GREAT WEEK!
Dearest Family,
Well, another awesome week has just flown by again. This past week was changes and we received a couple of new elders here in the Zone. I am really excited for the New Zone. Two elders from our last Zone ended the mission and were really baggy, and we had two sisters in the Zone that were having a lot of problems. They really didn't work at all last change. Every other minute they were calling our house, and one would say that the other one is talking to herself and a whole bunch of stuff. They would call us at 1:00 in the morning wanting to talk to President, and a whole bunch of other problems. They took out one of them and gave us a big farmer woman from Wyoming who likes to work. So we are really excited here in the Zone to start off new. My Companion and I here in the area are continuing to see great results. This upcoming weekend we will have two more baptisms. Sister Sonia (33) and her daughter, Julissa that is 15. This past week, we found 13 more new investigators here in my area. And here in this area that is almost a miracle. There are only four roads in my area and we have pretty much contacted every house. We are pretty much "Easter House Hunting" now, looking for houses that are kind of hidden in alleys or behind other houses. The Lord really has guided us to his chosen children who are ready for the Gospel in this area. On Friday, we went to go contact a family that we had contacted a couple of days earlier, and when we went to go contact them, we knocked on a big ol´metal gate door. A 16-year-old from the house that we had contacted came and opened the metal gate. We followed him into a dark beat-up place. And in the back, behind this gate, there were two more apartments. The 16-year-old went into his house, and we told him to call his parents (the people we had contacted 2 days previous). We waited for about 5 minutes and nobody came to the door. We yelled, whistled, and waited and nobody came. About a minute later, one of the neighbors came out and said "Hi" and went back into his house. Then a second later, the neighbor's wife came out with two chairs and told us to sit down. So we sat in the chairs and waited. I had no clue what was going on, but we just waited. Then, the man that had said "Hi" to us, came out with his shirt on and sat down with us. He told us his name and asked for ours and then out of the blue said that he wanted to get sealed in a temple with his wife. I looked at him and was like... "What did you say?" Then he started telling us that he was born into the church and that he has been inactive for about 3 years. He said that his whole family are members of the Church. And that his parents were sealed in the Seattle Washington Temple. And when I told him I was from around there, he got really happy. He said his brother served a mission in Guatemala, and that he also was married in the Guatemala Temple. He told us that he wanted to start to change his life and return back to Church. He told us he has been with his wife for 3 years and that he wants to get married to her, and have her receive the lessons and get baptized. I told him that he had found the right people to help with what he wants. Its amazing how the Lord sent us to them. Even the man said that it was "a miracle" that we found them back there in their little apartment. It turned out that the people we were looking for in the beginning didn't even come out of their house. It was strange how the 16-year-old just opened up the gate for us and then went into his house and never reappeared. So we are going to start working with this family to help him get active and married so he can baptize his wife. The sad news for the week is that a really awesome family that we have been teaching of nine is going to move this week to another side of San Pedro. But the good news is we are going to take down there directions and send their address to the elders where they are going to live. Elder Searle (the elder that came with me from the MTC) and my district leader here in one of the areas in the zone is now training again for the 3rd time in his mission. The Friday that we found that family I was on a division with his "son". I love the feeling of training. It was awesome to teach with a newbie and just feel like a trainer again. It was fun again to see someone really nervous when they talk, and to try so hard to look someone in the eye, but the eyes just go back to looking at the ground, and his arms and hands were shaking as he taught. It makes me smile to just think that it has almost been 2 years here in Honduras. I feel like I just got here and now I almost have to go. I love my area here. Don't worry, I am not trunky yet, but I have told some people that my parents are going to come down. They are excited to see you. My cook wants to have a party for you guys the Saturday before we leave Honduras. And don't worry, there are a couple of people that can kind of speak English. Cool stuff that Spencer Hadley has signed a scholarship to play ball at BYU. Isn't he a freshman in high school still? I would love to still play. I will have to get a lot stronger and faster. I still have a football dream about once a week still. Before the mission it was a lot easier to lose all of my extra energy playing sports or lifting weights. Here it's a lot harder to get rid of my extra energy. Missionary work gets me pumped up, and over half the time, I feel like just going to a weight room and maxing out. My companion thinks I am kind of crazy in the morning when I lift the water jugs and do and ton of push-ups with grunting sounds. But anyways, I have to go. I have to give my companion computer lessons and teach him how to copy and paste. Have a great week. Love you all. Love, Elder Lee
Well, another awesome week has just flown by again. This past week was changes and we received a couple of new elders here in the Zone. I am really excited for the New Zone. Two elders from our last Zone ended the mission and were really baggy, and we had two sisters in the Zone that were having a lot of problems. They really didn't work at all last change. Every other minute they were calling our house, and one would say that the other one is talking to herself and a whole bunch of stuff. They would call us at 1:00 in the morning wanting to talk to President, and a whole bunch of other problems. They took out one of them and gave us a big farmer woman from Wyoming who likes to work. So we are really excited here in the Zone to start off new. My Companion and I here in the area are continuing to see great results. This upcoming weekend we will have two more baptisms. Sister Sonia (33) and her daughter, Julissa that is 15. This past week, we found 13 more new investigators here in my area. And here in this area that is almost a miracle. There are only four roads in my area and we have pretty much contacted every house. We are pretty much "Easter House Hunting" now, looking for houses that are kind of hidden in alleys or behind other houses. The Lord really has guided us to his chosen children who are ready for the Gospel in this area. On Friday, we went to go contact a family that we had contacted a couple of days earlier, and when we went to go contact them, we knocked on a big ol´metal gate door. A 16-year-old from the house that we had contacted came and opened the metal gate. We followed him into a dark beat-up place. And in the back, behind this gate, there were two more apartments. The 16-year-old went into his house, and we told him to call his parents (the people we had contacted 2 days previous). We waited for about 5 minutes and nobody came to the door. We yelled, whistled, and waited and nobody came. About a minute later, one of the neighbors came out and said "Hi" and went back into his house. Then a second later, the neighbor's wife came out with two chairs and told us to sit down. So we sat in the chairs and waited. I had no clue what was going on, but we just waited. Then, the man that had said "Hi" to us, came out with his shirt on and sat down with us. He told us his name and asked for ours and then out of the blue said that he wanted to get sealed in a temple with his wife. I looked at him and was like... "What did you say?" Then he started telling us that he was born into the church and that he has been inactive for about 3 years. He said that his whole family are members of the Church. And that his parents were sealed in the Seattle Washington Temple. And when I told him I was from around there, he got really happy. He said his brother served a mission in Guatemala, and that he also was married in the Guatemala Temple. He told us that he wanted to start to change his life and return back to Church. He told us he has been with his wife for 3 years and that he wants to get married to her, and have her receive the lessons and get baptized. I told him that he had found the right people to help with what he wants. Its amazing how the Lord sent us to them. Even the man said that it was "a miracle" that we found them back there in their little apartment. It turned out that the people we were looking for in the beginning didn't even come out of their house. It was strange how the 16-year-old just opened up the gate for us and then went into his house and never reappeared. So we are going to start working with this family to help him get active and married so he can baptize his wife. The sad news for the week is that a really awesome family that we have been teaching of nine is going to move this week to another side of San Pedro. But the good news is we are going to take down there directions and send their address to the elders where they are going to live. Elder Searle (the elder that came with me from the MTC) and my district leader here in one of the areas in the zone is now training again for the 3rd time in his mission. The Friday that we found that family I was on a division with his "son". I love the feeling of training. It was awesome to teach with a newbie and just feel like a trainer again. It was fun again to see someone really nervous when they talk, and to try so hard to look someone in the eye, but the eyes just go back to looking at the ground, and his arms and hands were shaking as he taught. It makes me smile to just think that it has almost been 2 years here in Honduras. I feel like I just got here and now I almost have to go. I love my area here. Don't worry, I am not trunky yet, but I have told some people that my parents are going to come down. They are excited to see you. My cook wants to have a party for you guys the Saturday before we leave Honduras. And don't worry, there are a couple of people that can kind of speak English. Cool stuff that Spencer Hadley has signed a scholarship to play ball at BYU. Isn't he a freshman in high school still? I would love to still play. I will have to get a lot stronger and faster. I still have a football dream about once a week still. Before the mission it was a lot easier to lose all of my extra energy playing sports or lifting weights. Here it's a lot harder to get rid of my extra energy. Missionary work gets me pumped up, and over half the time, I feel like just going to a weight room and maxing out. My companion thinks I am kind of crazy in the morning when I lift the water jugs and do and ton of push-ups with grunting sounds. But anyways, I have to go. I have to give my companion computer lessons and teach him how to copy and paste. Have a great week. Love you all. Love, Elder Lee
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