I'm back and I'm better! I actually was dying from the cough for life for about 2 months straight but I'm cured now. 3 members gave me cough syrup and 1 even took me to a farmacy because they all felt bad for me!
Anyways kids, we finally had a baptism here in Las Casitas! His name is Ismael, he's such a nice dude, really humble and always wanting to learn more. He was confirmed this Sunday and the next he will receive the Aaronic priesthood! He's originally from a small town close to the border of Nicaragua called Baduancho and some day he's planning on going back. There's no church or missionaries there.... buuuut... We had a dope visit with him, the bishop was there too. We talked about how in the future when he learns more and receives the Melquesidec Priesthood he will be able to start a group way out there. We'd just give him the supplies he needs to do it. The books, the stuff for the sacrement, etc. One of the elders (Elder Dansie) in our district received a package from his fam and one of the things in it was a game called Bean Boozled. I bet you've played it before, It's by Jelly Belly brand. There are good jelly beans but there are also nasty ones that are identical to the good ones so you can't tell what your gonna get. We played it and I ended up eating barf, dead fish, toothpaste and stinky socks. Pretty fun. My comp ate 5 beans and all of them were the nasties! I was reading In 1 Nefi this week and I ended up reading the story about Nefi when he goes hunting to find food for his family but breaks his bow. I was really thinking and meditating about that story. He was obedient and always wanted to follow the will of the Lord but even when he was keeping the commandments he broke his bow and wasn't able to feed his family that day. I've been reading the BOM study manual and there's some great stuff in there. It talks about the trials we receive in this life. We receive trials when we are disobedient and break the commandments, but we also receive them when we are being righteous. Sometimes that can be really hard on us thinking why would God do this to me If I'm keeping his commandments? We have to remember that God loves us and wants the best for us. If we are keeping the commandments and he gives us a trial it means that we are ready for it. We are strong enough to overcome it. We are here to progress and to learn from our experiences, the good ones and the bad ones. If we never received trials we wouldn't be able to do that. we would just stay in the same place. Sometimes in order to progress we have to feel pain and suffer a bit. It's part of the plan of happiness. God doesn't give us temptations or trials to big to handle. I know that if we trust in the Lord and keep his commandments we will be able to learn and progress as much as God wants us to.
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Well kids another nice week here in that one place. One thing I like quite a bit about this area is that we never get bored of where to eat. There are soooo many new restaurantes and places to try out. This week we hit up a new place called Nicha's Burger. It was reeaaally good buuuuut you know me, sometimes I make the mistake of eating to much so It gave me a death stomach ache after. It reminded me of when I used to drink waaaayyy to much chocalate milk and then I'd have to lay down afterward to recover haha.
We had a pretty crazy battle this week with an evil turkey. This is what happened. Gulp...Ismael (One of our investigators) lives in his dope little house on the top of a mountain. Buuuut he has a turkey guardian. It looks so scary and it has 3 concubines that follow him wherever he goes. One day we were heading up to his house (it's a little sketchy getting to the top) and we saw the turkey waiting for us. My comp went first and tried running to get away but the turkey chased him. My comp picked up a stick and then threw me one. Then it came towards me and backed me up to the edge of a cliff and started puffing its feathers and makin some creepy sounds. I was battling it a bit with my stick until I finally had to jump over it and start running until it stopped chasing us. We are doing good working hard we should baptize Ismael this Saturday and a girl named janger the next. I'm glad I'll be staying here with Merrifield another change to see the blessings of our work together. My homie, Elder Santay. Hey guys how we doin? All chill down here in that one place! Had a pretty good week, tiring, but good. I had to say bye to Elder Valadez my trainer and to another one of my comps, Elder Santay. It's crazy to see them leave so soon! We did an interchange on Tuesday. I stayed in my area and Elder Paredes (Guatemala) came with me. I had already met him when we were in Comayaguela so we passed it chill. When it was time to go back to his area the next morning we weren't really sure where to go, but we went to wait for a bus anyway. A bus came by and we asked the driver if he was gonna pass by Pedregal (the area of Paredes) and he said yeah so we hopped on in....We were traveling for a while and I felt like somethin was off but I just went with it. The bus finally stopped and the dude was like "alright your here. Pedregal you can get off now." So we got off..... guulp.... We got off the bus and started lookin around and we didn't recognize anything. It was a tad sketchy there too with thugs all around. Some dude was like hey be careful. It's pretty dangerous here. So we went and asked a guy where we were and he was like "Honduras"... Bruuuuu we know that maaaaan so we asked another dude in a barber shop and he said the same thing! We ended up asking one more person and she said "We're in Residencial Honduras" ooooooo so I guess that's what that town was called. We asked around some more about how to get to Pedregal and finally got on another bus. We were soooooo far away! I guess we had been in mission Teguc but like reeeallly deep in about 30 minutes from Pedre! It took us like 20 minutes to get back to our mish and then 10 more to Pedregal. But it was a pretty dope tour of Tegucigalpa if you asked me. We got a lot of work done this week. We got home super tired every day but it was worth it cause we're lookin good for the end of Enero and for Febrero too with some tisms scheduled. We have been teaching this dude (63 years old) named Ismael he's such a chill guy and lives in a pretty cool house on the top of a hill. It's not nice but It just looks pretty cool if you asked me. I'll have to take a pic for you guys. He's progressing fast! He's already read a ton in the bom and he's gone to church 2 weeks in a row! We also have a girl named Janger that moved from Tela this week and is living with her aunt and uncle. They are returned missionaries so we good. She's gone to church twice now and we've been teaching her too. We've got some more homies too that we've been teaching so I'm feeling good. Aight kids theres the week for ya, workin like doooogs man. Love you have a good week! We helped a family move this week. These are their kids. Another year down my friends. It went really well. I'm pretty happy to be able to say that I spent all of 2018 serving the Lord and the people of Honduras. My testimony has grown so much and I have been able to develop a bigger love for this country and for this gospel. I have really learned to trust in the Lord in everything I do and to follow the spirit. Anyway aqui estamos 2019. I'm ready, I have a lot of plans and I've set many goals that I'm looking forward to accomplishing this year. This week was great and we started it off good on Monday with a nice breakfast trip to Denny's as a zone. We weren't able to play bball that day because of the time, but we got to go to this dope grocery store called Diprova. They have a ton of original stuff from Mexico and the states. I bought some coke from Colombia (soda not that one thing) and some habanero hot sauce from Mexico. We discovered a new little village in our area. To get there we had to walk about 40 minutes straight just to get to the member's house that lives around there. Then we took a 15 minute bus ride to get to the little village. It was a super chill place in the mountains with a ton of oak and pine trees. I saw a house on top of the hill with a hammock outside and it was golden hour so it looked super nice. Buuuut I didnt have my camara with me to take the pic oh well. We had a good amount of investigators that came to church this week and we have had a lot of investigators progressing lately. Yesterday we did an interchange with Jardines de Toncontin. I went over there with Elder Chinchilla from Costa Rica. He's a really cool guy. He has 7 months in the mish. He wants to study in the states after the mish in BYU. He said that where he lives is super popular for tourism and that there are always gringos showing up at his branch for church on Sundays haha. To celebrate that Elder Valadez is going home, we went to a sushi place called Sushi 2 Go. Reeeaaally good sushi We ordered something called Barco 6 and they literally brought us a boat filled with sushi for us to eat It was a tad expensive, but definitely worth it. I'm doing good. We are working hard and being obedient. We receive many blessings in the zone lately for that. Elder Sullivan Elder Chinchilla Our church. The temple.
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AuthorElder Christian Sullivan Archives
July 2019
CategoriesComayaguela, Honduras Mission
July 26, 2017-July 2019 Email: |