WEEK 63 - Update

Tuesday
Elder Padilla said goodbye to everyone in the area. Kind of a sad day but it was still fun.

Wednesday
We went to the stake center for changes. We had a little meeting with President Bowler and then we met our new companions. I am with Elder Navarro from Mexico. He is really cool.

Thursday
We contacted from quite a bit. Found some pretty positive people. We have an investigator, Alba, that accepted a baptism date. She is doing really great.

Friday
We had a district meeting. After that we contacted a bunch more. That was basically the whole week. We visited Nelson again. He is doing great.

Saturday
We contacted a lot, again. We visited Nelson. We visited Alba, she is doing great, progressing a lot.

Sunday
We had church. Alba and Michelle went. Nelson couldn't make it. We taught Gospel Principles class, like always. We worked a bunch, contacting and visiting other people we had already contacted.

Great week. Have a good one you all!

Elder Baller

WEEK 62 - Q&A

1. What was the best part of your week?
The baptisms for the ward.

2. Worst part of your week?
Tiredness.

3. What is the best thing you've eaten in your current area?
Baleadas.

4. What do you do on P days there?
We usually go to Valle de Angeles.

5. Is the language/accent/vocabulary any different in your three areas? Any local lingo or phrases?
It is about the same. In Choluteca the people are a little different, but it is about the same.

WEEK 62 - Update

Tuesday
We had a meeting for leaders. We learned a lot about leadership and how to be better examples.We started teaching a kid in the ward cause he got baptized on Saturday and the ward wanted us to help out.

Wednesday
We had interviews with President Bowler. It was great to see him and get to talk to him a little. We found some really positive people in the first door we knocked. Alan and Katerin. They are positive and had a lot of questions.

Thursday
We worked a little in one of our areas that is far away. We carried a bunch of sticks to help out a members. Pretty normal day.

Friday
We visited Nelson. We helped him plant some plants. Pretty fun. Visited a few members.

Saturday
We were kinda busy with the baptisms all day. Helped out the ward with that and it actually turned out really nice.

Sunday
We went to church. Elder Padilla spent a little bit of time saying goodbye to some members. Sad to see him go.

Hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Baller

WEEK 61 - Q&A

1. Have you had your Night of Brothershipping yet? How did it go?
That was in Yusguare.... but we didn't do it. We are planning on doing something similar here.

2. Did you have your interview with President Bowler? How was it?
That will be next week. Hopefully it will go well.

3. Did your mini-missionary companion get his mission call yet? 
He got it this week on Thursday.

4. How does someone become a mini-missionary? Do they go through any training or anything?
They just call them and ask them if they can and they show up. Nothing.

5. Do you get cold at night? Have you ever used your blanket you packed?
Freezing. Didn't know I packed one.... will be buying a sweater this week.

WEEK 61 - Update

Tuesday
We visited Kevin with a member. He is a little tough and unwilling to act but we will keep working with him. We visited a member and helped her out a little bit.

Wednesday
Divisions with Elder Judd, our zone leader, that was fun. We visited Rigoberto, he is paralyzed and so we clean up his bedroom a little. We visited Michelle and invited her to baptism. She said yes! We will be working with her for that. We found a new investigator, Sandra, she is positive as well.

Thursday
We had a district meeting. When we were leaving President Bowler called and said that he had Elder Padilla's mission call so we met with President to get it. He is going to.... Mexico Monterrey West mission! YAY! So excited for him.

Friday
We had another visit with Kevin. We had a Family Home Evening lesson with some members and investigators.

Saturday
We found a new investigator, Nelson, his aunt is a member but inactive. He is pretty positive. We went to the zone leaders baptism.

Sunday
Nelson and Michelle went to church. After church we visited a couple members and we had ward council. That was good to plan an activity.

Have a great week everyone! Love you all!

Elder Baller