Hola,
This mass email is going to be kind of weird, because it was a pretty crazy week and there is a ton to talk about, but I'm only going to mention a few things haha. The week was pretty chill for the most part. We are teaching a bunch of people and have a lot set up for this next coming month to be baptized. We are teaching a family that the elders in this area taught a long time ago, but had to drop because they were having problems with marriage. They have to get married to be baptized, which they are completely willing to do, but the thing is that the husband married a lady in Tegucigalpa like 30 years ago, and they have to get divorced. However, the ex wife didn't want to sign the divorce papers, so there is nothing the old elders could have done. Castro and I decided to pick them back up and try again. They were so happy to see the missionaries come to their house again because they truly wanted to get baptized, but there was nothing they could do at that time. I told them that we were going to do our best to try to get this situation worked out for them and they kept thanking me for being so willing to help. They were seriously so ridiculously grateful, it was awesome. One of the other people we are teaching is someone who I REALLY hope gets baptized. Her name is Carla and her boyfriend is a member. He brought her to church last week because he really wants to get her baptized, share the blessings he has in his life, and be married with her. The thing is though that is moving out of town this week and she is kind of having to do the whole investigating process by herself, and just have his support from far away. Sound familiar? haha. We got to teach her a little bit this week and she is seriously so cool. She straight up told us "Yeah, my boyfriend introduced me to the church. I was never baptized, but I want to be. So I just have to go to church a few more times, hear what you have to say, and know its true, right?" Uhhhh yeah, that sounds about right haha. I shared my conversion story with her and how Kim did like the exact same thing for me, and she just thought it was the bees knees. I told her that if she was having any doubts, just realize I was in her shoes like 2 years ago and now I'm the one doing the teaching. It was a really cool, really weird "full circle" moment for me. So yeah, I hope that goes through. We found out this week that I had a change, so I had to say goodbye to all the people in my area. I was way bummed because all the people I personally baptized while I was here WERENT HOME. They are ALWAYS home and just werent here the one day I was leaving. It was way sad. I did get to say bye to a lot of members and a few recent converts, so at least I had that. It is really weird how much I have come to love these people in these short 3 months. They were all telling me how much they are going to miss me which was really nice to hear. Saying goodbye was hard, but I guess Im just going to have to get used to it haha. Im in my new area right now. Im in the area Cerro Verde in the zone Fesitranh. My companion is Elder Ramos from Mexico and doesnt speak english, so thats a first for me. Its pretty chill though. He says my spanish is way good and was shocked I had only been out 5 months. The area is WAY nice and super rich compared to my old area. People have dogs as PETS instead of just stray dogs everywhere. Crazy! Im excited for this change and hopefully I can continue to work as hard as I did with Elder Castro. Life is good right now. Stay classy!
Elder ShugaThis mass email is going to be kind of weird, because it was a pretty crazy week and there is a ton to talk about, but I'm only going to mention a few things haha. The week was pretty chill for the most part. We are teaching a bunch of people and have a lot set up for this next coming month to be baptized. We are teaching a family that the elders in this area taught a long time ago, but had to drop because they were having problems with marriage. They have to get married to be baptized, which they are completely willing to do, but the thing is that the husband married a lady in Tegucigalpa like 30 years ago, and they have to get divorced. However, the ex wife didn't want to sign the divorce papers, so there is nothing the old elders could have done. Castro and I decided to pick them back up and try again. They were so happy to see the missionaries come to their house again because they truly wanted to get baptized, but there was nothing they could do at that time. I told them that we were going to do our best to try to get this situation worked out for them and they kept thanking me for being so willing to help. They were seriously so ridiculously grateful, it was awesome. One of the other people we are teaching is someone who I REALLY hope gets baptized. Her name is Carla and her boyfriend is a member. He brought her to church last week because he really wants to get her baptized, share the blessings he has in his life, and be married with her. The thing is though that is moving out of town this week and she is kind of having to do the whole investigating process by herself, and just have his support from far away. Sound familiar? haha. We got to teach her a little bit this week and she is seriously so cool. She straight up told us "Yeah, my boyfriend introduced me to the church. I was never baptized, but I want to be. So I just have to go to church a few more times, hear what you have to say, and know its true, right?" Uhhhh yeah, that sounds about right haha. I shared my conversion story with her and how Kim did like the exact same thing for me, and she just thought it was the bees knees. I told her that if she was having any doubts, just realize I was in her shoes like 2 years ago and now I'm the one doing the teaching. It was a really cool, really weird "full circle" moment for me. So yeah, I hope that goes through. We found out this week that I had a change, so I had to say goodbye to all the people in my area. I was way bummed because all the people I personally baptized while I was here WERENT HOME. They are ALWAYS home and just werent here the one day I was leaving. It was way sad. I did get to say bye to a lot of members and a few recent converts, so at least I had that. It is really weird how much I have come to love these people in these short 3 months. They were all telling me how much they are going to miss me which was really nice to hear. Saying goodbye was hard, but I guess Im just going to have to get used to it haha. Im in my new area right now. Im in the area Cerro Verde in the zone Fesitranh. My companion is Elder Ramos from Mexico and doesnt speak english, so thats a first for me. Its pretty chill though. He says my spanish is way good and was shocked I had only been out 5 months. The area is WAY nice and super rich compared to my old area. People have dogs as PETS instead of just stray dogs everywhere. Crazy! Im excited for this change and hopefully I can continue to work as hard as I did with Elder Castro. Life is good right now. Stay classy!
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