Monday, October 3, 2016

WEEK 65 - Q&A

1. Where did you watch conference?
At the stake center on Saturday and at our building on Sunday.

2. What language did you watch conference in?
English on Saturday and Spanish on Sunday.

3. What was your favorite conference talk?
I think it was Elder Stevenson that talked about the Book of Mormon.

4. Did you see anyone in the MTC choir during conference you recognized?
Nope.... should I have?

5. What was your favorite part of your week?
Conference.

WEEK 65 - Update

This week was great.

Tuesday
Contacted for a bit. Found some pretty positive people. We went and visited Alan and Katerin. They are really positive and have tons of great questions.

Wednesday
We visited Hermano Rigoberto, he is an old member that we help out sometimes. We talked to Nelson. He said he doesn't feel quite ready for baptism yet, but we are working with him for that.

Thursday
We had our weekly planning. We met with Diana. An investigator that the missionaries had taught before and didn't have any success. We are really working with her. She is really positive. We met with Alba again. She is doing great.

Friday
District meeting. We contacted a bunch and found some nice people.

Saturday
General Conference. We went to the stake center to watch conference. Loved it.

Sunday
General Conference.

Have a great week everyone!
Elder Baller

Monday, September 26, 2016

WEEK 64 - Q&A

1. What experience this week strengthened your testimony and how?
Just working with people. Seeing how the Gospel actually changes lives.

2. What is something that made you laugh out loud this week?
Some of the people here are just crazy. People who try to talk in English.

3. If you could fit anyone in the world in a suitcase to come and spend a day in Honduras with you, who would it be?
Andrew. He is my bro and he would love it.

4. Is the church building where you meet now a standard church building? How many ward members come each week?
It is a building, kind of old, but a building. About 100.

5. What specific things would you like people back home to pray for for you?
For our investigators. They need more help than we do.

WEEK 64 - Update

Tuesday
We contacted a lot. All of our visits fell through so we contacted some more. We found a man named Jesus that is really positive. He wants to change his life.

Wednesday
We went to do some baptism interviews for the sisters on Wednesday. So happy for them. We found one of our investigators reading the Book of Mormon. Yay! We found a new lady named Diana, she has lots of questions and wants to learn.

Thursday
We contacted a little more. We met with Jesus, he is doing really well. We met with Nelson, he has a baptism date for the 8 of October and that is looking really good.

Friday
We had Zone Conference, we learned a lot about teaching. It was really great. We visited Alba, who has a baptism date for the 15th of October, she is also doing really well. We met with some other investigators.

Saturday
We visited an old investigator, Alan, he is doing really well and has lots of desires to learn. We did a little bit of service for a member and then carried some bags up a hill to help some ladies.

Sunday
We had church. Nelson went. We taught Gospel Principles. We contacted A LOT. it was worth it to see the people willing to listen and help them out.

Have a great week everyone!
Elder Baller

Monday, September 19, 2016

WEEK 63 - Photos

Yay! Our first photos from Elder Baller in almost a month! He has had a hard time finding a computer that would let him upload all of the photos he's been taking.

Enjoy!

Elder T

Elder Torres and Elder Baller

Valles de Angeles - we hiked up at about 7am

Valles de Angeles

Valles de Angeles

Santa Lucia

Elder Baller & Elder Judd (he reminds me a lot of Ren)

Elder Baller & Elder Judd

On our way to El Picacho




Elder Baller and Elder Judd - we get along really well

Walking to El Picacho


Elder Judd

Elder Judd

View of the city from El Picacho



Elder Judd






Elder Judd with Hermana Powers in the background



Statue of Christ at El Picacho

Elder Foster (our other zone leader)

The city with the airport in the background - notice it only has one landing strip.


El Picacho

This was when we went to do some pottery. This pottery wheel is actually powered by moving your leg.

Elder Judd was taking my pictures


Working on a jar



Pottery the missionaries made - a pumpkin, a turtle, a cactus with a hat (LOL), a bowl of cereal with a spoon, etc

Me, Elder Foster, Hermana Snow, and the guy who helped us

Mannequins the sisters made

Elder Padilla