just so you guys can see my mission to this point, i am sending this little map of my jounries in the wonderful country!

So i came to this area knowing nobody. My companion didnt know anybody either. We are opening an area!!! So its actually part of a ward that has two missionaries already, but we are working to divide the ward in this year! Im not sure when because i havent had too much communication with the bishop BUT i have had a bunch of support of the ward. We are already working that when we divide it will be a ward right away. We have the people we have the area, we just need to do it! our first purpose is to find the men who could be the leaders. Bishop, elders quorum president, ward mission leader young mens president and the such. We have a bunch of the women who could be leaders here in our area. The best part of this area is its stuck with my last area! Literally! In december when the chapal of my last area is completed ill start attending church in my last area!

Other cool news, is in this mission they sent three peruvians to start working here! My companion is actually a very new young man who just completed his 18th birthday. ya... im five years older. i was in kindergarten when this kid was born XD but he works hard and uis very mature for his age which kind of helps the balance of my immaturity with my age XD BUT he is an elder Velasquez, and is an amazing elder always trying to be better everyday!

Ok so this is actually my last week in dos caminos... i am getting sent somewhere else in two days, but i am so excited to be seeing new places and getting out of where i am! not anything bad about here, i just know that i cant really do anymore good here... BUT i know i was here on purpose. These past three weeks, i was able to help a wonderful lady named ana refind the church learn and be baptized, all on her own. she felt the drive and she felt the need to learn everything. she was an amazing blessing for me, and she will always be close. the first convert that gave me a tie because she was so happy.

 

Also me burning my pants of completeing my 18th birthday, in months that is. Its been insane, and i am so exctied not because im close to finishing the mission, but i am getting to the point where i can just worry less and work more. less worrying if ill say something wrong or go something wrong, because i have seen that the lord directs me. he knows the best and i have learned to depend (on something about skirts) on the lord!

 

I also am happy to know some amazing people here like our ward mission leader and another missionary that lives in the same house as me!

SO this week has been amazing! i honestly dont know how its been! My week has been trying to leave the house because my companion was sick... again, and i needed to find men to leave with me that was worthy so some one could stay with my comp and someone to leave with me, and it was tough. but we did have a great time. 

First we found a lady who has been investigating the church for three years, and is finally ready. She has been Trying to go but hasnt been able to since january. She came and has been talking to us. She just lost her job which is good, because we werent able to see her at all. BUT we had a lesson on saturday, and we felt the strong impression to invite her to be baptized next saturday, and she said yes. Everything has fallen into place to let her be able to be baptized. She even has a good friend who will come and do it, who is actually a convert that i helped baptize in my second area! its going to be amazing seeing him again! the daughter was just so happy to see her mom be ready, and the branch has been so supportive and helpful. the reason its good news she lost her job is because she now can really get ready, and then go see her mom who she hasnt seen for a year, and then she already has a new job for after all the things happen! she is really a mircle to see be prepared.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOkkk!!!

Thi week has been pretty amazing! Well half has been really dang boring, cuz we have been stuck in the house because for a day i was sick, and the next two, y comp.He has a little virus, but isnt DYING. Just weak and so he really cant leave...

BUT we did have an amazing baptism. We found a faily who has been having trouble finding the church and had their child who wasnt baptized. we have been working with him for about three weeks, and i a happy to say he was able to be baptized and confirmed! but the best part of this weekend, is that two of the failies who we have been working on alot, finally was able to make it to church yetsreday! One is a lady who her kid has been a member for yers, but she never was interested. she had an experience, and she decided to start coming. after we decided to have her pray, and she prayed and she had an answer. she is already planning to be baptized the end ofthis month, and i didnt do a thing!

I a super happyto always be part of this church, and this work. People arecrazy, but doesntmean that CHrist doesnt direct this church. I love you all!!!

ALRIGHT!!! so this email is making up for the lack of email that i had last week. Just didnt... feel up to it and sorry about that XD

Ok so this week has been alot of fun! we have been really focusing on finding people that before had been to church, but because of whatever reason had stopped going. The best part of the people, is they have been very eager to start learning again. We have found some people, also that have been alot of difficulties.

One of these men, has been a faithful member for about 5 months. He fell and drank again this past thursday. we eat every sunday with him on sundays and his family so we had the great chance to help him out. he didnt want to talk much about what had happened, but his wife told us, and after he told us everything. he didnt tell us because he felt awful for drinking, but we started talking to him, and reading some scriptures. we focused ourselfs in on the missionary manual Preach my Gospel, and he got so excited to know that its normal to fall, and there are ways he can be free of his addiction. In the book there is a huge chunk talking about people falling, and that through time and love, they can get over it and be completely over it. heal. I had only seen him so excited when i told him i was the same futbol team as him, which here in HOnduras is HUGE. And ya, he was super eager to try again with the knowledge that he might fall again, yet he was happy to know it wasnt the end.

Other news, is that here in my branch, we have been working with two sets of missionaries and we are going to be very excited to get this work done. we have been sharing the gospel with so many people, especially those that have fallen, and are wanting to just try again. Its the message of my week i have seen. It doesnt matter how many times we fall, but how many times we dont lift ourselves up. God loves us, and he is our Father. He doesnt want to lose ANY of us.

I might not be too happy with the heat or other things here in honduras, but i am never sad that i decided to serve God with everything for two years. vale la pena, ¿ey?

Esta es la Iglesia verdadera. Tenemos la autoridad. Lo recibimos de Dios él mismo.

Ok so im not dead, and i am alright! i love you all, a whole lot.

Ok, so i am super super uber duper sorry for being a space! so this week on internet went something like this, opening my emai and it telling me that everything wasnt sent last week, then not letting me do anything for about 30 minutes... and then after figuring everything out it let me know that all the emails WERE sent, and then... frustrated i forgot to let the world know that this was a slower week, and not really happened... We did do a grill as a zone. I am loving the country right now and all of the people. The only part note worthy of this week is that we are teaching the daughter in law of our recent convert. she has been interested and listening but until thursday she had a dream. the dream was super cool because after praying alot to peak her dead brother, she feels that she did talk to him. it was a cool experience but for the (as i say) sacredness ill keep the details out. SHe really is excited to be baptized, just cant see herself living the law of chastity because her "husband" 15 and she is 25. and she is pregnant, but they want to know what they can do to be good with god and we are not forcing any decisión on this one. this is theirs xD