HONDO FAM

Dear Fam,

Well, I am really pumped up right now. We are going to have so much success this change here in my favorite area, La Aurora. Yes, that is right, I do not have a transfer, and I am the happiest person on the planet. My companion will be going this Wednesday to another area, and I will be receiving a new companion. It has been a wonderful four and a half months with him here. We have learned so much from each other, but we both really wanted a change. Change in the mission is always good. I am so ready for this last change. We are going to tear it up. This Sunday we had an absolutely awesome activity. We had a ¨Missionary for One Day¨ activity. We had 24 members of the church be a missionary for one day. We gave them their mission calls last week in church (assigned by the stake presidency) to serve as a missionary for one day. They all got up yesterday at 6 o’clock and got ready, then went by investigators’ homes to pick them up for church. Church starts at 8:00, then after church, everyone went home to eat. Then at 2 o’clock we all met at the church, gave everyone their companion, and then had a ¨District Meeting¨.  I gave the training for all the “missionaries”, and my companion did some practices. It went awesome. We designated each companionship to a certain part here in my area. We gave each companionship pamphlets, books of Mormon, and reference cards. At 3:30 we were all in the streets contacting and working. My companion and I each had a companion also. I went with the Patriarch of the Stake, and my companion went with a brother called Brother Discua.  At 8:00 we had everyone meet in the church again and give their report. We had each companionship come up front and give their report on how it went and the people they found. You should have seen the excitement and the missionary spirit that these members had. They were so excited for the people that they had found and for the Books of Mormon and pamphlets they had handed out. With all the references now we have at least a month load of work. This was an activity that we planned in our zone leadership meeting (me, my companion and our two district leaders) that we have every Friday.  We had each companionship in the zone do this activity in their wards. In total it was a huge success for us in the zone. Its too bad I didn’t think of the idea before now. We should be seeing fruits from this activity for a long time. The members are really pumped to work in the missionary work now, now that they have had their own little experience as a missionary. On Saturday we also had another baptism. Julissa, a 15-year-old girl, daughter of Soñia, a lady we baptized about 4 weeks ago, finally decided that she wanted to get baptized. The baptism was really special. I would send the picture, but I don’t have the cable right now. After the baptism all the members went to her house and we ate cake. It was really fun. Well, for the hurricane news: Everything was pretty much flooded here in the mission except here in San Pedro. We just had lots and lots of rain and that’s it. We were told that if it was raining that we were to be inside. I hate being inside. There is nothing to do inside. But yea all the missionaries in the mission came in here to San Pedro for about 3 days. They are all now in their areas again. Anyways, I am really hungry and I need to eat lunch. Dad if you want to talk to someone who knows a little bit about hotels here is the number to a man named Brother Douglas Butts. He is a gringo from Utah that is living here in Honduras for a little while, here in my area. He got divorced from his wife in Utah and met someone from here and they got married. He goes to my ward here in San Pedro. He is about 60 years old. But he could tell you where the best place to stay is. The phone number is 9989 2437. I already told him that you will be calling. If his wife picks up the phone just ask for Brother Butts, his wife doesn’t speak English, but she knows that you will be calling. Anyways, not that I am baggie/trunkie, but are you going to register me for my classes at BYU Idaho?   I am accepted for Winter and Spring Quarters (January to August, right?). That is where I want to go… at least for a little bit. I am interested though in transferring down to Utah in Provo, but I want to start off in Idaho. What is our new phone number?... because one of my friends that gets off the mission on the 12th of September in Spain will be calling you. So if you could send me our new address and phone number that would be great. Anyways, I have to get running. Thank you all for your letters and keep up the great work in what you’re all doing. Love you much.  Love, Elder Lee
Here are some pictures: 1. Julissa and my Companion 2.the cake we promised Julissa after her baptism. It was a little baptism party :) 3. A picture of my Companion, Julissa, and Me. Aren’t I looking really skinny? 4. Baptism of Julissa. She is a 15-year-old girl. She didn’t want to get baptized with her Mom about four weeks ago. Her Mom is the one with the black and white shirt. Yeah, they look like sisters, but that is her Mom! 5. This is the poster of  Elders that we made for our Missionary Stake Talent Show. It was about a month ago. It was a Huge Success.