Naco Week 11

Hey family!

Finally I'm able to write! Power has been out and it keeps going out and coming back. Hope this makes it to you guys. Played some soccer today so that was fun! I got like a year of playing and still get schooled by 13 year olds. It's all good cause I'm gonna keep practicing. 

Interesting week! The lights have been going out a lot at nighttime so sleeping has been hard...sweating to death! Besides that we had a great week! Really had some amazing lessons and people are progressing! It's funny our investigators are more active than most of the members! They always come to activities and are at church on time! It's been a great blessing.

Funny story! Wellllll for me at least. So I was on divisions in a different area and when we got back to their house after working we noticed that they had been robbed! An elder was like "hey have you seen my camera" and another was like "all my money is gone" and the other said "They stole all my gum!" like a bunch of 11 yr olds got into the house! They hardly robbed anything and the Elders were all laughing and was like "I'm not going to sleep tonight". Honduras is sketch sometimes.

We were able to help Sadyn take out some walls in her house and dug holes for some posts for a new fence! It was a great time! It felt so cool destroying stuff. The young boy coming out. But Sadyn is seriously the best! We had an activity Sunday about missionary work and she bore her testimony with everyone about the church and helping others find the gospel I was just like open jawed... she's going to be great for Naco! Her baptism is next week so if all goes well we will have a great day Saturday!

I don't have lots of time so I'll put the other stories in next weeks letter! Have a great week!

-Elder Sessions

Wednesday Night Activity

Naco Week 10

Hey Family!

Really long week this week! I don't know if it was the heat or the walking all day but overall busy busy week. We had interviews with President Dester and that's always nice. He really knows how to talk to us and is a really loving guy. A couple good days this week and a couple so-so days! On Saturday I was so stoked because every hour was full with a set appt and we had a couple members that were going to help us. Well it didn't turn out how we wanted.....There was some huge accident in San Pedro and since there is only a one lane road that goes all through Honduras, traffic was backed up for hoursssss. Everyyyyy single appt fell through because they all work in San Pedro or go there for errands. It was so annoying to change plans but it got better when we were able to find some new familyies to teach. The Lords has his own time frame I guess!

Sadyn is doing sooooo great. She is one of those golden investigators that everyone prays for! Anything we give her to read she reads and really studies! During church and our lessons she takes notes and I have noticed a huge change in her life. They are shutting down the plant where she works at and she tells me, " Elder don't worry I'm only looking for job where I don't have to work Sundays" I was just blown away! Because the people that work on Sundays get a lot more money so it's a huge sacrifice. I dont know if you remember Olga but she and Sadyn are homies so that really helps.

Our best friend - Sadyn's little girl

Remember the Hermana Gloria that left to Costa Rica? Well we have taught her daughter who is 20 he name is Kelly and she is getting baptized in August! She is awesome and really loves the church. But she lives in San Pedro in a different ward The other 2 kids that Gloria has, Andrea and Daniel, as well will get baptized with her! They come to church every week and have grown so much in the gospel. They constantly tell us about how the church helps them not fight as much and how happy they are now! 

So everything is going normal here you could say I hope you all have a great week! Thank you for the prayers!

-Elder Sessions

Honduran logic - using a knife to hand up the curtain!

The power went out=Baleadas for dinner

Naco Week 9

Hey everyone!

Well this week's letter is going to be a little different. Honestly don't have a tonnnn to say but over all it was a good week. It was a little rough through the days because any appointment that we had set for the day with someone fell through. I really can't think of any appointments that didn't fall through!  So it was a lot of contacting. Alllll day. We took time to know more of our areas and talk to people that have never seen missionaries so that was nice. Hard to get people to progress without the help of members but we are trying our best!

Sunday was actually the best day because our attendance went from 20-25 to 50! It was great to see so many investigators and less active people come to church. We ran out of chairs but that's a whole different problem haha. Sergio came to church which was a huge blessing! He loved it and got along really well with the members. Katy, well her real name is Sadyn so I'm going to call her that now... is so amazing! She is going through some really hard trials but keeps on going! She loves the church and already has a lot of friends! Great Blessings! well I hope you all have a great week!

-Elder Sessions

On divisions with Elder Ruiz

Baby birds in a nest on our porch

This water has gone bad...I think...

Naco Week 8

Hey family!

4th of July! yaaaaa! And I'm really lucky I'm with a gringo so we got to celebrate together. I mean we had sparklers so it wasn't too crazy haha. 

Elder Conium and I had a great week here in Naco and we were able to have success! We even had 2 members leave with us to help teach! The hermana Olga who only has one day free from work went with us to everyyyy appt. we had! I really can't describe how amazing this woman is! 6 months as a member and a super strong testimony. And the best part is she knows everyyyyone in Naco so that helps alot.

Making corn tortillas with Olga

We had one day this week where we went to the bishops house to help him on the farm. It was alotttt of work but man did we have a fun time! We started out by branding like 10 cows! It was my favorite part because we got to catch and tackle the cow and watching everyone fall in poop was great. Then for a couple hours we had to haul all of their food which was like mushed up pineapple peels! Smelt so bad because they got hot. Then after we helped put some big posts in for a new roof for the cows. It was great to help out the bishop because he does alot for the ward and really helps alot of people!

One cool experience this week was with a new investigator Sergio. He's like 45 and has lived in the states for more than half of his life and speaks like perfect english. We ended up giving the lesson in English and let me tell you that was the hardest thing of my life.....Like I can talk fine in english but talking about the gospel in english is rough man. He recently had a heart attack and can't work and has zero family. He's going through some very hard trials and has lost all hope in God. We were able to have a very good lesson with him and I could really see him feeling the truth. Teaching of the Lord's atonement makes every lesson a great lesson. Our other investigator Katy has recently had a couple trials and it's amazing to see the hand in the Lord preparing these people for the gospel. She said before she wouldn't have received us because her life was so good she didn't need God. She accepted her baptismal date so it's been a blast teaching her! Love being a missionary! This Church is true!

Love you all!

-Elder Sessions

Naco Week 7

Hey family! 

We had transfers! Dun Dun Dunnnnn.......Said goodbye to Elder Chancay and received ANOTHER awesome comp! His name is Elder Conium! The coolest part is that he's from Glendale, AZ!  Practically neighbors right? Man we had a good first week together. He likes to joke around alot like me so we got along from day one. He is my same height and white like me and is 20 and everyyyyone thinks we are brothers... it's hilarious! We tell them how old we are when we meet people and they get a confused look on their faces and say how do you guys have the same age if you are brothers? haha But we had our first week together and we were very successful! We were able to have 5 investigators which was nice and we found many new people! We are only lacking member help :/ We only have like 15 people that can give references so it's kinda rough! But we gave the last class in church with everyone and taught about missionary work. We got them all motivated and got them laughing so hopefully we can get some results.

I don't know if I've mentioned Sabina's family but they have been great! They have a very different situation and they are a very strong family. Sabina is the mom with her husband and 2 kids. Well, the dad recently became sick, diabetic and cannot work and just stays in the house. Now Sabina has to do everythinggg. But this woman is a machine! She teaches school in the mornings, is a nurse on the weekends, cuts hair, sews clothes, and sells jewelry allll to support the family. They had to move out of Naco to a town 10 minutes away in a bus. Their tiny wood house doesn't have running water or electricity. Every time we go by we haul water from a pump to the their house. It's a far walk and buckets of water are pretty heavy for a woman to carry! But she is so strong and she has come to love this gospel. She reads the Book of Mormon and loves the activities of the church. She's working on Sunday right now but I have the faith that something better will come along for her! Fingers crossed.

We just got done playing soccer and basketball as a zone and it was really fun. Got my tan on because we were outside so that was nice haha. Next week I'll try to remember more things to write you guys.

-Elder Sessions

Handing out Limes with pass-along cards because Hondurans eat limes with Everything!

Helping wash Tita's dog

Naco Week 6

Hey Fam!

Another one of the those weeks where we had great experiences mixed with days where Satan was just trying to mess with us. One thing I have come to cherish during the mission is personal study of the scriptures! Wow I never thought I would feel like this! It's really my favorite part of the day. For at least one hour everyday I have time to relax and be fed spiritually. I have found that everyday I learn something new or find a new scripture for an investigator. This last week I have been reading the conference talks and man it has been a blast. SO MANY great talks from our leaders. We have to give a talk next week at church about the family missionary plan so I've been able to use a couple parts of some talks and I think it's going to be great. I really hope that I will continue to keep this drive to study the scriptures when i return home! One of the talks from conference talked about how a return missionary can't just take a swan dive into Babylon when he gets home and expect to keep old on the iron rod. Scares me a little but I know all will turn out great.

This week was pretty sad for Elder Chancay. He just wasn't that lucky. We were at church and we were outside teaching our investigators and when Chancay was teaching a hugeeeee grasshopper come down from a tree and smacked him in the face. He screamed like a 6 year old girl and we all died laughing! It was was rough to get the spirit back. Then the other day we walked by a family and this little kid chucked a giant mango that had been peeled open and had fallen in the dirt, at Elder Chancay. He didn't react fast enough and hit him in the chest and fell all down his pants. No one said anything. The parents of the kids just stared at us...

 

We had a week full of contacting. Not many members to give references :/ But it actually turned out great! A couple of great experiences. We were able to find a couple of people that have been looking for a change in their life. Alot of people that have the capacity to progress! We found a family that had a Book of Mormon for 16 years and have read alot of it and had manyyyy questions. They seem really prepared! Super excited to keep teaching them! 

Have great week you guys! 

-Elder Sessions

Divisions with another Elder Parades

Making Baleadas with Hermana Tita!

Our pila where we wash our clothes is really old and cuts my hands.
 (I wonder what it does to his clothes???)

She told me to brush her hair...Oookaaay!

Naco Week 5

Howdy peeps!

Exciting week for you guys with the birth of Navy! Que emoción verdad? Now that's number 2 of the nieces that I dont know. Can you guys just slow down like a little? My kids aren't going to have cousins... its not fair! This week has been a little bit on the rough side but always with alot of positives!  Today as a zone we played soccer which was great to see some homies. In Naco we are so far away I feel like I'm stranded sometimes! 

So this week the rain was ridiculous. Alll day for dayssss it was straight rain and rivers in the streets. By our house and the church we are just walking around in rivers. It was actually really sad as well. We have a couple of big rivers and many people with nothing, live in tiny shacks by the river. The river filled up so much that it covered the houses and many people were made homeless. People with houses have a bunch of holes in the roof and water just destroyed everything. It is a huge problem here in Naco and it was hard to watch. We tried to help how we could but it's just an immense amount of water. Count your blessing right? Makes it hard to complain about anything after seeing peoples lives being ruined. Pray for the people of Naco!

Welllllllllll the baptisms this week feel through. Saturday morning we got a text from Gloria thanking us for everything and helping her change her life but that she couldn't get baptized. When we stopped by her house she had moved to Costa Rica! haha crazy stuff right? Kinda sad but it's okay. One day she will get baptized! Her life was completely changed by this gospel and I have seen a night and day difference in her character. She is so amazing!

Well we were able to find a couple new people that don't work sundays so we will see how that goes!

Love you all tons!

-Elder Sessions

The sign says it's only for kiddos under age 6...

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