week 84: He That Can Have Patience Can Have What He Will

This week was aight. My companion, Elder Soriano, goes home this week on Wednesday, and so he`s just been getting ready to go home since yesterday. Our baptismal dates for Saturday fell through on Thursday. Which was my companion`s last opportunity to baptize in the mission. As soon as we left their house, telling us they didn`t want to be baptized, I literally saw my companions spirit leave his body, he stopped caring about everything. Today for Pday he didn`t even bring mission clothes.

I`ve actually made some pretty bad jokes this week, that I probably shouldn`t share, but they`re too good to keep to myself. So on Saturday we were with some members, sharing a lesson and eating dinner and on the TV in the next room was Spiderman 2 (Toby Macguire). The entire time we ate dinner and shared with them, my companion was fixated on Spiderman 2. I noticed and obviously the family noticed, but we didn`t say anything to him. At the end of the visit (more of less 30-35 minutes.) The family asks my companion how much time he has left, with a big smile he says, ¨I have 5 days left, until I can relax, and watch TV...¨ and I cut him off saying ¨how is that different from what you do here?¨ AND I LOST IT, AND THE FAMILY LOST IT.

Then on Sunday morning we were on our way to church when the sole of my companions shoe gave up the ghost and started flopping open with every step. I look at my companions shoes and then at him and I say, ¨Wow Elder Soriano, even your shoes open the mouth more than you do.¨ AÑSDFJAÑSDLFMASDÑLMASDÑ L O L.

But besides being dead, he`s all right. A little too touchy, but we`re buds. He was able to teach me the area in 3 weeks, and we have some prog. inv. So all is well when the work goes well.

Went to the mountains outside Teguz for Pday.

week 83 Elder Yagual

So I really don´t have a whole lot to comment, my companion has a nasty ingrown toenail and so today we are going to go to the clinic to take care of that.

Funny story, or moment. SO right now next to me there has been a drunk dude watching videos of a chick named Lucia Mendez. He has been watching videos here supposedly for an hour. His time just ran out and he started crying and starting singing her songs. He is still singing. He started shouting when his computer froze to tell him he had 5 minutes and so I had to reach over and tell him he had 5 minutes and so he sat still watching super intently and now that it´s over he refuses to get up. He is just staring at the blank screen.

So on Thursday we went on Divisions with the Elders from my old area, the Reparto, but they came to my area, the 21 of October. I went on divisions with Elder Yagual, who has 2 weeks, in the mission. He is from Ecuador, is 26, and is a recent convert of less than 2 years. It was honestly so cool to go out and work with him, there are very few people in this world who would serve in those conditions. I was impressed he is a great guy.

I don´t have pictures and I don´t have a lot of time due to the whole ingrown toenail ish. The good news is that I might be having two baptisms this Saturday. Pray for it to work out!

Love, 

week 82 Girasoles

This was my first week in my new area with my new companion. The area is pretty cool and the ward is actually great. It was kind of rough at first because the house was pretty much the most disgusting thing I`ve ever seen in my life, (which really is saying something, because I have been here A LONG time.) But with bleach, soap, water and more bleach there`s nothing that can`t be done.

When I got here we didn`t have any investigators but on Thursday we put 2 baptismal dates that I`m 80% sure will get baptized IF they put their part.

My ward is honestly super cool and my area isn`t that bad.

We HAD hot water for the first couple of days. UNTIL one day the water was coming out kind of week, so Handy Manny, my companion, decided to try to open it up and fixing it. Resulting in our shower head blowing up after we switched the breakers back on. SO cold showers will have to do for now.

It was a HUGE bummer to leave the Kennedy. And some members even CRIED when I left which killed. But that`s kind of how the mission goes. It`s a bummer but at least I`m where the Lord needs me to be.

Love you guys, here are some pics. There`s a lot so just wait.

Last pics. Whew. So I didn`t write very much this week, but I sent a lot of pictures, and a picture says a thousand words, so I guess you can all consider me having written a book this week. 

Lots of love :-)

week 81: 21 de Octubre

So three of you have written me, so I guess I´ll just write the big email first and then hope you all respond. Today is a stinker. I have changes, and I really really really don´t want to leave yet. I only have two changes here in my area, but oh well. I was thinking this week that I would write about my investigators to you guys so you could get a fill in on my real life, but I won´t even be visiting them anymore, haha. I´ll do it anyway.

Ruth and Alex (18 and 14) They are a brother sister that just moved to our area to study. They moved in with their cousins, the Nuñez family who are members in our ward. They have baptismal dates (that I won´t be attending.) Attendance: 2

Larry and Alexandra (17 and 40?) They are from Northern Honduras, Alexandra is studying in the U and Larry is in High School. Sometimes we teach the rest of the family (3 other siblings) But usually just those two receive us. Attendance: 1

Esther (27) She is studying in the University. She promised a friend from Germany she would try going to church for a whole year to see if she could find meaning in life blah blah blah. Attendance: 4

Maria Estefany (20) She is studying in the University, she is from Danli and goes back every other weekend to visit. Baptismal date for the 18th, won´t be there, Attendance: 2

Amy (21) She had a baptismal date, isn´t that positive. Her parents are inactive members, but her dad came once while I have been here. Attendance: 0

There are some others like Marcela and Cesia (don´t know how to spell her name), but just aren´t that positive. So yeah. It´s been going well here. I have changes to an area called the 21 de Octubre. It´s actually part of my old district when I was in the Reparto but when I was the DL there, it was the area of the AP´s and well haha now it´s not, but I actually already know it. I´m not too excited to go, and to be honest I´m not too happy about my new companions either (Trio) but oh well. ¨A donde me mandes iré.¨

Love you guys.

Elder Anderson

week 80: Skirt Off!

It's been a really busy and fast week. I have no idea what to talk about.

I almost got hit by a car in the street on Saturday going to eat lunch.

I also had to carry a nasty toilet a couple blocks to do service for a member. Service is aight but that toilet was NASTY.

I can't remember if I mentioned this but I have hot water. If I've mentioned it before I´m sorry, but it's just the greatest blessing of my recent life.

The sister missionaries in my group are going home next week, which is super weird.

We have two really positive new investigators. WELL One really positive and the other more or less, they're siblings. They just moved here to the Kennedy to live with a family of members. In this house there are a TON of members and ex missionaries. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GUD. 

I´m still teaching English in my apartment complex in the entrance of the building. It goes pretty well and well, I know for sure that I don´t ever want to be a teacher.

Love you guys :-)

week 79 Valentine's Day

So this week has been pretty great. Can´t remember if I mentioned Maria last week but she is our new investigator with a baptismal date for March. She is super cool, and positive. This week only she and Esther showed up to church.

I was almost afraid that I was drugged the other day as one of the ladies in our apartment complex gave me a scones and a super weird drink that tasted super weird and thick. (it was like egg nog or like the mix to make flan) but it wasn´t good and she´s kinda creepy, but I never felt weird and afterward she didn´t want to tell me what the drink was so whatever, probably just not going to ever trust her and drinks again, but the scones were killer.

This happened because she attends my english class I give btw everyday.

Also played Bankopoly today which is Monopoly but with a couple of changes and with locations from guatemala. ´Twas fun.

I really don´t know what to write sorry, this week flew by cause we were so busy. We had interviews this Wednesday which went super well. But anyway. Love you guys gotta go.

PJ Party Pic in my super big PJs.

week 78 Gloria a Dios

This week we found a new family, they are from the Mosquitia, which is in the north of Honduras. Look it up, it´s cool. They are 5 in total and super cool. We also have a new investigator named Alcides. He is about 55, and is super funny. On Sunday I was teaching the gospel principles class on Agency, and was talking about how it´s necessary that there is an opposition in all things, and that sometimes we wake up on Sunday and we just don´t wanna go to church, and that maybe laziness is our opposition, and he used a PERFECT EXAMPLE.

He told us that a few weeks ago he wanted to go to church, but on the way there somebody yelled at him telling him his pants were ripped in the back part of the butt and everyone could clearly see his underwear. He related ripped pants as his opposition, but pointed his finger toward heaven and said, ¨Glory to God, I´m going to church.¨ I died laughing in front of the entire class.

My comp and I and then the Zone.

Hugs