14: There Are More Mangos Than People Here

Buenos dìas! Each week flies by faster and faster here. Every week feels like Pday, Sunday #1-6, and then Pday again!  I thought I would take some time to talk about some of our investigators now that weve got a few really progressing:

La Familia Mejìa: Seriously our favorites, I sent a picture of them the other week. They were one of my first lessons here and they have been our good friends ever since. They did not want to get married the first time we taught them, but just the other day they said they would start saving money to get married which is HUGE because they do not have a lot of money. The fathers name is Gustavo, and he LOVES reading in the scriptures, and he already has a powerful testimony of them. Just the other day, he had a question about the gospel, and he told us he went straight to the Book of Mormon to look for his answer. We sat there as he testified to us that Christ lives, and we were so happy :) I hope I get to see thier marriage and baptisms in my time here.

Belki: We have been postponing her baptism for a few weeks now because she has been pretty sick, and she still doesnt feel ready. This is really hard for us, because we think she really understands and wants to do whats right. We have her baptism scheduled for this sunday, so extra prayers this week that we get to see that happen.

Rafael: We found him walking through the street after a funeral, and drunk drunk drunk. He has used alcohol to get away from his problems for a while now, but just the other day we taught him and he has been sober for about 2 weeks now :) Right now hes the only other investigator with a baptismal date, so were hoping his desire to change really motivates him these next few weeks.

Here's a fun story. We were walking to church yesterday and we passed by a house where someone was standing in the doorway and she said "Buenas, llevo panqueques" which is to say "good morning I brought pancakes" and I said to Hna Ordoñez "man what beautiful words those are". And then we worked and worked all day in the hot sun and barely had appointment but we kept walking. Then we went to a members house for dinner and guess what, she made us pancakes! This made me laugh because honestly I could see the Lords hand right there, something unimportant but a reminder that hes watching me and that when I do His will I am blessed.

Just you wait one day when I bring you guys to Choluteca we are going to the Mexican Restaurant here and your perception of hispanic food will never be the same.

GUESS WHAT Elder Renlund is coming to Tegucigalpa wednesday!!!!!!!!!! We are hyped! This means we have to stay the "night" in the house of the Hnas in the city and leave at 2 in the morning to get there but we are so excited