39: Lock Down

Woo where do I start! I just feel so great, free!!!!!! For the next two hours until were to be locked in houses again.

We have been in our houses since Thursday at about 4:30, so I have read, written letters, made a honduran cookbook, cooked a bunch of random things with whatever we had in our house, and am running out of things to do! Cant even sleep during the day because my body is so accumstomed to 10-6 every night! We decided we have to get up every hour and do some sort of exersize because were going to drive ourselves crazy just laying down.

Yesterday the Chavez family that lives in the part of our house right above us had us over to partake of the sacrament and watch the christmas devotional. They are awesome, he is a seventy by the way and after the sacrament he said "Im gonna take advantage of this opportunity I have to have you in my house and were going to have some instruction". Yes please! Haha that family is the best. After we literally just sat in our beds talking for 6 hours until we broke our fast. Man we are pretty bored! President has even been sending out homework assignments for us to do while we are waiting. He is the best.

But dont even worry about me, there are already a lot of people here worried about us. Our leaders and bishops and ward mission leaders and RS presidents are calling on us and checking up on us and bringing us food and whatever we need. And obviously the Chases are on top of it. Its actually pretty funny, we have a conversation with our district leader every couple hours and it goes like this "okay how are you guys? okay great were good too. so what have you guys been up to? what else have you cooked in the last few hours?" All these poor elders are enjoying this time and learning how to cook!

But I am good. Im sure you guys know more or less whats going on or can figure it out from the news. Just hearing from our leaders all that has been going on makes me a little sick. This country really needs the gospel! Really bad!

Apart from all of that, everything is super as far as missionary woork. Lots of investigators. The Ilumina el Mundo campaign in central america is incredible, we had planned an FHE in members houses (them inviting their nonmember friends) for every day leading up until Christmas. And our ward in general is incredible. I need to have a big catch up email next week, if we can leave! Also as a warning we might be changing our Pday back to monday because the Baldens are taking on most of the work.

Love you guys a lot! It was a great birthday and a great 9 MONTHS!!!!! Wow I am old. Thanks for the birthday presents, christmas, praying for me, everything. Just let everyone know Im okay but to pray a lot for this country.