February 6, 2017

so heres my update for the week

Sadly i dont carry my camera around much for security problems but things have been going well as of late. 

I think i mentioned a few weeks ago that i was really focusing on the youth here..... and to be honest its been working out well

Before hand i wasnt the biggest fan of activities and all as i usually found them to be a waste of time but we have had a few changes in mission rules and now we have a little more liberty. We now longer report the numbers of lessons we do..... that being said ive been doing my best to use this newly found liberty to my advantage.... 

Like i said, beforehand i found acitivites to be a waste of good proselyting time so i typically avoided them.... now im all for it

We have been hosting regular young men futbol tournaments.... which has played out nicely seeing as we have 5 or so upcoming baptisms that are young men or soon to be young men.... the youth are becoming more and more active as we hold them responsible for not just coming to church to play. On top of that the youth have become actually really good friends with our investigators and have begun to take them to church and activities AND give us references....

On friday we did a cool acitivity for the youth in general..... we made arroz chino

I mean Chinese rice..... Between the bishop, one other youth, and i, we got all the needed ingredients to make the famous plate of chinese rice that is so craved here in honduras..... and it went soooooo well...... felt soooooo happy having all the youth come out and make arroz chino and just hang out... our ward is low on its activity level due to inactiveness but this activity was killer..... 

Really seeing some of our efforts paying off within the youth.....

We had a baptism this week.....  came from a part member family..... my goal when i got here (once i realized that there was nothing of investigators) was to find part member families and work with them as much as i could till i could find a good investigator pool..... and as of late its been working.... will have one more baptism coming up from part member families.... then i should see some of the people weve been contacting get baptized.....

Pretty fufilling to see how the hard work is paying off. Everything is pulling together nicely.

this is what it looks like when you clean a house in honduras:

January 30, 2017

well the idea today was to go to the beach and play volleyball.... but that didnt happen.... pres. made a new rule yesterday that we cant go to the beach for whatever reason.... we ended up planning on playing basketball but everyone flaked out so we went to burger king.... walked around the center a bit and went grocery shopping

just picked up some cornflakes for 2 bucks..... here there is everything.... even honey bunches of oats..... but it costs almost 10 bucks

We sadly did not have our baptism..... kinda lame.... his problem is that he lives in the same house with his ex lady but in different rooms.... they only live in the same house because their son bought them the house but they live seperate lives... we, at first, had permission to baptize him but pres. changed his mind.... 

ill keep you updated on the cook situation later on..... 

this up coming week should be fun though

Like i said really trying to work with the youth in this area..... something i really didn't do as much in Sonaguera...... We seem to be having luck with game nights and soccer activities..... i usually dont like activities because i feel like they waste my time but they have been getting the youth together and getting them to church too..... best part is we now have a handfull of investigators that fall into the YM organization and they are making plenty of friends so we should have some YM baptisms coming up which is really what this ward needs....

For now im still rocking the part member family system..... got another kid that'll get baptized this week.... her older sister is a recent convert, and her gma is a member (cant go now due to health issues)...... and two weeks later in the same family, one of the brothers whos 11 is getting baptized..... he just picked a later date to get baptized

555 days of service

Broderick's Mission President changed in July from the Kleins to the Carlisles and his new Pres. keeps a blog. (His old one did too!) Its fun to read and see updates about the mission and of course my favorite ... Photos.. ones he doesn't send. Here's what I have found in their blog over the past 6 months... we are going to call this post..

Where's Brodo.. like where's Waldo without the red stripped hat/shirt.. LOL enjoy. And yes there is one of just the back of his head..how do I know.. I'm his mom.. and I can even recognize the back of his head, and I love it just as much as the front.

January 23, 2017 

Okay just a quick warning, this weeks email will have more picstures of food than your typical white girl posts on instagram

Anways whats up everybody. So Like i said the husband of the lady who made us lunch (at a price) so it is now my responsibility to fend for myself in terms of food

And let me tell you, nothing like making your own food to make you feel like you are older than 16 years old!

I have basically spent the week becoming a culinary master of the typical hondi plates and foods. Give me Green banana, eggs, and beans and i will give you exactly that.... a plate of bananas, eggs and beans

nah just kidding

actually got the hand at making typical plates..... there really arnt many other food options btw

Good thing these fried bananas are really healthy because its like the only thing im really good at cooking....

and dont worry mom i went light on the ketchup!

well had that kid baptism on Saturday, no big deal, should have one of an adult next week

had 6 investigators in church which was nice because i started here with nothing, so we are starting to see some success

had a little party today with arroz chino, they are celebrating años,  the mom and dad of the guy that died, yeah but we bought em chinese food.

We went to pizza hut last wee, thats cool i guess 

I'm going to see josh. Elder Jordan going to his side of the mission for a multi mission meeting with people from the quorum of the 70!  (Josh is serving in the San Pedro Sula West mission) 

January 16, 2017

The rain came to a stop and the sun is back in full force here.... not as bad anymore though... i feel ive gotten rather used to it now that my body and knees dont sweat like a pig 

Well this week was rather crazy....

It all started on monday as i was finishing up my weekly writing when we got a call from our cook saying that her husband had just passed away in the hospital.... we ran out into the rain and called a taxi as quickly as we could and with luck the taxi was on the way to the hospital to see the same guy, george

We swung by and grabbed some other friends of his that had just heard of the news and made a bee line for the hospital, mimicking one of the transporter movies as we weaved traffic and blew through lights (which dont stress too much, none of my hondi bretheren respect em anyways)all in the pouring rain.... 

We all tried to process what had happened.... hermano george was only about 38..... 

had been with us the night before... although he had a cold from the recent weather changes he was todo bien. Evidently he had started working in the morning when he was hit by some chest pains... he went to the hospital in the afternoon where he had a pre heart attack.... the doctors where able to control it but then was hit by a heart attack which was too much for him...

It was really out of the no where and none of us could believe it.... we discussed how it couldnt be true as we raced up a curvy mountain road leading to the hospital which seemed to be one of the film locations of fast and furuious tokyo drift..... the agile little carolla got us to the top without sliding off and we raced into the hospital which really looked more like something off of the walking dead

Beds everywhere.... lack of orgainzation but no lack of limbless people, bloody, and crying people, and of course your typical stray dog. We quickly ran through the hallways to get to hermano George who was, as stated, muerto

I was a really sad scene..... The guy who had driven me around so many times in his taxi, and who had shared with me the little food that they could from there small brick room where they lived laid motionless on his bed.

As quickly as it all started, it ended..... the funeral van came and picked him up, straight to his coffin and took him to his home. There i had to dress him (with help from others) and prepare him for his funeral service that same night, and his burial which would follow the next day.

Been spending a lot of time with the family of his. Left behind his wife and 2 kids.... 15 

and 11 years old.  Just pretty crazy how quickly things can change.... but the family is staying strong. To help the wife, tomorrow we are going to do a baleada sale to hopefully raise some money for her..... if anyone wants to help you can send a package to me throught the same mailing address and i will deliver it to them (if you want to donate money.. I can transfer money that he can withdrawal there safely. Let me know)

Other than that its been a normal week

tortilla

freshly made

pero no me gusta tanto las tortillas de maiz..

18 month quest to find bagels is over, soooooo good

Found some New England clam chowder

January 9, 2017

Me, a selfie stick, and the morning water that comes for 30min everyday. (He didn't have anything for a while.. so 30 min is a blessing) 

so things have been kinda crazy here.... ward is super lame, with only around 45 people come...... having a tough time with investigators keeping commitments. I find a ton of people but very few turn out well. Teach about 60 lessons a week  This Saturday though, we will have a baptism.... just a kiddo from a part member family.... got some other people lined up, but having troubles getting them to church.  

Been raining for almost two days now.... been flooding like cray

got some goodies this week

January 2, 2016

Happy new year everybody!

whats up yall? I left my camera but I really didn't have any pics other than videos of all the bombs and stuff going off for New Years.  Its been a pretty crazy week..... got some record high numbers this week! 

60 lessons

33 new investigators..... hopefully some of them turn out to be solid investigators.....

if you can do more why not do it?

Been a good week though.... crazy that 2016 is over... my full year in the mission.... 6 months left 

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet