[from March 13, 2017]
My first week when I legit have an hour to write!!!
We go on giant walk sometimes, there´s this huge mountain we have to hike up to get to a colony called San Martin. When people there want to come down the almost always take a bus. When we get to the top were always really tired.
I´m glad I got my pants back. Mission calsonetas perdidas was a success! This week we caught a scorpion and burned him alive hahahah fuego purificador!
I think we´re gonna be having more baptisms soon but really nothing is too sure, and I don´t really want to say anything til its all said and done. But I think we´ll be seeing some more in the near future.
We were teaching a family of three primary/yw aged girls who were supposed to be baptized this last Saturday and we would always teach them in their Grandma´s house (their Grandma is a less active member) but when it got to be time for them to be baptized their mom said no. A little sad huh? But I think if we continue visiting them and begin visiting the mom I think we´ll see some success with them (I hope). The only problem is their mom speaks a dialect called Garifuna that isn´t Spanish, and speaks a little bit of Spanish but her Spanish is about how mine was leaving the MTC. Honduras is a crazy place, we´re gonna bring a member who speaks that dialect with is when we visit next time.
We always get to be pretty good friends with our investigators. The one thing that always happens when we eat with Jesus and Nelda is he´ll give us GIANT portions because he eats a ton and I guess he just assumes everybody eats like that. We went there and ate fish for lunch yesterday. I always feel like I´m about to burst after I eat with them, cause it´s always super delicious. They make Spaghetti here, but it´s usually pretty gross and crunchy. His was really good though. I did tell him that Italian was my favorite. I think future missionaries are going to be very grateful that Jesus and Nelda were baptized, because they really feed us super well. Baleadas are delicious but I will always have a special place in my heart for stuffed shells.
Here sometimes the nickname for Jesus is said like "chuse" it´s weird the different ways we show respect in English versus Spanish. Not just prayers being informal, but in naming their kids after Jesus because they want their kids to grow to be like him while in English we show respect by not naming anyone Jesus. But anyways I´m always trying to make friends with all of the Jesus´s.
I think I´m pretty much used to everything, or maybe it´s that I´m used to seeing weird stuff. One of the two.
Motorcycles are a big thing here too. I think that just about everywhere else in the world motorcycles are a big deal, it´s just in the US that we like our hummers and our minivans and stuff. One thing that´s (cool?) here is that there´s no traffic cops. Just don´t get in an accident and you´re good to go. The only traffic law that is really strictly enforced is that two men can´t ride on the same motorcycle, because if two guys are on the same motorcycle it makes robberies and drive by shootings a lot easier.
I really want to take more pictures but the truth is I feel like if I´m always carrying around my camera it will be taken from me. But I think I´m gonna start bringing it with me more so I can send you more pictures of the area. It is very beautiful here, that´s for sure.
Man I´d love to try a chocolate croissant. I´m trying to stay away from the pan semita, but it´s so convenient and delicious, like a pop tart. OHH. I completely forgot to send a thank you for the package, but yeah I got it on Tuesday, and the 4 missionaries have been pigging out for this last week on reese´s and pop tarts. The only thing I´ve really been hording and sharing very sparingly are the clif bars, and the reeses pieces (cause clif bars are so good and the reeses pieces didn´t melt.
Also the gloves were very appreciated. We did lots of service this week and I was able to work very hard and do everything I usually do but with out my hands being covered in blisters after. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Honestly I said it in the MTC but the stories Dad told about his mission make a lot more sense now that I´m in that same area of the world doing the same things. And I don´t know every member of the ward, that´s for sure, but what I try to do is if I don´t recognize someone I always make a point to try and talk to them a little bit to see whats up with them. But I think I have talked with pretty much everyone in the ward at least once to try and make sure they´re not people who entered the church building but aren´t members.
Another thing I do in sacrament meeting is I´ll sometimes ask the members who are sitting in the front row to let the investigators sit there, so they can understand a little better. They move seats really quick.
You guys are in my prayers too, and I´m really glad everything going well and you guys are adjusting good to France.
Love you guys,
Elder Stoddard
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