Well hey there! I "moustache" you a question!
How ya'll doing because we are doing AMAZING!
RANDOM STORY:
So we were teaching one of
the old hermanas investigators- we were meeting him for the very first
time and were just chatting outside, when walks past this woman who
yells, "come to my house!" "uh, okay hermana, but where do you live?"
"he knows!" pointing to a member who had been kind enough to leave with
us. We go on teaching. Then she come back from buying tortillas and
says, "It wasn´t a suggestion, I mean now!"
We had just ended with a prayer and went to Lucia´s house, the
sassiest grandma I´ve ever met! Her grandkids were baptized and active
but now live in the states (completely normal) and she wanted to get
baptized before but couldn´t because something with the marriage
papers. It was so incredible because we almost never go in that part
of the area and the boy we were contacting is there all day so we felt
so grateful that we felt we should go there!
Next up... Justin!
We met him in the
street our first night here. He later told us that he was only out and
about because it was raining and he was bringing his little 3 year old
Carmen home because he didn´t want her to walk home in the rain. And
then the hermanas just randomly yelled at him! Yay for random yelling!
He is super positive- loves reading the Book of Mormon and has always
had really positive interactions with the church before.
He also went to church on Sunday! (I just want everyone to see
that he is wearing a button up shirt and tie. And Carmen looked like a
little princess) So much happiness! He isn´t perfect- he goes out
drinking sometimes with his friends but he said, "I´m too old for just
fooling around and wasting my time. I have to do this for God and my
daughter" He is awesome and we love him so much! :)
We were also blessed to go to the temple this week!
On Thursday about 50 members from the ward (adults, youth, ninos,
everyone!) met at the church at 4 in the morning. A lovely family we are
teaching (the kids are members, the husband doesn´t want to get baptized.... yet ;) ) were already there, Sunday clothes and all. The 4
hour bus ride is always long but you seem to forget about it once you
can just be there, feeling so much love! We were also able to go in so
we just felt so happy and really grateful for those added blessings.
The same family (Familia Paredes- Marvin, Panchi,
Alejandra, y Alfonso) gave us dinner last night and we invited the other
hermanas too.
I think more than anything we were blessed this week to see the
hand of God in our life. We just came home at the end of each day
feeling so full of gratitude because with God we were able to accomplish
great things! I feel so grateful to be here and every day I am reminded
of the WHY I am here in Honduras, not in another part of the world and
just truly looking for these people that need the gospel!
We also had all the hermanas that we are in charge
of come over for a combined p-day. It was so fun! We ate crepes
(everyone brought a topping) and had a white elephant gift exchange.
Latinos don´t do it here, so it was fun to explain it to everyone and
see what they brought!
Yes, Hermana Aranda and I both got Pepto Bismal :)
All
in all, we are doing great! Loving the work and loving life here. I
hope all of you are doing so wonderful and remembering how loving and
merciful our Heavenly father is!
Love you all SO MUCH!
-Hermana Snelson
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