I haven't been in a house or bathroom this nice for ages. It was kind of weird!! Good week, pretty relaxed for the holidays. We had some pretty good meals. We got to eat dinner with the temple president one night and with the gringo oldy missionaries. We ate turkey with stuffing yams, etc. It felt pretty creepy though because there were only gringos and they were only speaking in English. It was like a vision of me in the future eating over at my grandparents house. Pretty much no one was home this week because they all went crazy on Christmas and all have hangovers and it's gonna happen again today so the work has been a little dificult lately. We're still in there workin hard and we have found a few good investigators to work with and we hope that they can progress. Dang no more 3 hour church! That's super weird. I can imagine my kids in the future saying dad I don't wanna go to church today its sooo loong. I'm gonna say... HHHAAAAA FUUUNNY I used to go to church for 3 hours every single Sunday! Na, I'm kidding but honestly there isn't more to tell you guys but happy new year!!!
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The dope food truck we hit up this week. Well well well how's it goin these days? Everything's chill down here in that one place. It's pretty hot but what can you do ya feel. This p day was dope. We went to some place called Trokos. It's like a food truck place but it's got a chill vibe if you know what I'm sayin. They sell Mexican food there and it's reeaaally good. I got a torta. It's basically a hot sandwich with meat in it. They put guacamole in mine, super good. We've been taking advantage of the restaurants near us these days. Eating out a lot haha. Before the district meeting on Tuesday we hit up Denny's. I honestly like the Denny's here better than the one in the states. My comp and I had to go to a Consejo de líderes this week. It's like a multizone but with just the zone leaders from each zone, the president and the asistents. We learned a lot of good stuff there. They taught us about what leaders do and how we can become better leaders not just in the mission but after too. On the way home from the leader counsel we saw a massive group of people on the side of the road. There was an ambulance too. There was a lot of traffic so we were going pretty slow. I had a window seat so I was able to see what was up. As we were passing I saw a dude sitting on the sidewalk with the paramedics with his shirt all ripped and blood and scrapes all over. Then... I saw a crashed moto and next to it, a blue tarp. There was a hand sticking out and then a 5 ft trail of bright red blood! It was super nasty, that's actually the first time I saw a dead person in real life. Gulp. I did an interchange this week with Elder Dansie who's being trained by Elder Valadez, my trainer. It was pretty fun. I got into a bible bash with some girl in his area which doesn't usually happen in Honduras, but we won the bash and left her with that one book. The BOM. Well, I hope you guys enjoy your Christmas. I have some scriptures for you to read that are focused on our Savior and what he did for us. Lets take advantage of this Christmas season by remembering Jesus Christ, his birth, example and sacrifice that he did for every one of us. Love you guys. 2 Nefi 25: 26, y 29 2 Nefi 26: 24, 27, 28 Christmas Eve
One of our cool investigators from my last area, Ciudad Espana. We took him to stake conference. Suuuuuuper cool guys! The tall one is the professional soccer player for the Olimpia and the other one is the one that gave me the Ronaldo jersey. We always played bball with them. Super cool guys. A cool family from Ciudad Espana. She did our laundry for us. Cool family! Super poor couple, but awesome! The guy gave me a tie and said they are sending me a Christmas gift. One of our investigators that we baptized, Eldubin Moreno. Another cool fam from my old area. The guy I'm next to is really dope. He gave me a sweater before I left. My old homies, Bowen and Briggs!! My older trainer Valadez is in my zone. Ha, ha. It's weird being his zone leader and he's my district leader. He goes home in 3 weeks. . Changes Zone : Roble Oeste (Really rich and some parts remind me of St. George and California) Area : Las Casitas Comp : Elder Merrifield (From Alpine, Utah) Assignation : Zone Leader Well I had to say bye to the little guys in Ciudad Espana. It was actually pretty sad because in just one change I had a good relation with some of the members there. My new comp is really cool. He actually has less time in the mission than me (1 change less) but he's a really good missionary and has experience as a ZL. We both have pretty good Spanish so we just talk to each other in Spanish all the time. This week was pretty stressful if you asked me. We weren't able to work that much because of the meetings and activities that we had. We already had to give a presentation to all of the Missionaries that are gonna be training new ones. We talked about the 12 Semanas book and how to use it. Also we had to do a practice of how to have a good companionship study in front of all the trainers and new missionaries. I'm getting used to giving presentations now though because I've done it so much in the mish. We had a Christmas activity with half of the mission on Friday. We went to the biggest church in all of the mish. It has a soccer court, volleyball court, and an indoor basketball full court! We got to play sports for the first 3 hours. I spent my time playing basketball. We ended up doing a tournament. We could only play half court though but my team won. After that they gave out awards to the winning teams in each sport. They gave me a Snickers. Then we had some more activities. We all gathered in the gym and there were some relay races scripture memorizing, etc. Then we played horse! The bball game. They call it Burro or donkey in Honduras. They had 1 missionary from each zone play. I played against some gringos haha. I ended up winning that too. I did a sweet 360 reverse layup and everyone went craaaaazy. I hit some really deep threes too. So they gave me 4 chocolate bars for that. We ate some lunch and then did a nativity play, Each zone had a part in it. I like my new area. It has a little bit of everything--suuuuuuuper nice parts and reeeaaaaally poor parts too. We go to the church that's right next to the temple. It's super pretty. We have some good investigators that we're working with and this week we should have a tism. Everything's goin good. I'm still getting used to being a zl but my comp's helpin me out with that. Love you creeds have a good week! Dope guy from Saan Pedro Sula Honduras. He was my zone leader in Bulevar. His dad is from Puerto Rico. I'm going to try and hit up Puerto Rico with him after the mish. Elder Santay. He's going home this change. I'm really sad about that. I found these glasses when I did an interchange in Villeda Morales. Our new house. Christmas tree from my fam. My new comp, Elder Merrifield. He's from Alpine, Utah.
Tajaditas con carne molida con aguacate y chile Well I'll have my pics tell the story of this week but I tell you a tad bit of what happened... Well this was my last week in Ciudad Espana because I'm outta here. I have to be at the stake center of Lempira at 8:00 am tomorrow with my bags to find out where I'm going and who's gonna be my comp. We finished the change good with a baptism on Saturday. Hermano Moreno, he's like 58 and had had problems with the word of wisdom all his life but we were able to help him out and he was able to get baptized and confirmed. I do have to say that it was reeeeeaaaaallly funny seeing him get baptised because he's a little scared of the water. His foot kept coming out of the water and my comp had to redo it like 5 times. Moreno even tried squatting down and laying face first in the water to baptize himself but his back stuck out of the water it was sooooo funny and it was hard not to laugh but he ended up getting tized so thats all that matters. It's satisfying to work hard and to see the fruits of your work at the very end. I know the Lord was testing us to see if we'd keep working hard. We did and we ended up with a baptism. These are the shoes that represent the gang 18 and if the cops catch someone wearing them they take them to jail. There's only only one word that can help me describe this week perfectly : GULP!! Well creeds, If you asked me I'd say this was one of the more crazy weeks I've gone through in all of my mission. Let me explain... First off, we weren't able to work on Tuesday because some crazy dudes from the DPI came to our area and started killin all the gangsters. They were searchin the backpacks of eeeveryone on the street. They entered into every Pulperia and they even entered into the house across the street from where we live. These dudes are nuts. They all drive nice trucks with tinted windows. They don't have uniforms they just wear brown bullet proof vests, black beanie masks, and carry massive guns to shoot down the thugs. On Wednesday we had to head to the city around 4:00 p.m to stay the night there. It's because we had a Multizone the next day at 7:00 a.m and apparently it's really dangerous to be on the buses in the morning these days. We ended up staying in the house of the Elders Sanchez and Cook from Bulevar. The multizone on Thursday was dope. We had the opportunity to listen to Elder Zeballos and his wife. They are from Chile. Their accents were soooo wierd haha, but in a cool way. They both gave talks. Elder Zeballos machetied all of the gringos that don't study Spanish and all of the Latinos that don't study English because its such a valuable time to be able to learn another language in the mish and if we learn it good we will have many opportunities be opened for us in the future. On Saturday we ended up having to go to the city again early in the morning to prest service as a mission. So we had to be on the bus at 7:00 a.m. My comp and I were in the very back of the bus. It was a (Rapidito) if you want to look it up on the internet. Anyway it was a normal bus ride you feel until we got to the Mayoreo. (part of my second area, Las Mercedes) It's basically a long street with a market on the side. There are always tons of people buying and walking around. There was a lot of traffic so we were moving slow. The bus drivers always keep the door open because it gets hot if you close it. Anyway I was just chillin until all of a sudden 2 dudes with masks and massive pistols hopped on the bus they started swearing at everyone and saying give me your money, your phones, and everything you have. Everyone was sketched out just giving them all of their stuff. When he got to me my adrenaline was pumpin so my instincts were to just kick the gun out of his hand and then I tackled him to the ground. Everyone in the bus dog piled him and I threw the gun off the bus... IIIIMMMMM KIIIIDDDIIIIINNNNGGG!! Do you really think I'd do that HHaAAAAA FUNNY! No..when he pointed his gun at my chest I just took the 70 lemps I had in my pocket and handed it to him and they bailed. But I was sooo sketched out ahaha. I'm traumatized everytime we're caught in traffic on one of those buses haha. Well, we arrived to the city finally to prest service. Almost all of the mision was there except the 2 farthest zones from the city. They gave us red t shirts that say Ilumina el Mundo and we split up as zones and went to sweep the trash off the streets. We were assigned 2 streets as a zone. When we got to our street with our brooms and trash bags ready to go there was a crazy lady there. She was sniffing glue out of a bottle and obviously was suuuuper high. She stole a broom from us and started sweeping trying to help us out. Then she tried kissing one of the elders. We finally got the broom back and she started walking away. She walked about 5 feet and out of nowhere she pulled down her pants and started taking a dump in the street. La Divina, one of the areas in my district, had a baptism this week so I did the interview and we went to the tism. Some member ended up giving us a ride home in his truck. He was super rich haha he had and iphone X in one pocket and the newest Samsung Note in the other. Well we are finally going to have a tism this week with some bro that had an addiction to coffee but we've been helping him out and he's gone 17 days without drinking. Thats all for today Love you!! |
AuthorElder Christian Sullivan Archives
July 2019
CategoriesComayaguela, Honduras Mission
July 26, 2017-July 2019 Email: |