¡Buenas!
Well, another quick week in the mission
field. To be honest, it had its tough moments where I really felt the
Lord was turning up the heat of the "refiner´s fire" but overall it was
really good.
E and D, investigators from the days of Elder M in May, finally were able to get married and baptized this past Saturday.
There was a really good turnout for both the wedding and the baptism. I didn´t know if my white shirt
would fit E but it does so I gave it to him. He is smart and has a lot
of leadership potential. Erick, his 7 year old who turns 8 this
upcoming March 19th
(shout out to Victoria), kept telling me that he wants to be a
missionary and "baptize a lot of people" haha. I´m really happy for
them. Bishop Ramirez who passed away Sunday
earlier in the week was like a second father to E and he took it
pretty hard, but they are both really animated right now after having
entered into the covenant path. I look forward to 1 year from now when they can be sealed in the temple in Teguc.
We
are having a lot of success with other investigators, but the number
one problem right now is marriages. We have 4 families that need to get
married in order to get baptized and they are all really poor. Don´t
know what to do. We are working on just strengthening the testimonies of
the Restoration and of the Savior.
Another
member died early this morning. Hermano S of the bishopric called
us and asked us to help dig the grave in the cemetery. We spent most of
our p-day doing it, but it was fun. We helped out and had other members
of the ward help out too. We were at their house from 9 in the morning on putting her in the
casket (spelling?) and talking with members and then finished the grave
around 5 so that´s why we are writing now. Not much of a "fun" p-day
but rewarding.
I fulfilled 9 months in the mission on Saturday.
It was a really good day because of the wedding and baptism. After, we
tried to watch the women´s broadcast but the internet was really slow
and wouldn´t load in the chapel. I had been sick (I know, the two headed
dragon strikes again!) the previous two days and thought it had gone
away. When we went to dinner after the baptism I felt it coming back. I
told the mom, Hermana D H (S´s wife for future personal
reference), but told her I wanted to finish the meal she prepared.
Right after we left, it all came back out. The hermana had heard it and I
assured her it wasn´t her cooking. As we walked back to the apartments,
I saw several horses in the dirt street, an american school
bus blasting music, little kids playing soccer with plastic futbols
from the pulperia´s when you buy a bunch of churros (not mexican
churros, chips like doritos), and a night sky filled with stars. At that
moment, I said to myself...wow, I´m really a missionary in Honduras and
only have 15 months left. A moment I hope to never forget.
Well, that´s all I have for this week. Take care!!!
-Elder Lund
Ocotillo, El Carmen, SPS 9/22/14 - 9/29/14
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