Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013
Arissa,
I have been good, doing missionary
stuffs, like reading the scriptures, studying, going out and talking
to people and sharing the gospel, all in spanish.
I do like it here. It´s a fun change
from my life before, its a lot different here, but at the same time,
it´s pretty much all the same.
The environment is a lot different, and
the culture and the people are different than in the US, but what
people want, and things that people do are almost always the same.
Everyone has the same needs and wants everywhere in the world, but in
different places people will do different things to get what they
want and need. Like people here in Honduras will do things
differently than people in the states, but everyone wants the same
things in life.
So it´s definitely interesting to see
how that works and to know that I can help people by teaching the
gospel, and to see how going to church and reading the scriptures,
and praying and all of those things will change how people see
themselves and they will change their lives because of the gospel. So
that´s cool. That´s been my favorite part of my mission.
Enjoy school while you have it!
Love,
Elder Ward
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013
Arissa,
I miss a lot of things about home,
namely:
-Running water
-Soft carpet
-Couches that aren´t broken and
falling apart
-Jumping on trampolines
-Running
-Watching movies
-Hanging out with friends
-Being able to go out and be alone
-Grass
-Family
-Friends
-Captain Crunch
-Dairy products like cheese and milk
that actually taste normal
-Music
-Scuba diving (not really, that one´s
a joke)
Yep, that´s my list for now. Hope that
you enjoyed it.
I miss you too,
Love,
Elder Ward
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013
Arissa,
I do missionary stuff here. I talk to
people in spanish and teach lessons, and try not to get hit by crazy
car drivers :)
I have a lot of cool experiences. One
simple one is that yesterday we were having a lesson with an
investigator whose wife is a member, and were teaching him about the
plan of salvation and that his family could be eternal if he follows
our Heavenly Father´s plan for him in his life. Then, his wife bore
her testimony about how she knew that this was what they needed to
do, both of them. She talked about how she had a point in her life
when she knew that they would be ready to go to the temple and be
sealed together to be together forever, and the spirit was super
strong and the spirit bore witness to me that I was changing people´s
lives, and that the temple is the key to everything, all of the
blessings that these people want and need in their lives. So that was
a cool experience. I really think that this investigator is going to
get baptized, so I´m excited about that.
I love you too,
Love,
Elder Ward
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013
Arissa,
I have not personally baptized anyone
yet. My first companion baptized one of our investigators, but that´s
the only baptism that we´ve had so far.
Hmm, what else have I done?? This week
we made baleadas with another group of elders, that went well, and
now I know how to make my own tortillas. We also have been talking to
our ward mission leader about how to divide our ward boundaries and
the areas that we´re working in. This next week, they are going to
add more missionaries to where we are serving. The area where I am
serving now will have 6 missionaries in a week, instead of just the 2
that we have now. Also our zone is going to get split up into 2 zones
with all of the new missionaries coming in. The next changes we will
have more sister missionaries coming into the mission than elders
coming in, which is a little bit crazy.
That´s about all of my news.
Yes, I´m having a pretty good time. I
am tired, we´ve been walking a lot recently.
Love,
Elder Ward
