talk "just in case" because that's what moms do. He assured me he has, so how bad could it be?]
The reason my letter is a little late is that today the MTC cleared out of all the Latinos and the older group [they have completed training and ready to enter the mission field] so they sent us to the town square here to go to the market and hand out copies of the Book of Mormon!! You know, the Spanish they teach here in the MTC didn't quite sound the same as the Spanish they were speaking. But somehow, we still handed out four books when everyone else handed out one, two or none at all [he's not competitive or anything]. It was a super good experience and the people that we talked to were so incredibly nice and willing to listen to our three week Spanish. Elder Stewart refuses to think that he does well with the language but he does really well. Actually, I should just say now that the gift of tongues is super real because we already can teach the first four lessons in almost perfect Spanish (according to our teacher because we don't think its so perfect) without notes. Truly the work of the Lord to be able to speak as much Spanish as we do already. 
After the handing out of the BOMs, we went to the market and the place was huge and had just about anything. I got a lapel pin of the Guatemalan flag and a shirt that says "Guats Up"... get it? Guats up, cuz ya know I'm in Guatemala? The teachers that took us said that the trip today usually only happens every other transfer so we were lucky we got to go out today. I'm sure dad will be pleased to know that we ended the outing today with some Wendy´s. I say that because he told me about all the places that were around the MTC. Little did he know that they don't exactly let us come and go from the MTC.
I know this Church is true. I'm healthy, happy, and ready to work. I love Guatemala already and can't wait to be out in the mountains of Xela teaching the people. It is truly inspiring even just doing it for 50 minutes like we did today. Love you all and I pray for you all.
Elder Peacock
[We forgot to get a transfer cord for his camera before he left, so it is flying to him tonight with another missionary who is arriving at the Guatemala MTC tomorrow. Cross your fingers that this means we'll get real pictures next week!]
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