WEEK 40 - Q&A

​1. How often do you do service in your current area? What kinds do you do and is it mostly for members, investigators or others?
We don't do a whole lot in this area, we did a lot more in Danli. When we do it is normally just like cleaning something or carrying something. We try to serve everyone, it doesn't matter who.

2. How far do you have to travel to get to church? How do you get there?
We travel about 10 minutes in a mototaxi. It isn't super far.

3. In the pictures you sent with the kids making dirt pies, were those members? Neighbors? Random kids? 
Those were the kids of members. We were visiting. They all love me.

4. You've mentioned a little bit about the lady who cooks for you. Tell us about her and her family - her name, husband, how many kids? Do you pay her for food and laundry?
Her name is Ana and her husband is Rudy. They have two girls. One that is 5 and a baby that is 4 months. We pay her for the food but she won't let me pay her for laundry.

5. Best and worst parts of the week?
Best part was finding a lot of new investigators this week and getting to know them and helping them. The worst part was getting sunburned...

WEEK 40 - Update

Just so everyone knows, If I were a girl, I would've completed half of my mission this week. This week was really really good.

Tuesday
Tuesday we contacted in the morning without any success, it was kind of frustrating but the rest of the day ended up being great. God sometimes gives us trials, but as long as we keep a smile on our faces He will always help us. We ended up looking for an old investigator that the missionaries taught before, and her niece was there as well. The niece, Karina, is pretty positive. She has a lot of questions and is interested. We also challenged Josefina to be baptized, and she accepted. She is going to be baptized next week.

Wednesday
We were doing some stuff in the morning, looking for papers so that one of our investigators can be married and then baptized. They cut out our power because they haven't given us reciepts so we didn't know how to pay or anything. We contacted two really good references, this work is a lot easier when you can work with members and they are willing to invite their friends to listen to us.

Thursday
Thursday we visited Karina again. She is kinda hard to teach but she is a great listener and she has tons of questions. This guy in our ward came and connected the power again after we had payed the debt.

Friday
Friday I completed 9 months in the mission. We went and did some service in the morning, I got more sunburnt than I ever have been in my entire life. We contacted another reference of a family where part of them are members, we are working with the two youngest kids so that they can be baptized. We also visited Elena and she is very positive. She just works every other Sunday so it is hard for her to go to church. The Book of Mormon changes lives, she says that she feels it is true and is willing to do a lot based on that knowledge. I invite everyone to read the Book of Mormon. Read the last two paragraphs of the introduction and do what it says, just try it. Second challenge of the year right there.

Saturday
Saturday was a very normal day.

Sunday
Sunday we had planned to do divisions with some members but they both cancelled last second so we ended up trying to cover as many appointments as we could in as little of time. We had a great activity with a reference. Her name is Nely and she is pretty positive.

Hope you all have an excellent week.
Elder Baller

WEEK 39 - Q&A

1. Is April Fools Day a thing there? 
Ummm I had forgotten so obviously not haha.

2. About how many people watched conference with you at the stake center? Any investigators?
We watched it in English and there were 9 of us, but on sunday morning I would say about 300ish people came. Five of our investigators came.

3. What was your favorite conference talk(s) and why?
I loved Elder Holland's talk, he is always so direct and precise. It was a great way to finish a wonderful weekend.

4. (From Andrew) What is the craziest hairstyle you have seen in Honduras?
I saw a kid with a music note shaved into the side of his head...

5. (From Andrew) What is the fanciest (most advanced) piece of technology you have used on your mission?

Galaxy S6 I think....

WEEK 39 - Photos

Going to do some service

Elder Maldonado stole my camera. He is from San Pedro Sula. New in the mission.

Me walking with Elder Hernandez from Guatemala. He was also comps with Elder Valladares so we get along really well.

WEEK 39 - Update

This week was pretty good.

Tuesday
Tuesday one of our investigators told us she didn't want us to come back anymore. It is really hard to let people go, but I have the faith and hope that she will accept the Gospel in the future. We also found a new investigator, Elena, she accepted a baptism challenge and a Book of Mormon.

Wednesday
Wednesday we had an appointment with one of our investigators, Kenia. She told us that she felt it was true and accepted a baptism date. She will be getting baptized next week, on the 16th.

Thursday
Thursday we met with a lady named Josefina. She is the grandma of a recent convert that got baptized about three months ago. The grandma is interested and said she wants to get baptized so we are working with her.

Friday
Friday we visited Frederman, a guy that has been investigating the church for a looong time. We finally organized an activity so that he can be married, his wife is already a member. And then after that he can get baptized. We are planning the wedding for this week or next week.

Saturday
We had General Conference on Saturday. We missed Priesthood Session because we had an activity planned where a member invited his friends over and we watched a video about Jesus Christ and then put some appointments with them. We ended up getting 4 new investigators from the activity.

Sunday
Sunday we had General Conference again. 5 of our investigators showed up Sunday morning, which was fantastic. We taught a lesson with a new investigator that a member had brought to conference, Cristela. She is very positive and also accepted a baptism challenge.

Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Baller