Week 89 Long Week

This week was soooo stressful.

We had to plan a bus to get the whole zone to take us to Choluteca and one set of hermanas got lost and we had to go and find them.

Then the day after we had to prepare the church for interviews with President Bowler. Everything went well. But I think the thing that stressed me out the most was that we were in divisions all week because of the conference and interviews. And then one missionary had to go to Teguc on Friday and so we were in divisions from Tuesday until Saturday. It was incredible. On Friday we had to do divisions with this missionary who isn't even from the zone and he was just a loco taco. He was just screaming and singing and dancing in the street. When we contacted people, he would just speak in pure slang.... and I was with him all day. I would pass him the time to teach and he wouldn't even know what to say... it was tough. And it was my birthday so I was hoping to have a better day but instead I was just baby sitting all day. And we didn't find anyone to teach the whole day, we just contacted alllllllll the live long day.

But this week ended and I'm glad and I'm excited for a new week. This week should be less stressful but still really hot and tiring. This area is great but it is kicking my butt. It's just so hot and we are working so hard and not having any success. We never have investigators at church. And my companion wants to just work his way and not really listen to my advice. Like yesterday I realized that the president of the relief society has a husband but he isn't baptized... but for some reason we aren't even teaching him. We have investigators that could be baptized but we don't visit them, just knock on doors. So yesterday I talked to my comp and we placed some lessons with those people that could be baptized and we will see what we can do with them.

Thank you guys for all of the happy birthday wishes,

I love you all

Elder Garry

Week 88 Birthday Week

This week was hot. Like last week and probably will be hot this week again. I'm turning into a weird orange and red color. Time to use sun screen. But I sweat so much that the sun screen will probably just come right off and I will start sweating a weird white paste.... decisions decisions.
My comp and I are working so hard!!! We are out in that hot hot sun trying to find people to give them salvation!! I don't think the people know that because they just hide and leave us in the heat and our message of salvation in our hands... we did divisions the other day with a 16 year old and he was like so surprised the whole time we were teaching. We would knock on the door and then he would turn to us and say "you saw them hide right?" and we said yep, lets go to the next house. And then we knock the the baby runs to the door and says "my mom says shes not home" and then the guys says.... that was a lie right. And he was just like "does this happen every day" and we said, yeah, usually they don't send the baby so today is actually better than the other days hahaha the poor guy is probably never going to go on a mission now hahahaha
We are trying so hard to find people. our area is huge!! like giant. and i think we have knocked on like half of the doors already. I just don't know if we are working effectively. I think we will start to visit more members to try to get references now. We do have some great investigators but they have to get divorced then remarried and that never happens. We have to convince parents that hate Mormons to let their kids who go to church every week get baptized. We have to convince people who think they are catholic to realized that they haven't ever gone to church so it is okay to get baptized..... Honduras.But I love it here!
This week will be so great!!! I am grateful for all of your birthday wishes!! I hope you have a great week and I hope you all eat Taco Bell for me in honor of my birthday. A green taco because its still St Patricks day and you have to respect the green.
I love you all!!
Elder Garry

Week 87 T-minus 100 days

This was a tough week. but a great one at the same time

So I wasn't even expecting to have transfers so having to say goodbye to everyone was really tough because I wasn't mentally prepared. I wish I could have stayed another transfer in Danli where it is nice and cold and everything. But I got transfers and now I am here in the hottest place in all of Honduras. The thing is that the area really isn't bad at all. This is the only area that I have ever been in where there are actually real streets. like paved roads!!!! I didn't know that they excited!! My area is right there on the beach too so we area always passing by and it is really pretty. the only thing is that it is like another level of HOT. it is the hottest place in all of Honduras.  And I testify that it is true. After like 4 days, I am already more Brown. People ask if I am from Guatemala now because I am not a gringo anymore. Not true but it could happen.

I am feeling really stressed though. It is so hot that I cant sleep. We have fans but they just blow hot air. So I don't get cooled off. because I cant sleep it makes it really hard to want to work. And my new companion is a beast at working. He can do about 58 hours of work in the 48 hours that the week gives to us. So I am working like a dog, in the hot hot hot hot sun, and I cant sleep. And our investigators live sooooo far away so to visit them, we have to go and walk for like 20 minutes to visit them. I just feel exhausted in this area. And our pday suuuucckkss! We just watch a Disney movie in our church then my comp was like, "Alright, everyone leave" and made them leave!!! So it's just me and him again like this whole week. And I love him. Honestly he is probably one of my most fun companion to talk to. He and I get along perfectly! It's just frustrating how tired I am all of the time. I'm just exhausted.

But lets talk about the blessings that we have received from the crazy amount of work that we have done.

We found a less active family with a 10 year old daughter who hasn't gotten baptized.

We found a family that are actually married. I know I know I know, I didn't think that a married couple existed either but they have proven me wrong haha and they are Golden!! They have some great questions and are even parents of kids who can get married too!

We are visiting a guy who has been an investigator for 2 years and we can see him progressing.

So yeah, through this sacrifice and exhaustion, are coming very great things!

Pray for me. just so that I can maybe sleep during the week so that I'm not as tired.

I love you all

Elder Garry