Week 39: 9 months!!!

This week we had the baptisms of Ruben and Cristhian. We baptized them Saturday and the entire week we were encouraging them and making sure they were ready. 

I have no news on Elder Navarro's eyes. We went to the doctor last monday and the doctor referred him to do other tests that cost $150.We haven't been able to do those test yet.  The basic news is he needs the knife and whether he needs to go to Mexico to do it or not.

On Sunday we had a pretty crappy experience in Church. We had our leadership meeting and we had a member come in and she just started telling our group leader that he was doing a terrible job. It was kind of hilarious, because our group leader just said, "If I'm doing something wrong tell me, I've never had a calling in my life." She responded, "Well it’s not my place to tell you how to do your calling". 

Well anyway, she had a lot of problems with how the group was running, like where we have our meetings (in our house) and she wanted us to have a separate place for the meetings. We don't have the money for another house right now, we need to show to the area presidency that we have a group of faithful members who need a separate house/building to use for a church. But she thought we needed one now! The Stake Presidency had talked to the entire group when it got started so everyone knew that it would take some time, but she wants it now! She got really mad and started telling everyone what they were doing wrong. She gave no feedback or ideas on how to be better. Hermano Garcia started losing his patience and I stepped in to try and make peace that we need to work hard before we can get this other location, and then you know what she does?... she ATTACKS ME!!! "All you missionaries are the same you come in with a plan to change the area and never do it!" I got super frustrated and had to leave the room. I started praying for peace and help to calm down. My companion took over from there. The lady eventually found she couldn't get anywhere and stormed out! She had attacked and criticized the leadership and the missionaries. We called the leadership meeting quits and once everyone left the Spirit absolutely wasn't in the house. Elder Navarro and I felt that we needed to  rededicate the house and then we left to visit some of the members who were there to make sure that they would keep assisting. 

It feels like since we have been feeling blessed that now Satan is attacking this particular family super hard, and now other families might leave, I hope not. I’ve been reading in Alma lately where he teaches the apostate Zoramites and explains faith as a seed and then goes on to talk about the way to prepare the soil. Its a humble heart that bests receives the gospel and more blessed is the person who humbles themselves without being told to. I really believe this works in this case with this member and a lot of us. We are definitely more blessed for humbling ourselves before the Lord does. I hope we can all forget our pride and humble ourselves to the promptings of the Lord and do his work. Love you guys! 

Keep Truckin’

on a bus to a multi-zone conference. It took us 3 hours to get to Siguatepeque 

a bus full of Elders and Hermanas in for a 3 hour ride

The bus picked up our district at a gas station and then we picked up another district on the freeway.
You can just pull over, they got on, and then you leave.

Elder Ruiz and Canales

Elder Canales was tired. He slept the entire ride.

 fog

Look how foggy! and that's a military officer

Elder Ruiz is bugging Elder Agustin. The other elder is Elder Sanchez, our zone leader.

He must want his tie

Elder Owen and Candia talking to Navarro 

Elder Choy and Owen
They are in my zone. Choy used to be Giraldo's old comp and Elder Owen is in an area called Ciudad Espana.

This is Elder Franco. He was with me in the CCM. We arrived in Honduras together.

Elder Madsen, he has been out 6 months. He got his first package on Wednesday.

He must have been bored. I still don't know what he was doing. I just turned around and he was like this. ;)

Elder Navarro and I with Cristhian and Ruben

I got to baptize Ruben on Saturday.

Elder Navaroo baptized Cristhian

This is Ruben's mother, and Cristhian's grandmother Nora

I found this hat at lunch, put it on and took some fotos. It says Lempira

This is Ruben and Elder Roberts wearing a KISS hat.

Ruben doesn't like fotos too much.