11: Its a Great Day to be a Missionary!

Mothers day is a GREAT day to be a missionary! All day we were counting down the hours until we were able to call home. 40 minutes fly by but it is just what we needed to keep going here in Yusguare.

Per request of my Dad I will now tell you all about our house pets. We regulary have different bugs, lizards, spiders, frogs, etc going in and out of our house, they dont bother us much so if we cant reach them we just let them be. But the other night, we were getting ready to go to bed and  had the light turned off and everything, when Hermana Ordoñez picks up her sheets and feels something move. She threw her sheets on the ground and we just hear this THUD on the ground. We turn on the lights to see an IGUANA scurrying around on the floor. So there we are dead tired trying to move our beds around and capture this iguana to throw back outside. Friday nights as a missionary can get pretty exciting!

Mothers Day is a HUGE DEAL here in Honduras! Easter came and went and hardly anybody celebrated, but this week was hard becuase everyone was out of their houses celebrating Mothers Day, for pretty much the whole week. Almost every lesson we had planned after Wednesday didnt happen because everyone was out celebrating. A little frustrating, but interesting!

We have really been struggling to find people who are interested and ready to receive the gospel, and I have ben a little frustrated in the process. One morning, I was pretty discouraged and was having a hard time being able to understand the Spanish of one of our investigators. I sat there silently for a minute and prayed and prayed that I could understand Gods love for her so I could hear her and bring her the message she needed. This was one of the quickest and most powerful responses to a prayer I have ever received. I could feel how much our Heavenly Father cared for this sister and wanted her to receive the gospel. We had a great lesson :) I only got a glimps, but Heavenly Father really loves us so much, and he wants more than anything for us to turn our hearts to him and live the gospel.

Aaaaaaand pictures!

1. Me and Hna Ordoñez every time our investigators arent home

2 &3. Walking through Guasimol. We live in quite the place :)

4. Hermana Josefina!!!!! She is our mom here, so it was fitting to take a picture on Mothers Day. She has fed the missionaries everyday, as many times as they have wanted, since the day she was baptized. We love her so much.

5. I thought this would also be fun to share. The plumbing here is, interesting. The toilet doesnt actually flush, we use the bucket to the side to flush down with water. Also, toilet paper clogs the system, so all toilet paper goes in a bag on the side. A little gross huh? :) And the other day, we were trying to fix something when the top fell off and broke, so if anyone wants to fund a new lid for a sad toilet in Honduras LMK.