week 55 Back to School

This past week went really well! We have a new investigator that is really positive. His daughter, a member, gave us the reference. His name is Reynaldo. He is about 50 and lives in a part of my area called Viera.

He has actually had a lot of exposure to the church as his dad is an ex bishop and his daughter, again, is a member. He came to Stake Conference this weekend and LOVED it. The only problem that we have with him, is that his work (bartender) brings him home really late, and he lives in gang territory, so it`s hard to visit him, but hopefully everything works out.

Stake Conference went really well, Elder Duncan, the area president of Central America came as well as another 70. There was a change in the Stake Presidency,  but my favorite part was probably the hymns. The choir killed it.

Tomorrow there are interviews with the President which should be cool.

On Thursday we had a big meeting of Elders in the Zone to go out and invite everyone around the stake center to stake conference, so I included a tool selfie.

1. Tegucigalpa

2. Zone Selfie as the literally the only white guy.

3. This one is hard to explain. That`s my kitchen, but the face I`m making is a Honduran face that means ``I don`t understand.`` if you see that face, with the hand cocked in that position and slightly twitching, it is a pretty low class way of saying I don`t understand or saying what`s it to me?

Hope you all have a great day.

week 54 Bonbozote

Hey que pedo?

That is a traditional central american greeting, so if you ever wanna be ``in´´ with any central-american, that´s how you do it. 

This week was pretty normal. We kept contacting and contacting trying to find new investigators. THE USSSZH.

Our district has been having a lot of problems with that lately, so I dedicated my lesson in district meeting to finding new people, and I also taught an English lesson about the words ``Street-Rep´´ it was just about maintaining a good street rep with people with members and non members, so we they trust us and recognize us as representatives of Jesus Christ. It was probably one of the better classes I`ve been in and also one of the funniest.

Also I completed my year in the mission on Friday! To celebrate our year, Hermana Escandon, Elder Sanders and I after district meeting went and bought a pizookie and celebrated. It was super good. Definitely worth the 100 lempiras.

Today for Pday we made brownies as a zone. It was aight.

Chequelequepanqueue. -Traditional Honduran way of saying ``bye or OK.´´

Camera decided to turn on today so here are some pics. One in from the morning, one is of and my companion and me in front of the painting of JC, and the other is Elder Barrios and myself.

week 53 The Year

So this week I have a year in the mission!

This week was nothing new really though, so ciao, have a great day everyone.

Ha. I thought about sending that. But I didn`t. But really there is not much new. Here`s some funny stories that happened though.

Two days ago my companion and I were contacting and we passed by an elderly woman with a purse that brandished the stars and stripes. To make conversation I told her I liked her bag, and then she asks, ``Is that the only thing you like about me?´´ and I was like ``Whoa grandma, calm down.´´ and she began to pull down her shirt. After half throwing up, I walked away.

On Sunday, one of the returned missionaries decided to show the entire Elder´s Quorum and High Priest`s Quorum, just how much faith he had, by praying for half an hour with all of us kneeling. At the end of the prayer, one of the Older High Priest`s fell over because he was so tired from kneeling.

We were contacting in a more touristy part of my area with my mission leader and he decided he was going to count how many woman checked me out just walking out leaving the area (not including the hours we were there.) and we counted 48.

And last, but not least... My Bishop.

I`m kidding he`s all right.

This week we didn`t have very many new investigators, and none of them were very positive either. My area has had 3 baptisms in the last year and a half, and those 3 baptisms are niños who don`t go to church anymore. We have a super positive family, they just have trouble getting to church because our chapel is really far away and starts at 8 AM.

But in good news. My companion is dope, my ward is dope, and I`m still losing weight, whether that be a good thing or not. ALSO. I`m still alive.

Love you guys!

Week 52 Sweet Spirit, you`re so... nice.

So I`ve been changed again, now I am in my 4th/5th area and in the city of Tegucigalpa for the first time. I`m in the area called El Reparto, right below the Picacho in Tegucigalpa. I`m in the Tegucigalpa Zone, and I attend church in the stake center for the Tegus Stake. There are only two wards that go there, The Reparto at 8 AM and  the Palmira at 10 AM. Luckily, Elder Sanders, my homeboy from the MTC, (Refer to a million weeks ago to see pictures of Elder Sanders and I), share a chapel and see each other twice a week now.

This week was pretty crazy, because my area is the mountain side of the picacho, which means all day every day, we`re just climbing up cuestas and switchbacks. It`s not fun. But at least that means I don`t have to do exercise in the morning now, right? My house is actually pretty small, and junky, and messy and there are no plates, utensils, nothing. So that`s pretty bummer, but at least it has a nice little view of Tegus.

My ward is tiny. We had some 68 people come to church this week, which means there is A LOT of work to do (see American Legends). We have 2 investigators right now who have baptismal dates, and then we have a family we just challenged to get married last night. They are incredibly positive... except the wife. But they are dope. They are the most positive investigators that we have right now.

My companion is Elder Ordoñez. He is from Guatemala and is from the same group as Elder Samayoa, which means he just got done training. This is his third change in the area, so who knows for how long we`ll be together.

Just a quick recap.

1. Went to the MTC in Mexico City.

2. Started in a small town in the middle of nowhere called Orocuina.

3. Then went to open an even smaller town on the pacific coast called Guapinol.

4. Then opened Danli A... Then closed Danli A when they put sister missionaries in the ward.

5. Then opened Danli B... Then closed Danli B last week.

6. Went to the Reparto.

Companions.

1. Elder De Jesus, my dad.

2. Elder Avila, my guanaco.

3. Elder Jones, my only gringo.

4. Elder Olivares, Alexis Sanchez.

5. Elder Valladares, my companion who never smiled.

6. Elder Samayoa, my beloved son.

7. Baby Ordoñez, my current comp.

miss you all, love you all... but I ain`t going home anytime soon, so stinks to be you guys. Don`t miss me too bad ;-)

sorry for lack of pictures. I just forgot flat out. But here`s outside the porch and a big mama baleada.

week 51 District What?

Elder Samayoa and I had emergency changes on Sunday, more or less. More, they had to close our area for reasons and the normal changes are on Wednesday, so I have just been hanging out with the office Elders since yesterday. SO. Yesterday, today and tomorrow, I have hot water, a toaster, a blender, the mission president´s wife cooked us lunch, then the senior couples took us out to Chili´s today to eat. Elder Samayoa and I feel quite pampered right now.

The Office Elders have Pdays on Saturdays, so for our Pday, we hung out with the Senior Couple, The Oldroyd´s. We went to their apartment and played Ticket to Ride and laughed and chatted for a few hours. They asked me what kind of stuff I missed from the states and I noted Root Beer as one of those. They then proceeded to OFFER ME ROOTBEER FROM THEIR FRIDGE. That´s like finding the end of the rainbow here in Honduras.

This Wednesday I will go to my new area in the city (Tegucigalpa). My area is called El Reparto, and it´s right behind the Picacho... I think... That´s the giant Jesus statue in Teguc. I´m district leader to pretty much one of the strangest districts in the mission. MY DISTRICT IS AS FOLLOWS. Myself (Elder Anderson) and my companion, (Elder Ordoñez) who just finished his training. The mission nurses, (Hermana Escandon from my group and Hermana Ortiz). The Zone Leaders of Tegucigalpa, (Elder Cabanatan and Elder Javier) two gringos. AND The AP´s. I´m not sure how you be district leader to all the people that are in charge of teaching everyone else. BUT. I´m sure it´ll work out.

Anyway, I don´t have a cable for the recorder right now, but I did take advantage of my time in the office to take a bunch of selfies with my buds.